Education

The Addy Foundation is committed to the right of all people to have an accessible education, thus working to break the cycle of poverty.

Current Giving in Education

2024 Giving: $4,354,288

  • After8toEducate
  • After-School All-Stars
  • ChildCareGroup
  • Dallas Education Foundation
  • Girls Inc. of Metropolitan Dallas
  • Heart House
  • Junior Players
  • Notre Dame of Dallas Schools
  • NPower
  • Pasos for Oak Cliff
  • Perot Museum of Nature and Science
  • Southern Methodist University
  • Tarrant To & Through Partnership
  • Texas Book Festival
  • The Education Trust
  • The Educator Collective
  • United To Learn
  • Untied Way of Metropolitan Dallas
  • Wholly Informed Sex Ed
  • YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas


Total Giving in Education

Since 2015: $16,549,373

  • Aberg Center for Literacy
  • After School All Stars
  • Beacon Hill
  • Big Picture Learning
  • Big Thought
  • Boys and Girls Club Denton Area
  • Bryan’s House
  • City Year
  • Catch up & Read
  • Center On Research and Evaluation (CORE)
  • Commit
  • Cristo Rey Dallas Corporate Work Study, Inc.
  • Da Vinci School
  • Dallas After School
  • Dallas College
  • Dallas Education Foundation
  • Early Matter Dallas
  • Educator Collective
  • Education Opens Doors
  • Educational First Steps
  • Educational Opportunities Inc.
  • Friends of PL Prep
  • Girls Inc.
  • Gratitude Initiative
  • Heart House
  • Incarnation House
  • Leadership Forward
  • Lumin Education
  • Momentous Institute
  • NPower
  • Noggin Educational Foundation
  • Philanthropy Southwest
  • Primos Dallas
  • Readers 2 Leaders
  • ScholarShot
  • St. Mark’s School of Texas
  • Southern Methodist University
  • St. Philip’s School and Community Center
  • Teach for America
  • Teaching Trust
  • The Education Trust
  • The Commit Partnership
  • The Concilio
  • United to Learn
  • Year Up
  • Young Women’s Prep


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