In 2021, philanthropist MacKenzie Scott became a major partner to TCF by providing a $6 million donation to enhance TCF’s work in implementing a regional mental wellbeing strategy in Texoma.
The Board of Directors dedicated TCF Place-Based Philanthropy dollars to match MacKenzie Scott’s gift for an up to $12 million, 5-year strategic plan.
LAUNCH OF OUR STRATEGY
When Texoma Community Foundation received a transformational gift from MacKenzie Scott, we set out to ensure every dollar made a lasting impact.
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OUR PROGRESS
With the plan in place, 2024–2025 marked the transition from planning to implementation. The focus shifted from defining priorities to funding local projects, forming partnerships, and aligning regional and state-level efforts.
OUR PRIORITIES
Add an “assets” lens to our assessments. To factor in the many strengths in our region and build on existing momentum.
Understand what really moves mental wellbeing across communities and establish metrics to measure progress.
Improve our efforts to hear important “unheard voices” in our community. Residents whose experiences and insights are essential to informed decision-making.
Include special populations in the design of the plantribal communities, Spanishspeaking populations, communities of color, & those with lived experience in mental illness, suicide loss and substance use.
OUR 3 GOALS
Texomans face challenges ranging from mental health crises to access to basic needs. Our plan aims to address these barriers, inspiring resilience and empowering individuals.
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Texoma has more than double the US rate per capita.
Overdose death rates average 15.75 per 100,000 in Bryan and Marshall counties.
Residents report an average of 24.5 mentally healthy days per month, lower than the state and national average.
A TOOL FOR COMMUNITIES
Global research led to the creation of Texoma’s Framework for Mental Wellbeing, which can be used by communities worldwide.
Our partnership with FSG helped identify existing frameworks and toolkits with evaluation measurements to determine whether we were making a difference.
The Texoma framework extends well beyond what TCF can do on its own, leaving room for others to come alongside the work. If as a region we can move these areas, we can move mental health and wellbeing in Texoma.
THE FRAMEWORK
Self-Care and Social Context
Promoting awareness, fostering social connections, and empowering community institutions to create a supportive culture of wellbeing.
Community Conditions
Tackling essential needs, enhancing environments, and creating pathways for purpose to strengthen the foundation of mental wellbeing.
Mental Health Care
Addressing access through workforce retention and development as well as care integration to ensure quality mental health services for all.
THE STRATEGIC PLAN
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Elevate awareness and increase the narrative.
Regional Strategy
TEXOMA
The Goal of our Regional Strategy is to address common needs found across all 4 counties.
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Improve access to quality, timely care through the retention of our behavioral health workforce and integration of care.
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Support efforts addressing local essential and immediate needs as we work to move long-term mental wellbeing levers through regional strategies 1 and 2.
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Encourage other foundations and state governments to invest in mental wellbeing within Texoma.
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Expand Capacity for Mental Wellbeing
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Fannin Coordinate Resources to Improve Access to Services
The Goal of our County-Led Strategy is to address unique needs found in each county through County-Led Strategy
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$5,555,451
Hope & Purpose Grants Awarded To-Date
Bryan: $1 million grant to increase mental health in schools and foster community connections.
Fannin: $1 million grant to improve coordination of services for mental health and substance use.
Hogg Foundation: $41,600 to support mental health and substance use policy efforts in Texas with a focus on Texoma.
Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits: $620,851 for a five-year project to establish a local OKCNP satellite office in Durant to serve TCF’s fourcounty service area.
Marshall: $1 million grant to support healthy spaces for children outside of the classroom. Grayson: $1 million grant to increase crisis stabilization response & services.
Healthy Minds Policy Initiative: $41,600 to support mental health and substance use policy efforts in Oklahoma with a focus on Texoma.
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services: $851,400 over five years to evaluate the impact of the Strategic Plan.
BRYAN COUNTY COLLABORATIVE
$1 million awarded to support the creation of a Bryan County Collaborative to catalyze momentum for collective action.
Rural schools often do not have dedicated staff and/or programming to support the mental wellbeing of their students.
The newly formed collaborative in Bryan County is rolling out a comprehensive plan to expand mental wellbeing services in schools,
PROJECT GOALS
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A Bryan County Collaborative focused on mental wellbeing.
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Improve Mental Wellbeing of Children & Families by:
Expanding Durant Public Schools’ mental health model to the 7 other school systems in the county. Provide behavioral health coaches and MyCare Telehealth at schoolthanks to Lighthouse Behavioral. Improve mental wellbeing programming at the Boys & Girls Club through a Safe School’s Prevention Specialist and Lighthouse Behavioral.
Strengthen Social Connections through a partnership with First United Bank.
FANNIN COUNTY COLLABORATIVE
$1 million awarded to Community Well Texas (Fannin Behavioral Health Leadership Team) to create community-led solutions to improve coordination of resources and access to services.
Fannin County faces critical gaps in behavioral health services, crisis response, and resource navigation, leaving many residents—particularly those in crisis— without timely access to care.
Community Well Texas is leading a community-wide collaborative initiative to provide comprehensive support services across all stages of life—from prenatal care to seniors—ensuring no demographic is left without essential resources.
PROJECT GOALS
Establish a Co-Response Team (CRT) for crisis intervention. 1
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Enhance resource coordination and navigation
Establish a full-time Community Navigator.
Crisis prevention through basic needs assistance.
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Mental health and behavioral health training for law enforcement and the community.
Data collection and impact evaluation.
GRAYSON COUNTY COLLABORATIVE
$1 million awarded to the Texoma Behavioral Health Leadership Team to increase crisis stabilization response & services.
Often the first entry-point to mental health and substance use services requires interaction with law enforcement or triage through an area emergency room - neither of which are designed to be a main provider of mental health and substance use treatment and care.
The strategy is to expand an existing jail diversion pilot and improve collaborative efforts to increase awareness of crisis response & stabilization services that provide care to those who would otherwise enter the mental health system through criminal justice and emergency rooms.
PROJECT GOALS
The collaborative will work to create a no wrong door solution to help to those in crisis wherever they need it.
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Law enforcement involved Co-Response Team Model (CRT).
Increase public awareness with robust marketing and branding of the Texoma Community Center Mobile Crisis Outreach Team (MCOT) services.
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Access to a bi-lingual comprehensive website resource for personal assessment and/or navigation.
Financial resources to access therapeutic support.
MARSHALL COUNTY COLLABORATIVE
$1 million awarded to support the creation of a Marshall County Collaborative to expand capacity for mental wellbeing.
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The newly formed collaborative in Marshall
PROJECT GOALS
Expand childcare services to serve more working families.
Improve sensory support for students facing emotional and behavioral challenges.
Create healthy homes by investing in recovery services and housing for women and families. 1 4 2 5 3 6
Establish a Boys & Girls Club in Marshall County.
Invest in a local rodeo arena improvement for families and children.
Revitalize parks and outdoor venues that bring people together and support physical and mental wellness.
ADVOCACY & PHILANTHROPY
State Advocacy: A $41,600 grant to the Hogg Foundation in Texas and a $41,600 grant to the Healthy Minds Initiative in Oklahoma supported advocacy efforts, education, and policy changes that impact strategic plan goals.
Dollars supported the work of policy teams, the publication of critical state-wide policy briefs, and local trainings to help increase state legislative dollars impacting Texoma.
Philanthropy: Grantmakers from across Texas traveled to Texoma for the Texas Behavioral Health Funders Collaborative Annual Meeting.
The funders listened to successes from local mental health projects to raise awareness of models of excellence in Texoma.
Building philanthropic awareness and connections in Texoma is part of our regional strategy.
EXPANDING CAPACITY
We are excited to announce two key projects launched this year:
Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits received $620,850 to create the first satellite office in our region over a 5-year project.
A full-time OKCNP position will support collaboratives and nonprofits across our four-county service area. A special thank you to First United Bank for providing office space!
We are also proud to grant OSU Office of Health Services $851,400 over five years to serve as a third-party evaluator of our strategic plan’s framework.
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REGIONAL STRATEGY #1
As we continue to roll out our strategic plan, we will soon finalize our first of two main regional strategies: - to elevate awareness and increase the narrative.
This includes:
Knowing how to recognize signs early in ourselves and those we love.
Build resiliency, hope and purpose.
Openly talk about mental health and substance use.
Know how to find quality and timely help before crisis.
TEXOMA
Region-Wide Strategy
This strategy depends on community communication to build awareness, learn together, and create connection. Our foundation’s social media pages on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn will be our hub as we share important information. Please help us by sharing our page with your friends and followers.
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We believe philanthropy is more than financial giving—it’s about creating purpose, fostering connection, and strengthening the fabric of our community.
Every act of generosity, whether large or small, fuels a culture where Texomans support one another in meaningful ways.
This is the Heart of Texoma.
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Where we live shapes how we live— that’s why we invest in place-based philanthropy, creating spaces that bring people together, promote wellbeing, and strengthen community connections.
$8 million investment
REBA’S RANCH HOUSE
Reba McEntire has been a philanthropic partner in our community for over 30 years. In 2007, TCF began operating Reba’s Ranch House, a hospitality house “caring for the caregivers” who have a loved one in area hospitals.
We remain devoted to Reba’s vision—keeping the doors open, the lights on, and the warmth of support felt by every family member who stays with us at Reba’s Ranch House.
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TEXOMA GIVING PARTNERS
Through Texoma Giving Partners (TGP), we help individuals, families, and businesses establish “mini-foundations” tailored to their passions. Whether it’s supporting education, patient assistance, or local nonprofits, TGP Funds provide a way to make a significant and strategic impact.
Jack & Kathleen Berry: Camp Sweeney Scholarships
Dr. Max & Shirley Cham: EMS Scholarships
Jacqueline Vandiver Chesser: Nursing Scholarships
Children’s: Children's Emergency Services
TCF Community Fund: Service Area Greatest Needs
Kathy Bourne Crowley: Nursing Scholarships
Fannin Co. Hospital Authority: Wellbeing of Fannin County Residents
R.L. Franks: Organ Transplants
Jerdy & Anne Gary: Supporting Reba's Ranch House
Get Above the Crowd: Social & Economic Skills for Girls
Nathan Halfmann Fund: Pottsboro HS Scholarships
Health Workforce Education: Improving Health Workforce
HP Child & Adolescent Wellness: Child & Adolescent Wellness
Susan Hooper Cancer Care: Cancer Treatments & Surgeries
Howe Community Connections: Wellbeing of Howe Residents
Reba McEntire Fund: Charitable Projects Supporting Those Most in Need
Ray & Mary Morrison: Supporting Reba's Ranch House Murphy-Mesiti-Miller: Improving Lives of Bryan County Residents
T.W. Porter Fund: Safety-Net for Medical Assistance
Reba's Ranch House: Supporting Reba's Ranch House
Room for Hope Patient Assistance: Cancer Treatments & Surgeries
MacKenzie Scott: Health & Wellbeing
Texoma Response Fund: Area Relief
Roberta Pond: Nursing Scholarships
THF Park: THF Park Special Projects
Ralph & Frances Porter: Medical Assistance
Dr. Mackey Watkins: Dialysis Care
As the region’s public foundation, TCF manages and stewards TGP funds, offering donors the flexibility of a private foundation without the administrative burden—making it easier to focus on what matters most: helping others.
SUPPORTING NONPROFITS
We know that when nonprofits thrive, Texoma thrives. That’s why we go beyond simply awarding grants—we walk alongside local nonprofits, helping them grow, innovate, and strengthen their impact.
Each year we distribute grants through our annual grants cycle, investing in organizations that align with our mission and community priorities. Through initiatives like Raising the Bar TOGETHER, we provide opportunities for nonprofits to learn, collaborate, and build capacity, ensuring they have the resources and skills to maximize their impact.
GRANTEE PARTNERS
Austin College
Boys & Girls Club of Denison
Boys & Girls Club of Red River Valley OK
Boys & Girls Club of Sherman
Callie Clinic
Camp Sweeney
CASA of Grayson County
Child and Family Guidance Center
Crisis Control Center
D-DENT, Inc.
Denison Helping Hands
Denison ISD
Divine Equine Therapeutic Riding Center
Family Shelter of Southern Oklahoma
Fannin Co. BHLT/Community Well Texas
Fannin County Children’s Center
Fannin Health Clinic
Geary Foster Foundations
Grant Halliburton Foundation
Grayson College Foundation
Grayson County Children’s Advocacy Center
Grayson Grand Central Station
Greater Texoma Health Clinic
Home Hospice of Grayson County House of Eli
J127 Ministry
Junior League of Grayson County
MasterKey Ministries
Preston Volunteer Emergency Svcs. Room for Hope
Social Services Foundation of S. OK
TBHLT
Texoma Family Shelter
Tri-County Senior Nutrition Project (MOW)
Vizavance
$5.2 M
distributed to support charitable programs and initiatives for residents to live long, healthy lives.
In Assets as of June 30, 2025 $87M help us do more together.
Fewer than 1% of nonprofits are designated with this recognitiondemonstrating TCF’s commitment to transparency and to our donors.
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Our history is full of stories of incredible people coming together to make a difference in the lives of others. We hope you can be part of the legacy and culture of wellbeing we are working towards at Texoma Community Foundation.