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Coalition Announces First Downtown DPD Command Center, Marking One Year of Safe in the City Results
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CFT’s 2026 Professional Seminar
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All Neighbors Coalition Announce Homelessness Strategy to Keep Public Spaces Vibrant and Safe During and After FIFA

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Get started now: Your 2026 charitable giving checklist
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Over $2M in Scholarship Funds Available from Communities Foundation of Texas
2026 Tax Blog Advisors
What’s new in the 2026 Charitable Tax Rules
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CFT and Lyda Hill Philanthropies Grant $1M to 34 Small Local Nonprofits
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CFT Awards $250,000 Grant to African American Museum, Dallas, to Support Conservation Initiatives
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CFT’s Emerging Leaders in Philanthropy Expands through Philanthropy Southwest
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Partner Spotlight: Cotton Bowl Foundation Issues $365,000 in Grants to Eight North Texas Organizations
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Celebrating National Community Foundation Week 2025

CFT in the Media

RGV FOCUS is driving college degree completion by re-engaging students
It’s the people, not just the pennies, that make us hopeful for this homeless project
Dallas push to house 2,700 people in need raises $10 million in private money toward effort
More than $66 million raised for nonprofits on the 13 annual North Texas Giving Day
2021 North Texas Giving Day Crossed the Fundraising Finish Line Busting All Previous Records
North Texas Giving Day Crucial for Some Nonprofits in Pandemic’s Wake
North Texas Giving Breaks Records, Raises $66MM for Local Nonprofits
CHISD Received Approximately $2 Million STEM Grant from Educate Texas
Educate Texas receives $4 million for STEM programing in Dallas County
The secret sauce for the success of a philanthropy is collaboration
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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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