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Austin Street Center Launches Fundraising Effort to Support Families Displaced by Oak Cliff Apartment Explosion

Austin Street Center, in partnership with the City of Dallas and Communities Foundation of Texas as the lead funder, alongside The Dallas Foundation, Muse Family Foundation, and other partners, has launched a coordinated effort to support 19 families displaced by the May 28 Oak Cliff apartment explosion.

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Communities Foundation of Texas Awards $300,000 in grants to anti-trafficking organizations

CFT has announced $300,000 in grants to nonprofits focused on combating and preventing human trafficking ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

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Support for Oak Cliff Fire Relief

On Thursday, May 28th, a natural gas fire killed three people, including a child, and injured several others in Oak Cliff.  Local humanitarian aid organizations are mobilizing to provide immediate relief and prepare for long-term recovery.

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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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Celebrating Jim Berry’s Impact
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Communities Foundation of Texas Names David Rosenberg 2025 Vester Hughes Award Recipient
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Educate Texas Announces $7.3M in Grant Awards from the TI Foundation
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Expert Insight for Advisors
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CFT’s 2025 Professional Seminar
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Finalists Announced: D CEO’s Nonprofit and Corporate Citizenship Awards 2025
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The Vester Hughes Award
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CFT Fundholder Spotlight: The Honorable Helen Giddings  
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CFT in the Media

Details About Kaleidoscope Park’s Grand Opening
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Rangers’ Nathaniel Lowe to be face of North Texas Giving Day
  • Dallas Morning News
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PSJA ISD’s Summer Enrichment Days Engage Over 8,000 Students
  • Texas Border Business
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Collabs that Work: 5 Successful DFW Nonprofit Partnerships
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D CEO’s 2024 Nonprofit & Corporate Citizenship Awards
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STC says student tuition program exceeding expectations
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TACA Selects Six Arts Groups for Its Second Arts Accelerator Program
  • Dallas Innovates
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Kaleidoscope Park hits construction milestone with new butterfly-inspired sculpture
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CFT Appoints Reo Pruiett as Chief Programs & Engagement Officer
  • Lone Star Standard
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North Texas nonprofits awarded more than $1.5 million in grants to improve equity
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