The big picture
North Texas Giving Day was held Sept. 19. The previous donation record was $66 million in 2021, said Nicole Paquette, senior director of communications, public relations and external affairs for Communities Foundation of Texas.
“We are incredibly grateful for the outpouring of support from the North Texas community for the causes they care about,” Wayne White, president and CEO of Communities Foundation of Texas, said in a news release. “Individuals, families and businesses truly showed up for one another. Every donation has a meaningful impact on the nonprofits working to improve lives across our region.”
The context
Paquette said the organization launched North Texas Giving Day in 2009 and it has since become the largest regional online giving event in the nation.
“There are more than 100 Dallas-based nonprofits who have been participating every year since the inception in 2009,” Paquette said in an email. “It expanded to include Fort Worth in 2010, and the impact now spans across 20 North Texas counties and 25 cause areas.”
By the numbers
Since the inception of North Texas Giving Day, $634 million has been raised for local organizations.
“In 2009, the event started as Dallas Giving Day and raised $4 million for [over] 100 nonprofits from 6,500 donors,” Paquette said. “By 2013, the number of participating nonprofits grew to 1,350, with $25 million raised.”
In 2023, donations exceeded $60 million, Paquette said, adding that North Texans outraised the previous year’s total at a time when philanthropic giving is down nationally for the second year in a row.
