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
Application Schedule
We review applications three times a year.
DEADLINE DATES
February 1
June 1
October 1
MEETING DATES
April 13
August 16
December 14
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 $15,000
General operating support
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas $15,000
Support the Academic Success program
Children at Risk $15,000
General operating support
CNM $10,000
General operating support
College Foundation of UVA $20,000
Global Experience Bicentennial Scholarship Fund
Commit! $30,000
Support Years 1 and 2 of Commit’s 5-Year Strategic Plan
Creede Early Learning Center $5,000
General operating support
Education Opens Doors, Inc. $20,000
Program support
Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas $15,000
Mental Health and Wellness Education for Girls program
Girls Inc. of Metropolitan Dallas $12,500
General operating support of the Girls Inc. Experience
Highland Park Education Foundation $5,000
General operating support of Mad for Plaid
Hockaday School $10,000
General operating support of Annual Fund
I Look Like Love Inc $10,000
Support the EmpowerU Personal Development and Enrichment Program
KIPP Texas $5,000
General operating support of KIPP Dallas
Mi Escuelita, Inc. $12,500
General operating support
Momentous Institute $20,000
Support Social Emotional Health in Education
Philanthropy Roundtable $15,000
General operating support and policy initiatives
Room to Read $75,000
General operating support
ScholarShot $20,000
General operating support
Shelton School $35,000
Support the Shelton School Campaign
Southern Methodist University $25,000
Support the Presidential Fund for Immediate Needs
St. Philip's School & Community Center $5,000
General operating support
Stand for Children Leadership Center $10,000
Support the Home Visit Project and Home2HomeVisits Model
Teach for America Dallas $20,000
Program support for Teacher Leadership & Development for Education Transformation
Texas 2036 $50,000
General operating support
Texas Public Policy Foundation $10,000
General operating support
United To Learn $20,000
Program support for the Believe. Embrace. Unite. Campaign: Together
University of Virginia Alumni Association $10,000
Support the "Kappa Kappa Gamma Capital Campaign"
VolunteerNow $5,000
General operating support
World Affairs Council of Dallas $50,000
Support the Global Young Leaders education program
Family Support Services
Buckner Children & Family Services $15,000
Fund the Texas Foster Care Capacity Crisis
Cafe Momentum $27,500
General operating support
Chase's Place $5,000
General operating support
Child Poverty Action Lab (CPAL) $50,000
Fund the Child Poverty Action Lab (CPAL): Systems Change Support
CitySquare $20,000
Support the TRAC (Transition Resource Action Center) program
Community Partners - Dallas $20,000
General operating support
Dallas CASA $12,500
Support Advocacy for Teens in Foster Care
Dallas CASA $27,500
General operating support in recognition of Dallas CASA's 40th Anniversary
Dallas Pi Beta Phi Philanthropies $5,000
General operating support
DeliverFund $20,000
General operating support
Family Compass $10,000
Support the Home Mentoring Programs - Dallas
Family Place $20,000
Capital for renovations of Sally's Place
Family Place $33,000
General operating support
Family Place $10,000
Emergency support due to impact of storm
Genesis Women's Shelter $60,000
Fund capital construction of a new non-residential campus for Genesis Women's Shelter, Kitchen or Outdoor Play Space
Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas $10,000
General operating support of Women of Distinction
Girls Embracing Mothers, Inc. $10,000
Support the Pearl and Diamond Program
Goodwill Industries of Dallas Inc. $14,700
General operating support
Nexus Recovery Center Inc. $5,000
Program support for the Child Development Center
Prison Entrepreneurship Program $20,000
General operating support
Promise House $15,000
Support the Emergency Youth Shelter program
Senior Source $25,000
General operating support for the 60th Anniversary Campaign
Stewpot - First Presbyterian Church of Dallas $10,000
General operating support
Texas Women's Foundation (fka Dallas Women's Foundation) $12,500
Fund the Roslyn Dawson Thompson Endowment
TexProtects $21,500
General operating support
Union Development Corporation $25,000
General operating support
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas $40,000
Program support for the Social Innovation Accelerator | Advancing Social Innovation in North Texas
VolunteerNow $37,500
General operating support
Wilkinson Center $10,000
General operating support
Youth Village Resources Of Dallas Inc (aka Youth With Faces) $15,000
General operating support