The David M Crowley Foundation is a Dallas‑centric funder that prioritizes direct social services, faith‑based education, and civic cultural institutions. They consistently support local safety‑net organizations (shelters, recovery programs, food and health clinics), Catholic and other parochial schools/tuition assistance, and arts organizations, often providing operational and matching support. Grants are frequently multi-year or repeated to the same organizations, indicating long‑term partnerships with a stable set of community nonprofits.
A $2,000,000 grant to Adaptive Training Foundation in 2025 stands out in the David M Crowley Foundation’s recent giving and points to the way this Dallas funder combines large operating support with project-specific capital needs. Across the recent grants list, the foundation backs a stable set of Dallas-area organizations working in recovery, shelter, food access, faith-based schooling, and cultural institutions. Its support for The Magdalen House spans 2023 through 2025, while Catholic Charities also appears in multiple years, showing repeated investment rather than one-time awards. The foundation’s education grantmaking includes Catholic and parochial schools as well as tuition assistance, with sizeable awards to Ursuline Academy, Good Shepherd Episcopal School, and Our Lady of Perpetual Help. In social services, it funds emergency shelter and basic-needs organizations such as The Stewpot, North Texas Food Bank, Genesis Shelter, and Brother Bills. The portfolio also extends to Dallas civic and arts organizations, including the AT&T Performing Arts Center and the Dallas Symphony. Grants often support operations, matching needs, equipment, repairs, or expansion, suggesting a hands-on approach to organizational capacity and service delivery.
Faith-based education is a clear strand in the David M Crowley Foundation’s grantmaking. Recent awards include $550,000 to Ursuline Academy for the Gretchen Kane Fund and $500,000 to Good Shepherd Episcopal School for the Tad Long COE Base Camp matching gift. The foundation also supported Our Lady of Perpetual Help with $200,000 in 2024 for campus improvements, repairs, and tuition assistance, followed by $180,000 in 2025 for the same purpose. In food and emergency support, the foundation gave $500,000 to The Stewpot for moving costs after the purchase of City Square and $400,000 to North Texas Food Bank for general operations in 2025. Health access appears in a $250,000 grant to Agape Clinic for dental equipment, while workforce and recovery-oriented services show up in grants to The Magdalen House for programming, client programs, operations, and a matching gift for men’s program operations.
Typical awards are mid-sized, with a p25 of $25,000, a median of $50,000, and a p75 of $100,000, but the recent list includes several larger commitments above that range. The foundation’s giving appears recurring: The Magdalen House, North Texas Food Bank, Catholic Charities, Our Friend’s Place, and At&t Performing Arts Center each appear in multiple years. The pattern is also heavily hands-on, with grants labeled for operations, matching gifts, program support, equipment, repairs, and capital-related needs. The foundation is a family foundation, led by Sandra L Hallmark.
$5.9M
$149.3M
$4.5M
$7.7M
Most grants fall between $25K and $100K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$25K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$100K
SANDRA L HALLMARK
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Concentrated, local giving focused on repeat grantees and multi‑year support; a mix of large anchor gifts (six‑figure to seven‑figure) and numerous medium-sized grants. Emphasis on operations, program support, and matching/capital commitments rather than one‑off small grants.
Notable grantees: Adaptive Training Foundation, North Texas Food Bank, Catholic Charities (and affiliated parish/school programs), The Magdalen House, Ursuline Academy
Grantmaking is tightly concentrated in Texas, and 100% of grants in the recent dataset go to recipients in the HQ state. Dallas is the main recipient city, with repeated awards to organizations there including Catholic Charities, The Magdalen House, Our Friend’s Place, Genesis Shelter, and the Dallas Symphony. Other Texas recipients appear in Plano, Carrollton, and nearby North Texas communities, including North Texas Food Bank in Plano and Adaptive Training Foundation in Carrollton.
Its recent grants support faith-based schools and tuition assistance, recovery and reentry services, homelessness and shelter operations, food and health clinics, and Dallas arts and civic cultural institutions. Named recipients in the data include Ursuline Academy, The Magdalen House, North Texas Food Bank, Agape Clinic, and the AT&T Performing Arts Center.
Yes. Several recipients appear across multiple years, including The Magdalen House in 2023, 2024, and 2025; Catholic Charities in 2023, 2024, and 2025; North Texas Food Bank in 2023, 2024, and 2025; and Our Friend’s Place in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
The recent grant data shows a p25 of $25,000, a median of $50,000, and a p75 of $100,000. The portfolio also includes larger awards, such as $2,000,000 to Adaptive Training Foundation and $550,000 to Ursuline Academy.
Its recent giving is entirely in Texas, with 100% of grants to recipients in the HQ state. Dallas is the central city in the portfolio, and other recipient locations include Plano and Carrollton.
The grant descriptions show support for operations, program delivery, matching gifts, equipment, repairs, campus improvements, and expansion. Examples include operations for Catholic Charities, dental equipment for Agape Clinic, moving costs for The Stewpot, and a matching gift for Good Shepherd Episcopal School.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADAPTIVE TRAINING FOUNDATION | CARROLITON, TX | $2,000,000 | 2025 | Meditation Room - 1st year of 2 |
| Good Shepherd Episcopal School | Dallas, TX | $500,000 | 2025 | MATCHING GIFT - Tad Long COE Base Camp |
| The Stewpot | Dallas, TX | $500,000 | 2025 | Purchased City Square - moving in December 2024 - moving costs |
| North Texas Food Bank | PLANO, TX | $400,000 | 2025 | general operations |
| Catholic Charities | Dallas, TX | $350,000 | 2025 | operations & mission expansion |
| AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER | DALLAS, TX | $235,000 | 2025 | Reliant Light Holiday - study/research |
| THE MAGDALEN HOUSE | DALLAS, TX | $200,000 | 2025 | matching gift for Men's Program Operations 2025 |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help | Dallas, TX | $180,000 | 2025 | campus improvments & repairs - tuition assistance |
| Grant Haliburton FOUNDATION INC | Dallas, TX | $135,000 | 2025 | programs & operations and IHO Kate Brydon lived in Ft. Meyer-suffered 15+ years |
| Dallas Symphony | Dallas, TX | $106,000 | 2025 | Educational advancement programs |
| OUR FRIEND'S PLACE | Dallas, TX | $105,000 | 2025 | SOAR programs & operations |
| Genesis Shelter | Dallas, TX | $101,000 | 2025 | operations, programs unrestricted |
| Brother Bills | DALLAS, TX | $100,000 | 2025 | social services team |
| Visiting Nurses Association | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 2025 | kitchen repairs & operations |
| The Dallas Opera | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 2025 | General operations |
| AUSTIN STREET CENTER | DALLAS, TX | $80,000 | 2025 | general operations & critical management services |
| Agape Clinic | Dallas, TX | $75,000 | 2025 | Dental & staff support |
| Momentous Institute | Dallas, TX | $75,000 | 2025 | Early childhood programs |
| BISHOP DUNNE | DALLAS, TX | $50,000 | 2025 | tuition assistance |
| ST CECELIA | DALLAS, TX | $50,000 | 2025 | TUITION ASSISTANCE |
| TRAFFIC 911 | ADDISON, TX | $50,000 | 2025 | Programs |
| Dallas Arboretum | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 2025 | educational programs |
| The Warren Center | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 2025 | Case Management Services |
| Advocates for Community Transformation | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 2025 | programs and additional staff |
| Healing Hands Ministries | Dallas, TX | $35,000 | 2025 | healthcare services & programs |
| THE ARTIST OUTREACH | DALLAS, TX | $30,000 | 2025 | Academic Programs Dallas |
| Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 2025 | student programs |
| Community Partners of Dallas | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 2025 | Rainbow Room |
| The Senior Source | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 2025 | caregiver support program |
| Cisfercian Preparatory School | Irving, TX | $28,000 | 2025 | scholarship for one student we support through graduation |
| Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 2025 | general operations |
| Well Community | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 2025 | Client Support Services |
| Highland Park HS | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 2025 | MATCHING PROGRAM - sensory room |
| Connecting Point of Park Cities | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 2025 | programs |
| BISHOP LYNCH | DALLAS, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | 2 year program - Preaching for Encounter |
| Assistance League Greater Collin Cou | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | Operation School Bell Program |
| St Pius X Catholic School | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | 2 year program - Preaching for Encounter |
| St Elizabeth oh Hungary Catholic School | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | 2 year program - Preaching for Encounter |
| Ursuline Academy | Dallas, TX | $550,000 | 2024 | Gretchen Kane Fund |
| North Texas Food Bank | PLANO, TX | $435,000 | 2024 | general operations & parking lot at distribution church |
| Catholic Charities | Dallas, TX | $350,000 | 2024 | operations & mission expansion |
| CORNERSTONE CROSSROADS ACADEMY | DALLAS, TX | $250,000 | 2024 | operations & expansion of Phylis Wheatley |
| Agape Clinic | Dallas, TX | $250,000 | 2024 | dental equipment |
| THE MAGDALEN HOUSE | DALLAS, TX | $226,000 | 2024 | client programs & operations |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help | Dallas, TX | $200,000 | 2024 | campus improvments & repairs - tuition assistance |
| AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER | DALLAS, TX | $185,000 | 2024 | Reliant Light Holiday |
| Brother Bills | DALLAS, TX | $150,000 | 2024 | social services team |
| UTSW | DALLAS, TX | $150,000 | 2024 | TI Biomedical Engineering Building |
| OUR FRIEND'S PLACE | Dallas, TX | $115,000 | 2024 | SOAR programs & operations |
| Genesis Shelter | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 2024 | operations, programs unrestricted |
ADAPTIVE TRAINING FOUNDATION
$2,000,000Meditation Room - 1st year of 2
Good Shepherd Episcopal School
$500,000MATCHING GIFT - Tad Long COE Base Camp
The Stewpot
$500,000Purchased City Square - moving in December 2024 - moving costs
AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
$235,000Reliant Light Holiday - study/research
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
$180,000campus improvments & repairs - tuition assistance
Grant Haliburton FOUNDATION INC
$135,000programs & operations and IHO Kate Brydon lived in Ft. Meyer-suffered 15+ years
BISHOP DUNNE
$50,000tuition assistance
ST CECELIA
$50,000TUITION ASSISTANCE
Dallas Arboretum
$50,000educational programs
THE ARTIST OUTREACH
$30,000Academic Programs Dallas
Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra
$30,000student programs
Cisfercian Preparatory School
$28,000scholarship for one student we support through graduation
Well Community
$20,000Client Support Services
Highland Park HS
$20,000MATCHING PROGRAM - sensory room
BISHOP LYNCH
$10,0002 year program - Preaching for Encounter
Assistance League Greater Collin Cou
$10,000Operation School Bell Program
St Pius X Catholic School
$10,0002 year program - Preaching for Encounter
St Elizabeth oh Hungary Catholic School
$10,0002 year program - Preaching for Encounter
Ursuline Academy
$550,000Gretchen Kane Fund
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
$200,000campus improvments & repairs - tuition assistance
AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
$185,000Reliant Light Holiday