History
Founder Evelyn Ponder and first-elected president Cyndy Hudgins, led a small group of passionate and civic-minded Dallas women to create AWARE in 1989. Since then, AWARE has raised and donated more than $15 million in support of its mission. AWARE conducts an annual grant review process resulting in the selection of the most exemplary nonprofit organizations in Dallas and the North Texas r
egion that are working on the front lines in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. AWARE provides funding and support to those leading groups which offer programs, education, and resources to caregivers and victims of Alzheimer’s disease, and to organizations doing valuable research to find prevention and ultimately a cure. We have come a long way, but the fight is far from over. AWARE continues to expand and broaden our scope, so that what we do to fight Alzheimer’s disease has the most impact for Dallas and surrounding North Texas communities. Join Friends of AWARE now. Become part of the solution. Member Benefits
AWARE provides members important opportunities to participate in a variety of ways to become engaged in the fight to end Alzheimer’s disease.
• Network – Members participate in a network of individuals, many of whom have a personal experience with Alzheimer’s disease through a family member, friend, medical or other professionals in the field.
• Education – Members learn the latest information about the causes, treatment, and research on Alzheimer’s disease through meetings, field trips, and speakers.
• Resources – Members work collaboratively sharing information and best practices in the compassionate care of loved ones with Alzheimer’s.
• Donations – Members know that grant recipients of the AWARE fund have been professionally vetted by The Dallas Foundation to ensure that money invested in our local community is leveraged for the best possible results in the fight to end Alzheimer’s disease. AWARE North Texas is a Texas nonprofit corporation operating through a fiscal sponsorship with Players Philanthropy Fund, Inc., a Texas nonprofit corporation recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code (Federal Tax ID: 27-6601178, ppf.org/pp) Contributions to AWARE North Texas qualify as tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
