Lyda Hill

Women in STEM & Sports ‘Game Changers’ Statues To Highlight World Cup Fan Festival

by | Mar 25, 2026
The interactive exhibit will be on public display at the Fan Festival at Dallas’ Fair Park this summer. Coinciding with the full World Cup tournament, fans can enjoy free live match screenings, food, music, and entertainment. Entry to the Fan Festival and the exhibit is free.
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Lyda Hill Philanthropies Supports DISD ‘Learning Voyages’ STEM Field Trip Program
by | Feb 5, 2026
More than 48,000 students, or about 35% of all DISD students, will participate in an off-campus learning experience aligned with their curriculum by visiting one of the following institutions: Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, Dallas Zoo, Environmental Education Center, or Perot Museum of Nature and Science.
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The Last Word: On Lyda Hill Philanthropies Partnering To Produce Women-in-STEM Movies and TV Shows

by | Feb 11, 2025
Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science—an ideal day for a Dallas nonprofit to align with a Hollywood movie star to celebrate women in STEM in film and television. According to the Dallas Morning News, Dallas-based Lyda Hill Philanthropies is partnering with Reese Witherspoon’s media company Hello Sunshine to produce and distribute movies and TV shows that champion women's achievements in STEM (science, technology, engineering & mathematics). 
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TAMEST Recognizes Lyda Hill and Lyda Hill Philanthropies with Kay Bailey Hutchison Distinguished Service Award
by | Nov 22, 2024
The Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology honors the Dallas businesswoman and philanthropist and her team for empowering and enabling groundbreaking research in science and nature.
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Visitors at 31 Texas State Parks Will Get Solar Eclipse Viewing Gear, Thanks to Lyda Hill Philanthropies
by | Feb 20, 2024
Dallas-based Lyda Hill Philanthropies is donating 20,000 eclipse safety glasses, tabletop sun-spotter telescopes, telescope tripods and solar filters, binocular filters, smartphone sun photography adapters, and eclipse-themed books to Texas State Parks within the path of totality of the April 8 total solar eclipse.
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Copper Breaks State Park is an international dark sky park located northwest of Dallas-Fort Worth in Quanah, Texas. [Image: AmitabhClickz/Shutterstock]

The Last Word: Lyda Hill On the Power of Parks

by | Jun 8, 2023
In a recent centennial state parks commemorative issue of Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine, Lyda Hill offers her take on the power of parks. "Where parks are well-maintained and inviting, the surrounding communities are often also flourishing," she says.
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New $500K Prizes Funded by Lyda Hill Will Promote Scientific Research and Innovation
by | May 24, 2023
Lyda Hill Philanthropies and TAMEST, the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science, and Technology, have launched the Hill Prizes. The new program will provide $2.5 million in funding to support the research of Texas scientists.
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The Future 50 in Dallas-Fort Worth 2023: Meet the Game-Changing Disruptors Driving Innovation and Impact
by | Mar 16, 2023
These standouts—startup founders, tech pioneers, educators, creators, social innovators, and business leaders—are transforming entire industries and making waves in their respective fields. 
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Water Cooler at Pegasus Park Reaches Full Capacity With Addition Of Six New Organizations
by | Mar 16, 2023
The new tenants include Engage Dallas, Housing Forward, PCCI, Teach for America, Texas Women’s Foundation, and The 2.0 Collaborative. The additions bring Water Cooler at Pegasus Park to a full capacity with a total of 32 tenants, ranking it among the largest nonprofit shared space communities in the country.
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Trust for Public Land Receives Over $5.7M in New Commitments for Five Mile Creek Greenbelt

by | Nov 4, 2022
The Boone Family Foundation dedicated $2.65 million and Lyda Hill Philanthropies committed $2.5 million to help fund the Five Mile Creek Greenbelt, a network of parks and trails the TPL is developing across Oak Cliff and southwest Dallas. "For 80 years, Dallas has dreamed of a greenbelt along Five Mile Creek to benefit the city’s health, connectivity, and environment," the TPL's board chair said.
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The Last Word: Carnegie Medal Recipient Lyda Hill on Why More Women Are Needed in Science and Medicine
In a ceremony Thursday night in New York City, Hill received a 2022 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy along with fellow recipients Dolly Parton, Manu Chandaria, and Lynn and Stacy Schusterman. Dallas Innovates wrote about Hill's honor back in August. She was recognized by the Carnegie Medal for supporting women in STEM fields and inspiring girls to be interested in STEM careers, in addition to being recognized for investments in the life sciences, including cancer and mental health research and treatment; conservation; and empowering community-based nonprofits to maximize impact, the organization said. 
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Dallas Philanthropist Lyda Hill Is One of Five Winners of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy
by | Aug 4, 2022
Dallas' Lyda Hill has been named one of five recipients of the 2022 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. She shares the philanthropic spotlight with four other "forces for positive change," including country music legend Dolly Parton.

An early donor of the research that led to the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, Hill believes that "science is the answer"—and has chosen to donate the entirety of her estate to philanthropy and scientific research. 
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