Building Freedom, One Ramp at a Time
The Texas Ramp Project (TRP) gives the gift of mobility and independence by providing ramps at no cost to low-income older adults and people with disabilities. Referred by local health care providers, each client receives a custom-built ramp constructed by dedicated all-volunteer crews.
Since 1985, TRP has built more than 30,000 ramps across Texas. Imagine them laid end-to-end — they’d stretch 139 miles, farther than the drive from Dallas to Waco! Behind those numbers are thousands of stories of renewed freedom, dignity, and safety.
In 2024 alone, volunteers built 2,800 ramps statewide, including 534 ramps in the North Texas Region (NTX).
A grandmother can safely step outside to visit with neighbors.
A veteran gains the freedom to get to his medical appointments.
An elderly spouse no longer risks injury trying to help her partner navigate steps.
The benefits ripple beyond the clients: caregivers are relieved, families feel secure, and communities grow stronger knowing their most vulnerable members are supported.
And there’s room for you in this story. TRP welcomes volunteers of all skill levels — no construction experience required! If you’re ready to make an immediate, life-changing impact, join us at www.texasramps.org and click “Volunteer.”
Together, we’re building more than ramps. We’re building independence, dignity, and hope.
The Texas Ramp Project's mission is to create and sustain local organizations in Texas to build free wheelchair ramps for low-income older adults and others with disabilities. Since incorporating in 2006, the Texas Ramp Project has set up local organizations in over 40 Texas regions. The ramps are built by all-volunteer crews. Clients are accepted without regard to age, gender, religion, race or ethnicity. The ramps are built following ADA guidelines and are safe, strong and durable. Our vision is that no one in Texas should go without a ramp because they cannot afford it.
TRP's current needs are twofold. Funding is needed to support ramp construction, and volunteers are needed to serve as region coordinators, surveyors, team leaders and build crews. TRP also needs volunteers who are interested in helping with the critical back-office, administrative projects, including administrative, bookkeeping, accounting, technology and IT, writing and editing, public relations, fundraising, financial management, and other professional skills that can help shepherd a growing nonprofit toward maturity.
Ramps are built without regard to age, gender, religion, race or ethnicity.
Organization name
Texas Ramp Project
Causes
Health Care
Operating Budget
$1,000,000 - $2,999,999
Counties Served
Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Denton, Ellis, Kaufman, Rockwall, Wise, Parker, Grayson, Somervell, Palo Pinto, Navarro, Montague, Johnson, Hunt, Hood, Fannin, Erath, Cooke
BIPOC Serving
Other, Native American, Hispanic or Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, Black or African American
BIPOC Leadership
Neither/None
Address
P.O. Box 832065