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Perot Museum of Nature and Science Chief Learning Officer Drexell Owusu [Photo: Perot Museum of Nature and Science]
Perot Museum Names Impactful Exec as New Chief Learning Officer
by Lance Murray | May 3, 2024
Drexell Owusu joins the museum after leading The Dallas Foundation as its chief impact officer and previously serving the Dallas Regional Chamber as its SVP of education & workforce.
by Lance Murray |
Feb 9, 2024
Kenneth A. Hersh, president and CEO of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas has been selected for membership in the prestigious Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans Inc.,...
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 17, 2023
The Austin-based Kendra Scott Foundation, in partnership with First Book, is launching its inaugural Little Yellow Library this month in four Texas schools including Tom C....
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 24, 2023
Dallas Historical Society is kicking off its second century with a new awards luncheon logo and name and introducing a new awards category while continuing to honor its traditions....
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Gearbox Founder and CEO Randy Pitchford [Photo: Courtesy of Gearbox]
Gearbox Entertainment Launches Initiative to Organize, Direct Philanthropic Efforts
by Lance Murray | Apr 25, 2023
Gearbox Entertainment Co., an award-winning creator and distributor of transmedia entertainment, has launched Gearbox Gives, a new initiative that organizes and directs the studio’s philanthropic work.
The Frisco-based company, a member of the Embracer Group AB family of companies, said the initiative’s mission is to harness the power of entertainment to educate, inspire, and create....
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by Alex Edwards |
Jun 8, 2021
Dallas' Mary Kay Foundation has donated $150,000 to CancerCare to provide direct support to women who are most in need of financial or emotional assistance.
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by Dave Moore |
Oct 12, 2020
"The downside of a pandemic is that it's frightening. The good thing is, sometimes it speeds up things that probably needed to happen. Like telemedicine," Nicole Small, CEO of LH Capital/Lyda Hill Philanthropies, said during the event.
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by Gloria Salinas, Managing Director, Economic Development, DRC |
Oct 1, 2020
Dr. Lynda Stuart of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation talked with philanthropist and entrepreneur Lyda Hill in a virtual discussion moderated by Nicole Small, CEO of LH Capital/Lyda Hill Philanthropies.
Here's the takeaway.
Here's the takeaway.
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Sean Suggs [Photo courtesy of Toyota Motor North
Toyota Motor North America Makes Five Executive Changes to Social Innovation, Toyota de Mexico Operations
by Lauren Hawkins | Jul 22, 2020
Sean Suggs will be taking on the role of group vice president, chief social innovation officer on Sept. 1 after Plano-based Albert Smith, Jr. retires.
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by Lauren Hawkins |
Jul 16, 2020
California-based Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation—a venture philanthropy group—will expand to Dallas with the move. Dallas-based founding tenants Commit Partnership, The Dallas Foundation, United to Learn, and Uplift Education served as thought partners during a multi-year planning process.
Prospective Water Cooler tenants may receive reduced rent and access to a 'What-Else-Do-You-Need-to-be-Awesome' fund.
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by Alex Edwards |
May 21, 2020
Arabella believes Texas is poised to be the impact investing epicenter of the South. The firm hired its first managing director in Dallas to do so.
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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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A miniature horse gets a big kiss during a North Texas Giving Day event in Denton. [Photo by David Leeson]
By the Numbers: North Texas Giving Day Collects Record $48M
by Lance Murray | Sep 21, 2018
The 18-hour giving extravaganza — powered by Communities Foundation of Texas — culminated a 10-day effort to raise funds for 2,690 North Texas nonprofits. Here's the top of the leaderboards and a gallery.
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by Heather Noel |
Aug 10, 2017
Similar to YourCause, the Charleston, South Carolina startup builds software platforms aimed to organize corporations' philanthropic efforts.
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by Lance Murray |
May 25, 2017
Many of the wealthiest want to help solve complex social issues, but only 20 percent — including Dallas' Lyda Hill — give in a major way.
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by Karen Krygowski Bruno |
Aug 22, 2016
Digital Conduit's Technology Ball will host a black-tie gala in Dallas Nov. 5.
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