Using Retirement Assets for Lifetime and Legacy Giving
Help your clients make an immediate impact or plan a legacy gift for the causes they care about most. Retirement planning is a necessary element of a secure financial future. Individual retirement account (IRA) assets are integral to a good retirement strategy, and they are also among the most tax-efficient ways to make charitable gifts […]
We are Better Together
Rapidly mobilizing grants strengthens a community in crisis The Better Together Fund, launched in 2020, has granted more than $1 million to support projects focusing on community recovery, including education, workforce development, service industry support, medical and mental health care, and other basic needs. With the support of generous donors, the Fund rapidly mobilized grants […]
John Snyder: Maximizing Philanthropic Impact
Private Foundation opts for a streamlined solution For John Snyder, success is about more than bank accounts and dollar signs. It’s about making the largest charitable impact in the most strategic and efficient way possible. Since its inception in the early 80’s, the Nancy and John Snyder Foundation supported nonprofits that protect our most vulnerable […]
North Texas Community Foundation Awards Grants Through Better Together Fund
North Texas Community Foundation announces grants totaling $354,700 have been disbursed through the Better Together Fund to local nonprofits supporting people and communities negatively affected by COVID-19. North Texas Community Foundation’s Better Together Fund launched in early April with a $400,000 challenge grant from Wholly Guacamole! Founder, Don Bowden. The Better Together Fund is supported […]
Women Inspiring Philanthropy: Creating Collective Change in Arlington
In 2012, a powerful group of women leaders in Arlington came together to make a difference in the community they love. Their shared interest in high-impact giving led them to launch Women Inspiring Philanthropy (WIP), a donor advised fund at North Texas Community Foundation. “It’s not about charity, it’s about making a difference. It’s about […]
Shay and John Wells: Funding the Needs of Today and Tomorrow
The Sharon Ann McCulloch-Wells and John W. Wells Endowed Fund sustains organizations that help vulnerable individuals, children and families living in Tarrant and Hood Counties thrive.
Bowden Opportunity Fund Awards $1,060,000 in Grants
Writing a New Chapter for Fort Worth
It’s a fact: when children are able to read on level by third grade, they are much more likely to succeed in school and in life. However, only one in three third-graders in the Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD) are able to read at grade level, which has a dramatic effect on Fort Worth’s […]
An Inside Look: The Bickley’s
Mike and Susi Bickley Fundholders since 2017. 1. Who in your life made you want to be charitable? My grandmother and wife Susi inspired me to become charitable throughout my lifetime. My grandmother became very aware of the growing homeless population in Tarrant County and more specifically Fort Worth, and we want to make a […]
North Texas Community Foundation Awards $315,976 in Grants
North Texas Community Foundation Awards $315,976 in Grants 33 Nonprofits Receive Funds to Build Organizational Capacity By Mia Edwards To view photos from the event visit our Facebook page. FORT WORTH (April 30, 2018) – The North Texas Community Foundation joined fundholders, nonprofits, and community partners at The Fort Worth Club on April 26 to […]