Discretionary Grants
Funding Amount
Varies
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Geographic Scope: Texas Panhandle (26 counties)
Focus Areas: Education, Economic Opportunity, Healthcare
Program Description: The Discretionary Grant Program supports a wide range of nonprofit initiatives across the Texas Panhandle. Based on historical recipients, grants support capital projects, program development, and operational support across education, health, human services, arts and culture, and public benefit areas.
Recent Award Amounts (Historical Examples):
- 2018: Grants ranged from $3,500 to $500,000
- 2017: Grants ranged from $3,500 to $500,000
- 2016: Grants ranged from $3,866 to $250,000
Types of Support:
- Capital improvements and projects
- Program support
- General operating support
- Student aid/scholarships
- Capacity building
- Foundation initiatives
Eligibility: See Foundation Grant Requirements
What The Don & Sybil Harrington actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990 filing, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 38
- Total given
- $3.87M
- Median grant
- $45K
- Range
- $10K–$898K
- By dollars: Texas 97%, Maryland 3%. Top recipient cities: Amarillo, TX; Canyon, TX; Dumas, TX.
- 4% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 45% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Amarillo Area Foundation Inc · Amarillo, TX
Program support
$898K
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas · Dallas, TX
Program support
$440K
Texas Network of Youth Services · Austin, TX
Program support
$425K
United Way of Amarillo & Canyon · Amarillo, TX
General & program support
$231K
Hemphill County Hospital District · Canadian, TX
Program support
$175K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Foundation
- Education
- Healthcare
- Community development
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