Civic & Community Engagement

The Addy Foundation is committed to driving real impact by empowering individuals to become change agents in their community.

Current Giving in Civic & Community Engagement

2025 Giving: $10,405,000

  • Audubon Dallas
  • Badge of Pride
  • Bonton Enterprises
  • Center for Creative Leadership
  • Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center
  • Dallas Free Press
  • Ferguson Road Initiative
  • Friends of the Katy Trail Inc
  • Impact Ventures Accelerator
  • KERA (North Texas Public Broadcasting, Inc.)
  • Our Community Law
  • Union Development Corporation
  • Young Leaders Strong City

Total Giving in Civic & Community Engagement

Since 2015: $28,234,655


  • Bataan Center
  • Bonton Farms
  • Bridge Builders
  • Builders of Hope Community Development Corporation
  • buildingcommunityWORKSHOP
  • Child Poverty Action Lab (CPAL)
  • Community Does It
  • Cornerstone Community Development Corporation
  • The Crystal Charity Ball
  • The Dallas Foundation
  • Dallas Free Press
  • Dallas Kids First
  • Dallas Leadership Foundation
  • Dallas Police Youth Foundation, Inc.
  • Dallas Regional Chamber
  • Dwell with Dignity
  • Educate Texas
  • Fair Park First
  • Forest Forward
  • Frazier Revitalization, Inc.
  • George W. Bush Presidential Center
  • Harmony Community Development Corporation
  • Innocence Project of Texas
  • Jubilee Park and Community Center
  • The Loop Dallas
  • Leadership ISD
  • Lone Star Justice Alliance
  • March to the Polls, Inc.
  • Mayors Star Council
  • Obama Institute
  • Project Texas
  • Salvation Army
  • Social Venture Partners
  • TexProtects
  • The George W. Bush Foundation
  • The Loop Dallas
  • TREC Community Investors
  • The Way Back
  • Union Development Corporation
  • VolunteerNow
  • Wilkinson Center
  • Workforce Development City of Dallas
  • Young Leaders Strong Cities
  • Youth with Faces
  • YMCA


Areas of Focus

The Addy Foundation takes a holistic approach to community investments by focusing on five areas of grantmaking, strategically intended to lift, support, and strengthen communities.

cOMMUNITY

Civic Education

Volunteerism

Community Growth

Revitalization

CULTURE

Arts Accessibility

Cultural Enrichment

Operational Support

Cultural Studies

education

Early Childhood

Primary & Secondary

Special Needs

Workforce Entry

health

Mental Health

Family Planning

Medical Resources

Medical Access

social

Food Insecurity

Digital Divide

Shelter Access

Senior Well-being