UPDATED with org list: Local charities pushing for donations on special 2-for-1 “Giving Day”

On Wednesday, May 20, every dollar you give to certain local nonprofits will be matched -- up to $200k.

DALLAS — Communities Foundation of Texas, The Dallas Foundation and the Center for Nonprofit Management have joined to launch DonorBridge, a new online resource designed to help North Texans connect with nonprofit agencies addressing community needs. The site, donorbridgetx.org, launches to the public with the first-ever Dallas Giving Day on May 20.

“We want to shine a light on the crucial role nonprofit organizations play in our region,” said Brent Christopher, president and CEO of Communities Foundation of Texas. “Now more than ever, these groups need our support. Dallas has always been a giving community and with DonorBridge, we want to make it easier for people to give wisely.”

Communities Foundation of Texas teamed with Blackbaud, the leading global provider of software and services designed specifically for nonprofit organizations, to create DonorBridge. Built on Blackbaud’s NonprofitCentral solution, DonorBridge offers information about all U.S. charities, including hundreds of in-depth profiles of North Texas-area nonprofit organizations. Potential supporters can find information about agencies’ operations that, until now, have not been readily available to the public. Each nonprofit has created a custom portrait detailing their mission, programs offered, finances and results.

To encourage donations on Dallas Giving Day, contributions made through DonorBridge to participating nonprofit organizations will be matched. Donors can go to donorbridgetx.org beginning at 12:01 a.m. on May 20, give to any one of the hundreds of local organizations which have completed an in-depth profile and have their donation matched, dollar-for-dollar while funds last. Communities Foundation of Texas, with support from The Dallas Foundation, has designated a total of $300,000 in matching funds for the occasion.

How the match works:

During a special preview day on May 19, online grant recommendations from donor‐advised funds at Communities Foundation of Texas and The Dallas Foundation will be matched at 50 cents to‐the‐dollar up to $2,500 per fund. A total of $100,000 is available for this day.

On May 20, credit card gifts made by anyone through DonorBridge will be matched dollarfordollar while matching funds last.

A total of at least $200,000 is available for the match plus any remaining matching funds from the preview day. The minimum gift is $25 and the maximum matching contribution per individual is 2,500. Donors may support more than one organization, but the total match per

$individual may not exceed $2,500, while funds last. The maximum matching funds available per nonprofit organization is $25,000.

“The Dallas Giving Day match will make donors’ dollars go further,” said Mary Jalonick, president of The Dallas Foundation. “It will introduce people to organizations they may not have known. Especially in this economy, it is important to be thoughtful and intentional about making sure our charitable contributions have the most impact.”

The general public can visit donorbridgetx.org beginning on May 20 to get started.

Organizations participating in Donor Bridge Matching Gift Program on May 20

ADVISORY BOARD BOOKER T WASHINGTON H S FOR PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS
Aidmatrix Foundation
AIDS ARMS INC
AIDS INTERFAITH NETWORK INC
AIDS Services of Dallas
AIDS SERVICES OF NORTH TEXAS INC
AKIBA ACADEMY OF DALLAS
alley's house
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION
AMERICA SCORES DALLAS
American Cancer Society - North Texas Region
AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION INC
Amon Carter Museum
ANIMALS ABUSED & ABANDONED INC
ANITA N MARTINEZ BALLET FOLKLORIC INC
Arthritis Foundation
ARTREACH-DALLAS INC
ARTS DISTRICT CHORALE
ASSOCIATION FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING
ATHENA FOUNDATION
ATTITUDES & ATTIRE
BAAL DAN CHARITIES
BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOUNDATION
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTH TEXAS
BIG THOUGHT
Blackland Prairie Raptor Center
BLUE SHOE PROJECT INC
Botanical Research Institute of Texas
Boy Scouts of America Circle Ten Council
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER DALLAS INC
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER FORT WORTH INC
BRIDGE LACROSSE DALLAS INC
BRIGHTER TOMORROWS INC
BROTHER BILLS HELPING HAND
Buckner International
BUILDERS OF HOPE CDC
BWF PROJECT INC
C C YOUNG MEMORIAL HOME
CAMP FIRE USA
Camp Fire USA Lone Star Council
Camp John Marc
CAMP SUMMIT INC
CAPTAIN HOPES KIDS
CARDIO PULMONARY RESEARCH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
CARING FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC
Catholic Campus Ministry at SMU
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS INC
CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT
CENTRAL DALLAS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Central Dallas Ministries
CHALLENGE AIR FOR KIDS & FRIENDS INC
Chamberlain Performing Arts
CHAMPIONS FOR LIFE
Chestnut Square Historic Village
CHILDCAREGROUP
Children First Counseling Center
Children's Medical Center
CHILDRENS CHARITY
CHILDRENS CHORUS OF COLLIN COUNTY
CHILDRENS CHORUS OF GREATER DALLAS
CHILDRENS DEFENSE FUND
CHIP OF DALLAS
CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ACTION
CHURCH ON THE MOVE- CHRIST TEMPLE
CIRCLE OF SUPPORT INC
CITIZENS DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Collin College Foundation
Collin County City of Hope
COMMON GROUND MINISTRIES
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS DALLAS REGION INC
COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF GREATER DALLAS
COMMUNITY HOMES FOR ADULTS INCORPORATED
COMMUNITY LIFELINE CENTER INC
COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES INC
CONNEMARA CONSERVANCY FOUNDATION
CONTACT CRISIS LINE
CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK INC
COTI
CREATIVE ARTS CENTER OF DALLAS
Cross Timbers Youth Orchestra
Crossroads Community Services
DALLAS ACADEMY
Dallas AfterSchool Network
Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity
DALLAS BETHLEHEM CENTER INC
DALLAS CASA
DALLAS CHALLANGE INC
Dallas Chamber Music - presenting world-renowned ensembles for over 60 years
DALLAS CHILDRENS THEATER INC
DALLAS COMMUNITY LIGHTHOUSE
DALLAS CONCILIO OF HISPANIC SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
DALLAS COUNTY HERITAGE SOCIETY
Dallas Baptist University
DALLAS FURNITURE BANK
Dallas Hebrew Free Loan Association
Dallas iMedia Network
Dallas Life
DALLAS MUSEUM ART
DALLAS OPERA
Dallas Pregnancy Resource Center
DALLAS ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION
DALLAS SERVICES
DALLAS SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC
DALLAS THEATER CENTER
DALLAS VISUAL ART CENTER
DALLAS WIND SYMPHONY
DANCE COUNCIL
DBS
DENTON FRIENDS FAMILY INC
DICKINSON PLACE CHARITABLE CORP
DIS
Dogwood Audubon Center
DREAM FUND
DRUG PREVENTION RESOURCES INC
DSVP
East Dallas Community Schools
EASTER SEALS NORTH TEXAS INC
EAST-WEST MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL
EDUCATION IS FREEDOM FOUNDATION
EDUCATIONAL FIRST STEPS
ELISA PROJECT
Equest Therapeutic Horsemanship
Exodus Ministries
FAMILY CARE CONNECTION
Family Gateway, Inc.
FERAL FRIENDS COMMUNITY CAT ALLIANCE
Ferguson Road Initiative
Fine Arts Chamber Players
FOUNDATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG WOMEN
FRAZIER REVITALIZATION INC
FRIENDS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC INC
FRIENDS OF FAIR PARK INC
FRIENDS OF THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY INC
FRIENDS OF WRR
FRISCO FAMILY SERVICES CENTER
Fulton School
GDYO
Genesis Women's Shelter
GILDAS CLUB NORTH TEXAS
GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS
GIRLS INCORPORATED OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS
GIRLS ON THE RUN OF THE DFW METROPLEX
GORDIE FOUNDATION
GRACE UNLIMITED
GRANT HALLIBURTON FOUNDATION INC
GRAYSON COUNTY JUVENILE ALTERNATIVES INC
GREATER DALLAS COUNCIL ON ALCHOL AND DRUG ABUSE
GROUNDWORK DALLAS
HEAD START OF GREATER DALLAS INC
Healing Hands Medical & Dental Clinic
HEART HOUSE
METROPORT MEALS ON WHEELS INC
Heart of a Warrior Foundation
HEROES FOR CHILDREN
HOCKADAY SCHOOL
Home Hospice
HOMEAID HOME BUILDERS CARE INC
HOMEWARD BOUND INC
HOPE ADOPTION INC
HOUSING CRISIS CENTER INC
HRI
HUGWORKS
IF I HAD KNOWN
INTERFAITH HOUSING COALITION
INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF CULTURES SIL MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY INC
IRVING HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION
ISIS FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF DALLAS FORT WORTH
JEFFRIES STREET LEARNING CENTER
JESUIT COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL OF DALLAS INC
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INCORPORATED
Jonathan's Place
JULIETTE FOWLER HOMES INC
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DALLAS INC
Junior Players
JUST SAY YES
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation - Dallas Chapter
KENDELLS KORNER INC
Kidd's Kids
KIPP TRUTH ACADEMY
KITCHEN DOG THEATER COMPANY
KITTICO CAT RESCUE
LA REUNION TX
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF TEXAS EDUCATION FUND
LEARNING CENTER OF NORTH TEXAS INC
LEE PARK AND ARLINGTON HALL CONSERVANCY
LEGACY COUNSELING CENTER INC
Legal Hospice of Texas
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY INC
Life Net Community Behavioral
Lions Sight & Tissue Foundation (LSTF)
Literacy Instruction for Texas
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS
MAPPING YOUR FUTURE INC
Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers
MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF GREATER DALLAS
MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF TEXAS
MERCY STREET INC
MESQUITE SOCIAL SERVICES INC
METRO DALLAS HOMELESS ALLIANCE
Metrocare Services
METROPOLITAN WINDS
Ready Start
MI ESCUELITA PRESCHOOL INC
MISSION EAST DALLAS AND METROPLEX
MOSAIC
MOSAIC FAMILY SERVICES INC
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (National Office)
MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE
MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN RAILROAD
MY SECOND CHANCE INC
NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER
NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS
NATIONAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
Neighborhood Youth and Family Counseling of Richardson, Inc.
NETWORK
New Beginning Center
New Conservatory of Dallas
New Friends New Life
NEXUS RECOVERY CENTER INCORPORATED
NORTH DALLAS SHARED MINISTRIES INC
North Texas 3-Share Plan
NORTH TEXAS BUSINESS FOR CULTURE AND THE ARTS
NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK
NORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC
NOTRE DAME OF DALLAS SCHOOLS INC
Oak Cliff Churches for Emergency Aid
Oak Lawn Community Outreach Center
Oak Lawn Library Friends
One Man's Treasure Clothes Closet
OPEN ARMS INC
Orchestra of New Spain
OUR FRIENDS PLACE
Our Lady of Perpetual Help School
PARENTING ALONE LTD
PARKLAND FOUNDATION
PARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC
PAUL QUINN COLLEGE
Peacemakers Incorporated
PEDIPLACE
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NORTH TEXAS INC
PLANO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION
Pre-GED School
PREMIER LONE STAR WIND ORCHESTRA
PRESERVATION DALLAS
PRESERVATION LINK
PRISON ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM
PROJECT STILL I RISE INC
Project Transformation
Promise House
PROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OF TEXAS
RAMESH RICHARD EVANGELISM AND CHURCH HEALTH
READING & RADIO RESOURCE INC
The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture
REFUGEE RESOURCE INC
RESOURCE CENTER OF DALLAS INC
RESPONSIVE EDUCATION SOLUTIONS
RICHARDSON SYMPHONY INC
RISE SCHOOL OF DALLAS
RIVER LEGACY FOUNDATION
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF DALLAS
Salvation Army DFW Metroplex Command
SAMMONS CENTER FOR THE ARTS
SBS
SCI-TECH DISCOVERY CENTER INC
SENIOR ADULT SERVICES FOR ADDISON CARROLTON COPPELL & FARMERS BRANCH
Serenity High School with McKinney Education Foundation
SERVICE OF HOPE ENTITIES INC
SHAKEN BABY ALLIANCE
Shakespeare Dallas
SHARED HOUSING CENTER INC
SKY RANCHES INC
SMALL PEARLS OF HOPE
Snoball Express
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL PARTICULAR COUNCIL OF DALLAS INC
SOUPMOBILE INC
SPCA of Texas
SPECIAL CARE & CAREER SERVICES
SPIRITHORSE THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER
ST PAUL MEDICAL FOUNDATION
ST PHILIPS SCHOOL & COMMUNITY CENTER
ST VINCENT DE PAUL THRIFT STORE OF DALLAS
Stage West
STAR CHILDRENS CHARITY INC
Student Conservation Association
SUE WEAVER CAUSE
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
TACA INC
Teatro Dallas
TECO THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS INC
TEXAS ASSOCIATION FOR INFANT MENTAL HEALTH
TEXAS BALLET THEATER INC
Texas Discovery Gardens
Texas Horse Park
TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN
TEXAS STAMPEDE INC
TEXAS VOICES
TEXAS WINDS MUSICAL OUTREACH INC
TEXAS WOMANS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
THE ACHIEVEMENT CENTER OF TEXAS INC
The AFB Center on Vision Loss
The Center for American and International Law
THE COOPER INSTITUTE
The da Vinci School
YWCA of Metropolitan Dallas
THE FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT
THE INCARNATION FOUNDATION
THE STEWPOT
THE YOUTH VILLAGE FOUNDATION
THEATRE THREE INCORPORATED
TITAS
TRAIL Foundation
TREASURED FRIENDS
TREC Foundation
Trinity River Audubon Center
Trinity Strand Trail
TRM
TURTLE CREEK CHORALE INC
UCP of North Texas
Undermain Theatre
UNION GOSPEL MISSION
UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC
UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC
UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS FOUNDATION
UNT Dallas Campus
URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER DALLAS AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS INC
UTB/TSC
Variety the Children's Charity of Texas
VICKERY MEADOW LEARNING CENTER
VISION REGENERATION INC
VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS
Vogel Alcove Childcare Center for the Homeless
VOICE OF HOPE MINISTRIES
VOICES OF CHANGE INC
WARREN CENTER INC
WATERTOWER THEATRE INC
Wednesday's Child Benefit Corporation
West Dallas Community Center
West Dallas Community School
WHITE ROCK CENTER OF HOPE
WHITE ROCK FUND
White Rock Montessori School
WILKINSON CENTER
WOMENS MUSEUM AN INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE
Women's Chorus of Dallas
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS FORT WORTH
WORLD CRANIOFACIAL FOUNDATION
WRITERS GARRET
YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Young Life Mid-European Region
Young Life North Central Texas
YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT FOUNDATION INC
Youth Believing in Change
YOUTHFIRST TEXAS

Posted bt Mike O.

Mike Orren, verified:

This is a really awesome program, but my email box will be glad when it's over. I've gotten more than 60 emails in the last 48 hours from organizations rallying their supporters to give.

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