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Wayne White, President & CEO of Communities Foundation of Texas, and Julie Diaz, President & CEO of The Dallas Foundation [Photo: Jason Janik/The Dallas Foundation]
Communities Foundation of Texas and The Dallas Foundation announced the recipients of their 2023-2024 Equity Fund Cycle Grants, awarding $1.57 million in grants to 41 nonprofit organizations in North Texas that are working to accelerate equity in communities that they said have been historically and systematically disenfranchised.
“Investing in organizations that are fostering and building equity across Greater Dallas is foundational to our work and critical to our mission of ensuring individuals and families can reach their full potential,” Julie Diaz, president & CEO of The Dallas Foundation, said in a statement. “These grantees, who were selected from a very large pool of applicants, are driving real, measurable transformation and shaping the future of Greater Dallas for generations to come.”
The organizations said that grant funding from Communities Foundation of Texas prioritized North Texas nonprofit organizations that focus on advancing equity and building community power via civic engagement, narrative change, and/or coalition building and community organizing. They added that the grantees address diverse issues ranging from environmental equity, health equity, LGBTQ+ rights, human and civil rights, disability rights, and racial equity.
The nonprofits also prioritize centering community voice in decision-making, recognizing the residents they work with as key stakeholders.
From housing to workforce development to health
The Dallas Foundation said its Racial Equity Fund Grants invested in nonprofit organizations in Dallas County that are working in the areas of housing and neighborhood infrastructure; economic empowerment; workforce development; education; civic participation; and health.
CFT and TDF said they launched the common equity grant application to simplify the process for nonprofit organizations while also expanding the reach and influence of the available funding.
“Communities Foundation of Texas is committed to advancing equity as one of our strategic priorities to fulfill our mission and achieve the vision of building thriving communities for all,” Wayne White, president and CEO at Communities Foundation of Texas, said in a statement. “We truly believe we can accomplish more when we collaborate to fund needs in our community together, and it makes it easier on the nonprofits who are seeking funding for their work.”
The Dallas Foundation said its Racial Equity Fund is made possible via donations from NexPoint Philanthropies, the Reis-Bisor Foundation, and The Dallas Foundation’s Community Impact Fund, among many others.
Communities Foundation of Texas’ 2023-24 Equity Fund
In total, Communities Foundation of Texas granted $800,000 to 30 local nonprofits. CFT Grantees include:
CAUSE AREA & ORGANIZATION
GRANT
DESIGNATION
HUMAN & CIVIL RIGHTS
Dallas Area Interfaith Sponsoring Committee
$30,000
A Cry for Justice and a Call to Action
HUMAN & CIVIL RIGHTS
Dallas Chinese Community Center
$10,000
Promoting Civic Duties and Civic Engagement in Election Year
HUMAN & CIVIL RIGHTS
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
$30,000
Upstander Partnership
HUMAN & CIVIL RIGHTS (ARTS)
Decolonizing the Music Room
$20,000
Music Education and Performance Programs
HUMAN & CIVIL RIGHTS
Fair Elections Center
$32,000
Campus Vote Project – Dallas Metro Area
HUMAN & CIVIL RIGHTS (ARTS)
Friends of Garland’s Historic Magic 11th Street
$10,000
Programming, personnel and costs for obtaining a Texas Historical Marker
HUMAN & CIVIL RIGHTS
March to the Polls
$50,000
Increasing Electoral Participation by Youth and People of Color
HUMAN & CIVIL RIGHTS (ARTS)
Teatro Dallas
$18,000
La Pizca-A Bilingual Touring Project about Undocumented Youth Working in Agriculture
HUMAN & CIVIL RIGHTS
Urban Leaders Fellowship
$30,000
Developing a Pipeline of Diverse Public Servants in Dallas
DISABILITY RIGHTS
North Texas Disability Chamber
$15,000
North Texas Disability Community Forums
ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY
Downwinders at Risk Education Fund
$25,000
Spanish-Language Environmental Justice Organizer
HEALTH EQUITY
Abide Women’s Health Services, Inc
$25,000
Advancing Equity in Maternal Health
HEALTH EQUITY
BRAVE/R Together
$30,000
Braver Together 76104
HEALTH EQUITY
Joppy Momma’s Farm
$10,000
The JMF Learning Kitchen and Classroom Project
HEALTH EQUITY
The Afiya Center
$40,000
An Unapologetic Quest to Protect and Save Black Women’s Lives
LGBTQ RIGHTS
Dallas Hope Charities
$25,000
Collective Hope Coalition
LGBTQ RIGHTS
Equality Texas Foundation
$33,000
Equality Texas Engagement (North Texas)
RACIAL EQUITY (ECONOMIC SECURITY)
Dallas Entrepreneur Center (DEC)
$40,000
The DEC Network Innovation Center
RACIAL EQUITY (ECONOMIC SECURITY)
Every Texan
$30,000
Advancing Equity and Outcomes through the People’s Budget
RACIAL EQUITY (ECONOMIC SECURITY)
Zan Wesley Holmes, Jr. Community Outreach Center
$50,000
Building Wealth Strategies for Families Low-Income Families Living in South Dallas
RACIAL EQUITY (EDUCATION)
African American Education Archives
$15,000
Changing the Race Narrative
RACIAL EQUITY (EDUCATION)
BH 365 Education Foundation
$10,000
Black History 365 Education Foundation Project
RACIAL EQUITY (EDUCATION)
Child Care Associates
$35,000
The North Texas Early Educator Workforce Analysis & Needs Assessment
RACIAL EQUITY (EDUCATION)
Dallas Afterschool Network
$25,000
DASN Professional Development
RACIAL EQUITY (EDUCATION)
Educational First Steps
$25,000
Four Steps to Excellence
RACIAL EQUITY (EDUCATION)
National Alliance for Partners for Equity (NAPE)
$37,500
Student Voice and Community Engagement Resource Guide
RACIAL EQUITY
BoardBuild
$25,000
Building Community Voice on Boards
RACIAL EQUITY
Opening Doors International Services
$30,000
Removing Access Barriers to Immigration Legal Services
RACIAL EQUITY
Project Unity
$25,000
Together We Dine
RACIAL EQUITY
Remembering Black Dallas Inc.
$19,000
Historical Site Markers
The Dallas Foundation’s 2023-24 Racial Equity Fund
In total, The Dallas Foundation granted $771,250 to 11 local nonprofits. Grantees include:
Education
AT LAST!, Inc.
$50,000
AT LAST!, Inc.
Health
Community Does It
$75,000
General operating support for Cuenta Conmigo Center for Family Mental Health Services
Health
Texas Trees Foundation
$100,000
Trees for All: Community-based, Equity-focused Tree Planting to Better Social Determinants of Health
Civic Participation
Dallas Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation
$50,000
Racial Justice Community of Practice
Civic Participation
Advocate Foundation Inc
$100,000
Dallas Free Press
Economic Empowerment
Founders First Community Development Corporation
$50,000
Accelerate Texas
Housing and Neighborhood Infrastructure
Act (Advocates for Community Transformation
$70,000
Legal Advocacy and Community Development for Safer, More Equitable Neighborhoods
Housing and Neighborhood Infrastructure
Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center
$100,000
Pro Bono Legal Defense for Tenants Facing Eviction
Workforce Development
Dallas Education Foundation
$51,250
Call Me MISTER
Workforce Development
Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
$100,000
The Empowered CEO
Workforce Development
The Walls Project
$25,000
The Walls Project Culture Club Afterschool and Juneteenth Day of Service
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