Communities Foundation of Texas is engaging a team of sports legends to champion North Texas Giving Day, the largest community-wide giving event in the nation. World Series Champion and Texas Rangers first baseman Nathaniel Lowe kicked off the effort as North Texas Giving Day Ambassador, and legends from DFW sports franchises join him in encouraging the community to be ‘Champions of Giving’ for local nonprofits.
Lowe captains a star-studded sports team of players and legends from the Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Stars, Dallas Mavericks, FC Dallas, and Dallas Wings in encouraging even more donations on North Texas Giving Day. Athletic champions like Dallas Cowboy Zack Martin, Dallas Maverick Quentin Grimes, NBA All-Star and Dallas Mavericks legend Rolando Blackman, and three-time NHL All-Star and former Dallas Stars goaltender Marty Turco are all now part of the North Texas Giving Day team. In addition, Dallas Wings guard Jacy Sheldon, Dallas Wings center Jaelyn Brown, and FC Dallas’ Paul Arriola lend their support, making plays, and urging wins for local nonprofits this North Texas Giving Day.
“We believe everyone in our community can be champions of giving, donating difference-making dollars to the causes they care about,” said Wayne White, Communities Foundation of Texas President and CEO. “With beloved local sports champions leading the way, we’re anticipating a huge victory for the thousands of local nonprofit partners we uplift through North Texas Giving Day.”
The online giving period began September 1, 2024 at NorthTexasGivingDay.org and continues through September 19, 2024. North Texas Giving Day empowers every person to give back to their community by supporting causes they care about on one easy-to-use platform where one hundred percent of online gifts donated go directly to local nonprofits.
“Everybody has the opportunity to go out and help somebody get better,” said Nathaniel Lowe, whose personal cause of choice is cancer research. “As a team, we can get better together and we should definitely push to improve. It takes a dedicated team to bring North Texas Giving Day to life, and I’m proud to be a part of it.”
Over the last 15 years, North Texas Giving Day has grown to become the largest regional fundraising event in the Nation, raising over $60 million dollars for nonprofits in 2023. Generous donations from more than 30 community sponsors including presenting sponsor, Amazon, individual givers, and grants from Communities Foundation of Texas have fueled the program’s growth with funding to cover all transaction and technology fees plus tools, training, and resources for participating nonprofits.
North Texas Giving Day’s 2024 major sponsors include: Presenting Sponsor: Amazon, Platinum Sponsors: Charles Schwab Bank, The Giana Foundation Fund, Gigi Gartner, Hunt Cares, The McCune Losinger Family Fund, The Meadows Foundation, The Morris Foundation, Ramesh and Kalpana Bhatia Family Foundation, Sid W. Richardson Foundation Gold Sponsors: Amon G. Carter Foundation, Granville C. and Gladys H. Morton Fund, Lyda Hill Philanthropies, The Popolo Family Fund, The Rees-Jones Foundation, SCHEELS, Silver Sponsors: 7-Eleven Cares Foundation, The Addy Foundation, Charles Schwab Foundation, The Dallas Foundation, Energy Transfer, Sarah L. Titus Fund, Southwest Airlines, Major Media Partners: Dallas Doing Good, The Dallas Morning News/Medium Giant, D Magazine/D CEO, MySweetCharity, Telemundo, and WFAA.
“With 29,000 employees working at more than 30 sites across North Texas, we’re focused on strengthening the communities where our employees live and work. We’re pleased to support North Texas Giving Day because it brings the community together in support of thousands of nonprofits. Nothing pleases us more than to uplift nonprofits doing impactful work in North Texas,” said Vickie Yakunin, Amazon’s head of community affairs in Texas.
The excitement and generosity of North Texas Giving Day builds through a series of free community events across North Texas now through September 19, 2024.
All are encouraged to get in the game by visiting www.NorthTexasGivingDay.org to donate now via credit card, ApplePay, GooglePay, PayPal, or Venmo. For those who are new to North Texas Giving Day, or just need a little help choosing from the over 3,000 local nonprofits to give to, there’s a new online quiz on the website. This year’s North Texas Giving Day ends at midnight on September 19, 2024.
About Communities Foundation of Texas:
The mission of Communities Foundation of Texas is to improve the lives of all people in our community by investing in their health, wealth, living, and learning. With a vision of building thriving communities for all, Communities Foundation works locally and across the state with many individuals, families, companies, foundations, and nonprofits through a variety of charitable funds and strategic grantmaking initiatives. Communities Foundation professionally manages more than 1,300 charitable funds and has awarded more than $2.5 billion in grants since its founding in 1953.
Communities Foundation is committed to serving and understanding donor needs, expertly handling complex gifts, wisely managing charitable funds, and leveraging its community knowledge to increase charitable impact, in addition to powering several initiatives including the W. W. Caruth, Jr. Fund, CFT for Business, Educate Texas, Emerging Leaders in Philanthropy, GiveWisely, and North Texas Giving Day. Learn more at CFTexas.org.
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