NEW REPORT SHOWS NONPROFIT SECTOR A MAJOR FORCE FOR ECONOMICAL AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN NORTH TEXAS Number of Nonprofits in North Texas Up Almost 9,000 in 2011 from 2009
DALLAS, TX (December 18, 2012) – The Center for...
The Texas Instruments (TI) Foundation announced today that Andy Smith will become executive director of the Texas Instruments Foundation, effective April 15th, building on Ann Pomykal’s work in that role for more than a decade. Ann will continue...
Sul Ross State University (Alpine, Texas) will offer a new degree program in sustainable ranch management, through a $1.2 million endowment from the Dixon Water Foundation of Marfa and Decatur. The endowment establishes the Clint Josey Endowed...
The employees of Orix Americas are tackling some of North Texas’ most challenging issues — from hunger and family violence to homelessness and education — by applying skills from what they do best: making good investments. The Orix Foundation,...
Ten new members joined the Foundation’s board of directors on February 1, 2014 to oversee the activity of the largest regional women’s fund in the world.
Dallas, TX- Dallas Women's Foundation has elected 10 new members to the board of...
Students forced to share textbooks. Bus service canceled. Teachers taking on janitorial duties. After the Texas legislature cut the state’s education budget by $5.4 billion in 2011, almost every aspect of the public school system took a hit. The...
With the U.S. poverty rate at its highest in 50 years, we must focus on new and innovative ideas to build healthy, resilient and sustainable communities. The ground-breaking book Investing in What Works for America’s Communities Off-site presents...
Beaumont, TX — The Beaumont Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Excellence in Education Awards as part of its ongoing commitment to support education. The Awards were created to celebrate and recognize superior contributions...
Fort Worth, Texas - Junior Achievement of the Chisholm Trail presented its first-ever “Junior Achievement Impact Award” to The Miles Foundation on November 13, 2013. Junior Achievement (“JA”), is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating...
OKLAHOMA CITY - There has been a significant increase in the foster care population, and the Department of Human Services commissioned a study to try to figure out why. DHS was alarmed after a period of steady decline in the foster care...
Phoenix, Arizona - University of Arizona researchers have been awarded a $200,000 two-year seed grant by the Flinn Foundation through its Promoting Translational Research in Precision Medicine grants program to find out how a virus that flies...
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR), speaking April 1 at the annual member meeting of the National Council of Nonprofits, made his clearest statement of support for charitable giving tax incentives and for the work of charitable...
San Angelo, Texas - Last week, the San Angelo Health Foundation announced grant Awards totaling $1,269,788. Six area non-profit organizations were selected to receive project funding:
Alcohol & Drug Abuse Council for the Concho Valley $1...
Denver, CO – The Conference of Southwest Foundations, the oldest membership association for grantmakers in the U.S., today announced the organization is now Philanthropy Southwest. The 65-year-old association is made up of more than 200 member...
The Texas Bar Foundation has announced that Brian Shannon, the Charles B. “Tex” Thornton Professor of Law at the Texas Tech School of Law, along with Dr. Victor R. Scarano, a psychiatrist and attorney in Houston, will receive the 2014 Outstanding...