Animal and Conservation Agencies Get Grants from NTCF

North Texas Community Foundation has announced the recipients of its Conservation and Environment Fund and Animal Fund grant cycles, awarding $290,344 to 29 area nonprofits. This latest round of funding brings the Foundation’s total grantmaking to more than $38 million in 2024 year-to-date.

The Conservation and Environment Fund supports projects that promote environmental stewardship and preservation of North Texas’s natural spaces. Funding was awarded to organizations that contribute to the conservation of native Texas species and habitats, protect urban green spaces, and provide educational programs that emphasize the importance of land and resource protection. Grants also support efforts to maintain land for agricultural, wildlife, and botanical purposes.

The Animal Fund provides resources for organizations that care for abused, injured, or abandoned animals, offer equine rescue, shelter, rehabilitation, or adoption services, and provide humane education programs. Funding also supported equine-assisted therapy programs, which bring transformative benefits to both animals and individuals in need.

Eligible organizations in Bosque, Denton, Hill, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant, Wise and Young Counties were invited to apply for funding.

“Thanks to the generosity of our donors who invested in these grant cycles, this funding will make a significant impact on conservation efforts in North Texas and provide critical resources to animal welfare programs,” says Rose Bradshaw, president & CEO of North Texas Community Foundation.

Grant recipients include:

Conservation and Environment Fund

• BRAVE/R Together: For the conversion of vacant lots into urban gardens and parks.
• By Any Means 104/Southside Community Garden: For the creation of a permaculture station in 76104.
• Camp Fire First Texas: To provide support for Title 1 schools to attend the Texas Outdoor Education Center.
• Child Care Associates: To construct a greenhouse at LVTRise Community Center to provide fresh produce for the center and community.
• Fossil Rim Wildlife Center: For the purchase of a no-till drill to plant native grasses for erosion control and wildlife grazing.
• Friends of the Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge: For the enhancement of native prairie sites at the Center.
• KEEN Group: To provide environmental education field trips to a Texas State Parks Hatchery and Nature Photography classes.
• National Wildlife Federation: To help in the recovery of monarch butterflies through helping Fort Worth ISD students, teachers and community members to create milkweed habitats.
• Native Prairies Association of Texas: For support of a conservation easement in North Texas to protect vital landscape.
• Opening Doors for Women In Need: For support of the Como Community Gardens.
• Streams & Valleys: To provide support for the Trinity Park Trail Enhancement Project.
• Texas Land Conservancy: To provide assistance to landowners without the financial means to finalize conservation easements.
• The Clark Gardens: For the rehabilitation of a pollinator garden.
• University of North Texas Foundation: To support the continued efforts to reestablish, protect and conserve 85 acres of prairie land at Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area.

The Animal Fund

• Buster’s Friends: To support spay/neuter surgeries, specialty animal care, vaccinations and support animal foster homes.
• Community Food Bank: To replenish the supply of dog and cat food for families in need.
• Don’t Forget to Feed Me: For the purchase of cat and dog food to distribute in the community.
• Friends of Arlington Animal Services: To provide spay/neuter surgeries for feral cats served through the Trap-Neuter-Return program and heartworm treatment for dogs.
• Humane Society of North Texas: For the construction of three play yards at the Fort Worth shelter. For the purchase of essential equine equipment, including run-in sheds, round pens, and rope breakaway halters.
• Mid-Cities Community Cats: To provide medical care for feral cats served through the Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return program.
• Panther City Feral Cat Coalition: To provide Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return services and medical care for injured and ill cats who are feral or abandoned.
• Ranch Hands Rescue: To provide veterinary services, farrier care, dental care and medication to rescued equine in the animal sanctuary.
• Remember Me Rescue: For the enhancement of the quarantine facilities, covered concrete pad and stock for the rescued racehorses.
• Saving Hope Foundation: To provide free spay and neuter surgeries, vaccinations, and microchips to animals in southeast Fort Worth.
• Spay Neuter Network: To provide spay/neuter surgeries for dogs and cats in Fort Worth.
• Coalition for Animal Protection: To support the Fort Worth Fix program providing spay/neuter services for pets of low-income residents in Fort Worth.
• All Star Equestrian Foundation: To purchase feed and provide farrier care for the herd of therapy horses.
• Stars and Strides Therapeutic Riding Center: For the addition of two covered loafing sheds for protection of the herd of therapy horses.
• Wings of Hope: For the veterinary services, farrier care, nutritional health and general care of the therapy horses.

For more information about the Community Foundation’s grant cycles, visit: https://northtexascf.org/nonprofits/