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Remembering Linda P. Custard

Our staff and Board are deeply saddened by the passing of Linda P. Custard, fundholder and former board trustee at CFT, who we celebrated just months ago as co-recipient of the Linz Award at the Linz Award luncheon and our annual Board Chair dinner.

Get started now: Your 2026 charitable giving checklist

Many people approach a new year with a genuine desire to be more intentional about their charitable giving. They know they want to make a difference, align their generosity with their values, and perhaps even involve their families—but they are often unsure where to begin.

Over $2M in Scholarship Funds Available from Communities Foundation of Texas

More than 50 scholarship funds established by generous donors support local students pursuing higher education

December 18, 2025

CFT and Lyda Hill Philanthropies Grant $1M to 34 Small Local Nonprofits

December 18, 2025

CFT Awards $250,000 Grant to African American Museum, Dallas, to Support Conservation Initiatives

December 17, 2025

CFT’s Emerging Leaders in Philanthropy Expands through Philanthropy Southwest

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Recipients of Bush Institute’s 2021 North Korea Freedom Scholarship Announced

July 20, 2021

CFT’s Emerging Leaders in Philanthropy Cohort Graduates, Awards $25,000 to Local Nonprofits

May 31, 2021

CFT Announces First-Ever Presenting Sponsor: Amazon

May 27, 2021

Strengthening Collin County through Leadership 2021

April 27, 2021

Emma Lazarus Resilience Fund

April 19, 2021

Investments Q&A with CFT’s Carolyn A. Newham, J.D.

April 8, 2021

Nominations Now Open: D CEO’s Nonprofit & Corporate Citizenship Awards

March 31, 2021

The Time for Change is Now

March 19, 2021

CFT in the Media

Nonprofit Boards Efforts to Diversify

Nonprofit Quarterly

April 17, 2023

Longview ISD board OKs campus security upgrades, new bus purchases

Longview News-Journal

April 13, 2023

2023 Nonprofit & Corporate Citizenship Awards

D CEO Magazine

April 3, 2023

Out & About: People Newspapers’ 20 Under 40

PeopleNewspapers

March 30, 2023

Retiring CFT CEO/President Dave Scullin Was Honored With A Celebration Of Community Party

MySweetCharity

March 20, 2023

Faces of Philanthropy

D Magazine

February 20, 2023

Dallas Nonprofit Heart of Courage Is Helping Mothers Get Their Children Back

Dallas Observer

February 15, 2023

Forest Forward says it has at least half of $75.2M goal for historic South Dallas theater

The Dallas Morning News

February 2, 2023

It’s Time to Invest in High-Quality Teacher Preparation

The Education Trust

January 31, 2023

Dallas-based Communities Foundation of Texas has partnered with The Dallas Foundation to support nonprofits addressing systemic racial inequity

Dallas Innovates

January 18, 2023

Speakers Bureau

Our team actively speaks in public settings and participates in panels and forums designed to spur charitable giving and community involvement. Learn more about our leadership team and areas of speaking expertise. To invite a foundation representative to speak at your event, email Nicole Paquette.

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