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 14
August 18
December 15
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
Aberg Center for Literacy $12,500
Support the Family Literacy/Duel Generation Education program
Cafe' Momentum $15,000
Fund Cafe' Momentum Internship for adjudicated teens
Center for Brain Health (UTD) $165,000
Support educational program
Children at Risk $25,000
General operating support
Circle of Support, Inc. $20,000
Fund the S.M.A.R.T. Summer Learning program
CNM $12,500
General operating support
Commit! $60,000
General operating support
Communities Foundation of Texas, Inc. $25,000
Support the 19th Centennial Amendment Fund
Communities Foundation of Texas, Inc. $5,000
Support Policy Work Group and TEGAC membership
George W. Bush Foundation $17,500
Support the Forum on Leadership
Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas $50,000
Capital for Technology Infrastructure to support STEM Programming at the STEM Center of Excellence
Highland Park Education Foundation $16,000
General operating support of the Leadership Society
Hockaday School $5,000
General operating support
Imani School $5,000
General operating support
Jubilee Park and Community Center $30,000
Support the Out of School Time Program expansion
Mi Escuelita, Inc. $20,000
General operating support
Momentous Institute $10,000
Support the 2019 Changing the Odds Conference
REAL School Gardens $5,000
General operating support
Relationships First, Inc $7,500
Support the Safe Conversations workshop
ScholarShot $20,000
Support Turning Drop Outs into Degrees with Academic Management program
Shelton School $50,000
Support the Shelton School Campaign
Stand for Children Leadership Center $20,000
Support the Home Visit project
Teach for America Dallas $60,000
Support the TFA-DFW 2020 Impact Plan
TexProtects $10,000
General operating support of TexProtects Express
The North Texas Alliance to Reduce Unintended Pregnancy in Teens (Ntarupt) $10,000
General operating support
United To Learn $15,000
General operating support
VolunteerNow $50,000
General operating support
Wesley-Rankin Community Center $20,000
General operating support
World Affairs Council of Dallas $10,000
General operating support
World Affairs Council of Dallas $50,000
Support the Global Young Leaders education program
Family Support Services
Akola Project $10,000
Support the Academy in Dallas
AWARE/The Dallas Foundation $10,000
General operating support
Big Thought $15,000
Support the Creative Solutions youth program
ChildCareGroup $20,000
Support the Two Generation Approach to Poverty program
CitySquare $20,000
Support the Transition Resource Action Center (TRAC) program
Communities in Schools Dallas Region $10,000
Support the CISDR SafetyNet project
Dallas CASA $15,000
General operating support
Deliver Fund $30,000
General operating support
Family Compass $30,000
Support Community Education programs
Family Place $25,000
General operating support
Family Place $50,000
Provide food for the Emergency Shelter
Genesis Women's Shelter $15,000
General operating support
Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas $15,000
General operating support
Girls Embracing Mothers, Inc. $10,000
Support the Pearl Program
Goodwill Industries of Dallas Inc. $33,000
General operating support
Hopekids Inc $5,000
HopeDay program
Magdalen House $25,000
Support the Legacy of Hope Capital Campaign
Mental Health America of Greater Dallas $10,000
Support the WHO® (We Help Ourselves) program
Mosaic Family Services $30,000
General operating support
North Dallas Shared Ministries $15,000
Support Direct Assistance for NDSM Clients-Food Purchase and Rent Assistance
On The Road Lending $25,000
Support expansion of the MOBILITY program
Prison Entrepreneurship Program $30,000
General operating support
Promise House $12,500
Support expansion of the Emergency Youth Shelter
Senior Source $15,000
Support the Elder Financial Safety Center
Suicide And Crisis Center of North Texas $10,000
Support the "Teens Can Survive" program
Texas Center For Child and Family Studies $20,000
Fund Region 3 Community Based Care (CBC) Readiness Assessment
TexProtects $40,000
General operating support
Trey Athletes $20,000
General operating support of the Dallas expansion
Union Development Corporation/Project Unity $5,000
Support Project Unity's Year of Unity initiative
Volunteers of America Texas $10,000
Support the Resolana program - From Inmate to Neighbor
Wilkinson Center $15,000
General operating support