Dallas Fort Worth Nonprofit Business Journal

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  • Rainwater Charitable Foundation launches world’s largest prize for brain research

    The Fort Worth Business Press reports that the Rainwater Charitable Foundation announced Nov. 6 that it is launching the Rainwater Prize Program to encourage and reward scientific progress toward new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases related to the accumulation of tau protein in the brain. The FWBP went on to say that the foundation is offering up to $10 million for ground-breaking discoveries, making it the largest prize program for brain research ever created.

    ABOUT THE RAINWATER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

    Founded in 1991 by Richard E. Rainwater, the foundation focuses on helping children in the United States, specifically targeting those coming from low-income families. With emphasis on early childhood education and cultivating of school leadership development in K-12 programs. In 2009 when Mr. Rainwater was diagnosed with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), a neurodegenerative brain disease that has little to no scientific research or understanding, the mission expanded to include medical research. The Rainwater family has helped advance eight treatments into human trails and accumulated nearly $100 million in investments to date.

  • United Way of Tarrant County announces new Vice President of Community Investment

    United Way of Tarrant County announced on Nov. 7 that Regina Williams will be the new Vice President of Community Investment. Regina will oversee the organization’s Mission United Work, an outreach and services initiative supporting Tarrant County’s active military, veterans and their families.

    The organization shared this post on it’s Facebook page:

    We’re thrilled to welcome Regina Williams as our new Vice President of Community Investment! Regina will oversee the organization’s Mission United work, an outreach and services initiative supporting Tarrant County’s active military, veterans and their families.

    Congratulations to Regina Williams.

  • Jewish Federation of Fort Worth is victim of embezzlement by staff member

    The Star-Telegram reports that a woman is suspected of writing over $1 million in fraudulent checks to herself at the expensive of the Jewish Federation of Fort Worth.  The woman, Ms. Laurie Ann Reese is accused of passing checks using forged signatures of the charity where she was employed.  Law enforcement officials say they believe Reese passed more than 325 fraudulent checks from January 2016 to April 2018, at the price of over $992,000.  Court documents show Reese used a signature stamp from an executive with the Jewish Federation and forged several signatures of a different executive before passing the checks at various financial institutions in the DFW.

    The discrepancies were discovered during an annual audit said Roger Nober, chair of the committee appointed to investigate the theft.  Spokeswoman, Davilyn Walston, with the U.S attorney’s office said Reese is believed to be the only person involved in this scheme and has not been detained or indicted. Walston went on to say that Reese and federal officials are expected to come to an arrangement and when that happens a grand jury will not have to decide on the case.