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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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North Texas is a big place, with plenty to do, see, hear, and watch. So, we scour the internet every week to find events and activities for you. As always, things may change at any time, so be sure to check the official website or registration page for the latest details....
To date, most organizations in life sciences & health care (LSHC) have only scratched the surface of AI’s potential—primarily using it to automate repetitive tasks and standard business processes. For most organizations, the single most important AI building block is data: getting access to the rich data that AI systems require, and then managing that data in a coordinated way across the enterprise....
Bill Strogis has been appointed chief revenue officer at Trax Technologies, the Irving-based global leader in transportation spend management solutions.
The company said that Strogis has a strong track record with 30 years in enterprise software sales, bringing extensive experience and expertise to lead an ambitious growth strategy....
John L. Creswell has been appointed as executive managing director, global head of capital raising, at Trez Capital, one of North America’s leading non-bank commercial real estate investors and financiers.
Trez Capital is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and has an office in Addison....
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