The Hws Charitable Foundation

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

• $620,000

  Salesmanship Club of Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2025

  Capital improvements - salesmanship club youth camp

• $465,000

  American Youthworks · Austin, TX · 2025

  Ayw-youthbuild program

• $465,000

  Journey Forward Mentoring · Dallas, TX · 2025

  General operating

• $465,000

  The Bishop Enrique San Pedro Ozanam Center · Brownsville, TX · 2025

  2025-2027 general operating

• $445,000

  Ellipsis · Johnston, IA · 2025

  Child welfare emergency shelter support

• $415,000

  Marathon Public Library and History Museum · Marathon, TX · 2025

  Heart of marathon capital campaign

• $320,000

  Children & Family Urban Ministries · Des Moines, IA · 2025

  2025-2027 general operations

• $315,000

  Neighborhood Solidarity Fund · St Louis, MO · 2025

  Northside resilience fund- phase 1

• $290,000

  Family Crisis Centers · Sioux Center, IA · 2025

  Family visitation and exchange center

• $253,612

  The Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2025

  Seed for oklahoma kids: research to inform large-scale, asset-based policy

• $250,000

  United Community Builders Community Development Corporation · Columbia, MO · 2025

  Operating reserve

• $250,000

  Palacios Community Hub · Palacios, TX · 2025

  Operating reserve

• $200,000

  Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement · Mercedes, TX · 2025

  2024-2026 higher education and workforce development support services

• $200,000

  Project Arriba (Advance Retraining and Redevelopment Initiative in Bor · El Paso, TX · 2025

  Equitable opportunities through postsecondary access 2024-2025

• $190,000

  Vickery Meadow Learning Center · Dallas, TX · 2025

  General operating

• $160,000

  Bridge Lacrosse Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2025

  General operating

• $160,000

  Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice · Des Moines, IA · 2025

  Legal program operations

• $160,000

  Matthew 25 · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2025

  Cultivate hope corner store phase 2

• $135,000

  Buckner Children and Family Services · Dallas, TX · 2025

  Penitas family hope center - family coaching program

• $125,000

  Healthteamworks · Golden, CO · 2025

  Population health career lattice for young adults entering the primary care workforce

• $125,000

  Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2025

  Workforce development and career readiness: preparing disadvantaged teens for careers and jobs as adults

• $116,250

  Palacios Community Hub · Palacios, TX · 2025

  2024-2026 operations and expansion

• $110,000

  Ready Readers · Olivette, MO · 2025

  2025-2027 general operating

• $110,000

  Jail To Jobs · Cedar Park, TX · 2025

  2025-2026 workforce development program

• $110,000

  Southeast Missouri Food Bank · Sikeston, MO · 2025

  General operating support

• $110,000

  Texas Appleseed · Austin, TX · 2025

  Advocating for policies that make schools safe and supportive of all students

• $110,000

  Kids Win Missouri · Ballwin, MO · 2025

  Advancing early care and education in missouri

• $110,000

  Thru Project · San Antonio, TX · 2025

  College housing for former foster youth

• $110,000

  The Community Partnership · Rolla, MO · 2025

  General operating support

• $105,000

  Texas Legal Services Center · Austin, TX · 2025

  Family helpline

• $105,000

  Community Food Bank · Fort Worth, TX · 2025

  2025 operating support

• $105,000

  Good Neighbor Settlement House · Brownsville, TX · 2025

  Feeding hope 2025

• $105,000

  Community Development Corporation of Brownsville · Brownsville, TX · 2025

  Youthbuild

• $105,000

  Family Crisis Center of the Big Bend · Alpine, TX · 2025

  New fccbb office and shelter complex

• $105,000

  Project Quest · San Antonio, TX · 2025

  Economic mobility program

• $105,000

  United Way of Southern Cameron County · Brownsville, TX · 2025

  Vita program

• $105,000

  Stl Youth Jobs · St Louis, MO · 2025

  Supporting economic mobility among st. Louis youth

• $100,000

  The Scholarship Foundation of St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2025

  Support for low-income students pursuing postsecondary education

• $100,000

  Logos · St Louis, MO · 2025

  Logos school accessibility funding

• $100,000

  A Million Stars · St Louis, MO · 2025

  Bridging the gaps in educational opportunities

• $100,000

  Love Columbia Corp · Columbia, MO · 2025

  General operating support 2024-2025

• $98,605

  Community Partnership of the Ozarks · Springfield, MO · 2025

  Oreilly center for hope early childhood hub expansion

• $90,000

  Second Harvest Community Food Bank · Saint Joseph, MO · 2025

  Fresh mobile pantry

• $87,306

  Drake University · Des Moines, IA · 2025

  Farm incubator & rural business resource center

• $87,000

  United Community Builders Community Development Corporation · Columbia, MO · 2025

  Ucb academy

• $85,000

  Gentlemen of Vision Rites of Passage Enterprises · St Louis, MO · 2025

  General operating 2025-2027

• $85,000

  St Louis Regional Public Media · St Louis, MO · 2025

  Nine pbs early learning initiative: literacy and stem activities in the classroom, home, & community

• $84,880

  Ankeny Service Center · Ankeny, IA · 2025

  Community resource connection launch

• $80,000

  Marathon Primary Care Services · Marathon, TX · 2025

  2025-2027 operating support

• $75,000

  Family Self-Help Center · Joplin, MO · 2025

  Empowering lives at lafayette house

• $75,000

  Fresh Start Self Improvement Center · Charleston, MO · 2025

  General operating support

• $70,000

  Leader Valley Foundation · Cedar Falls, IA · 2025

  General operating support

• $68,654

  Court Appointed Special Advocates of Southwest Missouri · Springfield, MO · 2025

  Building capacity for programs

• $67,500

  Casa De Salud · St Louis, MO · 2025

  General operating grant

• $63,264

  West Central Community Development Corporation · Appleton City, MO · 2025

  Connected rides: transforming rural transportation with technology

• $61,335

  Philanthropy Missouri · St Louis, MO · 2025

  Operational capacity to advance missouris philanthropic ecosystem

• $55,952

  The Rolla Mission · Rolla, MO · 2025

  Emergency shelter operations fy2025-2026

• $55,000

  Bike Walk Kc · Kansas City, MO · 2025

  Safe routes to school programs to improve health and build resilient communities in missouri

• $55,000

  Latinaslatinos Al Exito · Des Moines, IA · 2025

  2025 general operations

• $55,000

  Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center · El Paso, TX · 2025

  Community advocacy program 2025-2026

• $55,000

  Lower Rio Grande Valley Community Health Management Corporation · McAllen, TX · 2025

  Ancillary and specialty services

• $55,000

  St Louis Community Foundation Incorporated · Clayton, MO · 2025

  Supporting access to high-quality out-of-school-time programming with blueprint4

• $55,000

  Iowa Council of Foundations · West Des Moines, IA · 2025

  Fy26 transitional operating support

• $55,000

  Show Me the World Project · St Louis, MO · 2025

  General operating support 2025

• $55,000

  The Changing Table · Osage Beach, MO · 2025

  Addressing diaper need and period poverty in rural mid-missouri

• $52,500

  Network for Strong Communities · St Louis, MO · 2025

  Employee retention program

• $50,000

  Matthew 25 · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2025

  Investing in matthew 25's people

• $50,000

  Dexter Community Regional Healthcare Foundation · Dexter, MO · 2025

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Palacios Community Hub · Palacios, TX · 2025

  Personnel capacity building

• $50,000

  Texas Appleseed · Austin, TX · 2025

  Capacity-building support

• $50,000

  Love Columbia Corp · Columbia, MO · 2025

  One-time competitive compensation adjustment

• $50,000

  Home Sweet Home · Maplewood, MO · 2025

  Furnishing hope to families in need

• $50,000

  Family Self-Help Center · Joplin, MO · 2025

  Strengthening leadership, empowering staff: investing in organizational resilience and capacity

• $50,000

  Community Foundation of the Ozarks · Springfield, MO · 2025

  Capacity building scholarships

• $50,000

  Drew Lewis Foundation · Springfield, MO · 2025

  Missouri rise programming

• $50,000

  Foster Care Coalition of Greater St Louis · Brentwood, MO · 2025

  Leadership development and performance progression program

• $45,000

  Food Pantry of Jeff Davis County · Fort Davis, TX · 2025

  2025-2026 general operating support

• $45,000

  Iowa Center for Children'S Justice · Des Moines, IA · 2025

  General operating 2024-2026

• $44,000

  Gateway Region Young Men'S Christian Association · Kirkwood, MO · 2025

  Bayer ymca youth and teen engagement programs

• $40,000

  Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture · Columbia, MO · 2025

  Planting for the pantry

• $39,137

  Central Missouri Community Action · Columbia, MO · 2025

  Mitigating the effects of covid related trauma in head start classrooms

• $33,000

  Buckner Children and Family Services · Dallas, TX · 2025

  Donna family hope center

• $32,500

  Turn the Page Stl · St Louis, MO · 2025

  Collectively improving third grade reading proficiency rates in st. Louis

• $30,000

  Casa De Amigos of Midland Texas Incorporated · Midland, TX · 2025

  2025 volunteer income tax assistance (vita) program

• $30,000

  Ethnic Minorities of Burma Advocacy and Resource Center of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2025

  Meeting the basic needs of the refugee community

• $30,000

  Iowa Dental Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2025

  Iowa mission of mercy 2025-2027

• $30,000

  Keepers of Hope · San Angelo, TX · 2025

  2025-2026 operations

• $28,000

  Food Pantry of Jeff Davis County · Fort Davis, TX · 2025

  Strengthening systems for sustainable leadership

• $25,000

  St Louis Children'S Hospital Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2025

  Victims of violence: a violence prevention program to transform the lives of children and youth

• $23,872

  Iowa City Free Medical Clinic · Iowa City, IA · 2025

  Caring for the healthcare workers; supporting a free clinic to attend their national conference

• $19,300

  Southeast Missouri Food Bank · Sikeston, MO · 2025

  True colors team building and true colors conflict navigation training

• $1.0M

  Boys and Girls Club of Springfield · Springfield, MO · 2024

  The risdal family teen center for great futures

• $515,000

  Foster Care Coalition of Greater St Louis · Brentwood, MO · 2024

  Foster & adoptive care coalition capital campaign

• $515,000

  Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine · Muscatine, IA · 2024

  3d technology: the key to addressing rural housing instability

• $460,466

  Gateway Global American Youth and Business Alliance Academies Incorporated · St Louis, MO · 2024

  Gateway global geospatial & it workforce and apprenticeship campus (giwac)

• $315,000

  Iowa Legal Aid · Des Moines, IA · 2024

  2024 general operating

• $261,388

  The Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2024

  Seed for oklahoma kids: research to inform large-scale, asset-based policy

• $215,000

  Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement · Mercedes, TX · 2024

  2024-2026 higher education and workforce development support services

• $215,000

  Project Arriba (Advance Retraining and Redevelopment Initiative in Bor · El Paso, TX · 2024

  Equitable opportunities through postsecondary access 2024-2025

• $210,000

  Salesmanship Club of Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2024

  2024-2025 momentous school