After a third straight year of shattering community giving day records, North Texas Giving Day returns for its seventh year on September 17, 2015 with more than 2,000 nonprofits, $2.2 million in bonus funds and prizes, and new twists on Donation Station events.
Dallas Giving Day nonprofit, Achievement Center of Texas, characterized the impact North Texas Giving Day can have on local organizations. Marilynne Serie, Executive Director of Achievement Center of Texas said, "North Texas Giving Day helped us enhance our sensory motor training and robotics program for children with autism and other disabilities with the purchase of the robot "Milo" R25 from Robokind's Robots4Autism program and opened up new avenues of learning for students with autism and other intellectual and developmental disabilities."
Donations $25 - $50,000 made 6 a.m. to midnight on Giving Day to nonprofits listed on www.NorthTexasGivingDay.org will be amplified by $2.2 million in bonus funds and prizes. A full list of prizes can be found at www.NorthTexasGivingDay.org under “Rules/Prizes.”
“North Texas Giving Day is a day of celebration here in North Texas. Certainly it is for the nonprofits, some of whose years are made in a single day from the generosity of tens of thousands of donors,” said Brent Christopher, president and CEO, Communities Foundation of Texas and North Texas Giving Day founder. “And the cheer and goodwill extend to the community, too. From friends donating over coffee or at concerts to strangers donating while in line at donation station food trucks, everyone gets swept up in this tremendous drive to give back. We can’t wait to see what unfolds this year.”
Other participating Dallas nonprofits include Legal Aid of Northwest Texas, Single Parent Advocate, Hope Cottage, Agape Clinic, and Patriot PAWS Service Dogs.
Event Details:
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Dallas County Donation Station at NorthPark Center (8687 North Central Expressway, Dallas 75225) will feature free nonprofit performances and 2nd annual KidsGive where kids can donate loose change and do hands-on philanthropic and kid-friendly activities.
For the latest information, go to the “Events” tab on www.NorthTexasGivingDay.org.
This year’s bonus funds and prizes have been contributed by Amon G. Carter Foundation, Anonymous donor, Arlington Tomorrow Foundation, Bank of America, Communities Foundation of Texas (CFT), Community Foundation of North Texas, Cooper Institute Give for Good Campaign, The Dallas Foundation, Dallas Women’s Foundation, Michelle and Houston Hall Fund at CFT, Hunt Cares Campaign, The Meadows Foundation, The Miles Foundation, The Morris Foundation, Granville C. and Gladys H. Morton Fund of CFT, Neiman Marcus, Rees-Jones Foundation, Reunion Tower, Sid W. Richardson Foundation, Tracy and Brian Rinehart Fund of CFT, Rinker Remnants Fund of CFT, Annadele H. Ross Fund of CFT, Harold Simmons Foundation, The Swan Smith Family Fund of CFT, Mike and Mary Terry Family Foundation, Trinbrook Fund, and Vector Systems. Media sponsors include The Dallas Morning News, MySweetCharity and WFAA.
About North Texas Giving Day
Launched in 2009 by Communities Foundation of Texas with ongoing support from Center for Nonprofit Management, NorthTexasGivingDay.org is the most comprehensive and free public resource for connecting North Texas nonprofits and supporters. The website profiles more than 2,000 nonprofits, and since its inception has infused $86 million into nonprofits serving the 16-county North Texas community.
About Communities Foundation of Texas
Presenting North Texas Giving Day is one of the many ways Communities Foundation of Texas (CFT) serves as a hub for philanthropy in North Texas. As the largest community foundation in Texas and one of the largest in the nation, CFT works with to strengthen the community through a variety of charitable funds and strategic grantmaking initiatives. The foundation professionally manages more than 900 charitable funds for families, companies, foundations and nonprofits and has awarded more than $1.5 billion in grants since its founding in 1953. www.cftexas.org www.facebook.com/CFTexas or www.twitter.com/GiveWisely.
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