COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION of TEXAS
2014 Impact Report
Selected Media Coverage of CFT’s Initiatives to Further Philanthropy North Texas Giving Day • “North Texas Giving Day Raises $4k per Minute,” The Dallas Morning News (9-20-1) • “North Texas Giving Day Shatters Records,” White Rock Lake Weekly (9-20-13) • “North Texas Giving Day Shatters Records,” Allen Statesman (9-20-13) • “Donor Bridge hopes to set giving record,” The Dallas Morning News (9-9-13) • “Sounding Off: Community Opinions, North Texas Giving Day,” The Dallas Morning News (9-21-12) • “Sounding Off: Community Opinions, North Texas Giving Day,” The Dallas Morning News, Neighbors Go Richardson (9-21-12) • “Sounding Off: Community Opinions, North Texas Giving Day,” The Dallas Morning News, Neighbors Go Irving (9-21-12) • “Sounding Off: Community Opinions, North Texas Giving Day,” The Dallas Morning News, Neighbors Go Best Southwest, Grand Prairie, Oak Cliff (9-21-12) • “Sounding Off: Community Opinions, North Texas Giving Day,” The Dallas Morning News, Neighbors Go Park Cities (9-21-12) • “North Texas Giving Day generates $14.4 million for 900 Dallas-area nonprofits,” The Dallas Morning News (9-14-12) • “4th Annual Giving Day Is Sept. 13,” The Dallas Morning News (9-5-12) • “Giving Day donations shatter expectations,” The Dallas Morning News (9-30-11) • “Over $5 million raised on North Texas Giving Day,” The Dallas Morning News (10-11-10) Giving Guide • White Rock Lake Weekly ran a front-cover feature with photo from the Dallas Arboretum in the double issue the week of Christmas and through New Year’s Day and ran online on 12-21-2012. • “How do you recapture the magic of the holidays? Make a difference” CultureMap Dallas (12-7-12) • “Communities Foundation of Texas’s Giving is a Treasure According to Sen. Florence Shapiro,” MySweetCharity (12-6-12) • WFAA-TV Good Morning Texas segment, (11-29-12) • Media coverage on the Giving Guide included custom bylined stories that appeared online on 11-20-12, including White Rock/East Dallas NeighborsGo, Plano-Murphy-Wylie NeighborsGo; Allen-McKinneyFrisco NeighborsGo; Carrollton-Farmers Branch-McKinney NeighborsGo; Garland-Mesquite NeighborsGo; Richardson-Lake Highlands-Far N. Dallas NeighborsGo; Best Southwest (Oak Cliff/Grand Prairie) NeighborsGo; Rockwall-Rowlett NeighborsGo; Irving-Coppell NeighborsGo; ParkCities NeighborsGo. Print versions of these stories ran in the Allen-McKinney-Frisco NeighborsGo and in the Plano Neighbors Go. • “Gifts that keep on giving—to others,” The Dallas Morning News (12-3-11) • “Charitable Giving: follow your heart, use your head.” White Rock Lake Weekly Online (1-5-12) • “Here’s How to Find Meaningful Gifts,” The Dallas Morning News (12-2-11) • “The Child Abuse Prevention Center was mentioned in the Communities Foundation of Texas’ 2011 Giving Guide,” CAPCenter Twitter (12-1-11) • “Matching Donors, Recipients,” The Dallas Morning News (3-23-11)
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