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The North Texas Food Bank was established in 1982 to address the critical issue of hunger in the North Texas area by securing donations of surplus unmarketable, but wholesome, foods and grocery products for distribution through a network of charitable organizations dedicated to feeding the hungry in 13 North Texas Counties, including Dallas, Denton, Collin, Fannin, Rockwall, Hunt, Grayson, Kaufman, Ellis, Navarro, Lamar, Delta and Hopkins. In the first year of operation, the Food Bank distributed 400,000 pounds of food.

The Family Place is the largest family violence service provider in the Dallas area reaching out to thousands of victims of family violence each year with award-winning programs that keep women and children safe. For 32 years, The Family Place?s mission to end the epidemic of family violence has remained constant. We believe that intervention, emergency shelter, and crisis counseling for all victims?women, children and men?will save lives and that transitional housing and case management will transform lives for the better.

The Dallas 24 Hour Club is a registered 501c3 nonprofit organization that provides housing, support and guidance for men and women who are in trouble with alcohol and drugs and who have a desire to achieve sobriety and get thier lives re-started again in a positive manner at little or no cost to the taxpayer! The 24 Hour Club was founded in 1969 in a donated office space; this space was for alcoholics to have a place to meet 24 hours per day, hence the name. It has been located in the East Dallas area for over 37 years and has been located at 4636 Ross Avenue for over 18 years. We are just 6 blocks east of the New Arts District in Downtown Dallas.

It is our goal to introduce these men and women into the larger recovery community and into independent living. The Club is not a boarding house, nor is it a rehabilitation center or a medical facility. Rather, the Club seeks to facilitate recovery through adherence to the practices and principles of a 12-step program which has saved many lives, careers and families. We suggest anyone heavily intoxicated, MUST first go to a medical detox facility BEFORE trying to gain admission here. We do not ?sober-up? anyone here, we are the next step after rehab and after detox.

Civic leaders established Irving Healthcare Foundation (IHF) as a public charity in 1977 to raise funds for nonprofit healthcare in Irving. To date, more than $32 million has been disbursed to our nonprofit beneficiaries.

Our primary recipient is Baylor Medical Center at Irving (formerly Irving Community Hospital). Since 1977, more than $25 million in philanthropic funds raised during campaigns have helped Irving's only nonprofit hospital to meet Irving's medical needs.

The foundation also supports therapy for children with medical needs at Our Children's House at Baylor in Irving. In 2006, Irving Interfaith Clinic opened to provide low-cost and free primary medical care to indigent patients.  In 2008, Irving Dental Center became our foundation?s fourth grant recipient, receiving funds to equip two dental stations and to provide care for children at the city?s first dental clinic for needy patients. In 2009, IHF began seeking gifts for a collaborative effort of five Irving agencies to battle obesity in children and families who live in our city as part of the Childhood Obesity Task Force.

Founded in 1976, Operation Kindness is the oldest and largest no-kill shelter in North Texas. We have saved nearly 65,000 animals since our inception. We care for an average of 200-250 animals on a day-to-day basis, with another 60-80 animals in foster homes. More than 3,000 dogs and cats are assisted by Operation Kindness each year.