The Mark and Peggy Zilbermann Tzedakah Fund
The Zilbermann Tzedakah Fund’s purpose is to address the root causes of social and economic injustice throughout North Texas, primarily in Dallas, in the hope of helping those in need escape the cycle of poverty. The Fund may also address the challenges of housing, education, hunger, health and related issues encountered by those living in poverty; education on the complex issue of poverty as a broader community issue; and additional poverty-related issues as identified by the Grants Committee.
Currently, grant applications are by invitation only.
Beneficiaries
The Zilbermann Tzedakah Fund Committee evaluates critical areas of need before each grant cycle. We address the root causes of social and economic injustice throughout North Texas, particularly in Dallas. Our goal is to empower individuals and communities, helping those in need break free from the cycle of poverty.
Below are the areas of need that have been addressed and the agencies that have been funded.
Spring 2024: Addiction Recovery and Mental Health
Dallas 24 Hour Club
Provides transitional living, support services and life skills training to unhoused individuals suffering from alcoholism and substance abuse. Learn more here.
Foundation 45
Provides mental health and recovery services and works to destigmatize conversation around mental health. Learn more here.
The Magdalen House
Recovery community for alcoholism. Learn more here.
Nexus Recovery
Provides treatment for women in the areas of substance abuse, alcohol use and addiction. Learn more here.
Youth180
Provides prevention and intervention services and clinical programs for youth and families in challenging social and environmental situations. Learn more here.
Fall 2023: Employment
Ascend Dallas (Formerly Wings)
Serves women in crisis to deliver financial education, work skills support, pregnancy and parenting education and small-business development. Learn more here.
Empowering the Masses
Provides education, training and community-based services in South Dallas to allow individuals to achieve financial independence and self-sufficiency. Learn more here.
South Dallas Driving Academy
Provides programs for South Dallas residents to get their drivers’ licenses. Learn more here.
South Dallas Employment Project
Collaboration of 100-plus organizations providing job and life skills and education programming to move from generational poverty to generational wealth. Learn more here.
Spring 2023: Food Insecurity
Bonton Farms
Urban farm that grows and provides healthy food, nutritional counseling, cooking classes and general health and wellness guidance to residents of the small South Dallas neighborhood of Bonton. Learn more here.
Hunger Busters
Provides third meals to food-insecure Dallas ISD students. Learn more here.
The Stewpot
Resource center for unhoused and at-risk individuals that provides basic survival needs and opportunities to start anew. Learn more here.
Wilkinson Center
Helps families face critical life challenges including food insecurity, lack of education, economic instability, unemployment and underemployment. Learn more here.
Fall 2022: Housing
Dallas 24-Hour Club
Provides transitional living, support services and life skills training to unhoused individuals suffering from alcoholism and substance abuse. Learn more here.
Family Gateway
Provides support to families with children affected by homelessness. Learn more here.
Interfaith Family Services
Empowers families in crisis to break the cycle of poverty. Learn more here.
Spring 2022: Childhood Poverty
Bachman Lake Together
Prepares children in the Bachman Lake community for kindergarten, academically, socially and emotionally. Learn more here.
Child Care Group
Works to train early childhood professionals and assist families. Learn more here.
Lumin Education
Transforms the lives of students by starting education early, involving parents and creating environments to inspire children from diverse backgrounds. Learn more here.