TEXAS WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INVESTS $7.1M TO ADVANCE WOMEN AND GIRLS

Texas Women’s Foundation is advancing positive social change and advances economic security and leadership opportunities for women and girls across Texas. Guided by research that continues to show that women are the face of poverty, over the last year Texas Women’s Foundation has deployed funds to strategic initiatives, programs, granting and advocacy eff orts that are making change for women statewide. Together with our philanthropic partners – Giving Circles, Donor-Advised Fund holders, and Young Women’s Initiative – the collective impact has funded 197 organizations and distributed $4.9M in grants this fiscal year. In addition, $2.2M was invested in programs that which equip girls to become strong women, and preparing women to lead in their lives, their workplaces and their communities, which in turn makes Texas a better place for all.

CURRENT GRANT OPPORTUNITIES

We are excited to announce our 2024 Community Grant Cycle, opening January 2024.

Please see below for our timeline.

TIMELINE

  • January 16 – Application goes live.
  • February 15 – Applications due at 12PM noon CST.
  • April 4 – 26 – Site-visiting period.
  • May 24 – Final notification of proposal status for site-visited applicants.

Click on Sample Documents below for guidelines and criteria.

ABOUT OUR GRANTING

Focus & Priorities

Texas Women’s Foundation is focused on the mid-term and long-term needs of women and girls in North Texas, particularly those facing multiple systems of oppression and disenfranchisement.

Texas Women’s Foundation will consider proposals for capacity building support, general operating support and program/project support for organizations serving women, girls and their families in Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant and the immediate surrounding counties.

Texas Women’s Foundation Community Grants are broad based and effect important issues that improve the quality of life and give voice to issues affecting women and girls, as well as cultivates leaders.  Our granting addresses such issues as:

  • support for economic security needs,
  • workforce development,
  • child care and adult care services and caregiver support,
  • transitional housing
  • basic skills & English as a Second Language (ESL),
  • education support services (not individual scholarships),
  • access to health care including women’s health, general physical health, mental health, behavioral health, and dental health,
  • prevention, intervention programs for girls,
  • services for survivors of gender-based violence and prevention of gender-based violence,
  • access to legal services,
  • engagement and community organizing work for and by women and girls related to economic, social, and racial justice.

FY2023 Grantee Partners

4Word
Abide Womens Health Services
Access Esperanza Clinics, Inc.
After-School All-Stars
Aga Khan Foundation USA
Agape Resource & Assistance Center Inc
Aging In Mind Fund at Dallas Foundation
Alliance for Justice
Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund
Asset Funders Network
Austin Street Center
AVANCE Inc.
Bachman Lake Together
Best Buddies of Texas
Big Thought
Bold Idea, Inc.
Bright Future Foundation For Eagle County
Brooklyn Museum
Bryan’s House
Cactus Health Services, Inc.
Catch Up & Read
Catholic Charities Of Dallas Inc
Center for American and International Law
Center for Books Art Inc 1974
Center for Transforming Lives
CHETNA
Child Care Associates
ChildCareGroup
Children’s Advocacy Center for North Texas, Inc.
Children’s Advocacy Center of Collin County Inc.
Chocolate MINT Foundation
City Square
Collins Family Planning Clinic
Communities Foundation of Texas
Communities in Schools of North Texas
Community Council Of Greater Dallas
Community Does It
Con Mi Madre
Cristo Rey Dallas High School Inc.
CRU/Campus Crusades for Christ Inc.
Dallas AfterSchool Network
Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund
Dallas Black Dance Theatre
Dallas Center For The Performing Arts Foundation Inc
Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center
Dallas Chinese Community Center
Dallas Foundation A Tx Nonprofit Corporation
Dallas Habitat for Humanity
Dallas Leadership Foundation
Dallas Methodist Hospitals Foundation Inc
Dallas Opera
Dallas Symphony Association
Denton Black Film Festival Institute
Dia Center for the Arts Inc.
Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center
Duke University
Dwell with Dignity
Earl Carl Institute for Legal and Social Policy Inc
East Texas Border Health Clinic
Educational First Steps
Empowering the Masses
EQTX Equality Texas Foundation
Faith in Texas – Pico
Family Gateway, Inc.
Family Place Inc.
FC Charleston
First Christian Church Houston
First Presbyterian Church -The Stewpot
Foundation Communities Inc. (Group #7171)
FOXG1 Research Foundation
Freedom for Immigrants
Friends of Solar Prep
GEMS Camp
GENDERAVENGER
Genesis Women’s Shelter & Support
Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas
Girls Embracing Mothers Inc
Girls Incorporated of Metropolitan Dallas
Girlstart
Golf 3:16
Guardian Scholars
Gulf Coast Health Center, Inc
Gyrl Wonder
Harmony Community Development Corporation
Haven Health Clinics
Health Services of North Texas Inc
Healthy Futures of Texas
Heart House
Hearts for Homes
HHM Health
Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas – Dallas Chapter
Hockaday School
Hope Clinic of McKinney
Hope Farm
Human Rights Initiative of North Texas, Inc.
I AM a Golfer Foundation
Ignite
Interfaith Family Services
International Rescue Committee Inc
Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas
Jewish Federation Of Greater Dallas
Jubilee Park & Community Center Corporation
Junior Players Guild
Ladder Alliance, Inc.
LIFT (Literacy Instruction for Texas) DBA Aspire
Lift Fund (formerly ACCION Texas)
Literacy Achieves
Lone Star Parity Project
March of Dimes West Texas
Maurice Barnett Geriatric Wellness Center Inc.
Melville Family Foundation
Methodist Richardson Medical Center Foundation C/O ABHOP
Metrocrest Services
Mommies in Need Inc
Mosaic Family Services Inc
Mothers Against Police Brutality
Ms. Foundation
Mt. Enterprise Community Health Clinic
Muslim American Leadership Alliance
National Alliance For Partnerships In Equity Education Foundation Inc
National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Dallas Section
New Friends New Life
New Mexico Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
Nexus Recovery Center, Inc.
North Texas Food Bank
OK2BX Foundation
Our Friends Place
Our Lady of Perpetual Help School
Outcry Theater
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
Parkland Foundation
Pegasus Foundation Dallas Institute of Humanities & Culture
Philanthropy Southwest
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas, Inc.
Primos Dallas
Project Vida Health Center
ProjectHandUP
Promise House, Inc.
Providence Presbyterian Church
Raes Hope Inc.
Rainbow Days, Inc.
Readers 2 Leaders
Resource Center of Dallas
Richardson Adult Literacy Center
Rosa es Rojo Inc.
Scholar Shot
SER Jobs for Progress National Inc.
Social Good in Action Inc.
South Plains Rural Health Services, Inc.
South Texas Family Planning & Health Corporation
South Texas Rural Health Services, Inc.
St Philips School & Community Center
TCU – Neeley School of Business
Texas Equal Access Fund
Texas Muslim Womens Foundation Inc.
Texas Tribune Inc.
Texas Woman’s University Foundation
The Bridge Breast Network, Inc.
The Brigid Alliance
The Compelling Why
The Concilio
The Egyptian Theater
The Kitchen Sisters Productions
The Shelter for Abused Women & Children
The Thanks-Giving Foundation
The Werthing Foundation
Trauma Support Services Of North Texas
Triangle Area Network, Inc.
Trinity Christian Academy
Trinity Habitat for Humanity Aka Fort Worth Area HFH Inc.
Trust Women Foundation Inc.
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
United to Learn
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Inc.
University of Texas Law School Foundation
Uptown Players Inc.
UT Southwestern
Vida Y Salud-Health Systems, Inc.
Viola’s House
Way Back House
Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation
Wesley-Rankin Community Center
Williams College
Women in Need of Generous Support (WINGS)
Women with Promise
Women’s Resource of Greater Houston
Women’s Foundation of the South
Women’s Fund of El Paso
Womens Funding Network
Women’s Leadership Alliance c/o Raymond James Trust Co.
Workers Defense Project Inc.
YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Young Invincibles
Young Leaders Strong City
Young Women’s Preparatory Network
Youth Revive Inc.

Eligibility

Eligible nonprofits must:

  • have a current 501(c)(3) status,
  • demonstrates a three-year operating history,
  • serve Dallas, Collin, Denton and Tarrant Counties, and the immediate surrounding North Texas area,
  • demonstrate that at least 75% of the clients benefitting from grant funding are women and/or girls inclusive of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expressions.

For additional eligibility criteria, please review our most recent grant guidelines.

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