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Last week's announcement of CFT's Housing Impact Fund featured speakers and attendees including, left to right, BFS Advisory Group President Debra Brennan Tagg, CFT Chief Strategy and Insights Officer Nadine Dechausay, CFT President and CEO Wayne White, Dallas City Manager Kim Bizor Tolbert, DPD Chief Daniel C. Comeaux, and CFT Board Chair Connie Blass O'Neill. [Photo: CFT]
Communities Foundation of Texas Launches $50M Initiative to Tackle Dallas’ Housing Crisis
by Lance Murray | Nov 5, 2025
The foundation's initial housing strategy centers around three pillars: partnership and policy, production, and preservation—a combination of strategies it said has proven effective in other cities. More than $4 million in early grants and investments have already been made, amid hopes that future matching grants could create "a $100 million Housing Impact Fund dedicated to lasting change."
by Quincy Preston |
Nov 5, 2025
Cait Brumme says the event at Dallas' Pegasus Park on Nov. 6 will explore the technologies and economic forces defining the future for entrepreneurs and innovators.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 4, 2025
The de-extinction startup is adding more than two decades of commercial cloning expertise to its portfolio with its first acquisition.
Days before the announcement, CEO Ben Lamm laid out his playbook at Venture Dallas 2025: run toward critics, treat promises to middle-America classrooms as seriously as commitments to investors—and spin out businesses worth more than $100 million.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 3, 2025
The Dallas nonprofit, which served more than 3,300 women and 215 children in its most recent fiscal year, says the moves strengthen programs and finances amid rising need.
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Opening ceremony for the Good For You Healthy Hub at Jack Lowe Sr. Elementary School. [Photo: TDIndustries]
First Dallas ISD ‘Good For You Healthy Hub’ Opens in a Dallas Elementary School
by Lance Murray | Oct 30, 2025
Arlington-based Texas Health Resources launched the hub at Jack Lowe Sr. Elementary School. The hub will supply no-cost fresh produce and other healthy staples at the neighborhood level, making it easier for students and their families to access fresh fruits, vegetables, and other resources.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 29, 2025
Days after opening its new $570 million campus in Las Colinas, Wells Fargo unveiled new grants focused on South Dallas' revitalization and economic growth. The funding will be used for small business development, affordable housing, job creation, and commercial property rehabilitation, including restoration of the historic Forest Theater.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 28, 2025
Creatives Care Dallas brings virtual care, behavioral health, 2,000+ medications with zero copay, and more to Dallas County's gig workers. The community initiative is powered by Arete Health Shield in partnership with the Dallas Music Office.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 28, 2025
In partnership with Lewisville–based Open Space, the city of Cedar Hill has brought in a herd of goats to chow down on overgrown vegetation in a local nature preserve—aiming to get rid of invasive plant species while restoring the natural balance of the habitat for pollinators, birds, and other wildlife.
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Ben Vann, chief executive of Impact Ventures, speaks during a video-recorded event at JPMorgan Chase’s Dallas office, where the nonprofit announced the launch of its CDFI fund, IV Capital. [Image: Screenshot / The Shearer Group video]
Dallas’ Impact Ventures Launches Texas’ First Integrated Capital Fund Backing Women- and BIPOC-Led Enterprises
by Maddie Preston | Oct 24, 2025
At a kickoff event held at JPMorgan Chase ahead of the 2025 Inclusive Capital Summit, the announcement of Impact Ventures' new CDFI fund set the tone for a two-day gathering focused on the future of capital, inclusion, and community-driven growth.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 23, 2025
Aimed at creating a citywide movement of compassion, connection. and community, the week will feature a keynote from the New York Times' David Brooks plus a free, full-day Dallas Kindness Festival at Annette Strauss Square in the AT&T Performing Arts Center.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 23, 2025
Mark Jones has been serving as Bonton Farms' interim president since July. The entrepreneur and philanthropist previously served as chairman of the nonprofit's board for three years, and has been affiliated with Bonton for five years.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 22, 2025
The eosera Foundation Pitch Competition will host a live, "Shark Tank"-style pitch competition Nov. 13 at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth. The three finalists: A salivary diagnostics startup; a company that makes breastfeeding pump-friendly medical scrubs for healthcare workers; and a lice control startup.
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15 DFW Organizations Unite to Launch the North Texas STEM+ Ecosystem
by Lance Murray | Oct 16, 2025
Ranging from Bold Idea to the Dallas Zoo to Girlstart to the Frontiers of Flight Museum, the organizations say the new Ecosystem aims to advance equitable STEM+ opportunities for all learners—building what GEMS Camp founder Saki Milton calls "a range of pathways that empower the next generation of innovators and problem-solvers in North Texas."
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 7, 2025
At the Global Mission Summit on Oct. 8–10, leaders and innovators are rethinking business—where purpose is infrastructure, profit fuels impact, and legacy means leaving more than returns behind. Behind it are investor Michael Moe and Dallas developer Mike Hoque, and their newly formed Global Mission Institute.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 7, 2025
“These incredible nonprofit organizations are transforming public education, providing critical healthcare access, and helping fill the increasing gap in basic needs such as food and housing," said Karen Hughes White, the foundation's president and CEO.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 7, 2025
Along with the foundation’s investment of $60 million late last year to the Dallas County Promise, the grants collectively represent one of the largest philanthropic investments ever to grow postsecondary success in the region.
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