Matejek Family Foundation
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About Matejek Family Foundation
The Matejek Family Foundation is a highly education-focused private funder based in Dallas, concentrating almost all of its giving on K–12 education in the Dallas area. The foundation makes large, concentrated gifts—most notably multi-year or repeat support to Uplift Education—while also backing private/parochial schooling and education funding vehicles. Its pattern suggests a strategic preference for direct school support and scalable charter operations within its home region.
Focus Areas
Dallas-area charter school network support (Uplift Education)Catholic / parochial K–12 school funding in Dallas (Notre Dame School of Dallas)Education funding/intermediary services or donor-advised education grants (Perfect Gift)
Who They Fund
students (scholarship recipients)K–12 schools / classroomscolleges and universitieseducational programs
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated: few, large grants focused on a small number of education organizations, with repeat and sizable support to a single flagship grantee (Uplift Education).
About Matejek Family Foundation
The Matejek Family Foundation’s clearest pattern is its sustained backing of Uplift Education, including a $889,043 grant in 2025, $540,000 in 2024, and $394,813 in 2023. That repeated support points to a funder that favors concentrated, multi-year commitments rather than scattered small gifts. The foundation’s recent giving also shows continuing support for Dallas-based education organizations, including Notre Dame School of Dallas and Perfect Gift, alongside smaller but still material grants to other schools and education-linked nonprofits. Its portfolio is education-centered, with a strong Dallas-area emphasis and a particular preference for K–12 schools, charter networks, and education funding intermediaries. The foundation also funds faith-based initiatives, which appear alongside its education work in its active grant programs. Recent grants include classroom naming support and direct donations, suggesting a mix of institutional support and more targeted school-level commitments. The pattern is not limited to one school type. Alongside charter-school funding, the foundation has supported parochial and Catholic education, as well as education-related organizations that serve students and schools through other channels.
What Matejek Family Foundation Funds
K–12 education is the foundation’s dominant theme. It gave $120,000 to Notre Dame School of Dallas in 2024 for a 2023 donation, and another $100,000 to the same school in 2025 for a 2024 donation, showing sustained support for private and parochial schooling in Dallas. The foundation also backs student support and school-linked services through smaller grants. It gave $101,941 to Perfect Gift in 2024 for a 2023 donation, and $15,000 to Dallas After School in 2025 for a 2024 donation. Those grants sit alongside its education and faith-based grantmaking programs. Faith-linked education is another thread. The foundation awarded $100,000 to Boys Town in 2023 for classroom naming, and it has also funded St Thomas Acquinas in Dallas across three years. These gifts show a mix of direct school support, naming support, and recurring institutional giving.
How Matejek Family Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster around a middle band: the p25 is $10,000, the median is $48,000, and the p75 is $57,690. The distribution is shaped by a few very large education grants, but many awards sit in the tens of thousands. This is a repeat-giving foundation. Several recipients appear across multiple years, including Uplift Education, Notre Dame School of Dallas, Perfect Gift, Aids Services of Dallas, Our Calling, Human Coalition, Grant Halliburton Foundation, Loreto House, Franciscan Foundation for the Holy Land, and St Thomas Acquinas. The foundation is a private family foundation, and the active programs describe board-led screening and selection. It does not accept unsolicited applications.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2M
Total Assets
$41K
Total Revenue
$2.3M
Total Expenses
$2.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $58K, with a median of $48K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$48K
75th Percentile
$58K
Geographic Reach
Local4 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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