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Catholic Foundation has been in the news! Check out what we have been up to and how we are positively impacting our Catholic community.

2023

The Catholic Foundation Awards $1.4 Million During 2023 Spring Grant Ceremony (.pdf)
The Catholic Foundation to Present $1.4 Million in Grants
John Paul II High School Junior Charlotte Blank Receives Hal Tehan Scholar Award (.pdf)
Dan Odom To Lead The Catholic Foundation Board Of Trustees: Foundation Welcomes Elsa Alcalá Grivas, Rick Martinez and Maria Castañón Moats to its Board (.pdf)

2022

University of Dallas Receives $1 Million Lily Foundation Grant to Renew Liturgical Preaching for Young Catholics (.pdf)
Fifteen Dallas-area Nonprofits, Churches and Schools Receive More Than $950,000 In Fall Grants From The Catholic Foundation (.pdf)
The Catholic Foundation To Present $957,429 in Grants at Fall 2022 Ceremony (.pdf)
North Texas Artist Robert Opel's "Wings of Joy" Wins Catholic Foundation's 2022 Art On The Plaza Competition
Anna LeBlanc to Join The Catholic Foundation As Senior Development Officer
Jack Pratt to Receive 2023 Catholic Foundation Award (.pdf)
The Catholic Foundation Invites Texas Artists to Participate in 17th Annual Art on the Plaza Competition (.pdf)
The Catholic Foundation Awards $1.1 Million During 2022 Spring Grant Ceremony (.pdf)
The Catholic Foundation Welcomes Three New Trustees To Board (.pdf)

2021

The Catholic Foundation Awards $1.3 Million During 2021 Fall Grant Ceremony (.pdf)
The Catholic Foundation Names Darina O'Dowd Padian Vice President of Development; Cheryl Unis Mansour Appointed Senior Vice President of Donor Relations: Executive Change Fortifies Foundation's Future as Charitable Legacy Planning Leader
Institute for Homiletics in Catholic Church Established in North Texas: Pioneer in Listener Studies from University of Notre Dame, Karla J. Bellinger, Selected as Founding Executive Director (.pdf)
Submissions Open For The Catholic Foundation's 16th Annual Art On The Plaza Competition (.pdf)
Lydia and Dan Novakov Named 2022 Catholic Foundation Award Honoree (.pdf)
The Catholic Foundation to Award $1.3 Million During Virtual Spring Grant Ceremony (.pdf)
The Catholic Foundation Welcomes Four New Trustees To Board / Aileen Pratt Begins Two-Year Term As Board Chair (.pdf)

2020

The Catholic Foundation Calls For Submissions From Texas Professional Artists For 15th Annual Art On The Plaza Competition
The Catholic Foundation Awards More Than $1.1 Million in Grants
Affordable Housing Advocate Joe Dingman Receives 2020 Catholic Foundation Award at 38th Annual Award Dinner
The Catholic Foundation Welcomes Three New Board Of Trustees (.pdf)

2019

The Catholic Foundation Awards $862,656 in Grants at Fall Ceremony (.pdf)
The Catholic Foundation to Award $862,656 in Grants at Fall Ceremony (.pdf)
Joe Dingman Named 2020 Catholic Foundation Award Honoree (.pdf)
The Catholic Foundation Awards $1.16 Million in Grants During Spring Ceremony (.pdf)
G. Marc Lyons To Lead The Catholic Foundation Board of Trustees (.pdf)

2018

Fall Grant Ceremony Release (.pdf)
Year On The Plaza 2018 Winner Release (.pdf)
Raul Estrada Named 2019 Catholic Foundation Award Honoree-2018 (.pdf)
Holy Trinity Grant Release - 2018 (.pdf)
New Trustees Release - 2018 (.pdf)
Spring Grant Ceremony Release - 04.2018 (.pdf)
Work of Heart Release - 03.2018 (.pdf)

2017

Award Dinner Post-Event (.pdf)
Grant Ceremony Release - Spring 2017 (.pdf)
Grant Clips - Spring 2017 (.pdf)
New Trustees Release - 3.1.2017 (.pdf)
Award Honoree Announcement Release - 8.17.17 Cardinal Farrell (.pdf)
Dallas Morning News Honoree announcement - 08.24.17 DMN Print opt (.pdf)
WOH Release - July 2017 (.pdf)
Grant Ceremony Release - 09.2017 (.pdf)
Harvey Emergency grant release - 9-20-17 (.pdf)
TCF Award Hanratty Release - 10.7.2017 (.pdf)
Year on the Plaza Winner Press Release - 10.2017 (.pdf)

2016

Fall Grant Ceremony - 11.2016 (.pdf)
Year on the Plaza Winner - 10.2016 (.pdf)
WOH Winners - Fall 03.2016 (.pdf)
Tornado Emergency Grant - 01.2016 (.pdf)

2015

TCF Award Fr. Dennis - 11.10.2015 (.pdf)

2014

Art and Science Grants - 2014 (.pdf)

2012

St. Augustine - September, 2012 (.pdf)
St. Philip the Apostle - September, 2012 (.pdf)

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Lauren Dugger, Sunwest Communications, via email, or 214-373-1601, x272

Emily Wingate, Sunwest Communications, via email, or 214-373-1601, x269