Mike Pavell, Bank of America Fort Worth market president
Bank of America announced $1.2 million in grants to 54 North Texas nonprofits, focusing on workforce development and education.
The grants are part of the nearly $4 million that Bank of America makes each year to North Texas nonprofits that enhance economic mobility. The company cites statistics from Measure of America, a project of the Social Sciences Research Council, that show 11.4 percent of young people ages 16-24 are not in school or are unemployed.
The local nonprofits receiving funding are connecting youth to first-time jobs, giving young adults alternative pathways to employment, and providing second chances to individuals with barriers to help them rebuild careers and lives.
“At Bank of America, we recognize the importance of helping youth and young adults and other individuals with barriers to employment find meaningful opportunities to gain skills, education and jobs,” Mike Pavell, Bank of America’s Fort Worth market president, said. (Fort Worth Inc. photo: Pavell in 2017 at Gatehouse Grapevine, a grant recipient that year.)
North Texas organizations receiving grants:
- Boys & Girls Club of Collin County
- My Possibilities
- Plano Improvement Corporation
- University of North Texas Foundation
- Children’s Advocacy Center of Collin County Inc.
- Frisco Family Services Center
- Minnie’s Food Pantry Inc.
- Best Buddies International Inc.
- Big Thought
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas Inc.
- Citysquare
- Commit2Dallas
- Cristo Rey Dallas High School Inc.
- Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society Inc.
- Education Opens Doors Inc.
- Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas
- Junior Achievement of Dallas Inc.
- LIFT Literacy Instruction for Texas
- Medisend International
- Sr. Citizens of Greater Dallas AKA Sr. Source
- Teach for America Inc.
- The Concilio
- Women in Need of Generous Support (WiNGS)
- YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
- American Cancer Society Inc.
- Family Place Inc.
- Jewish Family Services of Dallas Inc.
- North Texas Food Bank
- The Salvation Army
- State Fair of Texas
- United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc.
- Visiting Nurses Association of Texas
- Wilkinson Center
- Community Enrichment Center Inc.
- Cristo Rey Fort Worth Study Program Inc.
- Junior Achievement of the Chisholm Trail
- Texas Christian University
- The Ladder Alliance Inc.
- Women’s Center of Tarrant County Inc.
- ACH Child and Family Services
- Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth
- Community Food Bank
- Meals-on-Wheels of Tarrant County
- Pathfinders AKA Family Pathfinders
- Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County
- Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth Inc.
- Safehaven of Tarrant County
- Sixty and Better Inc.
- Tarrant County College Foundation
- The Arlington Life Shelter
- W I Cook Foundation Inc.
- United Way
- The Crystal Charity Ball
- Dallas Foundation, A Texas Nonprofit Corporation
