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Left: Abby and Todd Williams are lead sponsors of the Commit Partnership, for which Todd is chairman and CEO; Right: Alan Cohen, founder and CEO of the Child Poverty Action Lab
Opportunity 2040 Plan Has Raised $120M To Help Lift Dallas County Children Out of Poverty, and More
by Lance Murray | Nov 30, 2023
The Opportunity 2040 Plan from from Dallas-based nonprofits Commit Partnership and Child Poverty Action Lab has a goal of cutting cut by half the number of children living in poverty in Dallas County while doubling the number of young adults attaining a living wage by 2040. The Dallas effort is one of three fundraising partnerships with New York-based Blue Meridian Partners and local and regional funders that have raised a total of $335 million.
by David Kirkpatrick |
Jan 18, 2022
The Cooper Institute launched FitnessGram in 1982 as "the first student fitness report card." Today FitnessGram assesses health-related components of fitness for more than 10 million students in over 10,000 U.S. schools. Now Cooper is partnering with Dallas-based GreenLight Credentials to use its blockchain platform to help students and schools alike securely store and share the records.
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by Alex Edwards |
Nov 12, 2020
The Commit Partnership is a Dallas-based nonprofit that works to ensure all local students have access to an equitable education. Capital One's grant is part of a more than $3 million commitment to address critical community needs.
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by Alex Edwards |
Oct 14, 2020
Commit's annual scorecard evaluates the overall health of Dallas' cradle-to-career pipeline in 11 educational indicators. This year, Commit decided to add a 12th around living wage attainment—"we know that the inequity we see in our student data doesn’t disappear when they leave the classroom," the nonprofit's CEO says.
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Capital One's team works on its entry for the BarnRaise maker conference. [Photo: Michael Samples]
Capital One BarnRaise: Creating Solutions For Population Growth
by Renee Yan | May 23, 2017
During the recent maker conference, companies paired with nonprofits to focus on different challenges that come along with the area’s escalating population.
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