Grant Application Opens for ToolBox
North Texas Community Foundation announces our 2024 ToolBox Grants Program: Building Nonprofit Capacity to Combat Poverty. NTCF is grateful for the nonprofits working hard to reduce poverty in our region. We are proud to support their good work through this grant opportunity. Interested nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations are invited to attend a required orientation session to […]
NTCF Awards $285,000 to Animal Welfare, Equine Therapy and Land Conservation
North Texas Community Foundation announces the recipients of three recent grant cycles, awarding $284,451 to 30 area nonprofits. The latest round of funding brings the Community Foundation’s grantmaking total to over $30 million in 2023 to date. The grants support a range of needs from programming to operations in three strategic areas: land conservation, animal […]
Fran and John Wasilchak: A Concerted Effort to Bring Music to Glen Rose
In the Dinosaur Capital of Texas, students benefit from a couple’s desire to spread their love for the arts
NTCF Awards $275,000 to Combat Poverty in Tarrant County
22 organizations received funding through the most recent ToolBox grant cycle North Texas Community Foundation announces that $275,300 in funding was awarded to 22 community-based organizations through the ToolBox grants program. The latest census reports that 11.6% of Tarrant County residents live below the poverty line. Additionally, data shows that specific neighborhoods in our community […]
Generosity Propels Record-Setting Year
The Foundation and its donors distributed a record $44 million in grants in 2022 North Texas Community Foundation announced today that it awarded a record-breaking $44 million to nonprofit organizations in 2022, more than any previous year in the Foundation’s 41-year history. 1,150 organizations received funding for their work in North Texas and beyond. “At […]
We are Better Together
Rapidly mobilizing grants strengthens a community in crisis The Better Together Fund, launched in 2020, has granted more than $1 million to support projects focusing on community recovery, including education, workforce development, service industry support, medical and mental health care, and other basic needs. With the support of generous donors, the Fund rapidly mobilized grants […]
Bowden Opportunity Fund Awards $1,060,000 in Grants
YWLA Celebrates 100% College Acceptance
YWLA Celebrates 100% College Acceptance Reposted from YWLA Foundation FORT WORTH, TEXAS (May 24, 2018) — Young Women’s Leadership Academy of Fort Worth (YWLA) celebrated its class of 2018 as each young woman revealed her college of choice during the signing day pep rally this morning. Mayor Betsy Price congratulated the 36 seniors and extended […]
Writing a New Chapter for Fort Worth
It’s a fact: when children are able to read on level by third grade, they are much more likely to succeed in school and in life. However, only one in three third-graders in the Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD) are able to read at grade level, which has a dramatic effect on Fort Worth’s […]
An Inside Look: The Bickley’s
Mike and Susi Bickley Fundholders since 2017. 1. Who in your life made you want to be charitable? My grandmother and wife Susi inspired me to become charitable throughout my lifetime. My grandmother became very aware of the growing homeless population in Tarrant County and more specifically Fort Worth, and we want to make a […]
