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North Texas Giving Day
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CFT To Offer $100K Matching Funds in North Texas Gives to Animals Campaign
by Sandra Engelland | May 14, 2026
“With more than 300 animal-focused organizations participating in this fundraising campaign, NorthTexasGivingDay.org makes it easy to support nonprofits you know and love while also discovering new ones making an impact on the lives of pets and their families,” said Communities Foundation of Texas President and CEO Wayne White.
by Lance Murray |
Nov 6, 2025
“This transformative investment from Communities Foundation of Texas both strengthens our capacity and validates the importance of our mission,” Dallas EDC President and CEO Linda McMahon said.
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![North Texas Giving Day 2025 lights up downtown Dallas. [Photo: Joseph Haubert]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/NorthTexasGivingDay-skyline2-JosephHaubert-970-360x203.jpg)
by Lance Murray |
Sep 19, 2025
Causes ranged from education, health, and social services, to arts, the environment, and animal welfare.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 28, 2025
The Communities Foundation of Texas said this year’s Giving Day hosts the most participating nonprofits in its 17-year history. While the day is set to return on Sept. 18, you can get a head start now—because giving officially opened online today.
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CFT President and CEO Wayne White and Texas Rangers First Baseman Nathaniel Lowe are part of the team behind the 2024 North Texas Giving Day [Photo: Communities Foundation of Texas]
The Last Word: DFW Sports Stars & Legends Team Up for North Texas Giving Day
by Lance Murray | Sep 17, 2024
Texas Rangers first baseman Nathaniel Lowe leads a star-studded sports team of players and legends from the Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Stars, Dallas Mavericks, FC Dallas, and Dallas Wings in encouraging even more donations on North Texas Giving Day.
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by Lance Murray |
May 6, 2024
During Mental Health Awareness Month in May, the Bhatia Foundation is partnering with Communities Foundation of Texas to match donations, dollar for dollar, to local organizations supporting mental health.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 21, 2023
Posting on LInkedIn, the Communities Foundation of Texas shared the above photo of Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson and the Dallas City Council after the official proclamation declaring today North Texas Giving Day across the city of Dallas.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 8, 2023
The North Texas Food Bank is joining with Feeding America and other member food banks to help mark Hunger Action Month all through September. Their goal: To inspire people to join the fight to end hunger and raise awareness of people experiencing food insecurity across the U.S. Food banks nationwide are working to make "a real and lasting impact on hunger in their communities," and they're asking for the public’s support.
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![POETIC is one of the Community Impact grant recipients, with a mission of "equipping girls who have experienced child maltreatment, commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking to find their voices, reclaim their narratives and persist forward." [Image: POETIC]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/POETIC-image-from-Dallas-organization-website-940x436.jpeg)
POETIC is one of The Dallas Foundation's Community Impact grant recipients, with a mission of "equipping girls who have experienced child maltreatment, commercial sexual exploitation, and sex trafficking to find their voices, reclaim their narratives, and persist forward." [Image: POETIC]
The Dallas Foundation Awards More Than $1.4M to 27 Impact-Focused Organizations
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Oct 20, 2022
From POETIC—which helps girls who've experienced maltreatment, commercial sexual exploitation, and sex trafficking to find their voices—to Parks for Downtown Dallas, Café Momentum, Family Gateway and more, the 27 nonprofits share one ultimate goal, The Dallas Foundation says:
They all provide "children and families with a brighter and more equitable community to live in.”
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 26, 2022
Last Thursday, Water Cooler tenant leadership teams and boards gathered together at Pegasus Park and were surprised with more than $200,000 in prizes to support the missions of their nonprofit organizations....
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by Kevin Cummings |
Sep 22, 2022
Kids that have cancer are sometimes seen as victims. But Salood gives them a chance to be heroes, by becoming "ambassadors" who help create and design products—with proceeds helping the families of pediatric cancer patients in need.
"These kids are very aspirational," says co-founder Kenny Freeland. " I think sometimes when the public looks at a kid with an illness, they forget that there's still a kid deep down there who has dreams and wants to do big things."
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jun 8, 2022
North Texas Giving Day lasts more than a day—its 14th annual event will kick off September 1 and run through September 22. To get both nonprofits and North Texans ready for it, the Communities Foundation of Texas is partnering with software company Mightycause for a new fundraising platform this year.
“We want to continue to grow the spirit of giving by engaging and activating more donors as each individual gift, no matter the size, helps the collective,” says CFT Senior VP Monica Christopher.
“We want to continue to grow the spirit of giving by engaging and activating more donors as each individual gift, no matter the size, helps the collective,” says CFT Senior VP Monica Christopher.
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New members of The Dallas Foundation's board of governors include Bobby Bisor, Jaimee Eddington, Kevin Murphy, and Susana Cordova. [Photos: The Dallas Foundation]
The Dallas Foundation Names Four New High-Impact Members to Board of Governors
by Leslie Barker | Jan 10, 2022
The new members—Robert Bisor, Jaimee Eddington, Kevin Murphy, and Susana Cordova—were chosen to help shape the vision and future of the foundation, the first established community foundation in Texas.
In 2020 alone, the foundation, in partnership with more than 400 fundholders, awarded $60 million in grants.
In 2020 alone, the foundation, in partnership with more than 400 fundholders, awarded $60 million in grants.
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by Alex Edwards |
Sep 27, 2021
Meet the organizations honored for their work to improve the lives of children and families in Dallas County. The Dallas Foundation, the first community foundation in Texas, awarded the strategically aligned impact prizes as part of North Texas Giving Day.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 24, 2021
More than 1,300 Dallas County nonprofits have signed up for North Texas Giving Day, scheduled for September 23, with early giving beginning September 1. Across the 20-county region, more than 3,200 total nonprofits have registered.
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by Lance Murray |
May 28, 2019
The retired Dallas Mavericks star and his wife, Jessica, are challenging North Texans to beat last year's record giving to benefit nonprofits in a 20-county area.
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