{"id":451731,"date":"2026-09-30T03:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T03:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/451731\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T03:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T03:02:09","slug":"texas-womens-foundation-awards-900000-to-north-texas-nonprofits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/451731\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Women\u2019s Foundation awards $900,000 to North Texas nonprofits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Mirjana-Omeragi-Mosaic-Family-Services-Ex.-Dir.-Cris-Zertuche-Wong-TXWF-board-chair-Momtaz-Begum-Mos.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128190\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Mirjana-Omeragi-Mosaic-Family-Services-Ex.-Dir.-Cris-Zertuche-Wong-TXWF-board-chair-Momtaz-Begum-Mos.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-128190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mirjana Omeragi (Mosaic Family Services Ex. Dir.), Cris Zertuche Wong (TXWF board chair), Momtaz Begum (Mosaic Family Services Sr. Dir. of Dev. and Mktg.) Photo courtesy of Mosaic Family Services.<\/p>\n<p>The Lake Highlands-based Texas Women\u2019s Foundation (TXWF) awarded $900,000 to support women and families across North Texas during a special celebration reception on Sept. 25.<\/p>\n<p>As part of its annual grant cycle, two special groups of supporters selected nonprofits to highlight through their annual giving and engagement.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Women\u2019s Foundation\u2019s Board Alumnae awarded $40,000 to Shared Housing Center for housing and wraparound services through the Virginia B. Whitehill Endowed Fund.<\/p>\n<p>The TXWF Nineteen Network awarded another $40,000 to The Family Place for its Children\u2019s Educational Services program.<\/p>\n<p>Among the 25 grant recipients was Lake Highlands\u2019 Mosaic Family Services, a nonprofit that supports survivors of human rights abuses, refugees, human trafficking survivors and domestic violence survivors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis grant will help Mosaic Family Services provide survivors with the safety, support and resources they need to heal, rebuild their lives and move toward independence,\u201d Mirjana Omeragic, executive director of Mosaic Family Services, said in a recent press release.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1985, TXWF has invested $115 million in Texas women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese incredible nonprofit organizations are removing barriers for Texas women and their families and creating opportunities in the areas of health care, child care, education, workforce development and more,\u201d Karen Hughes White, TXWF president and CEO, said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mirjana Omeragi (Mosaic Family Services Ex. Dir.), Cris Zertuche Wong (TXWF board chair), Momtaz Begum (Mosaic Family Services&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,139578,962,155297,155298,430,155299,33746,13757,155300],"class_list":["post-451731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-karen-hughes-white","tag-lake-highlands","tag-mirjana-omeragic","tag-mosaic-family-services","tag-north-texas","tag-shared-housing-center","tag-texas-womens-foundation","tag-the-family-place","tag-virginia-b-whitehill-endowed-fund"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451731","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=451731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}