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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.”
by Kevin Cummings |
May 17, 2022
The multi-floor space for nonprofits, philanthropies, and social impact organizations now has 26 tenants with around 500 employees. The six new ones range from the Nature Conservancy of Texas to the Lone Star Justice Alliance to SWAN Impact Network and more.
“This dream of ours just keeps getting bigger and better,” says Lyda Hill, founder of Lyda Hill Philanthropies.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Apr 27, 2022
Through a three-year partnership called the North Texas Funders Initiative, The Dallas Foundation and local leadership impact nonprofit RevJen Group, along with others including Lyda Hill Philanthropies, will bring leadership development training to over 300 nonprofit leaders each year.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 28, 2022
The Dallas Foundation—the first community foundation in Texas—says it awarded over $1.3 million in Community Impact Fund Grants in 2021. The grants were given to 25 local organizations and initiatives that are "driving meaningful results for children and families."
"Each of these awards represents an investment in some of Dallas’ most important needs and most impactful organizations," said Matthew Randazzo, the foundation's president and CEO.
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Why We Need to Value Younger, Everyday Philanthropists
by Prisma Garcia | Jul 20, 2021
More companies are seeing that skills-based volunteering is the future, but there is still little training and coordination of these programs, Prisma Garcia says. Though older generations think of millennials as the "selfish generation," Garcia sees them and Gen-Zers as the generations that can break down the barriers to giving.
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by Sophia Gonzalez |
Sep 14, 2020
The residency's young professionals will go through nine months of hands-on learning and experience in philanthropy. Here are the members of its fifth class.
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 24, 2020
On Thursday, leaders from four of North Texas' most respected foundations will discuss how the local social impact community is responding to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Jul 30, 2018
Michael Cope, founder of Cope Ventures, brings a wealth of startup experience to his mentoring sessions. He shares his philosophy in our "Meet the Mentor” series.
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Homeless Kids, City Park, STEM Education Benefit from Philanthropy
by Lance Murray | Mar 28, 2018
North Texas educational institutions and nonprofits receive financial backing for their programs from foundations and businesses.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 25, 2018
From formalized accelerator pitch days for startups to events encouraging social innovation, here are the notable events helping bring ideas to reality in North Texas.
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by Heather Noel |
Oct 30, 2017
Speakers took on the concept of impact investing and what that looks like in the realm of real estate, foundations, and faith-based work.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 27, 2017
The project is a series of interactive, pedestrian-scale, art installations that will be placed between neighborhoods.
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BigBang 2015 was held at Paul Quinn College.
Social Venture Partners Dallas Hosts bigBANG!
by Bob Wright | Dec 10, 2015
bigBANG!, a day-long event imagined in 2010, celebrates social innovation in Dallas this year.
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