Love, made practical.
How To Love is a Fort Worth nonprofit built on a simple belief: care becomes real when love becomes practical. Our mission is to provide impoverished communities with essential information, valuable resources, and multifaceted programs that contribute to sustainable, stable lives—consistently and without conditions.
HTL started with a couple of folding tables and the inventory from a former gift shop. That yard sale became our first event for our first program to provide for impoverished residents in the community.
Today we run three programs across the neighborhood. The Impoverished Community Relief Program provides essential needs and resources for all residents in the neighborhood. The Peer Mentorship Program provides one-on-one emotional support, and the Power of Awareness Program raises awareness of the importance of mental and physical wellness, as well as our political awareness.
What we hold to
Listen first
We never arrive with a plan. Every program begins with months of kitchen-table conversations with the neighbors it is meant to serve.
Dignity always
No means testing, no lines, no proving your need. Support offered with conditions attached isn't support — it's leverage.
Neighbors, not clients
The person receiving help this month often leads the work next month. Everyone here is both giver and receiver.
Stay close
We grow by depth, not headcount. If we can't remember your name, we've grown in the wrong direction.
The people leading it
Kieth and LaTrina Quigley
FOUNDERS & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
They started HTL with a couple of folding tables and the inventory from their former gift shop. While running their gift shop, they were reminded of the struggles people face in the community, as well as their own former struggles, and decided to launch a helpful, healing organization for those people and many others.
Stephanie Marshall
DIRECTOR OF PARTNERSHIPS & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Former substance abuse counselor who built the Peer Mentorship curriculum and trains every new mentor personally. She matches the organization with partnerships that are essential to the development of our programs. Her passion is vibrant and robust, and she is the backbone of the organization.
Whitney Griffin
ADMINISTRATIVE ADVISOR & CO-MARKETING
Advise the board of directors. She is an advocate for the community; she's been a part of the struggle, she's seen the struggle, and she's doing her part to create the content that brings light and hope to communities where the struggle is prevalent.
Patricia Jones
VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR
Matches hundreds of volunteers each year to the work that actually fits their life and their hours. Her vision and outreach through finding like minded individuals to strengthen our mission is immeasurable.
Serve on the HTL board
We are looking for members who believe in practical love and want to help shape the future of HTL. Board members advise on strategy, support fundraising, and champion our programs in the community.
Questions? Email us