Backed by strong corporate support, Dallas-Fort Worth has one of the strongest and most active nonprofit communities in the country. His strength was on full display and celebrated at The Factory in Deep Ellum as the winners were revealed at CEOof the fifth annual Nonprofit and Corporate Citizenship Awards, presented in partnership with the Communities Foundation of Texas.
Celebrating the efforts of local nonprofits and professionals, and the businesses and business leaders who support them, the program this year added categories recognizing leadership in sustainability and innovation in the education. Winners Data Centers Aligned and The Educator Collective. Other honorees include Rogers Healy (Corporate Leadership Excellence), Dallas Stars Hockey Club (Equity Leadership) and Klyde Warren Park’s Kit Sawers (Nonprofit Leadership Excellence).
The competition was particularly tough because CEO received nearly 500 nominations this year. Below is a list of winners and runners-up in each category. Discover the organizations, companies and leaders honored in CEO D August issue.
Corporate Citizenship
Supporter of in-kind services
Johnson & Sekin
Finalists: RegitzMauck, Republic Services, Sendero
Sustainability Branch
Data Centers Aligned
Finalists: Accelerate, American Airlines, City of Farmers Branch, Dallas College, Neiman Marcus Group
Business Partner of the Year
M2G Ventures and UT Southwestern Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care
Finalists: AT&T and United Way of Metropolitan Dallas; Caliber Home Loans and Patriot Paws Service Dogs; Fidelity Investments and Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County; Matthews Southwest and TREC
Corporate social responsibility
Texas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Finalists: Credit Union of Texas, Dallas Mavericks, Frito-Lay North America, Galderma, Park Place Dealers
collaboration of the year
Texas Capital Bank, Texas Heavenly Homes and the City of Dallas
Finalists: Dallas Mavericks and Adelle Turner Elementary School; Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ Advancing Digital Inclusion initiative; Santander Consumer USA and Comp-U-Dopt; Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Austin Street Center and CitySquare
Equity Leadership
Dallas All-Star Hockey Club
Finalists: American Airlines, Cannenta Center of Healing and Empowerment, Neiman Marcus Group
Business Leadership Excellence
Rogers Healy, Rogers Healy & Associates
Finalists: Susan Salka, AMN Healthcare, Chris Bright, Bright Industries, Tracey Doi, Toyota Motor North America, Mark Gehlbach, True North Advisors
Non-profit associations
Most Successful Fundraising or Awareness Campaign
American Heart Association
Finalists: American Cancer Society, Hey Chica!, Orchid Giving Circle of Texas Women’s Foundation, Refugee Services of Texas
Outstanding Innovation
The Callier Center for Communication Disorders
Finalists: Bonton Farms, McKinney Economic Development Corp.
Social enterprise
Ranch Hands Rescue
Finalists: Blacks United in Leading Technology International, On the Road Lending, Operation Tiny House, Youth With Faces
Volunteer of the year
Caleb Wood, world of trust
Finalists: Clemente Jaquez, Architecture and Design Foundation; Jenay Bennett, Dallas Pets Alive; Leonid Regheta, Hope International Ministries; Dave Corley, The Collin County Warehouse
Innovation in Education
The group of educators
Finalists: Unlimited access, Broadway Dallas, Kids-U, Perot Museum of Nature and Science, The Shoulders of Giants
Innovation in healthcare
Mary Crowley Cancer Research
Finalists: Children’s Health, LBU Community Clinic, National Breast Cancer Foundation, Texas Health Resources
Nonprofit Team of the Year (Micro/Small)
Walk to the polls
Finalists: Inspire School Programs, Rescue Party Give
Nonprofit Team of the Year (Medium/Large)
Mosaic Family Services
Finalists: Education Opens Doors, The Center for Integrative Counseling and Psychology, The Collin County Warehouse
Nonprofit Team of the Year (Mega)
Prism Health North Texas
Finalists: CitySquare, North Texas Food Bank, The Visiting Nurse Association of Texas
Leadership Excellence (Micro)
Tiara M. Tucker, talk about it! Movement
Finalists: Monique J. Muhammad, Code Pink Productions; Ralph Ujano Jr., Helping Hands for Single Moms Dallas; VR Small, Enterprise Center for Veteran Women
Leadership Excellence (Small)
April Allen, Southern Gateway Public Green Foundation
Finalists: Harrison Blair, Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce; Ashley Sharp, Living with Dignity; Christa Brown-Sanford, Dallas Junior League; Kendall Hill is the Texas project
Leadership Excellence (medium size)
Lisa Kroencke, The Madeleine House
Finalists: Michael Horne, Parkland Foundation; Tony J. Fundaro, Southwest Philanthropy; Cooper Koch, the Kessler School; Dan Bailey, young people equipped to succeed
Leadership Excellence (Big)
Kit Sawers, Klyde Warren Park
Finalists: Daron Babcock, Bonton Farms; Kathleen LaValle, Dallas CASA
Leadership Excellence (Mega)
Albert Reyes, Buckner International
Finalists: Kim Noltemy, Dallas Symphony Association; Jan Langbein, Genesis Women’s Shelter and Support; Jennifer Bartkowski, Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas; Eric Niedermayer, Recovery Resource Council
Organization of the Year (Micro)
Steps to Oak Cliff
Finalists: The Greg Dollgener Memorial AIDS Fund, Miles of Hope, Refresh Frisco, STREAM Foundation, Texas Tenants Union, Ukrainian American Society of Texas
Organization of the year (small)
Ally Wish
Finalists: Architecture and Design Foundation, Forest Forward, TR Hoover Community Development Corp., Union
Organization of the year (medium)
TACA
Finalists: 29 Acres, Interfaith Family Services, Patriot Paws Service Dogs
Organization of the Year (Large)
My possibilities
Finalists: Big Thought, Fair Park First, Family Gateway, Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation, Texas Trees Foundation
Organization of the Year (Mega)
Dallas Symphony Association
Finalists: ChildCareGroup, Head Start of Greater Dallas, Prism Health North Texas
Capital One Impact Initiative Award
Prison Entrepreneurship Program
Finalists: Paul Quinn College, WiNGS
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