Everyone needs a place where they belong.
A place where people know your name. Where your talents matter. Where there is meaningful work to do and someone is counting on you to show up.
For adults living with serious mental illness, that kind of community can be difficult to find. Mental illness can interrupt education and employment, strain relationships, contribute to housing instability, and leave people profoundly isolated from the communities around them.
Cowtown Clubhouse exists to change that.
Since opening in Fort Worth in 2019, Cowtown Clubhouse has provided adults from all over Tarrant County with a welcoming community where they can build meaningful relationships, pursue their goals, and move toward greater independence.
And it starts with something simple but powerful: membership.
At Cowtown Clubhouse, the people we serve are not patients or clients. They are members. Following the evidence-based Clubhouse International model, members and staff work side by side as colleagues, sharing responsibility for the daily life of the Clubhouse and discovering the strengths each person brings to the community.
We call this the work-ordered day. Members might help prepare a nutritious communal meal, welcome visitors, answer phones, work on administrative projects, care for the Clubhouse space, or contribute to other work that keeps the community running. Along the way, members develop skills, confidence, friendships, and routines that can support their recovery far beyond the Clubhouse walls.
Cowtown Clubhouse also helps members pursue employment and education, participate in wellness activities, navigate housing and community resources, and reconnect with the wider community. Through Transitional Employment partnerships with local employers, members can take supported steps back into the workforce and experience the dignity and independence that come with meaningful paid work.
But perhaps the most important thing Cowtown Clubhouse offers cannot be captured by a program description.
It is the experience of being expected. Being valued. Being needed.
In 2026, Cowtown Clubhouse entered an exciting new chapter by moving into a dedicated facility. This new home gives us the opportunity to welcome more members, strengthen employment and wellness opportunities, expand the role of our communal kitchen, and build an even stronger community of recovery in Fort Worth.
Now we need our wider community to help make that possible.
On North Texas Giving Day, your gift helps keep the doors to belonging open. It supports the staff and daily operations that sustain our Clubhouse, nutritious meals shared around the table, employment and educational opportunities, wellness programming, housing stabilization and resource navigation, and the meaningful work through which members rediscover their abilities and pursue their goals.
When you give to Cowtown Clubhouse, you are investing in more than programs. You are helping create a community in which adults living with serious mental illness can be recognized not for a diagnosis, but for what they can contribute.
A community where people have a place to go.
A place to grow.
And a place to belong.
This North Texas Giving Day, join Cowtown Clubhouse in Building Community.
Cowtown Clubhouse's mission is to end social and economic isolation for people living with mental illness one new member at a time, and to help grow the community-based clubhouse movement of belonging in North Texas.
Cowtown Clubhouse is growing—and with that growth comes an increasing need for community support. In 2026, we moved into a new, dedicated home that gives us the space to welcome more adults living with serious mental illness into a community of belonging, purpose, and opportunity.
Your Giving Day support helps us turn that space into a thriving Clubhouse. Donations sustain our daily operations, provide nutritious communal meals, expand employment and wellness opportunities, equip our new facility, and ensure that membership remains available at no cost. As more people discover Cowtown Clubhouse, we also need additional resources to serve them well.
Cowtown Clubhouse believes that every person deserves dignity, belonging, purpose, and the opportunity to build a meaningful life. Adults living with serious mental illness often face significant barriers to employment, education, housing, healthcare, social connection, and full participation in community life. Our work is rooted in removing these barriers and creating a community where people are valued for their strengths, talents, and contributions rather than defined by a diagnosis.
Consistent with the Clubhouse model, membership is voluntary, accessible, and grounded in respect, choice, and meaningful participation. We welcome individuals of all backgrounds and strive to create an environment where every member has an equal opportunity to contribute, develop relationships, pursue personal goals, and access employment, education, wellness, and community resources.
Equity at Cowtown Clubhouse also means ensuring that members have a meaningful voice in the organization itself. Members and staff work side by side in the daily operation of the Clubhouse, and members help shape activities, programs, and organizational priorities. By fostering shared responsibility, reducing barriers to participation, and cultivating a culture of mutual respect and belonging, Cowtown Clubhouse works toward a community in which every person has the opportunity to thrive.
Cowtown Clubhouse does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members, employees, volunteers, and community partners.
Organization name
Cowtown Clubhouse
Tax id (EIN)
83-0528988
Causes
Mental and Behavioral Health
Operating Budget
$250,000 - $499,999
Counties Served
Tarrant
BIPOC Serving
Black or African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Latinx
Address
2808 Hemphill St