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Community Foundation Initiatives
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North Texas Community Foundation supports animal welfare and equine therapy efforts in our region through the Helen D. and R.E. (Bob) Wallace Foundation Fund and the Anita Berry Martin Memorial Fund.
ToolBox Grants address organizational effectiveness, leadership development, or operational efficiency through one-time, transformative investments.
Our Better Together Fund deploys resources to local organizations serving those who have been the hardest hit by disasters in our community.
The Fleetwood Memorial Fund provides immediate financial assistance to certified Texas law enforcement or fire protection personnel who are injured or killed in the line of duty.
The Fund to Advance Racial Equity provides support to nonprofits and municipal entities working to achieve a more equitable community for all.
WORTH empowers the next generation to change North Texas for the better.
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City of Fort Worth
About the Organization
The City of Fort Worth understands the need to protect water resources for drinking water, flood control, recreation, industrial operations, natural habitat, and other uses. As our community grows, the City must act to prevent the degradation of surface water quality in our streams, lakes, and the Trinity River. This project promotes trash collection in the Trinity River using the “Waterwheel”.
About the Project
The Trinity Waterwheels Initiative seeks to remove floating litter from the Trinity River. To remove these polluting floatables, the City, the Tarrant Regional Water District, and their partners have selected to install two solar-powered waterwheels in the Clear Fork and West Fork sections of the Trinity River. Funding is needed to purchase, construct and annually maintain the two units.
Funding Needs
- $19,000 – The wheel for one waterwheel device
- $47,000 – The conveyor for one waterwheel device
- $114,000 – The floating platform for one waterwheel device
Project Budget
$2,500,000
Number Served by Project
150,000
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Fort Worth Public Library Foundation
About the Organization
The Fort Worth Public Library Foundation seeks to secure and grow philanthropic support and advocacy to benefit the Fort Worth Public Library. Its vision is to ensure equitable access to library resources and services. Funding provides access to vital programs across diverse demographic groups where residents connect to educational, economic, cultural, social, and wellness opportunities.
About the Project
A mobile kitchen at the unique and transformative Reby Cary Youth Library will fill a void by teaching culinary and food literacy to an underserved community living in a food desert. Annually, over 1,000 children and caregivers will participate in free, regular cooking and nutrition lessons that teach kitchen safety and cooking skills, encourage healthy food choices, and foster nutritional awareness.
Funding Needs
- $2,500 – Culinary Ingredients
- $3,000 – Curriculum aligned to Math, Science and Language Arts with staff training and support
- $9,000 – Mobile kitchen cart on wheels with power, appliances, sink, tools, and storage
Project Budget
$15,600
Number Served by Project
1,000
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Fort Worth Report
About the Organization
Fort Worth Report is a nonprofit news organization that provides fair, factual reporting on city and county government; schools; business; healthcare; and arts and culture in Tarrant County. FWR works to improve civic participation and build a stronger community through its unbiased, nonpartisan coverage. Importantly, FWR believes that local journalism is a public service and does not charge a subscription fee.
About the Project
Funding will be used to hire a reporter to thoughtfully and factually cover religion, an important topic rarely covered by other local news outlets. The journalist will cover local institutions and people of faith, including churches, the growing evangelical community, seminaries, colleges and schools. FWR is partnering with a local nonprofit to cover this topic and seek gifts to support the coverage of this important beat.
Funding Needs
- $1,000 purchases a laptop for the religion reporter
- $2,000 covers training, mileage and office expenses for one year for the religion reporter
- $5,000 covers approximately one month of salary and benefits for the religion reporter
Project Budget
$75,000
Number Served by Project
100,000
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Guardianship Services, Inc.
About the Organization
Guardianship Services, Inc. (GSI) provides support and services for at-risk adults in Tarrant County. Founded in 1985 to help older residents in crisis, GSI now serves adults of all ages with programs ranging from financial literacy education and fraud awareness to guardianship and flexible alternatives that help vulnerable adults manage money well.
About the Project
Due to the rise in fraud and financial exploitation of older and other vulnerable adults, Guardianship Services, Inc. is seeking to raise the organization’s profile through digital content. Funding is needed to produce an agency video and digital content showcasing the organization’s services to Tarrant County.
Funding Needs
- $5,000 – Video and digital content for the general public
- $10,000 – Video and digital content for general and targeted audiences
- $15,000 – Video and digital content for general & target audiences, subtitles, social media & more
Project Budget
$15,000
Number Served by Project
1,000
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Helping Restore Ability
About the Organization
Helping Restore Ability, a 45-year-old nonprofit in Tarrant County, provides attendant care for disabled children and adults providing them with resources to live a full and independent life. HRA’s attendant care insures that disabled individuals can continue to live at home and/or with family and avoid expensive institutional care and maintain the best quality of care possible.
About the Project
HRA completed a pilot program for their patient attendants and clients. The pilot program resulted in improved health outcomes for both children and adults including a 50% decrease in in-patient hospitalization and emergency room visits. Other outcomes include better medication adherence and primary preventative care. Funding is requested to help HRA expand the program to all North Central Texas attendants and clients over the next 3 years.
Funding Needs
- $1,000 or more gifts are appreciated
- $2,000 Training software allowing attendants to log into training on their own time
- $10,000 Research Team support for data analysis supporting funding from medical research grants
Project Budget
$501,000
Number Served by Project
250
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Justin’s Place
About the Organization
Justin’s Place exists to impact the lives of children by empowering mothers to grow mentally, spiritually and physically to live a life free of crisis and walk out of generational poverty. When a single mother starts walking down the path toward independent living, sometimes the future is uncertain. Justin’s Place is creating a safe place to grow, The Nest.
About the Project
Funding will help support the new stable housing community at Justin’s Place called The Nest. The Nest will serve mother-led families through stable supportive housing, life groups, and family advocacy, therefore affecting postive change for generations.
Funding Needs
- $1,000 – To supply beds and bedding for a family to sleep safely
- $2,500 – To furnish kitchen appliances for a family to create memories and meals together
- $5,000 – To build a foundation for a family
Project Budget
$7,500,000
Number Served by Project
120
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Key Center for Learning Differences
About the Organization
The Key Center for Learning Differences (KCLD) offers cutting-edge programs to meet the needs of students with learning differences in Tarrant County, and supports educators and the community-at-large with training and outreach. Key Center began as the Key School in 1966 and has served over 8,000 children with learning differences such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia since it began.
About the Project
To expand service, KCLD would like to create a Mobile Makerspace, Stem and Science Lab for the students. This lab will emphasize STEM concepts through hands-on learning and will be designed for mobility to be easily implemented in any classroom on campus. Students in grades K-12 will have opportunities to learn STEM concepts in an interactive space to prepare for the careers of tomorrow.
Funding Needs
- $1,000 – Provides tools and supplies for a Makerspace Lab
- $2,500 – Provides one Mobile Science Lab
- $5,000 – Provides coding/technology equipment for Stem Lab
Project Budget
$30,000
Number Served by Project
200
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Levitt Pavilion Arlington
About the Organization
Levitt Pavilion Arlington is an outdoor arts venue offering an annual season of 50-plus free concerts featuring both emerging and world-famous artists performing in a diverse range of music genres. Since opening in 2008, the Levitt has become an important gathering space for the community, a catalyst for downtown economic development, and a significant contributor to the DFW arts ecosystem.
About the Project
In 2020, the Levitt debuted Levitt Center, a 120,000-sq. ft. hospitality structure with ADA-accessible restrooms, an upper viewing deck, and a glass-enclosed event space with robust catering and A/V amenities. The Levitt Center is quickly becoming a key amenity for downtown Arlington and offers a discount to nonprofit groups who hold their events at the Center. The Levitt seeks funding for final construction costs for the center.
Funding Needs
- $5,000 – Funds for a second refrigerator in the Levitt Center Catering Kitchen
- $30,000 – Funds for lighting package in Levitt Center for business meetings & day events
- $300,000 – Funds to finish out the final construction phase of the Levitt Center
Project Budget
$3,545,586
Number Served by Project
201,906
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One Safe Place
About the Organization
One Safe Place is a comprehensive crime prevention agency devoted to preventing crime and violence in Tarrant County’s neighborhoods, schools, and homes. One Safe Place is a multi-agency network, under one roof, dedicated to providing coordinated services to victims of domestic violence and their children. This model has proven successful and is a best-practice model by the U.S. Department of Justice.
About the Project
Support is needed to make progress towards retiring the remaining $1.4M debt on the One Safe Place Family Justice Center capital project. The total project budget is approximately $23M. Funding would help avoid the need to operationalize debt service and allow One Safe Place to sustain the capacity to serve at least 1,500 new clients per year. The organization has accommodated over 10,000 clients since its inception.
Funding Needs
- Gifts of $1,000 or more are appreciated
Project Budget
$1,400,000
Number Served by Project
10,000
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Saving Hope Animal Rescue Fund
About the Organization
Saving Hope Animal Rescue rescues and rehabilitates dogs and cats. Saving Hope Animal Rescue provides behavioral enrichment, veterinary care, and day-to-day care, as well as educational outreach. Since 2018, Saving Hope Rescue has successfully rescued and facilitated the adoption of over 4,600 dogs and cats, and currently has over 340 dogs and over 350 cats in foster care waiting for their forever homes.
About the Project
Saving Hope Animal Rescue has purchased a 15-acre property in Aledo, which needs to be converted into an Adoption Center and Sanctuary for homeless animals. This property will allow Saving Hope Rescue to more efficiently house and rehabilitate the animals in their care. It will provide a safe environment for children and volunteers and educate them while they assist in caring for the animals at the Ranch & Sanctuary.
Funding Needs
- $1,000 for Pet Safe Doors for the Facility
- $5,000 for Puppy Pod Yards and Fencing
- Any and all gifts are appreciated
Project Budget
$1,200,000
Number Served by Project
10,000
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Taste Project
About the Organization
Taste Project believes that everyone should have access to healthy nutritional food, and serves individuals in Tarrant County experiencing food insecurity.
About the Project
Taste Project will respond to the community’s food security needs by establishing an urban farm along the Trinity River. Each seasonal harvest will provide fresh produce planted, harvested, and enjoyed by the community’s people. The produce will be prepared in the local Taste Community Restaurant bringing food equity in a food desert and serving thousands of hungry guests season after season.
Funding Needs
- $1,000 – Farming Tools for planting and harvesting healthy produce for food insecure persons
- $7,500 – Tractor and attachments for land preparation and management of the two-acre urban farm
- $10,000 – High Cube Storage Container placed on the land for securing and storing farm equipment
Project Budget
$46,980
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Texas Wildlife Association Foundation
About the Organization
The Texas Wildlife Association Foundation is dedicated to increasing natural resource literacy and promoting conservation and educational programs that connect Texans to the land. Activities and programs include science curriculum for school students, youth hunting opportunities, teacher training and adult education seminars, all of which are conducted by the Texas Wildlife Association.
About the Project
Discovery Trunks are full of TEKS-aligned lessons and hands-on biofact materials (skulls, pelts, species replicas), focused on Texas’ natural resources, wildlife, and conservation. Trunks are mailed directly to North Texas classrooms at no cost to the district, school, or teacher. The trunks stay with the teacher for two weeks to allow students to learn from the materials, with the purpose to meet and exceed testing requirements. To date, these trunks have served over 25,000 students in North Texas schools.
Funding Needs
- $1,000 – Build a new Discovery Trunk for North Texas area schools
- $1,000 – Covers the shipping expense for up to 2 trunks for 1 year (36 trunks in North Texas schools)
- $1,000 – Gifts of $1,000 or more can also support program overhead
Project Budget
$10,000
Number Served by Project
25,000
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Unity Unlimited, Inc.
About the Organization
Unity Unlimited, Inc. is focused on helping people overcome racial and cultural division so that they are able to live productive lives in harmony with their fellow man. Unity Unlimited is in touch with the very real issues that face our society, and it is their desire to help educate society about diversity, unity and tolerance to help develop knowledgeable and caring citizens.
About the Project
Funding will help support a free, week-long fine arts workshop and concert. This event will include a panel discussion about race relations, cultural diversity and respect for law enforcement. The goal of the event is to produce knowledgeable and caring citizens and provide an opportunity to develop tolerance of cultural differences while promoting unity and understanding.
Funding Needs
- $2,000 – provide scholarships to participants attending the event
- $5,000 – fees for 10 clinicians/speakers to present during the event
- $5,000 – for audio/visual equipment and technical support during event
Project Budget
$25,000
Number Served by Project
150
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Weatherford Parker County Animal Shelter
About the Organization
The Weatherford Parker County Animal Shelter receives and cares for around 6,200 animals each year that arrive from anywhere in Parker County. In many situations, the care provided at the animal shelter is better than any attention the animal has received, including necessary medical treatments through their medical facility.
About the Project
Funds are needed to continue the livestock fencing project to fence the alleys and add gates to connect the pastures. A donation in January allowed for a quarter of the livestock fence construction to begin which will allow a safer solution when moving livestock through their temporary home. In addition, having alleys will better utilize the pastures for all animals.
Funding Needs
- $5,000 – Center Livestock Pasture- Alley Fencing
- $5,000 – Top Livestock Pasture- Alley Fencing
- $5,000 – Livestock Pasture Cross-Fencing
Project Budget
$15,000
Number Served by Project
132,000
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In addition to awarding grants, North Texas Community Foundation supports special initiatives that address local challenges and encourage smart philanthropy. All of our projects are developed in direct response to needs identified for the North Texas region.
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Amy Radcliffe
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