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Communities Foundation of Texas Awards $10M + to Advance Education
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Jennifer Burr Altabef, Alice Rodriguez, and James D. “Jim” Shields join CFT’s Board of Trustees
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Austin Street Center Launches Fundraising Effort to Support Families Displaced by Oak Cliff Apartment Explosion

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Nominate Now: D CEO’s Nonprofit and Corporate Citizenship Awards 2026
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$500,000 Grant from CFT Fuels American Cancer Society’s VOICES of Black Women Study Addressing Cancer Risk and Outcomes in Black Women
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Get Started Now: A Charitable Giving Checklist For 2026
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CFT expands leadership of CFT’s Housing Initiative
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Remembering Linda P. Custard 
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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
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What’s new in the 2026 Charitable Tax Rules

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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