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Eight DISD Seniors Receive Deloitte / NTPGA ‘Fairway to Success’ Scholarships
by Lance Murray | Jun 9, 2023
"Golf is the closest game to the game we call life," legendary player Bobby Jones once said. "You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots—but you have to play the ball where it lies." Eight Dallas ISD seniors already had a head start on learning this lesson, which applies to both business and life. But thanks to the "Fairway to Success" program, they just gained a lot more.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 27, 2023
Educational First Steps is a Dallas-based nonprofit that supports early learning environments for children from birth to age five in North Texas. It delivers professional development, training, classroom resources, and business support to educators to help existing childcare centers achieve and maintain national accreditation. And last week, it got a big assist in doing this from Dallas Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitski.
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by Alex Edwards |
Apr 23, 2021
At United Way of Metropolitan Dallas' fifth annual social innovation competition, local staffing agency for second chances Cornbread Hustle won $145,000 in funding. Also announced was United Way's plans to expand its social innovation work in North Texas with a new incubator program exclusively for women and entrepreneurs of color.
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by Capital One |
Feb 24, 2021
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, My Possibilities and Capital One are creating a more vibrant future for North Texas’ most vulnerable.
sponsored by Capital One
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The Pitch: Better Block Foundation Named Social Innovator of the Year, New $1M Competition Announced
by Dave Moore | Oct 29, 2020
In addition to the surprise reveal of a new $1 million prize, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas also announced the nine fellows picked for its 2021 accelerator and a social impact investment in on-demand nail service Cherry (created by the founders of rewardStyle and Bumble).
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by Alex Edwards |
Oct 20, 2020
Five fellows from United Way of Metropolitan Dallas' Social Innovation Accelerator will present their ideas in health, income, or education for the chance at $235,000 in funding. Tickets are on sale now for the all-virtual event on Oct. 28.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jun 29, 2020
As North Texas works to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, Chow plans to focus on improving community health in her role as United Way Dallas’ 96th annual campaign chair.
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by Alex Edwards |
Mar 25, 2020
The shared portal is now open for North Texas Cares. To streamline the process for nonprofits in dire need, some of the region's most prominent funders will review the funding requests weekly and determine what they want to back.
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The Stacy's Rise Project raises awareness for gender equality through original artwork takeovers of pita chip bags. [Photo: via Stacy's]
Stacy’s Pita Chips Launches $200K Program To Help Women Grow Their Food Businesses
by Alex Edwards | Mar 13, 2019
Additionally, Stacy's is continuing its partnership with United Way through its limited-edition Women's History Month chip bags. In total, the brand hopes to commit $400,000 to supporting female entrepreneurs.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 25, 2018
You'll also find news from WiredScore, Jacobs Engineering, BNSF Railway and GE Transportation, as well as Bay Capital Ventures and Eyevance. Here are notable funding and acquisition deals with North Texas ties.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 22, 2018
ROUNDTABLE | In this three-part series, a panel of experts explores Dallas-Fort Worth as a destination for global impact work.
Part one kicks off with eight thought leaders who explore what social innovation looks like from their unique perspectives — nonprofit, corporate, and startup — and how that is impacting the region.
Part one kicks off with eight thought leaders who explore what social innovation looks like from their unique perspectives — nonprofit, corporate, and startup — and how that is impacting the region.
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by Alex Edwards |
Aug 22, 2018
The TI Founders Leadership Fellows program aims to build a pipeline of nonprofit leaders for years to come.
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ScholarShot received the $75,000 Social Innovator of the Year award at OneUp the Pitch Thursday night. [Photos: Merissa De Falcis]
Social Entrepreneurs Focused on Education Land $100K in United Way’s OneUp the Pitch
by Nicholas Sakelaris | Apr 13, 2018
ScholarShot and Education Opens Doors came away with the top awards in the second annual Shark Tank-style event from the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas' GroundFloor accelerator program.
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by Five Pack Creative |
Jan 30, 2018
Q+A | Musings on innovation from the region's paradigm-shifting companies and organizations
sponsored by The Organization
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by Heather Noel |
Oct 16, 2017
With recent interest from nonprofit partners outside of Texas and a collaboration with Toyota, On the Road Lending is poised for growth in the next year.
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by Chloe Bennett |
Jul 7, 2017
On Thursday, Toyota and United Way of Metropolitan Dallas awarded a $1 million Impact Grant to four area shelters who are pooling together their efforts to help homeless women and children.
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