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Texas Women’s Foundation
Texas Women’s Foundation President and CEO Karen Hughes White [Photo: Texas Women’s Foundation]
Texas Women’s Foundation Awards Nearly $877K to 23 North Texas Nonprofits
by Lance Murray | Oct 21, 2024
The foundation said it distributed $4.9 million of $6 million it collected in 2023-24 in grants to women- and girl-serving organizations—including those 23 local nonprofits, which impact around 13,000 women and girls in North Texas.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 8, 2024
Texas Women's Foundation presented #BESTSELF and the Leadership Forum & Awards Celebration, setting the stage with a powerful conversation between ABC News correspondent Deborah Roberts and Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 19, 2024
The search for a new leader has been a significant focus for Dallas-based Texas Women’s Foundation since 2023. The appointment of Karen Hughes White, a veteran nonprofit executive, as the new president and CEO of the organization marks the conclusion of its extensive search process.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 12, 2024
Texas Women’s Foundation interim president and CEO Dena Jackson, Ph.D., will leave the organization at the end of the month and the organization said that Hattie Hill will serve as executive in residence....
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Texas Women’s Foundation's new board chair, Carrie Freeman Parsons
Texas Women’s Foundation Announces New Board Chair and New Board Members
by Lance Murray | Jul 20, 2023
Texas Women’s Foundation announced it has appointed Carrie Freeman Parsons as the new board chair for a two-year term that started July 1.
She succeeds Hilda Galvan who led the Foundation since 2021. Galvan will remain on the executive committee as past chair, the foundation said.
The foundation also added new board members Elizabeth Asturi, Lisette Mendez, and Aracely Muñoz....
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 11, 2023
Ready to be inspired? The Texas Women's Foundation is bringing you a day of learning and leadership on April 27, complete with an awards celebration featuring Jenna Bush Hager. Get ready to hear from some of the most trailblazing women in the game, who've shattered glass ceilings across education, nonprofits, finance, and law.
Plus, the foundation has slashed ticket prices by more than half from last year so more can attend.
Plus, the foundation has slashed ticket prices by more than half from last year so more can attend.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 16, 2023
The new tenants include Engage Dallas, Housing Forward, PCCI, Teach for America, Texas Women’s Foundation, and The 2.0 Collaborative. The additions bring Water Cooler at Pegasus Park to a full capacity with a total of 32 tenants, ranking it among the largest nonprofit shared space communities in the country.
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by Glenn Hunter |
Mar 15, 2023
After 14 months, Michelynn “Miki” Woodard has left the Dallas organization that invests in and advocates for women and girls.
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CBRE's Rachel Vinson and Southwest Airlines' Laura Nieto, both TXWF board members and luncheon co-chairs, posed with Olympian and entrepreneur Allyson Felix (center) at the Texas Women's Foundation 2022 luncheon. [Photo: TXWF]
‘Sprinting to a Better Texas for All’: Texas Women’s Foundation Event Featured Olympian Allyson Felix
by David Seeley | Oct 17, 2022
At the 37th annual Texas Women’s Foundation luncheon, Olympic track and field legend Allyson Felix was a key voice, showing that speed is of the essence when it comes to advancing opportunities for girls and women. With a theme of "Transforming Texas," the event also featured Dallas Mavericks President and CEO Cynt Marshall, the award-winning Garland High School step team, and a live-streaming room next door where 200 local students took it all in.
"Strive to live bravely," Felix told the audience and the students watching next door.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 8, 2022
In this week’s roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Integrity Marketing, Tauro Capital Advisors, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, Ashton Woods, Cariloop, EisnerAmper, Mosaic, Gore Range Capital, One Day, and others.
You'll also find CDFI Friendly Fort Worth's first board appointments, Texas Women's Foundation's newest board members, and North Central Texas Council of Government's new president.
You'll also find CDFI Friendly Fort Worth's first board appointments, Texas Women's Foundation's newest board members, and North Central Texas Council of Government's new president.
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by Lance Murray |
May 20, 2022
In this week’s roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you’ll also find news from the AT&T Performing Arts Center, DART, Aimbridge Hospitality, Acera, Fidelis Companies, The Rios Group Inc., Tech Titans, NEC Corp. of America, Texas Women’s Foundation, ATTPAC, LEARFIELD, and Hope Cottage.
Plus, Dallas ISD picks a lone finalist for superintendent.
Plus, Dallas ISD picks a lone finalist for superintendent.
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by Leslie Barker |
Jan 18, 2022
The 2022 Maura Women Helping Women and Young Leader awards celebrate leaders who have helped, in a variety of ways, lift up women and girls. At the April 26 event, the recipients will discuss their leadership journeys and the issues which drive their passions. Meet all seven women—and the keynote speaker too.
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[Photos: Texas Woman's Foundation]
Women Helping Women: Texas Women’s Foundation Honors Seven Trailblazing “Agents of Positive Change”
by Alexa Vickaryous | Feb 8, 2021
Meet the influential women who will be honored by the Texas Women's Foundation for their work in catalyzing change and new opportunities for other women and girls. The virtual event will be next level, says TWF CEO Roslyn Dawson Thompson.
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by Alex Edwards |
Aug 25, 2020
Texas Women's Foundation is leading a legacy of inclusion, including with its members: women of color and people who identify as LGBTQ make up 49 percent of the board and 53 percent of staff. It's one of the most diverse and powerful boards in the region, according to its board chair.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jun 16, 2020
The population of Texas women has grown by 19 percent in the last decade. But women still face disparity when it comes to income, health insurance, college loan debt, and housing stability. The TXWF has recommendations.
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by Riley Farrell |
Jun 11, 2020
Meet the nonprofits that were given more than $23,000 of fully unrestricted grants to support operations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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