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Our 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 over $13,500,000 in support of its mission. Today, men and women of all ages have joined our fight.

In partnership with The Dallas Foundation, a 501(c)(3) publicly supported charity, AWARE conducts an annual grant review process resulting in the selection of the most exemplary nonprofit organizations in Dallas and the North Texas region 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 AWARE now. Join the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. Become part of the solution. For more information on becoming an AWARE member, please contact Ann McKinley at AnnM@Fowlercommunities.org.

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Together we will make a difference, Join AWARE now.

For more information on becoming an AWARE member, please contact Ann McKinley at AnnM@Fowlercommunities.org.

Our Grant Recipients

Working hand in hand to help

Baylor Scott & White Dallas Foundation

Bishop Arts Theater Center

Center for Brain Health
(The University of Texas at Dallas)

Dallas Symphony Association

For Love and Art

Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas

Juliette Fowler Communities

NorthPark Presbyterian Church

Plano Symphony Orchestra

The Senior Source

Stomping Ground Comedy Center

Texas Winds Musical Outreach

The University of Texas at Dallas
(Lab of Dr. Chandramallika Basak)

The University of Texas at Dallas
(Lab of Dr. Kristen Kennedy)

Wilshire Baptist Church

Myrna D, Schlegel AWARE Scholarship Fund

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25 Highland Park Village Suite 100-485
Dallas, TX 75205

Email Address: info@AWAREdallas.org

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The Dallas Foundation, a 501(c)(3) publicly supported charity, Federal Tax ID 75-2890371, is the fiscal sponsor of AWARE.

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