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The Commit Partnership

Company Overview

The Commit Partnership is a collective impact organization composed of backbone staff and 200+ partners across Dallas County and the state of Texas.

Together, we cultivate a collaborative educational ecosystem with school systems, higher education institutions, city, county, and state governments, foundations, non-profits, employers and workforce agencies.

Company History

Founded in 2012, The Commit Partnership (“Commit” or “The Partnership”) has become the largest educational community-based collective impact organization in the U.S. as measured by either staff, by budget, or by total students supported (790,000+ ages 0 through 22). Encompassing 200+ partners across Dallas County, including almost every public school district, higher education entity and large foundation in the region, The Partnership also encompasses numerous independent private schools and public charter networks, businesses and educational non-profits. The Partnership’s overriding vision is relatively simple and straightforward: our community, working together, to ensure that all students receive an excellent and equitable education.

Over 100 different local, regional and national investors have supported the backbone to date. They include major foundations, high net worth philanthropists, and corporate partners, all of whom believe that investing in a dedicated backbone organization, armed with powerful data and the power to continually convene and align stakeholders, will lead to meaningful systems change as public and philanthropic funding streams align strategically behind what is needed to grow the number of students with a postsecondary degree or technical certificate.

While The Partnership’s geographic scope focus is Dallas County, it also supports statewide implementation of Texas House Bill 3 and similar efforts in Fort Worth/Tarrant County (350,000 K-12 students) and Houston/Harris County (~900,000 K-12 students). Collectively, these three regions educate 1 in 3 children in Texas and roughly 4% of the nation’s K-12 population. When aligned in the future by common data and goals, these regions could prove a powerful force behind aligned advocacy to alter state public funding streams and key policies benefiting students.


Notable Accomplishments / Recognition

In the 2019 Texas legislative session, the Policy & State Coalition team was instrumental in passing an $11.5B+ school finance and property tax reform package that included full-day pre-K, pay raises for teachers, and more.

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  • 1 day ago

    Manager, Fundraising

    The Commit Partnership - Dallas, TX, United States
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    Position OverviewThe Philanthropic Investment (PI) Team plays an integral role in supporting the mission, vision, and impact of the Commit Partnership by cultivating, securing, and stewarding investors in the organization s work. We work collaboratively across the organization and with external partners to secure an annual budget of at least $40M. The Fundraising Manager will focus on securing up to $6 million annually from local and national institutional funders, with a specific emphasis ...

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