Legal Hospice of Texas is a nonprofit lawfirm providing compassionate legal services at no charge to low income individuals who are terminally ill or HIV positive.
Work
One source of funds for these services are IOLTA funds distributed through the Texas Access to Justice Foundation. It is likely these funds are in danger because of falling interest rates. Even so, The Legal Hospice of Texas was one of 6 nonprofits in the DFW-area to receive 2010-2011 Grant awards.
They also raise money from individual donors, foundations, businesses and other government programs like the
Combined Federal Campaign
The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) is the workplace giving program of the federal government of the United States. The program is authorized by executive order 12353 (as amended) of March 23, 1982, and is overseen by the United States Office of ...
and Cy Pres. Donors include the
Harold Simmons
Harold Clark Simmons (May 13, 1931 – December 29, 2013) was an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist whose banking expertise helped him develop the acquisition concept known as the leveraged buyout (LBO) to acquire various corporat ...
Foundation, Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Graham & Carolyn Holloway Family Foundation,
The Joule Hotel
The Joule Hotel is a five-star, 164-room hotel developed by Headington Hotels, owned by Timothy Headington. Located at 1530 Main Street, between Akard Street and Ervay Street, the building was constructed in 1927 as the Dallas National Bank Buildi ...
, the B.B. Owen Trust, Odyssey VistaCare Hospice Foundation,
Ryan White Care Act
The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act (Ryan White CARE Act), ), was an act of the United States Congress and is the largest federally funded program in the United States for people living with HIV/AIDS. In exchange for State ...
, the Vanberg Family Foundation,
Black Tie Dinner and
Kraft Foods
The second incarnation of Kraft Foods is an American food manufacturing and processing conglomerate, split from Kraft Foods Inc. in 2012 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It became part of Kraft Heinz in 2015.
A merger with Heinz, arra ...
. Oscar Fierro, a Dallas designer, recently hosted a runway show where all proceeds were dedicated to the Legal Hospice.
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Law firms based in Dallas
Hospices in the United States
Medical and health organizations based in Texas
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