Community Grants: North Texas

The Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation offers Community Grants in North Texas, focusing on enhancing financial independence for seniors, supporting arts and culture, aiding youth transitioning from foster care, and addressing economic disparities. Grants range from $15,000 to $75,000, averaging $30,000. Eligible counties include Collin, Dallas, Denton, Rockwall, and Tarrant. The Foundation prioritizes initiatives that empower economically disadvantaged communities while ensuring that funds are not directed to individual support or non-tax-exempt organizations.

The Board of Directors of the Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation is committed to the highest standards of philanthropy and to honoring the founders’ original intent, while adapting to today’s needs.
Aging Population
Helping seniors protect or improve their financial independence, through efforts such as employment services, money management programs, financial literacy education, benefits counseling, debt management assistance, food and nutrition security, mental health counseling and case management, transportation, and home improvement or repair; and protecting seniors from physical or financial abuse.
Arts, Culture, and History
Providing artistic, historical, or cultural experiences that enhance learning in school-age children, or extend the benefit of the arts to children, the elderly, and others who might not otherwise have access; helping the cultural sector build future audiences and generate sustained operational funding.
Children and Youth
Assisting young people who are aging out of the foster care system in preparing for independent adulthood, including case management, education, employment, housing, and mental health services; and supporting youth who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
Economic Mobility
Addressing the wealth gap by improving the financial stability and economic security of individuals and families through an integrated approach of improving financial health, income supports, and employment, offered either by a single agency or a group of agencies working in concert.
Education
Supporting the educational and social-emotional development of children ages birth to five, including pre-K programs, kindergarten readiness efforts, and quality improvement initiatives.

Ineligibility

The Foundation does not award grants:To individuals.To organizations or programs that do not serve residents of our geographic focus in Texas or Arkansas.To organizations that are not tax exempt or have not received their 501(c)(3) designation from the Internal Revenue Service. (The Foundation will consider grants to organizations in a fiscal sponsorship arrangement in some circumstances.)For general operating support, annual fund drives, or funds to offset operating losses.For debt retirement, including short-term loans taken as part of a capital campaign.To create or add to endowments.To organizations that will “pass through” the King Foundation grant by re-award to other charitable organizations.For galas, balls, luncheons, or similar events benefiting charitable organizations.For efforts to treat or cure a single disease or condition.To support medical research.For church or seminary construction or religious programs. (The Foundation will consider grants to faith-based groups offering social service programs in some circumstances. The programs must be available to the general public and cannot require religious instruction or participation as a condition of receiving or continuing services.)For professional conferences, symposia, academic or sports competitions, K-12 extracurricular competitions, or similar activities. For private schools and for-profit charter schools. (The Foundation will consider grants for charter schools that are nonprofit entities or in-district charters.)