Photo by Victoria Hernandez.
The Dallas Foundation has awarded nearly 100 grants totaling more than $2.6 million to local nonprofits.
Established as the first community foundation in the state, The Dallas Foundation aims to bring people, ideas, and investments together in the Greater Dallas area to help individuals and families reach their full potential.
These grants will provide support for family economic stability, healthcare access, growth of parks and recreation, and strengthen mental and emotional health, according to an Oct. 5 announcement from the foundation.
“Behind these grants are neighbors working toward greater stability and nonprofits helping make that possible,” said Vickie Allen, Chief Impact Officer of The Dallas Foundation, in the news release. “Our nonprofit partners understand the challenges families face and bring the expertise and relationships needed to respond. Thanks to our donors’ generosity, these grants will help more of our neighbors put food on the table, get the care they need, and access welcoming places to gather and play.”
Several Oak Cliff organizations received grants, including the Stevens Park Estates Neighborhood Association, which received funding for a new walking trail at Annie L. Stevens Park.
Here is the full list of the 2026 Summer Grant Cycle recipients:
After-School All-Stars
Agape Resource & Assistance Center, Inc.
Austin Street Center
Baylor Scott and White Dallas Foundation
Behind Every Door
Beyond the Burn Foundation
Boys & Girls Clubs of Collin County
Brother Bill’s Helping Hand
Builders of Hope CDC
buildingcommunityWORKSHOP
Cafe Momentum
Catch Up & Read
Catholic Charities of Dallas Inc.
Center for Integrative Counseling and Psychology
City House, Inc.
Community Partners of Dallas
Cornerstone Community Development Corporation Inc.
Crossroads Community Services
Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity
Dallas CASA
Dallas Economic Development Corporation
Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center
Dallas Morning News
Dallas Services
Delighted to Doula
Education is Freedom Foundation
Embrace Waiting Children, Inc.
Exodus Ministries
Fair Park First
Family Compass
Family Gateway
First Presbyterian Church of Dallas dba The Stewpot
For Oak Cliff
Friends of the Children Dallas
Friends of the Warren Ferris Cemetery
Girls, Incorporated of Metropolitan Dallas
H.I.S. BridgeBuilders
Habitat for Humanity of Collin County
Harmony Community Development Corporation
Healing Hands Ministries (HHM Health)
Health Services of North Texas, Inc.
Home Point (formally Housing Crisis Center)
Hope Cottage Inc.
Hope Supply Co.
Housing Forward
Impact Ventures
Interfaith Family Services
Juliette Fowler Communities
Living for Zachary
Meals on Wheels Collin County
Men of Nehemiah, Inc.
Mercy Street Inc.
Metrocrest Services, Inc.
Miles of Freedom
New Friends New Life
North Texas Food Bank (NTFB)
Oak Lawn United Methodist Church
Operation Homefront
OurCalling
Prism Health North Texas
Project Transformation North Texas
Puede Network
Reading Partners – North Texas
Rebuilding Together Greater Dallas
Resource Center of Dallas, Inc.
Rosa Es Rojo, Inc
Samaritan Inn, Inc.
Scottish Rite for Children
Shared Christian Ministries
Shared Housing Center, Inc.
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Charitable Pharmacy of North Texas, Inc.
South Dallas Driving Academy
Southern Gateway Public Green Foundation
St. Philip’s School and Community Center
Stevens Park Estates Neighborhood Association
T R Hoover CDC
Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation
Texas Trees Foundation
The Agape Clinic
The Birthday Party Project
The Bridge
The Concilio
The Harvest Seed Foundation
The Magdalen House
The Storehouse of Collin County
Trusted World
Under 1 Roof
Union Gospel Mission Dallas
Vickery Meadow Learning Center
Vickery Meadow Youth Development Foundation
Viola’s House
Wesley-Rankin Community Center
West Dallas Community School
White Rock Center of Hope
Wilkinson Center
YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Youth 180 Inc.
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Victoria Hernandez is the Oak Cliff editor for Advocate Media. Prior to joining the Advocate, she wrote for Walton Insights, KUAF 91.3 and UARK Student Media. Victoria studied at the University of Arkansas, earning a B.A. in English/Journalism with minors in history and gender studies and a M.A. in Journalism with a Graduate Certificate in African and African American Studies. She can be reached by email at vhernandez@advocatemag.com