Dallas

Addressing the community’s most pressing issues with results-driven programs

Overview

Dynamic growth and bold ambitions toward opportunity for all

Dallas blends southern hospitality and charm with arts, culture, and industry that rival any major American city. As one of the nation’s fastest-growing metros, we attract major corporate headquarters and top talent from across the country. Yet beneath the prosperity, inequities in housing, education, and health persist. Many jobs don’t pay enough to meet a family’s basic needs, and poverty remains a daily reality for far too many.

 

This is where GreenLight comes in. We work alongside the community to advance shared prosperity—investing in proven solutions that address the city’s most urgent challenges and create pathways to opportunity for all Dallas residents.

Addressing Challenges in Dallas

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90%

of Dallas ISD students are growing up in low-income households

24%

of Dallas households spend more than half of their income on rent; housing is considered cost-burdened when costs exceed 30% of income

23

year gap in life expectancy separates Dallas’s lowest- and highest-income neighborhoods — 67 years compared to 90

Dallas Team and Partners

GreenLight Dallas is made up of a diverse group of changemakers from across the community, working together for positive impact.

Team

Danielle King

Danielle King

Program Associate, GreenLight Dallas

Shareea Woods
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Shareea Woods

Founding Executive Director, GreenLight Dallas

Founding Investors

Chuck Anderson

David Bettenhausen

Lindsay Billingsley

Lucy and Henry Billingsley

Tré Black

Blanton Family Foundation

Christy and Adam Blumenfeld

Kate and Chuck Brizius

Lael and Peter Brodsky

Arthur and Hannah Brousseau

Victoria and Stuart Brown

Christina Hanger and Lyndon Cakerice

Mollie Hale Carter

Stephen and Kim Chipman

Bill and Leslie Cornog

Robert and Josephine Covington

Mark Cuban

D. Lance Currie

Michael and Jill Dardick

Linda and Scott Davis

Christian Delzell

Mark and Debbie Denissen

John Diaz

Tony and Lillian Dona

Tim and Samantha Durst

Eric and Steffanie Evans

Deborah and Lauren Gage

Chris and Lisa Gannett

Kent and Jennifer Gardner

Kathleen and Robert Gibson

Mark and Jane Gibson

Shaun Gordon

Rob Graffum

Sachin and Ash Gupta

Debra Caudy and Clay Heighten

Pilar and Jay Henry

Lee and Ann Hobson

Annabel and Joe Hoffman

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Jack Jacobsen

Anurag and Gunjan Jain

Robert S. Kaplan

Ashlee and Chris Kleinert

Ben Kohlmann

Sandy and Kent Laber

Dr. Kenyatta Lovett

Lauren and Tommy Luallin

Libby and Murray McCabe

Wayne McCullough

Alana and Steven McIntyre

Annabel Morgan

Anne and Alan Motsenbocker

J. Marc Myers

Greg and Cheryl Nelson

Pamela Nelson

Triet Nguyen

Carrie and Steven Parsons

Laurie and Todd Platt Family

Anne and Rob Raymond

Trevor R. and Jenny Rees-Jones

Joanna and Eric Ridgway

John and Deborah Scott

Dupree Scovell

Boaz and Randi Sidikaro

John and Sue Simon

Mike Smith

Molly and Craige Stout

Jill E. Tananbaum Family

Yoo Jin Kim and Nan Teele

Dan Thomas

Lisa and Kenny Troutt

Collins and Julianna Ward

Sarah and Russell Weinberg

Mark and Alison Weinzierl

Todd and Abby Williams

Mackenzie Wong

Type

100 Local Philanthropists Co-Invest $5M to Bring Greenlight Fund to Dallas

Media Mention, News

Dallas Innovates

100 Local Philanthropists Co-Invest $5M to Bring Greenlight Fund to Dallas

Dec 8, 2025

Dallas

GreenLight Fund, a national social nonprofit, launches in Dallas

Media Mention

Dallas News

GreenLight Fund, a national social nonprofit, launches in Dallas

Nov 7, 2025

Dallas

Mark Cuban, Jerry Jones Join 100 Other Dallas Investors to Launch $5 Million Nonprofit Fund

Media Mention, News

D Magazine

Mark Cuban, Jerry Jones Join 100 Other Dallas Investors to Launch $5 Million Nonprofit Fund

Nov 7, 2025

Dallas

Dallas Becomes GreenLight Fund’s 15th Location Nationwide

Announcement, News, Press Release

Dallas Becomes GreenLight Fund’s 15th Location Nationwide

Nov 6, 2025

Dallas, National

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