{"id":252591,"date":"2026-04-16T13:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/252591\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:28:09","slug":"massive-2m-gift-to-make-a-wish-north-texas-ends-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/252591\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive $2M Gift to Make-A-Wish North Texas Ends Wait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The transformational gift, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmagazine.com\/philanthropy-nonprofits\/2026\/04\/2-million-launches-campaign-to-eliminate-make-a-wish-north-texas-waitlist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">announced at a special celebration on April 9<\/a>, launches the chapter\u2019s new \u201cTwo Years, Too Long\u201d campaign. It will help clear the current pipeline of more than 1,100 waiting wishes across North Texas, ensuring no child has to wait up to two years \u2014 or longer \u2014 for the hope and strength a wish can provide.<\/p>\n<p>The donation comes from Carolyn and David Miller, Katy and Kyle Miller, and Meredith and Kyle Bebee. David Miller, co-founder of EnCap Investments LP and chairman of Southern Methodist University\u2019s board of trustees, has deep philanthropic ties in North Texas. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmagazine.com\/philanthropy-nonprofits\/2026\/04\/2-million-launches-campaign-to-eliminate-make-a-wish-north-texas-waitlist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The family also participated in a $50 million gift to SMU earlier this year to support student-athletes.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Make-A-Wish North Texas serves 161 counties from its Dallas-area headquarters and grants life-changing wishes to children facing critical illnesses. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/dallas\/news\/2026\/04\/13\/make-a-wish-largest-gift.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Officials say the new funding will dramatically accelerate the pace of wish-granting<\/a>, giving families joy and strength when they need it most.<\/p>\n<p>The record donation is expected to have a lasting impact on the local community by helping more North Texas children experience their wishes sooner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go.audacy.com\/krld\/listen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">LISTEN<\/a> on the Audacy App<br \/>Tell your Smart Speaker to &#8220;PLAY 1080 KRLD&#8221;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/newsletter\/subscribe\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign Up<\/a> to receive our KRLD Insider Newsletter for more news<br \/>Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KRLDNews\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KRLD\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/krldnews\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCX1Qei3Ev-DLiUujxT2A__Q\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The transformational gift, announced at a special celebration on April 9, launches the chapter\u2019s new \u201cTwo Years, Too&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161],"class_list":{"0":"post-252591","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-plano","8":"tag-plano","9":"tag-plano-headlines","10":"tag-plano-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}