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Funder Type
Corporate Foundation
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IT Classification
B - Readily funds technology as part of an award
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Authority
Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation
Summary
For over 25 years, the Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation has remained committed to leaving a legacy for future generations by promoting philanthropy, providing charitable opportunities, and facilitating donors' interests. You can trust us to offer expertise in local nonprofit needs and best practices for charitable giving while ensuring your giving goals are met.
Listed below are the different fund types from which WFACF awards one-time, occasional, or multi-year grants.
- WFACF Grant: Grants are awarded once per year from WFACF Grant Endowment. There is one Grant Cycle per year. See WFACF Grant Program for more information. WFACF Grants Committee makes recommendations to be approved by the WFACF Board of Directors.
- Donor-Advised: Donor recommends grants; WFACF Grants Committee reviews, approves or disapproves recommendations to the WFACF Board for approval. Recommendations and awards occur throughout the year, as requested by the Fund Advisor.
- Designated Grants: Grants are distributed to agencies that are designated as recipients by donors' fund agreements. WFACF designated funds can be non-endowed or endowed. Recommendations and awards occur during various times of the year.
- Agency Endowment: Agency can request their spending rate from endowment for the purposes of funds for the agency. It is desirable to award one request per year, but quarterly requests may be considered.
- Scholarships: Students apply each year; selections are made by WFACF Scholarship Committee or WFACF approved Scholarship Committees; and approved by WFACF Board of Directors. Students may apply through the on-line electronic application process, unless otherwise noted on the specific scholarship fund. Scholarship applications open December 1st and the deadline is February 1st each year. Click here to learn more about the Scholarship Program.
- Project Grants: Charitable projects are usually initiated by a group for a specific purpose. Additional due diligence is performed to ensure the exact charitable purpose at the time of fund initiation. These funds can fundraise according to the WFACF Board Approved Fundraising Policy. After funds are raised, grants recommendations are reviewed, approved if so warranted by WFACF Board of Directors, and awarded with receipts for project-related expenditures required
Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation grant awards are generally for the following purposes: For the operation and maintenance of non-profit agencies. For charitable activities and projects that relieve government of duty. For scholarships that enhance educational, vocational, and professional training. For promoting scientific and/or medical research for the advancement of human knowledge and alleviation of human, animal, or environmental suffering. For the care of the sick, aged, handicapped, orphaned, and helpless. For the religious, physical, mental, and spiritual care of men, women, and children. For aiding in the reformation or relief of victims of substance abuse, adults released from prison, juveniles released from detention centers, and other wayward persons. For the improvement of living and working conditions of human beings. For providing facilities for public recreation, comfort, and convenience. For the encouragement of social and domestic hygiene. For promoting the investigation of, or research into the causes of ignorance, poverty, and vice; preventing the operation of such causes; and solution-oriented assistance. For the support of the arts and cultural endeavors. For the support of historical restoration and preservation projects. For meeting and/or working collaboratively with other organizations to meet emerging charitable needs.
History of Funding
WFACF 2025 Grant Cycle Fund for the Wichita Falls Area:
https://wfacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/WFACF-2025-Grant-Cycle-Awards-1.pdf
Additional Information
Volunteer Fire Department Grant
- Areas of Funding that will considered:
- Personal Protective Equipment, such as bunker gear, breathing apparatus, etc.
- Communication devices, such as radios and pagers
- Truck matches; if available, WFACF will award 10% of a truck match up to $20,000
- Truck parts, such as tires, windshields, transmissions, brakes, etc.
- Fire equipment, such as pumps, nozzles, hoses, etc.
- Miscellaneous equipment, such as jaws of life, chainsaws, etc.
- First Responder equipment
- Medical equipment/supplies
- Requests will not be considered for:
- Building and/or building acquisitions
- Equipment losses covered by insurance
The following is a list of restrictions that apply to WFACF grants:
- Fundraising expenses for a donor advised fund cannot be granted or expensed from said fund.
- Donor advised funds cannot award a scholarship for the benefit of an individual. This includes checks written to an entity for the benefit of a specified individual.
- Donor advised funds cannot be used to satisfy all or a portion of a pre-existing personal pledge or other financial obligation of the donor, advisors or any related parties.
- Donor advised funds cannot grant to an organization for the purpose of paying for an event, membership, or any purpose for which the donor or related parties will receive a tangible economic benefit, or which have a direct benefit for fund holder or immediate family members.
- Grants are not made to political candidates or for lobbying efforts.
- Grants are not made to private non-operating foundations.
- Grants are not made to individuals. Scholarship awards are granted to the educational institution for the benefit of the selected student recipient as outlined in the Scholarship Policy.
- Grants are not made to organizations or supporting organizations that are controlled by the donor or donor appointee.
- Grants are not made to Type III Support Organizations that are not functionally integrated.
- Grants made for charitable purposes to non-501(c)3 organizations must follow expenditure responsibility procedures, for which additional expenditure responsibility fees may be charged, as per WFACF fee schedule.
- Grants to international organizations will not be made EXCEPT–International grants will be made when the charitable entity is under a 501{c}3 as determined by the IRS, and has an office located in the United States, e.g. Doctors Without Borders, World Neighbors, etc.
Eligibility Details
Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) charitable organizations and other charitable activities/projects that relieve government of duty. Grants are awarded primarily throughout the North Central Texas area which includes the following Texas counties: Archer, Baylor, Clay, Montague, Wichita, Wilbarger, or Young.
Depending upon the grant cycle (i.e., Volunteer Fire Department Grants) these additional counties may be eligible for grant awards in North Texas: Childress, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, King, Knox, Stonewall, Throckmorton; and in Southern Oklahoma: Comanche, Cotton, Jackson, Jefferson, Stephens, and Tillman. Oklahoma Counties: Comanche, Cotton, Jackson, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman.
At the discretion of the WFACF Board of Directors, all other grant types can be awarded both inside and outside the service area defined above within the United States.
Deadline Details
Deadlines vary according to program. Check the grant program page for most recent deadlines: https://www.wfacf.org/grant-programs-about/
Burkburnett Legacy Foundation Grant Cycle -Applications are to be submitted from March 1 - March 31.
The Community Foundation Grant Cycle -Applications are to be submitted from October 1 - October 31.
Volunteer Fire Department Grant - The deadlines to submit grant applications are as follows:
- Spring Cycle: February 1 – March 31
- Fall Cycle: August 1 – September 30
For questions, please contact Julie Looper at 940.766.0829 or [email protected]
Award Details
Award amounts vary. An organization can only receive one Unrestricted Grant award in a 12 month period. If you applied for a grant but were not awarded one, you may apply in the following grant cycle.
Volunteer Fire Department Grant: A VFD may apply one time in a 12-month period. If the VFD covers more than 50% of the county, they may apply twice in a 12-month period.
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