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1953

Fund at CFT. CFT has awarded over $2 billion in grants since its founding in 1953.

1955

Not long after the Meadows gift, Pearl C. Anderson made the first six-figure gift to the Trust Fund in 1955 when she donated her future interest in a parcel of land in downtown Dallas that was valued at $325,000.

1974

In 1974, W.W. "Will" Caruth, Jr., established the W.W. Caruth, Jr.

1975

Baylor University Medical Center opens the Blanche Swanzy Lange Special Care Newborn Nursery in 1975 to help newborns needing intensive care and observation, thanks to a gift from the Lange fund of DCCTF.

1980

1980 DCCTF outgrows its Live Oak headquarters and triples the building’s size with an addition.

1981

The name change from Dallas Community Chest Trust Fund to Communities Foundation of Texas in 1981 reflected the broader scope of the foundation's current impact.

1988

“Nurture the programs that are mere seeds today so they may bear fruit tomorrow.” JOHN F. STEPHENS, CFT Chairman, 1988

1990

1990 CFT operations expand throughout the state, with Area Funds in Tyler, Palacios, Nacogdoches and San Angelo.

1998

In 1998, the SPCA of Texas began building the Russell H. Perry campus on a 30-acre tract of land in West McKinney.

2000

2000 Entrepreneurs for North Texas is established to facilitate the community involvement and philanthropy of small and midsize companies.

2003

His wife, the late Mabel Peters Caruth, continued his tradition in 2003 with an inspiring bequest for the purpose of purchasing the original Caruth Homeplace and surrounding property and funding the construction of the new CFT headquarters.

2005

After Dallas sheltered evacuees from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, local agencies look to create the nation’s first-ever coordinated disaster response preparedness plan.

2015

Bioworld has partnered with CFT4B to increase employee engagement through volunteerism and charitable giving since 2015

2018

In September, 1st Global volunteers participated in community service projects for Freedom Day 2018 through Communities Foundation of Texas for Business (CFT4B).

2021

Learn more about how 103,000 people like you came together to raise $66million for over 3,300 local nonprofits in 2021.

2022

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1953
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Vicki S. Ratliff,Ladd Hirsch,Francis & Associates Cpa'S,G. Stacy Smith,Holden & Parker
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