It’s hard to believe, but there is a community in Dallas County that has no running water. And the Episcopal Church of the Ascension is working to do something about it. Sandbranch is an unincorporated former freedmen’s town of about 150 people in far-east Dallas...

Community Partners of Dallas was established in 1989, and has a mission to provide what abused children urgently need today to thrive tomorrow. Their vision is a community fully equipped and mobilized to help children prevail over abuse and neglect.  The organization...

Agape Resource & Assistance Center was founded in 2013 to provide safe, stable housing and transformational support services to homeless single women, moms and their children. Agape is one of the few shelters that serves Plano/Collin County. Since it's founding,...

During 2023, the Foundation had the privilege of providing over $500,000 in grants to support the work of organizations addressing homelessness and food and health insecurity along with the ongoing support we offer to Episcopal churches and schools in our diocese. ...

St. James, Kemp was the 2022 Trustee's Awardee.  Their report below tells the story of how they were able to expand their program with EFD's gift. Two years ago, the congregation at St. James on the Lake was introduced to a program at the local high school designed to...

Hope Clinic began in 2002 as a one-room operation located inside a borrowed space at the Garland Salvation Army building. The goal was simple: provide free health care to people who could not afford to pay for treatment otherwise. Care was provided by volunteer...

Julia’s Center for Healthcare - providing quality healthcare, education, and advocacy with dignity and compassion to the residents of Collin County who are uninsured or underserved. Julia’s Center for Healthcare opened in February 2016 and is a non-profit, 501(c)3...

The Samaritan Inn’s shelter and support services program serves single adults and families with children, with priority given to individuals from McKinney and surrounding North Texas communities. One hundred percent (100%) of those we serve are at or below the HUD...

Today in the U.S., 1 in 4 Hispanics lives below the poverty line, and compose 57% of the nations uninsured. Of all the causes of mortality and morbidity in the well-being of Hispanics in US, the leading one is cancer, yet research has shown that 42% of cases could be...

The Episcopal Foundation of Dallas is pleased to support the Community Garden Kitchen of Collin County. In late 2019, we told you about our support of and the groundbreaking at The Community Garden Kitchen (CGK) of Collin County. It’s been a labor of love, but with...