Apply for a Grant
What We Fund
There are three areas in which you can apply for a grant:
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Community Impact Grants
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Caruth Foundation Grants
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LOI/Giving Guide
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Issue-specific grants focused on:
- Increasing the economic security of low-income families
- At-risk middle school youth
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Complex, multi-year grants focused on:
- Medical & Scientific Research
- Public Safety
- Education
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Open call for small dollar, wide-breadth grants in 8 areas:
- Animals
- Arts
- Education
- Elderly
- Environment
- Health
- Social Services
- Youth
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Community Impact Grants
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W.W. Caruth, Jr. Foundation
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Giving Guide
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From unrestricted funds, $2 million available across two focus areas. 2013 deadline has passed. Click here to learn more.
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Multi-year, multi-million dollar grant applications reviewed on a rolling basis. Click here to learn more.
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Nonprofits apply annually through the LOI process to be in our Giving Guide. Next deadline is May 1, 2013 at 5:00PM. Click here to learn more.
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FY2012 Grants Paid by Fund Source
Since our inception in 1953, we have made more than $1.2 billion in grants to support education, health care, public safety, social services, animals and the arts – touching nearly all aspects of life in our community.
In the 2012 fiscal year, we awarded grants totaling $66 million. A breakdown of how the grants were invested is shown below, which includes donor-advised, designated and community impact grants. The only way to apply for funding from our donor-advised funds, agency funds and discretionary funds is through the Letter of Inquiry process.

Monica Egert Smith
Community Philanthropy Director
214-750-4135
megert@cftexas.org