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Amazon's “Surprise and Delight Days” Deliver Smiles

CFT’s NTX Giving Day and Amazon present nonprofits with surprise deliveries

The season of giving is here! Communities Foundation of Texas’ NTX Giving Day is on September 23, and to prepare, team members from CFT and Amazon presented dozens of nonprofits with gift baskets to launch their fundraising campaign. Each gift basket was specially curated for each organization based on their needs.

Turning A Day of Tragedy into A Day of Doing Good

Freedom Day 2021 at Cedar Hill High School

Freedom Day, an annual day of service led by CFT for Business, an initiative of Communities Foundation of Texas, commemorates 9/11/2001 by transforming a day of profound loss for our country into a day for doing good in our community.

#BeTheGood and Give!

CFT’s 13th annual NTX Giving Day is back to bring hope to our community

North Texas Giving Day is back in its 13th year, celebrating the most generous day of the year on Thursday, September 23, 2021! From 6 a.m. to midnight, our region will support the nonprofits that are doing critical work, ensuring that communities and neighbors have what they need to live healthy, whole, thriving lives.
 

How to Spot A Prime Charitable Remainder Trust Opportunity

When you have a client who could benefit from a CRT, Communities Foundation of Texas is ready to work with you!

A charitable remainder trust (“CRT”) is a “split interest” charitable planning tool that allows your client to transfer an asset (in this case, real estate) to an irrevocable trust, retain an income stream, and earmark what’s left (the “remainder”) to pass to a charity or charities of the client’s choice.

North Texas Funders Come Together to Provide Essential Support to Nonprofits Leading COVID-19 Recovery

As the U.S. has emerged from the pandemic lockdown and moved toward navigating around the virus, there has been a lot of discussion about lasting impacts — especially in relation to how local funders and nonprofits continue to work together to support our communities most in need. In January 2021, The Dallas Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas, and Lyda Hill Philanthropies came together to partner with Catchafire to bring time-sensitive, virtual support to more than 300 nonprofit organizations in the North Texas region.

Putting the Success in Working Families Success

Gratitude for the WFS Advisory Council

In 2020, as part of CFT’s WFS Network, we formed an Advisory Council to highlight some of our most engaged WFS members who love what they do and love, equally, sharing the lessons they’ve learned with others. This blog is the first in a series highlighting our Advisory Council members – smart, passionate, hard-working leaders who also want to see others like them grow and succeed.

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

$50,000 in funds awarded to five North Korean refugees to pursue higher education

The Bush Institute’s 2021 North Korea Freedom Scholarship recipients have been announced. The scholars, who are refugees from North Korea, have been awarded a total of $50,000 to pursue higher education and build productive, prosperous lives as new Americans.

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

$25,000 in grants will benefit For Oak Cliff

Through a guided exploration of community issues, and after hearing from a variety of community leaders, philanthropists, and nonprofits, the virtual 2020–2021 cohort worked together to identify their priority issue areas.

CFT Announces First-Ever Presenting Sponsor: Amazon

North Texas Giving Day Season is now open with nonprofit registration happening now through August 17

Communities Foundation of Texas’ North Texas Giving Day 2021 launches with the announcement of Amazon as the event’s inaugural presenting sponsor. The 13^th annual Giving Day follows another record-setting year, where more than 106,000 donors raised $58.8 million for more than 3,000 nonprofits!