Fort Worth Business Press, May 12, 2014 Vol. 26, No. 18 | Page 22

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Girls Inc. wins top national award

GREATEST GIFT CATALOG
HAS RECORD YEAR
The National Leadership
Foundation celebrated another
record-breaking year of donations,
participation and media recognition
for The Greatest Gift Catalog Ever
at the organization’s annual Readers’
Choice Awards luncheon on April 15
in Fort Worth.
In 2013, the catalog helped raise
$449,930 for 18 Tarrant County-area
nonprofits, an increase of 26 percent
over the prior year. Since its inception
in 2007, the catalog has made a total
charitable impact of more than $5
million in Tarrant County.
Elliot Goldman, who with his wife,
Heather, founded the catalog, said
2013 brought a marked rise in giving.
Matching funds increased 51 percent
and website donations were up 28
percent. Major gifts also were up.
This year’s recipients of the highest
level of donations include Catholic
Charities Fort Worth, Boys & Girls
Clubs of Greater Fort Worth and a
Wish with Wings.
The 2014 catalog will feature 18 area
nonprofits, including two new to the
catalog: the Van Cliburn Foundation,
which educates new generations of
classical music listeners, and Camp
John Marc, which offers camping
programs for children with chronic
medical and physical challenges.

NONprofit

matters
BETTY DILLARD
KOMEN FORT WORTH AWARDS
$600,000 IN GRANTS

Susan G. Komen Greater Fort
Worth Affiliate will award $600,000
in grants to six local organizations
dedicated to ending breast cancer in the
organization’s service area of Tarrant,
Parker, Johnson and Hood counties.
This year’s grantees include: Bridge
Breast Network, Cancer Care Services,
Moncrief Cancer Institute, Muslim
Community Center for Human
Services, Texas Health Harris Methodist
Hospital Fort Worth and Texas Healthy
Huguley Hospital Fort Worth South.
The grants will provide breast cancer
screenings and treatment services as well
as funding for prevention and education
projects.
The Fort Worth affiliate provides
grants through community donations,
fundraisers and its largest source of
income, the annual Komen Greater Fort
Worth Race for the Cure. This year’s race
is set for May 10 at Ridgmar Mall in Fort
Worth.

CATHOLIC CHARITIES GETS BANK OF
AMERICA GRANT
Bank of America Charitable
Foundation recently selected
Catholic Charities Fort Worth and
LaunchAbility of Dallas as recipients of
its Neighborhood Builders award.
The Neighborhood Builders program
combines leadership training with a
$200,000 unrestricted grant. The award
will support more than 40 programs
of Catholic Charities to help provide
health, housing, family and immigration
services to more than 127,000 people
each year.
LaunchAbility provides services for
children and adults with disabilities.

THEATER COMMUNITY TAKES A BOW
The Live Theatre League of Tarrant
County handed out eight countywide
awards and recognized 16 local theaters
during its 2014 Annual Theatre Awards
on April 9 at Scott Theatre in Fort Worth.
The major awards and winners were:
Debbie Brown, Elston Brooks Lifetime
Achievement Award; Rebecca Low
and Jeanne Swanson, Ann L. Rhodes
Philanthropic Individual Award; Texas
Commission on the Arts, Philanthropic
Organization; Jody Ulich, Theatre Arts
Advocate; Anne Healy, Theatre Arts
Educator of the Year; Brian Clinnin,
Design and Technical Professional
Award; Adam Adolfo, Rudy Eastman
Diversity Award; and Jordan E. Cooper,

Girls Inc. of Tarrant County Chairman Barbara Williams is pictured with president Jennifer Limas.

Bill Garber Young Theatre Artist Award.
Winners of Individual Theatre
Outstanding Service Awards were: Jeff
Davis, Amphibian Stage Productions;
Steve DeLeon, Artes de la Rosa; Larry
and Ellen Dibler, Artisan Center
Theater; Karen Denney, Casa Manana;
Kyle Montgomery, Circle Theater;
Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Theta Omega
Chapter, Creative Arts Theatre & School;
Sheridan Keyton, DVA Productions Inc.;
Robert Bourdage, Hip Pocket Theatre;
Susi and Mike Bickley, Jubilee Theatre;
the O’Toole family, Mike, Shelly, Taylor
and Brandon, Kids Who Care; James
Scroggins, ONSTAGE in Bedford; Decee
Cornish, Pantagleize Theatre Company;
Byron Holder, Runway Theatre; Jerry
Russell (posthumously), Stage West;
Robin Dotson, Theatre Arlington; and
Brian Clinnin, Trinity Shakespeare
Festival.

PHILANTHROPY NOMINATIONS
SOUGHT
Nominations are open for the 2014
National Philanthropy Day awards
given by the Greater Fort Worth
Metro Chapter of the Association of
Fundraising Professionals.
The awards will be presented at the
Philanthropy Day Luncheon Oct. 30 at
the Omni Fort Worth Hotel.
Nominations may be made
for Distinguished Philanthropist,
Outstanding Philanthropic
Organization, Outstanding Volunteer
Fundraiser, Outstanding Professional
Fundraising Executive/The Ben Franklin
Award and Outstanding Youth in
Philanthropy. Visit www.afpfortworth.
com for instructions. The deadline for
nominations is May 15.

OLDEST GRANTMAKING GROUP
CHANGES NAME
The Conference of Southwest

Foundations, the oldest membership
association for grantmakers in the
United States, has a new name –
Philanthropy Southwest.
“As our association has grown and the
role of philanthropy has evolved, our
leadership agreed the time was right to
restate our mission and take on a new
name that better reflects the wide range
of services we provide and our members’
passion for advancing the public
good,” said John Brown, Philanthropy
Southwest board president and executive
director of Windgate Charitable
Foundation.
Based in Dallas, the 65-year-old
organization has more than 200
member foundations in Arkansas,
Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New
Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. In
2013, the combined annual giving of
foundations in these seven states was
more than $5.1 billion.

CORPORATE PHILANTHROPY GROUP
REBRANDS
The Association of Corporate
Contributions Professionals (ACCP)
recently unveiled a new brand