Dancing, cheering and chanting, almost two thousand people showed spirit for their favorite nonprofit at the
2015 North Texas Giving Day Arlington Gives! Rally. The Arlington Gives! Rally, hosted by the Arlington
Tomorrow Foundation, was a celebration of the vital work performed day in and day out by the City’s charitable
sector and a reminder of the importance of philanthropy for ensuring our City is a better place to call home.
Since 2009, Giving Day, coordinated by the Communities Foundation of Texas, has transformed into a fundraising
juggernaut and awareness-building event that has helped nearly 3,500 area nonprofits. The annual online giving event
encourages Texans to donate to organizations while the Communities Foundation and philanthropy groups like the
Arlington Tomorrow Foundation match each donation in part to ensure contributors’ dollars are multiplied.
Nurturing Arlington’s already strong culture of philanthropy, the Arlington Tomorrow Foundation awarded more than
$50,000 in bonus grants to Arlington-based charities during the 18-hour event and helped generate more than 4,200
gifts worth $792,000 to the American Dream City’s nonprofits by day’s end.
Award Recipients
• Green Oaks School was the most Spirited Organization at
Arlington Gives! and won $10,000.
• Grace Prep Academy was randomly selected from the
organizations in attendance to receive $5,000.
• Girls Inc. of Tarrant County received $5,000 as the winner of
the drawing of organizations that “liked” the Arlington Tomorrow
Foundation Facebook page.
• Pantego Christian Academy received $5,000 for having the most
donations during the 6 - 10 a.m. time block.
• St. Joseph Catholic School later earned $5,000 for the most
donations during the 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. time block.
• Arlington Classics Academy was awarded two $5,000 grants for
garnering the most number of donors during the 2 - 7 p.m. time
block and again during the 7 p.m. - midnight time block.
• Pantego Christian Academy’s Band Booster received $1,000 for
being the Most Spirited Band Booster Club.
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• The winner of the People’s Choice Award, a $10,000 donation
based on votes from Arlington Gives! Rally attendees, was
Advocates for Special People, Inc.