Never Forget Foundation will use funds raised on North Texas Giving Day to provide mentoring to at-risk DFW youth, with a special focus on teamwork and personal responsibility as the path to success. Funds will enable us to provide more CPR and first aid courses to teens. Such training assists with community disaster readiness and also sparks interest in health and public safety focused careers.
Our mission is to educate today's youth about yesterday's disasters so they can overcome adversity and challenge in their lives. Never Forget Foundation is an IRS recognized 501(c)(3) that works with at-risk youth using lessons from 9-11 to coach and mentor on strategies for success. Over the past few years, Never Forget Foundation has reached more than 20,000 students via its speaker series, along with classes on study skills, disaster preparation including CPR and first aid, and community resilience.
At NFF, our participants are at the core of who we are and what we do. We value and build a lasting connection with our participants based on an understanding that race and socioeconomic status have limited their opportunities and circumstances. We recognize the unequal impact of these factors and seek to equip our participants and all who are involved in the NFF community to overcome and transcend these challenges.
We value and celebrate the range of diversity, culture and unique differences among the NFF community. In order to fully realize NFF's mission we have made a commitment to focus on the following three aspects of diversity: race, socio-economic status and age. As an organization we will deepen and change our culture and environment embracing inclusiveness by:
• attracting and retaining racial diversity at all levels of our organization including board, staff, volunteers and community partners
• incorporating the importance of age diversity in our programming
• raising awareness about socio-economic status in order to overcome the constraints and disparities of poverty
• incorporating diverse perspectives to achieve relevant and innovative programming
• embracing participants and alumni as critical partners and investing in their long-term success to become contributors at all levels of our organization
• becoming the program of choice for funders to invest in and for collaborative partnerships to flourish
Organization name
Never Forget Foundation
Causes
Mental and Behavioral Health
Operating Budget
Less than $100,000
Counties Served
Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Grayson, Johnson, Rockwall, Tarrant
BIPOC Serving
Black or African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Latinx, Native American
BIPOC Leadership
Both the Executive Director/CEO and Board Chair
Address
PO BOX 227341