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CFT To Offer $100K Matching Funds in North Texas Gives to Animals Campaign
by Sandra Engelland | May 14, 2026
“With more than 300 animal-focused organizations participating in this fundraising campaign, NorthTexasGivingDay.org makes it easy to support nonprofits you know and love while also discovering new ones making an impact on the lives of pets and their families,” said Communities Foundation of Texas President and CEO Wayne White.
by Lance Murray |
Nov 6, 2025
“This transformative investment from Communities Foundation of Texas both strengthens our capacity and validates the importance of our mission,” Dallas EDC President and CEO Linda McMahon said.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 5, 2025
The foundation's initial housing strategy centers around three pillars: partnership and policy, production, and preservation—a combination of strategies it said has proven effective in other cities. More than $4 million in early grants and investments have already been made, amid hopes that future matching grants could create "a $100 million Housing Impact Fund dedicated to lasting change."
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 19, 2025
Causes ranged from education, health, and social services, to arts, the environment, and animal welfare.
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The Last Word: On CFT’s North Texas Gives to Animals Campaign May 15‑30
by David Seeley | May 15, 2025
May is National Pet Month, and to help make sure local pets are healthy, safe, and homed, the Communities Foundation of Texas (CFT) is presenting North Texas Gives to Animals, a fundraising campaign through the NorthTexasGivingDay.org platform.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 23, 2025
In celebration of Dallas Arts Month, Communities Foundation of Texas is presenting North Texas Gives to the Arts, a fundraising campaign that lives on the NorthTexasGivingDay.org platform. The campaign—which runs through April 30—includes $100,000 in total matching funds from The Giana Foundation Fund, the Robert B. and Virginia Payne Fund for Arts & Culture, and CFT.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 17, 2024
Texas Rangers first baseman Nathaniel Lowe leads a star-studded sports team of players and legends from the Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Stars, Dallas Mavericks, FC Dallas, and Dallas Wings in encouraging even more donations on North Texas Giving Day.
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by Lance Murray |
May 17, 2024
Robert Kent spent the last decade with Trust for Public Land, a national nonprofit with Texas headquarters in Dallas. He will lead CFT's philanthropy department of grantmaking experts.
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North Texas Giving Day 2023 [Photo: Communities Foundation of Texas]
Over 97,000 Donors Gave Total of $63.9 Million on North Texas Giving Day
by David Seeley | Sep 25, 2023
Powered by Communities Foundation of Texas and presented by Amazon, the event drew donations ranging from $1 to $200,000 for nonprofits serving the 20-county North Texas region. The event brought North Texas Giving Day’s 15-year total to "more than $560 million."
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by Glenn Hunter |
Jun 30, 2023
Communities Foundation of Texas, which has more than $1 billion in assets and ranks as the seventh-largest foundation in Texas, has named a veteran corporate and nonprofit executive to be its next president and chief executive officer....
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