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Dallas-based Bonton Farms is one of the recipients of the T.D. Jakes Foundation/Wells Fargo grants for 2025. [Photo: Samsung US]
T.D. Jakes Foundation and Wells Fargo Announce Over $9M in ‘Community-Transforming’ Grants
by Lance Murray | Apr 15, 2025
The foundation said that building on an initial $9 million philanthropic investment announced last year, which funded 16 organizations, this new cycle reaffirms its commitment to "economic empowerment through innovative solutions."
by Lance Murray |
Dec 16, 2024
The 2024 recipients of the Mary M. Jalonick Women's Philanthropy Institute grants include Dallas-based Exodus Ministries, which received the lead grant of $150,000, and Dallas nonprofits Abide Women’s Health Services, Urban Specialists, and Vogel, which received $60,000 each.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 12, 2024
Each $50,000 Early-Stage Research Grant helps fuel critically important medical and scientific research in North Texas. To date, the 21 researchers supported by The Cary Council have gone on to secure more than $21 million in additional funding.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 21, 2024
The foundation said it distributed $4.9 million of $6 million it collected in 2023-24 in grants to women- and girl-serving organizations—including those 23 local nonprofits, which impact around 13,000 women and girls in North Texas.
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Susan G. Komen Announces $10M+ in Grants To Advance Breast Cancer Treatment & Precision Medicine
by Lance Murray | Jun 26, 2024
Dallas-based Komen said the 32 grants will further cutting-edge breast cancer research being done at 27 prestigious institutions worldwide and continue its longstanding support of breast cancer researchers early in their careers, as well as the world’s leaders in the field.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 21, 2024
Southern Methodist University will begin its search for a new dean of the Edwin L. Cox School of Business after Matthew B. Myers, the ninth dean of the business school, announced he will step down from that role by the end of the 2024-25 academic year....
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 19, 2024
SMU's Klyne Smith, with over 30 years of experience in IT and telecommunications at companies like IBM, Caesars Entertainment, and Ericsson, will use his industry insights to explore quantum-safe communication solutions for military applications.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 17, 2024
The local grant recipients include The Bishop Arts Theatre Center and Swan Strings in Dallas and the Thank You Darlin' Foundation in Fort Worth. They were among organizations that were awarded more than $319,000 in grants supporting arts education for children.
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UT Southwestern's Clements University Hospital [Photo: UTSW]
CPRIT Approves Over $16M in Cancer-Fighting Grants to Dallas-Area Institutions
by Lance Murray | Feb 27, 2024
Included in the 12 Dallas-area funding awards is a $4 million Rising Star grant to bring Stefan Gloeggler, Ph.D., to UT Southwestern Medical Center from the Max Planck Institute of Multidisciplinary Sciences in Göttingen, Germany.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 7, 2024
The Dallas-based foundation said the funding supports the creation of financial wellness and innovation centers, helps organizations convert underutilized land into affordable homes, and drives impactful change for college students across the U.S.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 30, 2024
Last summer, the BCBSTX program awarded nearly $3M in funds to 101 organizations across the Lone Star State—including many in North Texas. The deadline for nonprofits to apply for Blue Impact 2024-2025 grants is Feb. 9. Other impact-aligned community, business, and provider organizations are invited to request sponsorships.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 6, 2023
The foundation said its new "M-Pact Fund" could reshape the future of education across the state. “Our goal is to fuel student success in areas of deepest impact and greatest need, while providing the opportunity for every Texan to access a high-quality education," said Trustee Ross Moody.
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Rendering of Five Mile Creek Trail [Photo: Trust for Public Land]
TXDOT Paves $6.6M Way for Five Mile Creek Greenbelt’s Oak Cliff Trail in Southern Dallas
by Quincy Preston | Oct 27, 2023
The TXDOT grant dollars will let TPL start digging on a 1.1-mile "shovel-ready" stretch of the 17-mile trail "sooner than planned." An additional $1.65 million match from local supporters brings the total funding to over $8 million.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 21, 2023
The Texas Cultural Trust’s giving circle invests in arts education for kids across Texas. The deadline to apply for the 2024 cycle is December 1.
In June, the Texas Women for the Arts awarded over $294,000 in 2023 grants to 41 organizations across Texas, including seven in North Texas.
In June, the Texas Women for the Arts awarded over $294,000 in 2023 grants to 41 organizations across Texas, including seven in North Texas.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 29, 2023
Three UT Southwestern Medical Center physician-scientists pursuing the prevention and treatment of disease that affect various stages of child development have been announced as the latest recipients of the Cary Council’s Early-Stage Research Grants....
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 17, 2023
The 29 new grants approved by CPRIT's Oversight Committee include the first CPRIT Scholar award to Southern Methodist University in Dallas and state funding for Dallas' Baylor Research Institute to join a major National Cancer Institute study.
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