Arlington Tomorrow Foundation ATF Annual Report FY2019 | Page 3

Foundation Awards $50,000 in Grants During 6 th Annual Arlington Gives Event

The Arlington community once again donated in record amounts during Arlington Gives
to help nonprofits large and small continue their dreams of serving the needs of children,
adults and even animals.

Arlington Gives is an annual event hosted by the
Arlington Tomorrow Foundation on the same day as North
Texas Giving Day. Besides organizing a free community
concert featuring Daphne Willis at the Levitt Pavilion, the
foundation also awarded $50,000 in grants throughout the
day to Arlington-based nonprofits.

More than 2,000 people came out to Downtown on
Thursday to participate in the 6 th annual Arlington Gives event.
About 50 Arlington nonprofit organizations set up booths
along Abram Street between City Hall and the Levitt Pavilion to provide residents with more
information about their mission.

Ethan, 22, helped explain the
classes and the valuable educational and
vocational programs made available to
him as a participant in the Green Oaks
School Adult Learning Program and the
importance of supporting the nonprofit.
“Green Oaks is awesome to me,”
said Ethan, who talked about his love of
dancing, music, singing, cooking, Bible
study and even math classes that he gets
to enjoy at the school.

The Green Oaks School was one of many Arlington nonprofits who received an
outpouring of support during the 11th annual North Texas Giving Day. The 18-hour
online giving event, coordinated by the Communities Foundation of Texas, is designed to
encourage residents to make a contribution to the nonprofit organization of their choice. All
contributions made between 6 a.m. and midnight on Thursday were matched in part by the
Communities Foundation.

Since 2014, the Arlington Tomorrow Foundation has sponsored Arlington Gives! to
recognize and highlight Arlington-based nonprofit organizations and help North Texas
Giving Day contributors’ dollars go even further. In all, 7,299 donations totaling $1,796,731
were donated to Arlington nonprofits, exceeding last year’s record-setting 6,440 gifts
totalling $1.6 million.
That included support from
Debra Nelson, who brought
her pup, Gidget, out to enjoy
the Daphne Willis concert
on the lawn of Levitt Pavilion.
Nelson said she supported
New Day, which provides
meals on the weekends for
Arlington ISD students.
“It’s absolutely amazing,”
Nelson said of the annual
Arlington Gives event and free
community concert, which
aims to help increase visibility for the work of local nonprofits.

Since its creation in 2007, the Arlington Tomorrow Foundation has awarded more than
400 grants totaling nearly $23 million to Arlington nonprofit organizations, City of Arlington
departments and neighborhood groups for projects that help the public.
Arlington Gives Recipients

These Arlington-based nonprofits
were awarded bonus grants from the
Arlington Tomorrow Foundation during
the North Texas Giving Day 18-hour
giving extravaganza:
• The Arlington Master Chorale - $5,000
• Grace Prep Academy - $5,000
• The Friends of the Levitt Pavilion - $5,000
• Mission Arlington - $5,000
• Wildlife on the Move - $5,000
• Mayor’s Committee on People with
Disabilities - $5,000

Green Oaks School was the winner
of the People’s Choice Award, which is a
$10,000 donation from the Gene and Jerry
Jones Family Arlington Youth Foundation
based on votes from Arlington Gives event
attendees. More than 5,000 text votes were
cast for People’s Choice contenders.

Additionally, 46 small Arlington-based
charities with operating budgets less than
$250,000 will split a $20,000 pool of grants.
These nonprofits, who will each receive a
grant of $434, participated in the Arlington
Gives Charity Showcase.
◗ 7299 gifts totaling $1,796,731 dollars
were donated to Arlington charities (up
from 6,440 donations of $1.6 million last year)
◗ 46 Arlington-based organizations
operating with $250,000 or less in annual
operating budgets and that participated
in the Charity Showcase will each receive
a grant of $434 (splitting a $20,000 pool
available for this purpose)
◗ Overall, 169,375 donations amounted to
$50.1 million raised across the region;
2,988 charities registered for the event
with 120 from Arlington