Thank you for your interest in applying for a grant from the Texas Chapter of Speedway Children’s Charities. As you may know, we are a foundation dedicated to helping children. We produce and coordinate various events throughout the year to raise funds to distribute to worthy non-profit organizations in Collin, Dallas, Denton and Tarrant Counties who are meeting the needs of children.

To apply for a grant, the applicant organization must meet the following requirements:

  • Organization must be a 501 (c) 3 non-profit entity.
  • Serves children in Collin, Dallas, Denton and/or Tarrant counties.
  • Service provided to children falls within the mission of Speedway Children's Charities: educational, medical, social and/or financial need.
  • Organizations interested in applying for funding must have had a representative attend our Grant Workshop on January 24, 2012.

The Texas Chapter of Speedway Children’s Charities offers two types of grant funding.

Partner Grant
(application available online starting March 1, 2012.)

Partner grant requests much be made for a specific project. Requests for capital projects or general operating funds will not be accepted.

Partner grant requests should fall between $5,000 and $25,000. Requests under $5,000 will not be accepted.

2012 Partner Grant Program

Founders Grant
(application will be available online February 1, 2012 through February 28, 2012)

Founders Grant requests should range between $125,000 and $150,000.

Capital projects WILL BE considered for funding through a Founders Grant. 

Please note: An organization may apply for both grants available through Speedway Children’s Charities at Texas Motor Speedway; however, if a Founders Grant is awarded, said organization will be disqualified from consideration for a Partner Grant.

Speedway Children’s Charities at Texas Motor Speedway will be hosting a grant workshop on Tuesday, January 24th, 2012.  We are hosting this workshop in an effort to help answer any questions in regards to our Founders and Partner grant application and process. 

 This grant workshop with be held in the 9th floor Grand Ballroom (Fort Worth Room A/B) of The Speedway Club.   The workshop will begin at 9:00 am and will conclude by 11:00 am. 

Organizations interested in applying for either or both of these grants must have someone from their organization attend this workshop.  Organizations that do not attend this workshop will not be eligible to apply for Speedway Children’s Charities at Texas Motor Speedway grants for fiscal year 2012. 

Please note that this workshop is intended to answer any questions an applicant organization may have about our unique grant processes.  We respectfully request that you come prepared with questions.  Once this workshop concludes, we will not be available for one-on-one communication on individual applications. 

Once again thank you again for your interest in Speedway Children’s Charities at Texas Motor Speedway. We wish you only the best in all your endeavors on behalf of children.