About Dallas Leadership Foundation
For over 30 years, Dallas Leadership Foundation (DLF) has been empowering leaders, strengthening families, and transforming communities across Dallas. We believe leadership is the key to sustainable transformation—and our work equips individuals and neighborhoods with the tools, relationships, and opportunities they need to thrive.
Each year, DLF serves more than 12,000 children, youth, adults, and families through four core areas:
Our Focus Areas
Youth Development: Through POWER Lunch, POWER Mentoring, POWER Camp, and our Leadership Centers, we engage students in meaningful ways that build leadership, character, physical fitness, and life skills. Our holistic approach equips youth to succeed academically, socially, and personally, preparing them to thrive in school and beyond.
Workforce Development: In Partnership with Dallas College and utilizing our 8,000 sq. ft. Workforce Development Center, DLF offers hands-on job training, certifications, job readiness, and wraparound support—helping individuals overcome barriers and secure living-wage jobs.
Reentry Support: DLF walks alongside returning citizens, providing pre- and post-release mentoring, workforce training, and leadership development that results in dramatically lower recidivism rates and restored lives.
Neighborhood Engagement: We partner with local leaders, churches, and residents to strengthen entire neighborhoods through food distribution, community-building events, and leadership coaching.
Our Impact
12,000+ individuals served annually
1,700+ youth engaged through mentoring and camps each year
Thousands of families supported through monthly food box distribution
At the heart of our mission is a commitment to equity, opportunity, and leadership development—ensuring that every individual, regardless of background, has access to the skills, resources, and relationships they need to succeed.
Your North Texas Giving Day gift invests in lasting transformation, helping us identify, affirm, and develop leaders who make Dallas stronger from the inside out.
The mission of Dallas Leadership Foundation (DLF) is to unlock leadership in challenged communities so that families, no matter the neighborhood, can thrive.
Dallas Leadership Foundation is looking to raise $30,000 for our Leadership Fund. This fund is dedicated to expanding the impact and reach of all of our program areas.
We believe everyone deserves the tools to thrive.
Dallas Leadership Foundation equips people with skills, resources, and opportunities—breaking barriers, fostering equity, and building stronger communities where all can succeed.
Organization name
Dallas Leadership Foundation
Causes
Economic/Financial Security/Poverty
Operating Budget
$3,000,000 - $9,999,999
Counties Served
Dallas
BIPOC Serving
Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx
BIPOC Leadership
Executive Director/CEO
Address
3101 Greenwood