All over Texas, We're Here to Help.

The Moody Foundation strengthens the future of Texas by investing in charitable projects that exhibit innovative ideas and make long-term improvement in our communities. Learn more about our grantees and the amazing work they are doing.

Moody Foundation Grant Categories

  • Arts & Humanities
  • Communities & Social Services
  • Education
  • Health
  • Science
  • M-Pact
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Texas Mamma Jamma Ride, Inc.

Austin, Texas
10,000
2019

Assistance with the 2019 bicycle ride supporting seven breast cancer serving organizations


Texas Wesleyan University

Fort Worth, Texas
250,000
2019

Assistance with expansion of the Graduate Program for Nurse Anesthesia building to accommodate a third cohort of students


United Way of Galveston/Vision Galveston

Galveston, Texas
350,000
2019

Assistance with operations of Vision Galveston 2


University of North Texas/College of Music

Denton, Texas
125,000
2019

Assistance with a series of six free concerts in public accessible venues throughout Dallas


University of Texas at Austin/Moody College of Communication

Austin, Texas
1,300,000
2019

Assistance, over a four year period, with the Moody Foundation Honors Scholarships as a component of the Moody College Honors Program that will offer four-year scholarship awards to attract talented students to Moody College


Upward Hope Academy

Galveston, Texas
375,000
2019

Assistance with continued operations of the school, and with an expanded life skills program


Victoria County/Citizens Medical Foundation

Victoria, Texas
15,000
2019

Assistance with the purchase of bone density testing equipment


Victoria Gabriel Project/The Bethlehem Maternity Home

Victoria, Texas
20,000
2019

Assistance with start-up funding to staff a new maternity home that will offer shelter, medical care, baby supplies and adoption services to women ages 18 and older


Warren Center, Inc.

Richardson, Texas
25,000
2019

Assistance with providing therapy to children with developmental disabilities and counseling and respite services to their families


DME Exchange of Dallas

Dallas, Texas
55,000
2019

Assistance with a capacity-building initiative that includes hiring a part-time repair technician and increasing the amount of equipment donated


Down Syndrome Partnership Of North Texas

Fort Worth, Texas
18,000
2019

Assistance with the 2020 camp teaching individuals to ride bicycles, and monthly social and educational opportunities for teens and adults.


East Texas Veterans Community Council (ETVCC)

Flint, Texas
50,000
2019

Assistance with renovating a building that will serve as the Resource Center of CampV, Community Assisting Military People and Veterans


El Buen Samaritano Episcopal Mission

Austin, Texas
50,000
2019

Assistance with a challenge grant for the Hands of Hope annual appeal to Episcopal churches and schools


El Paso Symphony Orchestra Assn

El Paso, Texas
15,000
2019

Assistance with providing music training and performance opportunities to students in second through twelfth grades


Faith Family Kids Inc.

Desoto, Texas
92,159
2019

Assistance with constructing a playground with areas for early childhood and elementary play


Family Promise Of Clear Creek

League City, Texas
20,000
2019

Assistance with transporting homeless families to jobs and school and moving shelter supplies among 13 host churches


Friends Of Austin Animal Center

Austin, Texas
70,000
2019

Assistance with a year-long communications campaign to increase adoptions, and promote the availability of low-cost spay/neuter, vaccination and microchipping services through weekly ads


Galveston Children’s Museum

Galveston, Texas
62,348
2019

assistance with the Galveston Plays program for Galveston children


Galveston Independent School District

Galveston, Texas
600,000
2019

Assistance, over a five-year period, with the Learning Partners: Powerful Learning Initiative program


Galveston Island Swim Team

Galveston, Texas
20,800
2019

Assistance with renting the Ball High School pool, and with hiring a part-time program director to increase the number of beginning swimmers served


Golden Age Home

Lockhart, Texas
15,000
2019

Assistance with the purchase of supplies that will support recreational activities bringing residents of assisted living into contact with community members of all ages


Golden Crescent Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc

Victoria, Texas
10,000
2019

Assistance with volunteer recruitment and training in order to serve more children who are in foster care


High School Bbq

Burnet, Texas
5,000
2019

Assistance with marketing materials to increase the number of high schools fielding varsity barbecue teams


Hill Country Casa Inc

Kerrville, Texas
15,000
2019

Assistance with recruiting and training volunteer advocates


It’s A Sensory World Inc

Farmers Branch, Texas
55,573
2019

Assistance with expanding an adjacent building and creating a Life Skills Development Lab where older students can practice skills needed to live independently


Meals on Wheels and More, Inc./dba Meals on Wheels Central Texas

Austin, Texas
35,000
2019

Assistance with increasing the number of meals provided to the frail elderly, meeting the growing need that accompanies the area’s rapid population increase


Meals on Wheels Ministry, Inc.

Tyler, Texas
50,000
2019

Assistance with the cost of providing nutritious home-delivered meals to the frail elderly and disabled residents of six East Texas counties


Mercy Street Inc

Dallas, Texas
559,586
2019

Assistance, over a two-year period, with replicating the mentoring, sports and leadership development program in the Fair Park area of Dallas


Odyssey 2020 Academy Inc

Galveston, Texas
149,418
2019

Assistance with increasing academic outcomes for students through reading and writing improvements


Agape Ranch

Corpus Christi, Texas
287,630
2019

Assistance with constructing a community of foster families in Nueces County and with the family programs


Armed Services YMCA of El Paso

El Paso, Texas
25,000
2019

Assistance with Operation Hero, an after-school program of mentoring and tutoring designed to improve school performance and social interactions of children who are struggling with the challenges of life in a military family


Austin Community Foundation For The Capital Area

Austin, Texas
266,500
2019

Assistance in matching up to $10,000 raised by runners participating in the Austin Marathon and Half Marathon to benefit 26 charitable organizations, and support of the “Charity Chaser” challenge


Austin YMBL Sunshine Camp

Austin, Texas
50,000
2019

Assistance in developing a leadership pipeline through the SHINE Project, a leadership development program and a counselor-in-training program


Bay Area Turning Point, Inc.

Webster, Texas
5,000
2019

Assistance with the Children Services Shelter Program


Baylor Health Care System Foundation

Dallas, Texas
911,236
2019

Assistance with continuing and expanding the program placing child life specialists in adult-care hospitals to reduce family stress in times of illness and death


Boys and Girls Clubs Of The Coastal Bend Inc

Corpus Christi, Texas
100,000
2019

Assistance with operating expenses of clubs in Victoria, Beeville, Alice, Kingsville and Corpus Christi as the first funding in a new partnership model


Bridge Breast Center, Inc.

Dallas, Texas
131,250
2019

Assistance with providing detection and treatment services aimed at reducing the incidence and number of deaths from invasive cancer


Candlelight Ranch Foundation

Austin, Texas
40,000
2019

Assistance in providing outdoors-based education, recreational and therapeutic programs to children of special populations


CASA of Tarrant County Inc

Fort Worth, Texas
40,000
2019

Assistance with two new programs, Collaborative Family Engagement and Trust-Based Relational Intervention


CASA of Travis County, Inc.

Austin, Texas
30,000
2019

Assistance with the Family Finding program to serve 90 children in foster care, identifying family members who may serve as a resource for the child


Central Texas Community Health Centers dba CommUnityCare

Austin, Texas
50,000
2019

Assistance with purchasing obstetric and gynecological equipment that will detect cervical cancer, reduce birth complications and improve service delivery at five clinic locations in Travis and Bastrop counties


Cody Stephens Go Big Or Go Home Memorial Foundation

Crosby, Texas
20,000
2019

Assistance with free screenings for heart abnormalities as part of the sports physical in nine Galveston County mainland school districts to identify those at risk of Sudden Cardiac Arrest


Comp-U-Dopt

Houston, Texas
1,515,000
2019

Assistance with expanding access to technology within the Galveston community


Court Appointed Special Advocates CASA of Liberty/Chambers Counties

Liberty Hill, Texas
10,000
2019

Assistance with the Fostering Futures Program preparing teens in foster care for productive and healthy adulthood


Covington Independent School District/Hill County Shared Services Arrangement

Hillsboro, Texas
50,000
2019

Assistance with establishing a lending library for assistive technology so that each special needs student has a trial period of using a device ensuring that it is the best solution


Dallas Foundation A Texas Nonprofit Corporation/Dallas Portal Fund

Dallas, Texas
48,000
2019

Assistance with a semester-long residency of the immersive audio-visual Portal environment to connect Shelton School students and faculty to communities throughout the world


Dallas SCI Recovery, Inc./dba REACT

Addison, Texas
75,000
2019

Assistance with operating the Neuro-Restorative Program providing innovative therapies to paralyzed individuals


Denton Assistance Center, Inc./dba Serve Denton

Denton, Texas
100,000
2019

Assistance with completing the Serve Denton Center, a co-location of the area’s social and medical services for low-income residents of Denton County


Denton County Friends Of The Family Inc

Denton, Texas
20,000
2019

Assistance with the purchase of therapeutic play equipment for use in counseling and play therapy programs for children who have witnessed or are impacted by family violence


ProjectHandup/dba The Gatehouse

Grapevine, Texas
50,000
2019

Assistance with children’s education and enrichment activities as they and their mothers receive comprehensive services to break the cycles of domestic abuse and poverty


PWA Coalition Of Dallas Inc dba AIDS Services of Dallas

Dallas, Texas
150,000
2019

Assistance with the construction of four apartments at the site of an 8-unit complex under renovation to create Lancaster Place, an independent-living community for 25 residents


Rahabs Retreat And Ranch Inc

Kilgore, Texas
160,000
2019

Assistance with continued operations of the transitional program for women formerly involved in the sex industry


Settlement Club/dba The Settlement Home

Austin, Texas
100,000
2019

Assistance with renovating a home adjacent to the main campus to serve as a supervised group home for teens who have experienced trauma, abuse and/or neglect


Spindletop Center

Beaumont, Texas
300,000
2019

Assistance with purchasing and outfitting a mobile mental health van to provide rapid-response services following disasters, and visiting schools and health fairs


Spring Branch Baseball Program/SpringSpirit Baseball

Houston, Texas
150,000
2019

Assistance, over a two-year period, with expanding educational programming at all grade levels for children in Spring Branch ISD


Stand For Children Leadership Center

Dallas, Texas
130,000
2019

Assistance with expanding and developing a database for the Home Visit Project in Dallas ISD


Teach For America Inc

Dallas, Texas
100,000
2019

Assistance with professional development opportunities for the 260 TFA corps members teaching in four Metroplex schools


Texas Chihuahua Rescue Inc

Pleasanton, Texas
12,500
2019

Assistance with renovating an outbuilding to serve as a kennel and holding facility


Village Learning Center Inc

Kingwood, Texas
10,000
2019

Assistance toward supplying affordable and accessible transportation to clients with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities


Volunteer Healthcare Clinic Inc

Austin, Texas
20,000
2019

Assistance in providing indigent and uninsured working poor patients with specialized medical clinics


West Lake Limestone Volunteer Fire Department

Thornton, Texas
83,968
2019

Assistance with construction of two water plants at two substations


Young Women’s Preparatory Network

Dallas, Texas
500,000
2019

Assistance in underwriting the expenses of the first YWPN Symposium


Crystal Charity Ball

Dallas, Texas
150,000
2019

Assistance toward the 2019 Crystal Charity Ball benefitting ten Dallas County children’s charities


Dallas Afterschool

Dallas, Texas
240,000
2019

Assistance, over a two-year period, with creating a Literacy Program Coordinator position to transition the Tackle Summer Slide program into a year-round literacy program


Dallas Foundation A Tx Nonprofit Corporation/Spay and Neuter Surge Project

Dallas, Texas
500,000
2019

Assistance with the third and final year of the Southern Dallas Spay Neuter Surge Project


Dallas Theater Center

Dallas, Texas
800,000
2019

Assistance, over a four-year period, in underwriting the annual production of “A Christmas Carol”


Family Gateway, Inc.

Dallas, Texas
149,000
2019

Assistance in expanding the Assessment and Diversion program to aid families in crisis before they are in a shelter, and developing a pilot program to prevent families who are precariously housed from becoming homeless


Galveston Independent School District

Galveston, Texas
302,200
2019

Assistance, over a five-year period, with Project Lead the Way to provide engineering and robotics for all Galveston ISD campuses


Galveston’s Own Farmers Market

Galveston, Texas
25,000
2019

Assistance with expansion of the Young Gardeners Program of hands-on learning, and building capacity for the market’s programs for food accessibility


Guide Dogs Of Texas Inc

San Antonio, Texas
25,000
2019

Assistance in matching visually impaired adults in the Houston/Galveston area with a fully trained guide dog


Haca Scholarship Foundation Inc dba Austin Pathways

Austin, Texas
60,000
2019

Assistance toward providing specialized service coordination, in partnership with Family Eldercare, to elderly residents of general-population public housing


Juliette Fowler Communities

Dallas, Texas
35,000
2019

Assistance toward the Workforce Readiness Program for young women who have aged out of foster care


Kid Net Foundation/Jonathan’s Place

Garland, Texas
120,000
2019

Assistance in building capacity of the foster placement program, with increased capacity to meet the special needs of the most vulnerable children


Manos De Cristo Inc

Austin, Texas
20,000
2019

Assistance in providing a full range of dental and oral health services to low-income children and adults in Austin


Mounting Horizons

League City, Texas
40,000
2019

Assistance to serve as a local match needed for Texas Department of Transportation funding for accessible on-demand transportation for individuals with disabilities


Nacogdoches HOPE (Helping Other People Eat)

Nacogdoches, Texas
6,000
2019

Assistance with outfitting a new soup kitchen with cooking utensils, tables, chairs and a year’s supply of plates, forks and soup cups


Nia Cultural Center, Inc.

Galveston, Texas
35,000
2019

Assistance with the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom School program


Old Jail Art Center

Albany, Texas
25,000
2019

Assistance with a series of temporary exhibitions featuring Texan, American and international artists that are accompanied by gallery talks, curricula, virtual experiences and events


Onion Creek Senior Center

Buda, Texas
25,000
2019

Assistance with the purchase and installation of two commercial ovens in order to expand the weekly lunch program for the senior population of Hays County


Open Arms, Inc./Bryan’s House

Dallas, Texas
125,000
2019

Assistance with the purchase and installation of a client database and computers and replacement of Federal funding for children’s programs


Port Arthur Little Theatre

Port Arthur, Texas
11,850
2019

Assistance with replacing the air conditioning system, purchasing a video projector and replacing groundskeeping equipment and supplies


Project Graduation, Inc.

Galveston, Texas
10,000
2019

Assistance in providing graduating seniors in the class of 2019 with an all-night, alcohol and drug free graduation party


SMART Family Literacy

Galveston, Texas
65,000
2019

Assistance with the early childhood literacy program for parents, children from infants to age 8, and child care center staff


Special Olympics Texas, Inc.

Austin, Texas
80,000
2019

Assistance with the year-round sports training and athletic competition throughout the state


Sustainable Food Center, Inc.

Austin, Texas
50,000
2019

Assistance with the Sprouting Healthy Kids program


University of Texas at Austin/Blanton Museum of Art

Austin, Texas
20,000,000
2019

Assistance with grounds redevelopment and with Free Thursdays Endowment


Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement

Mercedes, Texas
50,000
2019

Assistance with the Women’s Success Initiative


Young Women’s Christian Association of Greater Austin

Austin, Texas
100,000
2019

Assistance in implementing a mobile mental health clinic to deliver trauma-informed therapy and respond to emergencies


Abilene Youth Sports Authority, Inc.

Abilene, Texas
600,000
2019

Assistance, over a two-year period, in providing young people with year-round sports activities by staffing a new sports complex with sports coordinators who will involve the community in classes, teams, tournaments and camps


Ace Mentor Program of America, Inc.

Austin, Texas
10,000
2019

Assistance in offering high school students opportunities to learn about careers in engineering, architecture and construction through an after-school program


Austin Achieve Public Schools, Inc.

Austin, Texas
20,000
2019

Assistance with the College Readiness Program, a four-year immersion in setting and achieving goals for higher education


Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival

Austin, Texas
20,000
2019

Assistance in presenting more than 70 films at the All Genders, Lifestyles and Identities Film Festival


Austin Habitat for Humanity, Inc.

Austin, Texas
50,000
2019

Assistance in building a third ReStore home improvement store


Bayou Vista Police Department

Hitchcock, Texas
55,000
2019

Assistance in replacing a high-mileage patrol unit with a new SUV-style unit and outfitting it for law enforcement use


Big Thought

Dallas, Texas
400,000
2019

Assistance toward the 2019 Dallas City of Learning initiative to provide students with summer learning programs


Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas, Inc.

Dallas, Texas
100,000
2019

Assistance with the Accelerated Early-Childhood Education intervention and the Academic Success after-school assistance project


Camp Summit, Inc.

Dallas, Texas
368,000
2019

Assistance with renovating a residential camp to be barrier-free, modifying the swimming pool and pathways to better accommodate special needs, and completing the capital campaign


Casa Esperanza, Inc./dba Hope House of Austin

Liberty Hill, Texas
40,000
2019

Assistance in purchasing a wheelchair van for use in transporting medically fragile and mentally disabled clients to medical appointments, therapy and events


Catholic Charities Of Central Texas

Austin, Texas
30,000
2019

Assistance in providing veterans in a 25-county area with case management, financial assistance and individualized services that process and resolve the emotional, financial and social consequences of their service


Chambers Community Health Centers, Inc.

Anahuac, Texas
45,000
2019

Assistance with expanding mammography and providing additional diagnostic procedures for women with irregular mammograms, and with purchasing equipment to monitor diabetes