Dallas, Texas, September 15, 2025 – The nonprofit Texas Ramp Project is celebrating 40 years of delivering free wheelchair ramps to over 30,000 recipients across the state. This major milestone in the nonprofit’s commitment to helping older adults and others with disabilities regain mobility was achieved thanks to more than 3,500 volunteers who have helped build ramps for those in need. If the ramps were laid end-to-end, they would exceed 158 miles— more than enough to travel from Austin to Houston or Dallas to College Station.
The Texas Ramp Project was incorporated in 2006 as an expansion of the Dallas Ramp Project, which began building ramps in 1985. The nonprofit has built ramps across the state to serve those in financial need. Last year local volunteers from churches, civic clubs and businesses built more than 2,700 ramps in 145 Texas counties, from large urban areas to small rural communities. The ramps follow ADA guidelines and are provided without regard to the recipient’s race, religion, age, gender or ethnicity.
Every single ramp is provided at no cost to clients and provides safety, independence and an improved quality of life for each recipient. Most ramps cost between $800 and $900 to build, which is about a third that of a typical contractor installation. The Texas Ramp Project keeps costs low thanks to a grassroots organization with only two full-time employees as well as donations, volunteer time and materials donated to the nonprofit.
