The Hoglund Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The Hoglund Foundation funds organisations working in the City of Dallas on family support and education, so an organisation whose work fits those themes and that operates in the City of Dallas is the kind of applicant it describes.
- Most of its grants are modest: about 8 in 10 fall between $1,500 and $35,000, and the median is $12,500, so a request in that region is realistic, although its largest grant was $240,000 and that band is not a ceiling.
- Applications must be submitted fully completed online, with three recurring deadlines of February 1, June 1 and October 1, so plan around one of those dates.
- Because 91% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, its giving leans towards existing relationships, so a first approach should explain clearly how the work connects to what it funds.
- Its stated priorities include sound organisational and financial management, creative problem solving and collaboration that shares resources, and these should be visible in the application.
Overview
The Hoglund Foundation is a US private foundation based in Dallas, TX.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Hoglund Foundation supports organisations working to improve the lives of families and at-risk children in the City of Dallas through education and family support services. Its family-support work aims to help families remain intact, support children with an emphasis on preventing child abuse, and promote individual and family responsibility and initiative. In education, it favours cost-effective, scalable initiatives that deliver systemic improvement and data-driven results, as well as classroom and teacher support. It considers programme and project funding, capital projects and general operations. It favours work addressing needs not adequately served or funded by others, sound organisational and financial management, creative and innovative problem solving, and collaboration that shares resources and multiplies community impact. It seeks a positive, measurable impact and favours programmes that nurture individual and family initiative and responsibility.
Themes
- Family support
- Education
Geographic Focus
City of Dallas.
How to apply
Applicants submit a fully completed application online; the foundation does not accept mail-in applications.
Deadlines: Applications have three recurring deadlines each year: February 1, June 1 and October 1.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 91% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 310 grants to organisations were $12,500 or less.
What the foundation says:
- The foundation favours programmes that nurture, recognise and reward individual and family initiative and responsibility.
- It encourages creative problem-solving and collaboration.
- It prioritises creative, innovative problem solving and work in areas not adequately served or funded by others in the community.
- Applicants should show sound organisational and financial management and collaborate so resources are shared and the grant's impact is multiplied in the community.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 2%
- The largest single recipient received 7% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 91% of grant dollars went to organisations The Hoglund Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 3% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 93 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $12,500 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Southern Methodist University · General operating ($110,000), capital for the Cox School Renovation and Expansion Fund ($10,000), support the Ignited Campaign's Dedman College Scholars ($5,000) and Cox School of Business Pitts Leadership Award ($10,000)$135,0002024 tax year
- Perot Museum of Nature and Science · General operating support$130,0002024 tax year
- Center for Brain Health UTD · Program support for the Hoglund Hub for NexGen Leaders$100,0002024 tax year
- Creede Center for the Arts · Creede Center for the Arts Capital Campaign Project$100,0002024 tax year
- Creede Reperatory Theatre · General operating support$61,0002024 tax year
- Texas 2036 · General operating support$50,0002024 tax year
- Child Poverty Action Lab · General operating support$50,0002024 tax year
- Dallas CASA · General operating support$36,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Kristan Hoglund Robinson — Director / Program Officer
- Kelly Hoglund Compton — Secretary / Treasurer / Executive
- Sally R Hoglund — Vice President
- Shelly H Dee — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $2,855,943 | $1,565,785 | $53,817,510 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $3,527,279 | $2,150,669 | $57,022,651 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $2,879,113 | $1,740,031 | $58,019,490 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
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At a glance
Applying to The Hoglund Foundation?
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Contact
- (214) 987-3605
- info@hoglundfoundation.org
- Dallas, TX
- hoglundfoundation.org
Applying to The Hoglund Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (214) 987-3605
- info@hoglundfoundation.org
- Dallas, TX
- hoglundfoundation.org