Cultural Competency

The Addy Foundation is committed to providing exposure to the arts, leading to understanding and acceptance of varying ideas, perspectives, and cultures.

Current Giving in Cultural Competency

2023 Giving: $3,229,000

  • Aurora Dallas
  • Bishop Arts Theater
  • Broadway Dallas
  • Dallas Summer Musicals
  • Dallas Theater Center
  • Deep Vellum
  • Fair Park First
  • KERA
  • Texas Ballet Theater
  • Perot Museum of Nature and Science
  • Reading Partners
  • Southwest Celtic Music Association

Total Giving in Cultural Competency

Since 2015: $4,979,000

  • African American Society Museum
  • AURORA
  • Big D Reads
  • Bishop Arts Theater
  • Broadway Dallas
  • Dallas Arboretum
  • Dallas Holocaust Museum
  • Dallas Free Press
  • Dallas Museum of Art
  • Dallas Summer Musicals
  • Dallas Theater Center
  • Deep Vellum
  • Juanita Craft Civil Rights Museum
  • Junior Players
  • KERA (North Texas Public Broadcasting, Inc.)
  • Perot Museum of Nature and Science
  • TACA
  • Texas Ballet Theater


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