(Make A Difference)

A lot has happened over the last year, and we are immensely grateful for the difference-makers who continue to stand with us by supporting our mission and vision. We are positioned for great things in the years ahead as a result of your unyielding support.

As our community still rebounds from a once-in-a-lifetime crisis, COVID-19, Toast for Charity has refocused our sights on illuminating the pathways for lifelong success for kids of color in the DFW area. We launched Ready, Set, READ to spark a love for reading and to address the literacy crisis in southern Dallas. We know literacy is fundamental to reducing poverty, increasing educational outcomes and access, and ultimately improving life outcomes.

Many college-bound students across the DFW area have financial concerns about attending college. In response, we launched the M.A.D. Pitch Competition to provide scholarship opportunities for high school juniors and seniors to make college a possibility. This program amplifies student voices in creating solutions for real community issues.

Like many other minority-led, small nonprofits in North Texas, TFC lost financial support post-pandemic., We created opportunities to partner with other nonprofits, collaborating to weather the storm. Thanks to the record-setting generosity of our difference makers and unwavering resolve to make a difference during challenging moments together, in 2023 (?) we hit our revenue target raising a record-breaking $94,000. As a result, we had a direct impact on multiple small businesses, multiple minority-led small nonprofits, entrepreneurs, child-care facilities, and 50+ kids of color from ages 0-18 years old.

The strength of our collective impact would not be possible without you. Together we “partied with a purpose” to make a difference for the next generation of difference-makers. We will continue to seek transformational change for our community to provide more equity for kids of color. We’re fortunate enough to have board chairs that have a deep commitment to making all things possible.

— Dr. Lamar Quinn