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Texas Women’s Foundation President and CEO Karen Hughes White [Photo: Texas Women’s Foundation]
Texas Women’s Foundation Awards Nearly $877K to 23 North Texas Nonprofits
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.
by Lance Murray |
Aug 1, 2024
The Jensen Project, an Irving-based nonprofit that fuels strategic partnerships in the fight against sexual violence, has announced its 2024 GrantTank recipients, who will cumulatively receive more than $6 million for this application cycle.
Founder Janet Jensen began GrantTank to address the isolation and lack of collaboration among nonprofits in the movement to fight sex trafficking.
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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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Texas Women for the Arts members from the group's recent annual meeting. [Photo: Farsh Farr/TWA]
Three DFW-based Nonprofits Awarded Texas Women for the Arts Grants
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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by Lance Murray |
May 29, 2024
Santander said the grants represent the latest step in the foundation’s longstanding commitment to investing in Dallas and helping the most vulnerable in local communities across the nation "to learn, grow, and prosper."
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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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Ross Moody, trustee of the Moody Foundation [Photo: Moody Foundation]
Moody Foundation Commits $1 Billion to ‘Transform Education’ in Texas by 2035
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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by Lance Murray |
Nov 18, 2023
Google announced that six Ellis County organizations collectively will receive more than $180,000 from the company to support the physical and mental well-being of the county’s residents....
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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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CPRIT Awards $9.5M in Cancer Research Grants to SMU and Dallas’ Baylor Research Institute
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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by Lance Murray |
Jun 8, 2023
Dallas College and Irving-based Gainwell Technologies have been awarded grants by the Texas Workforce Commission and the U.S. Department of Labor to provide specialized training in the healthcare industry. This training encompasses cutting-edge technologies such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and advanced data analytics.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 22, 2023
The UWorld Cares grant program aims to strengthen the pathway to higher education, address workforce skills gaps, and eliminate barriers to higher education by partnering with community organizations.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 13, 2023
“Our researchers continue to push the envelope on developing a better understanding of cancer and new ways to help cancer patients in Texas and beyond,” said Center Director Carlos L. Arteaga, M.D.
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