North Texas Giving Day passes last year's midnight count with more than $76 million for over 3,300 nonprofits
Communities Foundation of Texas said 94,700 donors had given by the midnight close on Sept. 17, ending a season that opened Aug. 27. Last year's event stood at $74.2 million at the same hour and reached $78 million by Sept. 30.
Dallas. North Texas Giving Day, the annual online giving event run by Communities Foundation of Texas, closed at midnight on Sept. 17 with more than $76 million given by 94,700 donors to more than 3,300 nonprofits, the Dallas foundation announced the next day. At the same hour in 2025 the count stood at $74.2 million.
The figure is not one day's giving. The season opened Aug. 27, and The Dallas Morning News reported that the total counts gifts made since then. Nor is it final: in 2025, gifts received and processed after the midnight close lifted the total to $78 million from more than 100,000 donors by Sept. 30, according to the foundation. The foundation's record claim, then, rests on the midnight comparison; this year's figure has not yet passed last year's final total. The foundation's program page, updated Sept. 25, still gave $76 million, from more than 95,000 donors.
This was the 18th North Texas Giving Day. The foundation says the event has raised $788 million since it began in 2009 and calls it the largest regional giving event in the nation.
Who can take part
A participating nonprofit must have a physical location or mailing address in one of 20 North Texas counties, among them Dallas, Tarrant, Collin and Denton. It must be classified by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) organization or a 501(c)(19) veterans' organization, be in good standing with the state and the IRS, and agree that all the money it raises will support programs and services in North Texas. The foundation verifies each registered nonprofit's tax-exempt status against IRS records.
The foundation, with sponsors and other donors, pays the transaction and technology fees on gifts made through the event's website, so each nonprofit receives the full amount given to it.
Prize grants and sponsor gifts
The foundation's prize rules set out 27 bonus grants of $1,000, drawn at random during the season among nonprofits that had received at least one online gift, including three for nonprofits new to the event. Southwest Airlines put up a $10,000 grant, drawn among Dallas County groups fighting human trafficking, and Energy Transfer $5,000, drawn among groups serving children and young people. Prize grants are paid out with September's gifts on or before Nov. 1, the rules say.
Amazon, the presenting sponsor, gave surprise gifts to 15 participating nonprofits, the foundation said. Dallas Innovates reported that they included Ranch Hands Rescue, Direction61:3, Selah Creek, Denton Freedom House, Justin's Place, Como Lions Heart, Mansfield Mission Center and Camp Sweeney.
The next North Texas Giving Day is Sept. 16, 2027.
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