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Dallas EDC Names Arts Leader, Former Ambassador as Board Members

by | Feb 24, 2025
Chris Heinbaugh is the chief advocacy officer at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas. Ambassador Jeanne Johnson Phillips chairs the Mayor's International Advisory Council for Dallas.
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Serving Up a Social Mission, Ruthie’s Cafe Opens in South Dallas
by | Feb 12, 2025
Founded in 2011 by Ashlee Kleinert as one of Dallas' first food trucks, Ruthie's Fueled by Good became famous for its grilled cheese sandwiches and pro-social mission. Now, under Kleinert's Good Foundation umbrella, Ruthie's has its own brick-and-mortar address and a continuing mission to help the community it serves.
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Sunwest CEO Becomes President of Texas Lyceum, Launches Campaign to Return ‘Civility’ to Politics
by | Feb 5, 2025
Crayton Webb, the 2025 president of The Texas Lyceum—the state’s premier nonprofit, non-partisan, statewide leadership organization—called on all elected officials at the local, state, and federal levels "to adopt core values and principles which have stood the test of time."
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Kips Bay Decorator Show House Unveils Its 2024 Dallas Design Showplace

by | Aug 19, 2024
Once intended to become Dallas' first Mandarin Oriental hotel, the property sits between the historic Rosewood Mansion and the planned Four Seasons Hotel & Residences. Opening Oct. 25, the Kips Bay Decorator Show House will showcase the work of noted interior designers while benefitting nonprofits.
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The Dallas Foundation Awards Over $700,000 in Spring Grants to Local Nonprofits, Opens Summer Cycle
by | Jul 23, 2024
Twenty-six Dallas County organizations secured support for causes spanning animal welfare to breast cancer assistance. Now, the foundation is gearing up for its Summer Grant Cycle, targeting nonprofits focused on early childhood development, family homelessness, workforce readiness, and more.
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Dallas Nonprofit Kicks Off Nationwide ‘Teddy Cares’ Initiative for Homeless Children

by | Mar 22, 2024
Dallas LIFE, a local homeless recovery center, is giving a bear and a book to kids in shelters across the country. The nonprofit has the ultimate goal of providing them to 1 million children.
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Dallas-Based Think Tank Taps Rice University Head as Its New President, CEO
by | Feb 9, 2024
Legal scholar David Leebron succeeds former Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, bringing two decades of organizational leadership to Texas 2036, a nonpartisan, nonprofit policy organization founded by Tom Luce.
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North Texas’ BSN SPORTS Donates $275K in Sporting Goods To ‘Beat the Streets’ Initiative
by | Dec 21, 2023
Beat the Streets fosters youth development for student-athletes in underserved communities via mentoring and life guidance taught in quality wrestling programs. BSN President Terry Babilla says the donation is about not just helping young wrestlers win on the mat, but "in life, too."
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Mansfield-Based Mouser Electronics Partners with ADI to Plant Up to 50K Trees for U.S. Reforestation Projects
by | Jul 24, 2023
The new program extends the companies' 2023 charitable initiative underway in Europe, where 65,000 trees are already slated to be planted in Germany, England, and Ireland.
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New Goodwill Dallas VPs To Implement Sustainable Strategies While Improving Store Operations

by | Jun 16, 2023
The newest members of the Goodwill Dallas leadership team are Joel Ibañez, who'll specialize in improving store operations, collections, and workplace culture, and Lance Anderson, who'll focus on elevating post retail experience, logistics, centralizing processing of goods, and real estate matters.
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