This year's North Texas Giving Day campaign raised a record $80 million for nonprofits across the region, organizers said Wednesday.
The 18th annual event, run by Communities Foundation of Texas, was held Sept. 17. By then, donors had given more than $76 million to more than 3,300 nonprofits spread across 25 cause areas, The Dallas Morning News reported. The fundraising season stayed open through the rest of September, and the final tally reached $80 million.
That tops 2025, when more than 100,000 people gave $78 million over the full season, including more than $74 million by midnight on the day itself.
"Every dollar donated makes a world of a difference in our corner of the world and has a lasting impact on local nonprofits and the communities they serve," Wayne White, the foundation's president and CEO, said in a statement.
According to the News, many nonprofits working in the arts, education, workforce development and housing beat their fundraising goals this year.
By the numbers
- $80 million: 2026 season total, a record
- 3,300-plus: nonprofits taking part
- 25: cause areas
- $790 million-plus: raised since the first Giving Day in 2009
