Dallas, September 11, 2025
News Summary
The Texas Instruments Foundation has awarded a $400,000 grant to the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum. This three-year funding initiative aims to support the Museum’s educational mission, enhancing programs that teach about the Holocaust and promote human rights education. The grant will help expand outreach to schools, support special exhibitions, and cover important operational costs, highlighting the Foundation’s ongoing commitment to combating prejudice and fostering compassion through education.
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Texas Instruments Foundation awards $400,000 grant to Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
The Texas Instruments Foundation has awarded a $400,000 grant to the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum (DHHRM) in a three-year funding initiative intended to provide operating support for the Museum’s educational mission. The grant will support the Museum’s work teaching the history of the Holocaust and advancing human rights education aimed at reducing prejudice, hatred and indifference.
Key details
The grant covers a three-year period and is designated as operating support to ensure the Museum can continue and expand programs for students and visitors. The Museum plans to use the funds to enhance educational programming and to support special exhibitions scheduled through 2026, 2027 and 2028. The award follows prior contributions from the Foundation that include $300,000 provided across 2023, 2024 and 2025, and an earlier $100,000 gift in 2021.
Why the funding increased
The increase in funding reflects a decision by the Foundation to expand its support based on evaluations of the Museum’s programming and the perceived importance of the Museum’s educational mission. The Foundation’s leadership indicated that the Museum’s programming reaches large numbers of visitors and plays a role in encouraging people to confront hatred and bigotry. Museum leadership described education as a central tool for countering hatred and fostering compassion, and expressed appreciation that the Foundation’s commitment will help sustain educational resources for students and visitors.
How the grant will be used
Planned uses of the grant include enhancements to classroom and public programs, expansion of outreach to schools and community groups, and financial support for upcoming special exhibitions through 2026–2028. Operating support is intended to cover staff time, curriculum development, materials for student and teacher programs, and other expenses directly tied to public education efforts. The Museum has emphasized that sustained operating funds enable longer-term planning and broader reach for programs that promote human rights education.
Impact and broader context
The grant announcement highlights ongoing philanthropic activity in North Texas that supports cultural and educational institutions. The funding underscores a trend in which corporate foundations provide multi-year operating support to enable consistent program delivery and planning. For the Museum, centralized operating support aims to increase the capacity to train educators, host student groups, and present exhibitions that connect historical lessons of the Holocaust to contemporary human rights issues.
Museum mission and goals
The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum centers its work on teaching the history of the Holocaust while connecting those lessons to broader human rights topics. A primary goal of the Museum’s programs is to encourage individuals to act as Upstanders, meaning they take active, positive steps in their communities to counter prejudice and injustice rather than remaining bystanders. The new funding is intended to bolster educational offerings that support that outcome.
Previous support and continuity
The Texas Instruments Foundation has a record of prior financial support to the Museum, noted by gifts totaling $300,000 over three recent years and an earlier $100,000 contribution. The latest award increases the Foundation’s cumulative support and is presented as a continuation and expansion of an existing partnership between the two organizations. Museum officials see multi-year commitments like this as important for maintaining program continuity and planning multi-year exhibition schedules.
Next steps
The Museum will incorporate the new funding into its programming calendar and continue to develop educational offerings for schools and the public. Exhibition and program schedules through 2026–2028 will reflect the support provided by the grant, with details on specific programs and exhibitions to be made available by the Museum as planning progresses.
FAQ
What is the size and duration of the grant?
The Texas Instruments Foundation awarded a $400,000 grant to the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, provided as a three-year funding initiative for operating support.
What will the grant fund?
Funds are designated for operating support to strengthen educational programming, outreach to students and teachers, and special exhibitions scheduled through 2026, 2027 and 2028.
Has the Foundation supported the Museum before?
Yes. The Foundation contributed $300,000 across 2023–2025 and $100,000 in 2021, and the current grant increases that ongoing support.
Why did the Foundation increase funding?
The increase was based on the success and reach of the Museum’s programs and the perceived importance of its mission to educate about the Holocaust and advance human rights.
What is the Museum’s primary mission?
The Museum’s mission is to teach the history of the Holocaust and advance human rights education to combat prejudice, hatred and indifference, and to encourage individuals to act as Upstanders in their communities.
How will this affect visitors and students?
The operating support is intended to enhance educational resources, expand programming capacity, and support exhibitions that reach students and general audiences over the next several years.
| Feature | Detail |
|---|---|
| Recipient | Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum |
| Grant amount | $400,000 |
| Duration | Three-year funding initiative |
| Purpose | Operating support for educational programs and exhibitions |
| Prior Foundation support | $300,000 across 2023–2025 and $100,000 in 2021 |
| Planned exhibition years supported | 2026, 2027, 2028 |
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