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
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