Grant Areas

The Hoglund Foundation only provides grants to organizations in the City of Dallas.
Organizations or programs must fall within two areas:

Family Support

  • Helping families remain intact whenever possible by supporting family stability
  • Supporting the needs of children with an emphasis on child abuse prevention
  • Promoting individual and family responsibility and initiative to help break the poverty-assistance cycle

Education

  • Delivering systemic improvement through cost-effective, scalable initiatives with data-driven results
  • Enhancing the learning process of individuals through classroom and teacher support

Qualifying Organizations or Programs Must

  • Focus on the City of Dallas
  • Use creative, innovative problem solving
  • Focus on areas not adequately served or funded by others in the community
  • Be a 501(c)(3) organization with proof of tax-exempt status
  • Need funding for specific programs or projects, capital projects, or general operations
  • Show sound organizational and financial management
  • Are collaborative in nature so that resources are shared and the impact of the grant is multiplied in the community

2025 UPDATE FOR FIRST-TIME GRANT APPLICANTS

If you are applying to The Hoglund Foundation for the first time, please email a one page Letter of Intent to Sandy@hoglundfoundation.org

LOI should include the following:

  • Mission statement for the organization
  • Contact email for application and phone number
  • Purpose of the project/program and amount requested

Application Schedule

We review applications three times a year.

DEADLINE DATES

February 1
June 1
October 1

MEETING DATES

April 30
August 15
December 16

Application Process Guidelines

Completion of Application: Only fully completed applications will be considered.

  • Online Only: No mail in applications are allowed. If you experience technical difficulty with the application process, please call 214-987-3605 or email: info@hoglundfoundation.org.
  • Proof of Tax Exempt Status: Eligible organizations must provide a copy of its determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service verifying tax exempt status. The letter must specify its 509(a) Section classification. 509(a)(3) agencies will require additional documentation.
  • Application Frequency: Organizations may only apply once per year and only after any multi-year grants have been paid in full.
  • Site Visit: Organizations will be contacted if a site visit is necessary.

The board carefully considers all applications that meet our guidelines.

For further information, you may reach us at 214-987-3605 or email.

Areas of Giving

  • Education
  • Family Support Services
  • Miscellaneous

A Sample of Prior Year Grants

Education

Beacon Hill Preparatory Institute $15,000

Program support for Educate NOW: Math & Reading Tutoring

Cafe Momentum $15,000

Education Program for Justice-Involved Youth

Children at Risk $20,000

General operating support to help advance child welfare initiatives in Texas

Center for Nonprofit Management $10,000

General operating support for costs incurred in support of mission

Commit! $30,000

General operating support to help fund mission related student outcomes

Communities Foundation of Texas, Inc. $20,000

Research and advocacy and Philanthropy Advocates membership

Educator Collective $15,000

General operating support to empower local educators

Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas $15,000

Mental Health and Wellness Programming for Girls

Girls Inc. of Metropolitan Dallas $12,500

Program support for Girls Inc. experience

Healthy Futures of Texas (Ntarupt) $15,000

General operating support

Momentous Institute $20,000

Support for the Momentous School and Changing the Odds Conference

Perot Museum of Nature & Science $100,000

General operating support for the 10 year anniversary

Room to Read $30,000

General operating support for literacy programs

ScholarShot $20,000

Support for Turning Dropouts Into Degrees program

Shelton School $15,000

Support for teacher training

Teach for America Dallas $25,000

General operating support to support a local network of educational leaders

Texas 2036 $50,000

General operating support for policy and mission work

Texas Business Hall of Fame $10,000

General operating support

Union Development Corporation $10,000

Support for Project Unity's Together We Sing

United To Learn $25,000

Support for Reimagining Education program

ScholarShot $35,000

Support for Turning Dropouts into Degrees and The GapApp Programs

Shelton School $25,000

Support the Shelton School Campaign

St. Philip's School & Community Center $10,000

Support the Middle School Launch of the WE BELIEVE CAMPAIGN

United To Learn $50,000

Support the Student Achievement and Strengthen the Teacher Pipeline Programs

University of Virginia Alumni Association $10,000

General operating support

Wesley-Rankin Community Center $25,000

General operating support to help grow West Dallas programming

World Affairs Council of Dallas $12,000

General operating support for the Global Young Leaders Education program

Family Support Services

Child Poverty Action Lab (CPAL) $50,000

General operating support to reduce child poverty in Dallas

Community Partners - Dallas $27,500

General operating support to provide essential items and safety for abused and neglected children

Dallas CASA $36,000

General operating support in connection with Champion of Children program

Family Compass $25,000

General operating support dedicated to their Child Abuse Prevention program

Family Gateway $15,000

Support for Emergency Shelter and Overflow program

Family Place $25,000

Support for Emergency Shelter Services

Forefront Living Foundation $15,000

Support for Child and Family Bereavement program

Genesis Women's Shelter $15,000

General operating support

Goodwill Industries of Dallas Inc. $10,680

General operating support for client related programs

Jubilee Park and Community Center $15,000

General operating support to help strengthen and stabilize families

Magdalen House $10,000

General operating support for their First Step program

Mosaic Family Services $25,000

General operating support for refugees and survivors of abuse

North Dallas Shared Ministries $17,500

General operating support to help provide services to families facing eviction

Samaritan Inn $7,866

General operating support for Transitional Shelter programs

Senior Source $25,000

General operating support

TexProtects $30,000

General operating support to advance policy and advocacy efforts to help strengthen families in Texas

Transition Resource Action Center $26,000

Independence Campaign to support older youths as they transition into adulthood

Youth With Faces $25,000

General operating support for Innovative Life Skills program for incarcerated youth in Dallas