Our impactful investors

Since our initial investments in 2012 to help launch Commit, we remain grateful to our investors who provide the financial resources necessary to meet our goals and accelerate outcomes for our students. We don't take this responsibility lightly, and we work to ensure investments are maximized to reach our True North Goal.

† Indicates investors in the Opportunity 2040 Fund and/or investors in work aligned to Opportunity 2040

Corporate partners

  • AKA Enterprise Solutions
  • Amazon Smile Foundation
  • American Honda Foundation
  • AT&T Foundation
  • Ballmer Group
  • Bank of America Foundation
  • Bank of America Private Bank
  • BBVA Compass
  • Blue Meridian Partners †
  • Blue Wave Express Car Wash
  • Brinker International
  • Canyon Partners †
  • Capital One
  • Celanese
  • Chesapeake Energy Charitable Giving
  • Citi Foundation
  • Comerica Charitable Foundation
  • Dean Foods
  • Digital Promise Global
  • DTLR, Inc.
  • Edelman
  • Eduphoric LLC
  • Ernst & Young, LLP
  • ExxonMobil Foundation
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
  • Fortress Investment Group
  • Fossil Group
  • FSG, Inc.
  • General Electric (GE) Foundation
  • Gibson Energy
  • Goldman Sachs
  • H.E.B.
  • High Profile Staffing Services
  • Highland Capital Management, LP
  • Human Capital Percentage
  • IBC Bank
  • IBM Corporation
  • Insperity
  • Invesco Real Estate
  • Istation
  • JCI Creatives
  • JPMorgan Chase Foundation
  • Liberty Mutual Foundation
  • Lincoln Property Company
  • Lockheed Martin
  • Lowes
  • Lululemon
  • Macy’s
  • Marketwave
  • Microsoft
  • Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C.
  • National College Access Network
  • NBC DFW
  • Network For Good
  • ORIX Foundation
  • Overwraps Packaging
  • PayPal Charitable Giving Fund
  • Pipeline
  • POM Wonderful
  • RSF Partners
  • Sammons Corporation
  • Signazon.com
  • Sprint
  • State Farm Companies Foundation
  • Symphonic Source
  • Target Foundation
  • Texas Instruments Foundation
  • The Blackbaud Giving Fund
  • The BlackRock Foundation
  • The Boston Consulting Group
  • The Holdsworth Center
  • Toyota
  • TREC Community Investors †
  • TriGate Capital
  • USAA
  • Venturity Financial Partners
  • Wells Fargo Foundation
  • Woodforest National Bank

Family foundations

  • Barker Family Fund
  • Caroline Le Feuvre & Jeffrey Shadix Giving Fund
  • David M. Munson and Mona Campbell Munson Fund
  • Edward W. Rose III Family Fund
  • Ehrman Family Fund
  • FW Murphy Family Foundation †
  • Grisham Family
  • The Hardie Family Fund of the Dallas Foundation †
  • Henry C. Beck III Fund of The Dallas Foundation
  • Hickok Family Donor Advised Fund †
  • The Horchow Family
  • Jagger Family Fund †
  • Joe and Alfreda Borden Norman Fund
  • John and Pamela Beckert Family Foundation
  • McNarosa Fund of CFT
  • The Melchizedek Fund of CFT †
  • The Reid and Stacey Walker Family Fund
  • The Robert and Nancy Dedman Foundation Fund
  • Rocchio Family Foundation
  • Sally and Ron Lutz Family Fund
  • Sally and Tom Dunning Advised Fund at The Dallas Foundation
  • Steinhart Family Fund
  • Todd and Abby Williams Family Foundation †
  • William T. and Gay F. Solomon Advised Fund †

Individuals

  • Jim and Kathy Adams †
  • William and Lydia Addy †
  • Elaine Agather
  • Jude Ahmad
  • Chuck and Kim Anderson
  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous
  • Dominique A Anthony
  • Patricia Arvanitis
  • Sharmin Ashtaputre
  • Bob Axley
  • Jesseca Aziz
  • Ralph and Barbara Babb, Jr.
  • Anne Backes
  • Karan Bahl
  • Amy Balis
  • Mr. and Mrs. Steve Bancroft †
  • Kim Bannister
  • Amelia Barber
  • Margaret Camille Barnes
  • Joe Barrett
  • Ken Barth
  • John and Pam Beckert
  • Ryan Behring
  • Rick and Allison Benners
  • Ben Bennett
  • Gayle Bennett
  • Eric and Laura Berlin
  • Henry and Lucy Billingsley †
  • Audrey Bines
  • Bruce Binkley
  • Mike Boone
  • Camila Correa Bourdeau
  • Shelley Bransten
  • Bennie Bray
  • David Brewer
  • Peter Brodsky
  • Alicia Brossette
  • Dennis Brown
  • Peter Brundage
  • Kevin and Deni Bryant
  • Ryan and Hannah Buchanan
  • Ryan and Kristine Burke †
  • Katrei Burks
  • Kim Burns
  • Brett Burton
  • Frank Byers Jr
  • Charles Cahn
  • Don Caroll
  • Jim Carreker
  • Shea Castleman
  • Eunice Cervantes
  • Ellen Clark
  • Cheryl Clifford
  • Gregory and Carol Cody
  • Edward Coligado
  • Nora McDougall-Collins
  • Michele Condrey
  • Terry Conner
  • David Corrigan
  • Katie Cotton
  • Trammell Crow
  • Harlan and Kathy Crow
  • Buzz and Carolyn Crutcher
  • Harry Crutcher
  • Lucas and Jodi Cutler †
  • Peter Cymrot
  • Larry Dale
  • Giles Davidson
  • Bonnie Davis
  • Emily Dean
  • David Deggs
  • Kimberly Delinski
  • David Deniger
  • Charron Denker
  • Scott and Melissa Dennis
  • Nancy Dennis
  • Donna DiStefano
  • Tony and Lillian Dona †
  • Suzanne Droese
  • Anna Dyer
  • Joe Eastin †
  • Morgan Edwards
  • Bradley Ehrman
  • Jeffrey Ellerman
  • Deborah Emerson
  • Ethan Epstein
  • Sandra Estess
  • Richard Evans
  • Brooke Evans
  • Spark Farm
  • Elizabeth Farmer
  • Jonathan Feinstein and Morgan Bellinger
  • Martin Feinstein
  • Tom Ferguson
  • Kenny Fernandez
  • Nikita Fisher
  • John Fitzpatrick
  • Christie Flanagan
  • Tara Flume
  • Randall Fojtasek
  • Steve and Sharon Folsom †
  • Arlene Ford
  • Douglas Foshee
  • Dylan Foster
  • William Francis
  • Michael Gagne
  • Ann Marie Gan
  • Barbara Gass
  • Eric and Jaime Goff
  • Susan Goodiel
  • Breanna Green
  • Emily Green
  • Rose Greer
  • Robin Grisham
  • Jacqueline Guevel
  • Ron Hadley
  • Mary Hager
  • Scott Hancock
  • Emily Harris
  • Jerry Hawkins
  • Dan and Betsy Healy †
  • Tricia Heaney
  • Jay and Pilar Henry †
  • John A. Henry III
  • Jennifer Hills
  • Brad and Margaret Hirsch
  • Marguerite Hoffman †
  • Dan and Martha Hooper
  • Regen Horchow
  • Kaitlyn Horinko
  • Brooke Hortenstine
  • Chris Hudgens
  • Robert Hulsey
  • Kimberly Humphries
  • Laura Hunter
  • Subrena Hurd
  • Jamie Hurtado
  • Robert and Amy Isom
  • Caleb Jackson
  • Kylonnie Jackson
  • Lyle Jackson
  • Anurag Jain
  • Katrina James
  • Patrick Jenevein
  • Matt and Sarah Jensen
  • Whitcomb Johnstone
  • Brandi Jones
  • Chantel Jones
  • Bob Kaminski
  • Robert Kaplan †
  • James Keyes
  • Hithen and Ashwina Kirpalani
  • Jim and Candace Krause
  • Mike Lafitte
  • Mishon Landry
  • Eleanor Latimer
  • Kim Chi Le
  • Catherine and Dick LeBlanc
  • Todd and Kasey Lemkin †
  • Lucy Liu
  • Amelia Lively
  • James Loomstein
  • Jack Lowe
  • Bobby Lyle
  • Christopher and Ann Mahowald †
  • Kevin Malonson
  • Lucretia Manners
  • Tori Mannes
  • Ashla Martin, DDS
  • Jen Mauldin
  • Abby Mayer
  • Granville and Page McAnear
  • Murray and Libby McCabe †
  • Matthew McCabe
  • Grant McClure
  • Jim and Madeline McClure
  • Charles McCullough
  • Clint McDonnough
  • Kevin and Alicia McGlinchey †
  • Renne McKeon
  • Drew and Amy McKnight †
  • Iesha McLaughlin
  • Casey and Megan McManemin †
  • Don and Joanie McNamara †
  • Bart McNeill
  • Andrew Meyer
  • Frank Mihalopoulos
  • David B. and Carolyn L. Miller †
  • Bill Miller III
  • Elizabeth Miller
  • Nicholas Miller
  • Harvey Mitchell and Linda Helton
  • David Mohar
  • Ann Monroe
  • Bill and Susan Montgomery
  • Wytonia Montgomery
  • Tim Moore
  • Maddie Morgan
  • James Moroney
  • Jon and Jennifer Mosle
  • Erik Moss
  • Bill Murphy
  • Ken Murphy
  • Alice Murray
  • Sarah Mye
  • Christie Myers
  • Hilary Nail
  • Joe Neal
  • Robert Neely
  • Samantha O’Brien
  • Maryanne Odom
  • Scott Orr
  • Kelly Parker
  • Dalphine Parrish
  • Jeffrey Partyka
  • Bill and Wendy Payne †
  • Mr. & Mrs. Rick Perdue †
  • Vin and Pam Perella †
  • Margot Perot
  • Rod Jones and Nancy Perot
  • Thomas Perryman
  • Zachary and Rebecca Petrone
  • Jon Pettee
  • Tommy Pigeon
  • Victoria Plummer
  • Ann Podeszwa
  • Richard and Karen Pollock
  • Ann Pomykal
  • Karen Ponce
  • Amy Prestidge
  • Brynn Price
  • Sandra Price
  • Caren Prothro
  • Natalie Pruitt
  • J. Puckett
  • Tegwin Pulley
  • Annie Pyryt
  • Kathleen Randall
  • Matthew Randazzo
  • Courtney Ranger
  • Karl and Carolyn Rathjen
  • Stuart and Terri Ravnik
  • Mike and Micki Rawlings †
  • Rob and Anne Raymond †
  • Justin and Kathryn Reeves
  • Eric Reeves
  • Jennie Reeves
  • Peggy Reilly
  • Rachel Reis
  • Rob Richmond
  • Leonard Riggs Jr., M.D.
  • Karen Riley
  • Kirk and Jane Rimer †
  • Philip Ritter
  • Regina Rivera
  • John Rocchio
  • Usamah Muhammad-Rodgers
  • Kevin Rodriguez
  • Rodolfo Rodriguez
  • Steve and Nancy Rogers †
  • Christine Rogers
  • Danielle Rohr
  • Scott Rohrman †
  • Michael Ronzio
  • Deedie Rose †
  • Sally Rosenberg
  • Nathaniel Rosenblum
  • Matthew Roush
  • Melanie Rudebeck
  • Nadia Rupani
  • LeDee Sachs
  • Jody Sanders
  • Tehina Santillan
  • Sallie Scanlan
  • Neil Schlager
  • Kenneth Schnitzer
  • Brandon Scott
  • Stewart and LaToya Scott
  • John and Diane Scovell
  • Jeff Shaddix
  • Troy Shadian
  • David Shallenberger
  • Denny Shelton
  • Mark and Maria Sieckman
  • Mike and Mary Silverman
  • Cyndy Silverthorn
  • Alex Simmons
  • Marc Simpson
  • Justin and Nicole Small
  • Chanel Smith
  • Susan Swan Smith
  • Tabitha Smith
  • Dolores Sosa Green
  • Jaime and Margaret Spellings
  • Glenn Spoons
  • Brett Starr
  • Bruce Stensrud
  • Terry Stewart
  • Dhriti Stocks
  • Grey Stogner
  • Andrew Stoner
  • Veronica Storey
  • Paul Styrvoky
  • George Tang
  • Gayla Tennison
  • Jason Terrell
  • LaKisha Thomas
  • Jere Thompson †
  • Courtney Thompson
  • Dr. Josh Thompson
  • Monty Thornburn
  • Jody and Terri Thornton †
  • Thomas Toss
  • Judy Townley
  • Kennedy Toynes
  • Ken Travis
  • Patrick and Dawne Tribolet †
  • Paul Vogel
  • Paula Vonarx
  • Melody Walker
  • David and Harianne Wallenstein
  • Robert Walters
  • Ashley Ward
  • Charlya Ward
  • Liz Ward
  • Annie Clayton Ware
  • Kim Wargo
  • Ray Washburne
  • Leighton Watts
  • Sarah Weinberg
  • Jack Wensinger
  • Dylan Whitehead
  • Phil and Donell Wiggins and Paige Atkinson
  • Donna Wilhelm
  • Greg and Peggy Wilkinson
  • Kila Williams
  • Gean Wilson
  • Mary Witte
  • Nancy Wonders
  • Ellen Wood †
  • Lucy Wrubel
  • Jamie Zhou

Nonprofit and community partners

  • Alliance Data
  • America Achieves
  • Big Thought
  • ChildCareGroup
  • Dallas Bar Association
  • Dallas Citizens Council
  • Dallas ISD
  • Dallas Regional Chamber
  • Dallas Social Venture Partners
  • Dallas Surety Association
  • Educate Midland
  • Educate Texas
  • Education Partners of the Permian Basin
  • Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration
  • Good Reason Houston
  • Greenhill School
  • Heart of Dallas
  • Highland Park United Methodist Church †
  • Hockaday School
  • Irving ISD
  • KERA
  • Leadership for Educational Equity
  • Living Cities
  • Michelle Kinder
  • NAACP Dallas
  • National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity STEM Equity
  • New Name Mission Society International Inc.
  • Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce
  • PolicyLink
  • Raise Your Hand Texas
  • Region 10 Educational Service Center
  • Royce West Campaign Committee
  • State Fair of Texas
  • StriveTogether
  • Teach For America DFW
  • Texas Association for the Education of Young Children
  • Texas Education Agency
  • Texas Education Grantmakers Advocacy Consortium
  • Texas PTA
  • Trinity Church
  • Trinity Review Services, Inc.
  • United Way of Metropolitan Dallas
  • United Way of Tarrant County
  • United Way of the Midlands
  • United Way Worldwide
  • UT Dallas
  • Workforce Solutions of Greater Dallas

Private Foundations

  • Abell-Hanger Foundation
  • The Addy Foundation
  • The Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Austin Community Foundation
  • Bezos Family Foundation
  • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Bloomberg Philanthropies
  • The Boone Family Foundation †
  • Brackets for Good
  • Brown Foundation Inc
  • Byrne Family Foundation †
  • Capital For Kids
  • Carl B. and Florence E. King Foundation
  • Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies
  • Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
  • College Football Playoff Foundation
  • Communities Foundation of Texas †
  • Cullen Foundation
  • Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
  • Dallas College Foundation
  • The Dallas Foundation †
  • Durham Family Foundation
  • Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
  • Embrey Family Foundation
  • Esping Family Foundation
  • Eugene McDermott Foundation
  • Fannie & Stephen Kahn Charitable Foundation
  • Fluor Foundation
  • Gary Community Investments
  • George and Fay Young Foundation †
  • Greater Texas Foundation
  • Hamon Foundation
  • Harold Simmons Foundation
  • Harry W. Bass, Jr. Foundation
  • Haynes and Boone Foundation
  • The Hillcrest Foundation
  • Hirsch Family Foundation †
  • The Hoak Foundation
  • Hoblitzelle Foundation
  • Hoglund Foundation
  • Houston Endowment
  • Knowledgeworks Foundation
  • Leland Fikes Foundation
  • Lumina Foundation
  • Lyda Hill Philanthropies †
  • M.B. and Edna Zale Foundation
  • M.R. and Evelyn Hudson Foundation †
  • Mankoff Family Foundation
  • Mark and Rachel Rohr Foundation
  • Matejek Family Foundation
  • McKelvey Family Foundation †
  • The Meadows Foundation †
  • Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
  • Mike A. Myers Foundation †
  • Mike and Mary Terry Family Foundation
  • MJD Starfish Foundation †
  • The Moody Foundation
  • Morris Foundation
  • Muse Family Foundation
  • North Texas Community Foundation
  • Patsy and Michael Hochman Charitable Foundation
  • The Perot Foundation †
  • Pitney Bowes Foundation
  • PNC Foundation
  • Rainwater Charitable Foundation
  • The Rees-Jones Foundation
  • RGK Foundation
  • Richard J. and Victoria T. Agnich Foundation
  • Riggs Family Foundation †
  • Rosewood Foundation
  • Ruthie and Jay Pack Family Foundation †
  • The Safeway Foundation
  • Scharbauer Foundation
  • The Sealark Foundation †
  • Seattle Foundation
  • Sid W. Richardson Foundation
  • Texas Women’s Foundation
  • The Trammell and Margaret Crow Foundation †
  • Tulsa Community Foundation
  • W.K. Kellogg Foundation
  • W.W. Caruth, Jr. Foundation
  • Walmart Foundation
  • Walton Family Foundation
  • Westmount Foundation
  • Zierk Family Foundation