DALLAS — WFAA and TEGNA Foundation have opened a call for proposals for the second round of community grants for 2024.
Each year, WFAA and the TEGNA Foundation award more than $100,000 in grants to eligible north Texas nonprofit organizations.
For its second round of community grants, WFAA will accept proposals only from organizations based in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area whose work directly supports community improvement or education initiatives in North Texas.
Community Improvement
Organizations that support projects and initiatives aimed at enhancing the quality of life within a specific community – encompassing a wide range of activities including improving public spaces, promoting economic development, and fostering social connectedness to create more equitable and sustainable communities.
Education
Organizations that support projects and initiatives involving efforts to provide and improve learning opportunities and enrichment for K-12 students. The goal of these initiatives and projects aim to enhance access to quality education, promote literacy, support lifelong learning, and ensure everyone, regardless of their background or circumstances, has the ability to receive an education.
Eligible organizations must be tax-exempt public charities classified by the IRS as Section 501(c)(3) and 509 (a)(1) or 509(a)(2). To read more about what we do not fund, please click here.
A proposal must include the following:
- A completed TEGNA Foundation Grant Application Form
- IRS letter of determination for 501(c)3 tax exemption
- Your organization’s non-discrimination policy
- One-page project budget and a one-page summary organizational budget
- Project proposal of no more than three pages that includes:
- Needs statement
- Objectives of the project to be funded
- Whether the project is new or ongoing
- Constituency to be served
- Community and volunteer involvement
- Sustainability statement
- Your organization's qualifications to carry out the project
- How the project will be evaluated
- Plans for continued funding, committed and applied for
- Needs statement
- Pertinent recent publications may also be included
Mail completed application and materials to:
WFAA
Attn: Ryan Wood, Director of Community Impact
RE: Community Grant Program
606 Young Street
Dallas, TX 75202
Organizations may choose to submit application materials electronically by emailing one PDF to community@wfaa.com with the subject line "(Organization name): TEGNA Foundation Community Grant".
The deadline to submit a proposal is Friday, August 16, 2024. We are unable to consider applications received after this date.
Applicants should expect to be notified approximately 30-45 days after the deadline.
For 2024, WFAA’s second round community grant process aligns with North Texas Giving Day. Eligible nonprofit organizations that are chosen to receive grants may be asked to participate in media coverage ahead and on the day of North Texas Giving Day.
