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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 Lance Murray |
Apr 26, 2019
The largest set of Caruth grants announced in a single year, the funds are aimed at advancing innovative and evidence-based solutions in the areas of education, public safety, health, and medical and scientific in the Dallas area.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 26, 2019
The A-through-F report card is intended to increase public awareness to improve outcomes for “tens of thousands of low-income students in Texas.” And, human-centered design is a big part of that process.
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