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Communities Foundation of Texas President & CEO Wayne White (left) and Amazon's Head of Community Affairs at Amazon for Texas and Arizona, Vickie Yakunin [Photos: CFNTX/Amazon]
North Texas Giving Day Season Has Begun, with Over 3,500 Nonprofits Taking Part
by Lance Murray | Aug 28, 2025
The Communities Foundation of Texas said this year’s Giving Day hosts the most participating nonprofits in its 17-year history. While the day is set to return on Sept. 18, you can get a head start now—because giving officially opened online today.
by Lance Murray |
Aug 27, 2025
The funding from the Texas Historical Commission—with support from Google—will help safeguard and conserve the museum's extensive collection. "This investment is about more than just conservation,” Margie Johnson Reese, chief program officer of the museum, said. “It’s about making history accessible to a global audience."
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 23, 2025
Broadcom executive Vikas Sinha and his wife, Anuradha, have invested more than $5 million in UNT’s data science program, aiming to fuel opportunity in a field “at the heart of the job market.”
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 23, 2025
New Friends New Life is one of five nonprofits awarded new funding by The Jensen Project, a North Texas-based nonprofit think tank that has distributed over $11 million nationwide since launching its GrantTank program in 2021.
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Susan G. Komen CEO Paula Schneider [Photo: LinkedIn]
Komen CEO to Step Down After Seven Years of Leading Breast Cancer Organization, Search to Begin for Successor
by Lance Murray | Aug 21, 2025
Schneider will remain involved as honorary vice chair as the board launches a national search for her successor.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 14, 2025
Dedicated to advancing medical innovation for 86 years, the foundation said philanthropist and "Texan by choice" Nicole Sheridan is one of the 11 new members of its board of trustees. Jere Thompson, Jr. will continue in his role as board chair.
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by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
Aug 14, 2025
The “Academy Award of Architecture”—the AIA Firm Award—recently went to Dallas-based LPA Design Studios. Ellen Mitchell, who directs the firm’s sustainability and applied research, sees the win as a shift toward broadening what award-winning design really means. Here’s how the firm is building modern, greener commercial spaces by starting with better questions.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 13, 2025
The grants are part of the Tauopathy Challenge Workshop, a funding program that convenes interdisciplinary experts around a single topic: addressing unmet needs in primary tauopathies related to several neurodegenerative diseases.
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Nearly 300 speakers will take the stage at DFW Startup Week 2025, from visionary founders and funders to industry experts and community builders.
DFW Startup Week Turns 10: Here’s Your Ultimate Insider Guide to DSW25
by Quincy Preston | Jul 31, 2025
Dozens of sessions. Four signature summits. Hundreds of speakers. DFW Startup Week 2025 kicks off next week, and here’s how to make the most of it.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 31, 2025
The Family Place said that veteran philanthropy leader Molly Fiden brings unparalleled expertise and passion to her role as she re-joins the organization.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 17, 2025
Winslow’s Wine Cafe is Fort Worth's first "Chip Spot," where lost dogs and cats can be taken to be scanned and reunited with their loved ones. And Fort Worth Animal Care & Control is looking for more businesses that would like to host their own Chip Spots.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jul 17, 2025
TACA’s new cohort of four established arts groups—ranging from orchestral to outreach—is designed to create flywheel momentum across the entire creative ecosystem.
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Photos: Ability Connection/My Possibilities
Marking ‘Proud Milestone,’ Ability Connection and My Possibilities Merge to Advance North Texas Disability Services
by Lance Murray | Jul 16, 2025
The two nonprofits have shared missions, complementary programs, and decades of compassionate service between them. Their merger—with each brand continuing under its respective name—"reflects a bold, community-first vision and an unwavering commitment to the people and families they serve," the nonprofits said.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jul 15, 2025
North Texas' Nanoscope just filed an FDA bid for its gene-agnostic therapy. If approved, it could help restore sight for people with inherited blindness, and potentially millions more with other retinal diseases.
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![The South Island giant moa towered over New Zealand's forests for millions of years before becoming extinct within a century of Polynesian settlement around 1400 CE. Colossal Biosciences plans to resurrect the 500-pound birds using ancient DNA extracted from cave deposits and artificial egg technology. [Source image: Colossal Biosciences]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Colossal-Moa-360x203.jpg)
by Quincy Preston |
Jul 9, 2025
The Dallas decacorn is scaling its de-extinction pipeline with indigenous leadership, a New Zealand subsidiary, and economic models for species preservation, including ecotourism opportunities. Filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson helped connect the collaborators, Colossal CEO Ben Lamm says.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 8, 2025
America's Team donated $500,000 in disaster relief amid the massive and tragic flooding in the Texas Hill Country. Other North Texas companies are helping out as well, through their own charitable arms or via other regional nonprofits.
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