DWF

The Dallas Women’s Foundation strengthens the entire community by increasing the investment in women and girls and empowering women’s philanthropy.

We Change Possibilities

Addressing the needs of women caught in the “gap” for healthcare services – the working poor who lack insurance and do not qualify for Medicaid or Medicare – by funding a medical charity clinic for women; initially services were offered one night a week, and now, the clinic sees women patients four days a week, providing a medical home and treatment to meet their total health needs.

We Change Policy

Supporting a successful statewide effort to pass legislation that changes the treatment of children who are being prostituted, to recognize them as victims not criminals; the legislation adopted by the Texas Legislature dramatically improves the treatment of these children and keeps them out of the criminal justice system.

We Change Priorities

Funding a grant to the only local women’s loan fund to help women establish businesses and achieve economic stability and independence; one loan recipient started an embroidery and silk-screening business in a low-income neighborhood that now, one year later, has five employees and is still growing.