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Amazon has agreed to be inaugural presenting sponsor of this year's Communities Foundation of Texas' North Texas Giving Day, the foundation and Amazon announced.
The 2021 North Texas Giving Day is Sept. 23, with early giving beginning Sept. 1.
"The 13th annual Giving Day follows another record-setting year, where more than 106,000 donors raised $58.8 million for more than 3,000 nonprofits," the Communities Foundation said in a release.
“Amazon is thrilled to serve as North Texas Giving Day’s presenting sponsor," Vickie Yakunin, Amazon's senior manager of external affairs, said in the release. "The donations from this event fuel so much important work throughout North Texas, strengthening our community and supporting the most vulnerable.
“Thousands of our employees work and live across North Texas," Yakunin said. "We strive not just to be a good employer, but also a good neighbor. By partnering with North Texas Giving Day, an event that is about giving back locally, we are able to invest in our community as we work together to recover from the pandemic and build a more equitable future for all.”
Monica Egert Smith, the foundation's chief relationship officer, said “having Amazon as our 2021 presenting sponsor is a dream match for Communities Foundation of Texas. This partnership will empower Giving Day to significantly expand its reach to new audiences and elevate the nonprofit sector in unique and exciting ways."
Support for Communities Foundation of Texas’ North Texas Giving Day has been committed so far by Allstate, Amazon, Amon G. Carter Foundation, Arlington Tomorrow Foundation, The Ramesh and Kalpana Bhatia Family Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas, The Dallas Foundation, Energy Transfer, Hunt Cares, On-Air Media, Sid W. Richardson Foundation, Skyare and the Texas Women's Foundation, the foundation said.