The Grace Loncar Foundation (GLF) was established in 2016 after Grace Caroline Loncar, 16, took her own life following a long battle with depression. Grace's family and friends took their grief and created a legacy of hope through GLF, with a mission to prevent suicide and expand access to mental healthcare for North Texas youth, young adults, and survivors of suicide loss.
Every dollar raised during North Texas Giving Day will support the GLF Care Fund
THE GLF CARE FUND.
The GLF Care Fund is a direct-pay treatment subsidy program in which GLF contracts with vetted, licensed mental health providers (Care Partners) and pays them directly to deliver services at a significantly reduced cost to qualifying clients. Mental health providers operate on thin margins, and their capacity to offer pro bono or reduced-fee services is inherently limited by the revenue they need to sustain their practices. Asking clinicians to absorb the full cost of uncompensated and unreimbursable care is not a scalable access strategy. The Care Fund removes that burden. By subsidizing care providers directly, GLF allows its network of Care Partners to extend low-cost treatment without compromising the financial viability of their practices. The result is a sustainable, provider-supported model that expands access without depleting the clinical infrastructure communities depend on.
From our Care Fund launch in October 2024 through April 2026, the Care Fund has worked with 15 Care Partners and invested $191,580 in the program, with 100 percent of funds going directly to treatment. 84 percent of our Care Fund beneficiaries are between the ages of 12 and 26, with the highest concentration in the 13-16 age cohort. Twenty-eight percent of Care Fund beneficiaries have lost a loved one to suicide, representing some of the highest-risk individuals in the community.
The Care Fund doesn’t just provide therapy; it restores lives. I fully support GLF’s mission and hope to see this vital work continue to grow.
Adsum Counseling, LLC North Texas
Mental Health Programming. In addition to the GLF Care Fund, GLF sponsors community mental health programming, supports caregivers and survivors of suicide loss through support groups and the North Texas LOSS Team, engages teens through our GLF Teen Board program, and provides Mental Health First Aid and mental health awareness training for the community.
To learn more about Grace's story, watch Losing Grace Finding Hope: Surviving Suicide - A Mother's Journey from Pain to Purpose now streaming on Amazon.
GLF’s mission is to reduce suicide and increase access to mental health treatment among North Texas teens, young adults, and survivors of suicide loss.
GLF is committed to expand mental healthcare access to teens, young adults, and survivors of suicide loss regardless of their ability to pay. Through our Mental Healthcare Financial Aid Fund (GLF Care Fund), the Grace Loncar Foundation works with area mental healthcare providers to provide treatment subsidies to treat North Texans facing an economic barrier to care. The Grace Loncar Foundation and our GLF Care fund cannot exist without the generous donations of our North Texas neighbors.
At The Grace Loncar Foundation, we believe that mental health care is a necessity, not a luxury. We are committed to building a community where every person, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or lived experience, has equitable access to mental health resources, support, and advocacy.
Our work is rooted in the understanding that inequity and stigma often prevent marginalized communities from receiving the care they deserve. Grace consciously sought to help the marginalized and vulnerable, and in her memory, we actively strive to dismantle barriers to mental wellness and ensure that all voices are heard, valued, and supported.
We continuously listen, learn, and evolve to better serve our diverse North Texas community, and we hold ourselves accountable to creating inclusive spaces that empower healing and hope for all.
Organization name
Grace Loncar Foundation
Tax id (EIN)
81-4595596
Causes
Mental and Behavioral Health
Operating Budget
$100,000 - $249,999
Counties Served
Hunt, Wise, Tarrant, Somervell, Rockwall, Parker, Palo Pinto, Navarro, Montague, Kaufman, Johnson, Hood, Grayson, Fannin, Erath, Ellis, Denton, Dallas, Cooke, Collin
BIPOC Leadership
Neither/None
Address
7150 Skillman St. Suite 160 BOX 129