Boone Family Foundation
Official website for The Boone Family Foundation (Addison, TX). The foundation focuses on advancing outcomes for women and girls, equitable outcomes for children in public schools, and sustainable green spaces, and the site provides a detailed grantmaking history. The site includes a notice that the foundation sunsetted as of March 2026 and is no longer issuing new grant invitations.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Organizations with an established track record in women and girls' programs, K–12 education or out-of-school-time work, reproductive health/rights, or local parks/greenspace projects — especially those operating in Dallas/ Texas or national organizations with aligned missions.
Good Fit
- • Programmatic alignment with women/girls, child education, reproductive health, or urban green spaces
- • Capacity to manage mid-size to large operating grants (typical awards range from ~$50K to several hundred thousand)
- • Demonstrated impact in Dallas/Texas or national policy/advocacy reach aligned with the foundation’s priorities
- • Existing relationship, referral, or prior collaboration with current grantees or intermediaries
Geography
Grants flowed to organizations in six states in the latest year, but about half of 2024 grant dollars were concentrated in the foundation's home state, indicating a regional (state-focused) footprint with some out-of-state giving.
Recipient Variety
The foundation funded many distinct independent recipients (35 in 2024 and as many as 62 in 2022) across multiple sectors, showing a broadly distributed recipient set despite some concentration among larger awards.
New Applicants
Although the foundation has a public website and some new grantees appear each year (8 new in 2024, 16 in 2023), the foundation explicitly marks grants as preselected and states it does not accept unsolicited requests, so unfamiliar applicants are unlikely to enter the portfolio.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
