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Donors Anuradha Sinha (left) and Vikas Sinha (right) with University of North Texas President Harrison Keller. The Sinhas’ $20 million gift to launch an AI and analytics college at UNT is their third donation to the university since 2024. [Photo: University of North Texas]
UNT to Launch $20M Sinha College of AI and Advanced Analytics
by John Egan | Sep 10, 2026
The gift from University of North Texas alum Vikas Sinha and his wife, Anuradha, is the couple’s third to UNT since 2024. It also funds six new endowments for scholarships, research and entrepreneurship.
by Sandra Engelland |
Aug 27, 2026
Grants of $100,000 or $200,000 went to research projects not chosen for the 2026 Hill Prizes. Six Texas researchers, including three from Dallas’ UT Southwestern Medical Center, shared the $1 million.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 18, 2025
The foundation's Rapid Response Fund moved grants to 15 providers as food banks report surging demand across the region.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 6, 2025
CoSpero Consulting’s Harold Hogue issues a call to action as nonprofits “stand in the gap in ways most folks don’t see.”
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Photo: Mosaic Family Services
The Dallas Foundation Awards Nearly $630K to 14 Local Nonprofits
by Lance Murray | Jun 9, 2025
The grants are part of the foundation’s 2025 Spring Grants cycle, intended to fuel critical programs reaching thousands of residents across the region.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 9, 2025
The 15-year signature program divided students into two sections, each responsible for distributing $100,000 among selected organizations.
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by Quincy Preston |
May 28, 2025
“Because we know that an investment in a woman is an investment in her family and in her community.”
Karen Hughes White
President and CEO
Texas Women’s Foundation
…speaking at the organization’s Leadership Forum and Awards Celebration earlier this month....
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by Lance Murray |
May 6, 2025
To recognize the foundation's "record-breaking" support, the hospital at the new Dallas pediatric campus will be named Moody Children's Hospital upon completion in 2031.
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The Dallas Foundation has hired Vickie Allen, MPA (left), as its new chief impact officer and Jessica Shepard Watts, Ph.D., as its new chief partnerships officer. [Photos: The Dallas Foundation]
The Dallas Foundation Adds Impact, Partnership Chiefs as It Eyes Next Phase of Growth
by Quincy Preston | Sep 12, 2024
The Dallas Foundation is charging up its C-suite, bringing on two powerhouse executives to accelerate its community mission as it approaches its 100th birthday in 2029.
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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.
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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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The Meadows Foundation Celebrates 75th Anniversary, Marking $1.36B in Total Grants
by Lance Murray | Jul 13, 2023
Founded in Dallas in 1948 by Al and Virginia Meadows, the foundation has supported programs across Texas, leaving a lasting legacy in all 254 counties. The foundation has provided $1.36 billion through more than 10,000 grants to 3,700 different organizations and groups throughout the state.
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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....
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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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