Grant Guidelines
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
Select Prior Year Grants
Education
Big Thought $20,000
General operating support
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas $15,000
Support the Academic Intervention project
Café Momentum $15,000
Support the Café Momentum’s Education Program
Catch Up & Read $5,000
General operating support
Center for Brain Health $300,000
Support the Hoglund Hub for NextGen Leaders
Children at Risk $50,000
General operating support
College Foundation of UVA $20,000
Global Experience Bicentennial Scholarship Fund
Communities Foundation of Texas, Inc. $25,000
Support for Philanthropy Advocates
Communities In Schools Dallas Region $100,000
Safer Students, Stronger Schools Program
Dallas Pi Beta Phi Philanthropies $10,000
Support Lifting Up Literacy
Education Opens Doors, Inc. $70,000
Program support
Educator Collective $15,000
General operating support
Fund for American Studies $10,000
Support for Foundation for Teaching Economics programs in Dallas
Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas $50,000
Mental Health and Wellness Programming for Girls
The Hockaday School $5,000
General operating support
KIPP Texas $25,000
General operating support of KIPP DFW
Momentous Institute $30,000
General operating support
Outdoors Tomorrow Foundation $10,000
General operating support
Pi Beta Phi Foundation $10,000
Support for the Kansas Association of Pi Beta Phi's 150th Anniversary
Room to Read $100,000
General operating support for literacy programs
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
Support the Kappa Kappa Gamma Capital Campaign
VolunteerNow $10,000
General operating support
Wesley-Rankin Community Center $60,000
General operating support
World Affairs Council of Dallas $17,500
General operating support
Family Support Services
Austin Street Center $5,000
General operating support
Big Thought $5,000
General operating support
Cafe Momentum $5,000
General operating support
Child Poverty Action Lab $100,000
General operating support
Children at Risk $5,000
General operating support
CitySquare $25,000
Support for CitySquare's Transition Resource Action Center
Community Partners - Dallas $20,000
General operating support
Dallas CASA $12,000
General operating support
DeliverFund $20,000
General operating support
Family Compass $25,000
Support the Connecting Children and Fathers Program
Family Gateway $25,000
Support the Emergency Shelter/Overflow Program
Family Place $50,000
Fund Emergency Shelter Services
Feeding America $5,000
General operating support
Genesis Women's Shelter $20,000
General operating support
Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas $5,000
General operating support
Girls Embracing Mothers, Inc. $7,500
General operating support
Goodwill Industries of Dallas Inc. $18,500
General operating support
Incarnation Place Inc $5,000
General operating support
Jubilee Park and Community Center $30,000
General operating support
Magdalen House $25,000
General operating support
Momentous Institute $10,000
Support the 2022 Changing the Odds Conference
Nexus Recovery Center Inc. $5,000
Support the Child Development Center
North Texas Food Bank $35,000
General operating support
Prison Entrepreneurship Program $40,000
General operating support
Senior Source $10,000
General operating support
TexProtects $12,000
General operating support for the Founders Circle
TexProtects $100,000
General operating support
Union Development Corporation $5,000
General operating support of Project Unity
Women Moving Millions $10,000
General operating support
Youth Village Resources Of Dallas Inc $20,000
General operating support