Best Irving Grants for Nonprofits in Texas

PLTW Gateway

onsemi is a leading semiconductor manufacturer serving tens of thousands of customers across several markets with intelligent power and sensing technologies.

The ON Semiconductor Foundation, an onsemi Giving Now program, has named PLTW a strategic partner and made an initial investment of $150,000 to support grants for middle schools in Arizona, California, the Northeast, the Pacific Northwest, and Texas to implement or expand the PLTW Gateway program.

PLTW is one of seven strategic partners named this year, with support focused on increasing diversity in STEM fields while increasing middle school students' awareness of semiconductors.

PLTW Program Status

Program Expansion

PLTW Gateway

onsemi is a leading semiconductor manufacturer serving tens of thousands of customers across several markets with intelligent power and sensing technologies.

The ON Semiconductor Foundation, an onsemi Giving Now program, has named PLTW a strategic partner and made an initial investment of $150,000 to support grants for middle schools in Arizona, California, the Northeast, the Pacific Northwest, and Texas to implement or expand the PLTW Gateway program.

PLTW is one of seven strategic partners named this year, with support focused on increasing diversity in STEM fields while increasing middle school students' awareness of semiconductors.

PLTW Program Status

New Program

TREC Community Investors

TREC Community Investors is a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

We Are an innovative organization dedicated to equitable development and neighborhood revitalization in Dallas and Collin counties. We are a unique resource that empowers communities through an unrivaled combination of assets: financial capital, world-class expertise, targeted education, and a passion for making a difference in our city. We are a trusted partner with the experience to help rejuvenate local economies, increase essential services, create jobs, expand affordable housing, and transform underserved areas into vibrant, thriving communities.

We’ve partnered with more than 750 nonprofit and community organizations that are also dedicated to transforming Dallas.

TREC Community Investors Grant

Applications are only being accepted for projects that invest in the Dallas Catalyst Project: Mill City neighborhood.

Projects will address public safety, outdating infrastructure, affordable housing, and a lack of safe public gathering spaces and youth mentoring opportunities.

Preferred Criteria

• Real estate based and comprised of modest scope building renovation
• Leverages funds by utilizing the professional & hands-on volunteer skills of TREC members
• Project must be designed, planned and executed during the year they are accepted
• Impacts under-served neighborhoods, demonstrating feasibility and measurable long-term viability
• Involves people expected to benefit from the project in the development and implementation

Private Nonprofit Access,Consultation, and Equitable Services (PACES) Statewide Initiative

Pursuant to ESSA, Section 8501, the program will provide consultation, educational services, and other benefits to eligible PNPs and their students, teachers, and other education personnel, based on the number of eligible students and identified educational needs.

Texas Preservation Trust Fund

The TPTF Grant Program is your opportunity to save and protect Texas' threatened historic resources.

The Texas Historical Commission (THC) awards grants for preservation projects from the Texas Preservation Trust Fund (TPTF). The Texas Legislature established the TPTF in 1989. The fund is currently managed by the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company. Investment earnings are distributed as matching grants to qualified applicants for acquisition, survey, restoration, preservation, planning, and heritage education activities leading to the preservation of historic architectural and archeological properties and associated collections of the State of Texas. Competitive grants are awarded on a one-to-one match basis and are paid as reimbursement of eligible expenses incurred during the project.

Dallas

As the result of covenants released on several historic buildings at the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant (NWIRP) in Dallas, over $1.4 million in funds were dedicated to the TPTF program for historic preservation projects in the City of Dallas. The total amount of funds available for eligible projects for the FY 2027 grant cycle is $783,719.00. The THC anticipates grant awards to be in the $10,000 to $250,000 range. Grants require a one-to-one match.

Friends of NRA

Friends of NRA is the National Rifle Association’s premier fundraising program, supporting the future of shooting sports. Since day one, Friends of NRA has been a 100% grassroots effort fueled by a united front to secure the Second Amendment and raise money for the shooting sports.

Committee volunteers are appointed to State Fund Committees to make recommendations for local grant funding in areas such as youth education, women-focused clinics, law enforcement training, hunter safety, range improvement, firearms and marksmanship training and safety. Recognizing the impact American youth has on the future of the shooting sports, State Fund Committees frequently recommend grants for youth programs, allocating the most significant portion of monies to this vital area.

Grant awards fund activities and support programs in the United States to promote firearms and hunting safety, to enhance marksmanship skills of those in the shooting sports, and to educate the public about firearms in their historic, technological and artistic context.

Friends of NRA State Fund Grant Program - Texas

The Friends of NRA State Fund Grant Program provides supplies, equipment, and financial support to a variety of qualified groups and programs at the local level; geared towards youth, women, law enforcement, veterans, the disabled, and the general public, including:

• General shooting programs
• Competitive shooting
• Education, training and safety
• Hunting and conservation
• Community outreach
• Historical education

Grant funding must be used to further a charitable purpose as defined by the Internal Revenue Code under section 501(c)(3) and accompanying rules, regulations, and other IRS law and materials.