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Congratulations to this year’s winners!

Abide Women’s Health Services
Abide Women’s Health Services
Healthy Hip Hop
Pitch Finalists
Abide Women’s Health Services
Healthy Hip Hop

The Pitch 2024 Prizes

60 K
Social Innovator of the Year

Sponsored by Amazon
The top overall pitch score as determined by our panel of judges

30 K
Audience Choice Award

Sponsored by Sara and Gary Ahr
The finalist with the highest percentage of votes from our audience members

25 K
Accelerator Prizes

Sponsored by March Tocqueville Fellows
Awarded to each Pitch finalist to accelerate their organization’s impact

20 K
Innovation Award

Sponsored by Toyota
The finalist with the most innovative venture as determined by our judges

20 K
Entrepreneurial Spirit Award

Sponsored by Satori Capital
The organization with the greatest potential to grow and succeed over time as determined by our judges

20 K
Impact Award

The organization with the greatest potential impact as determined by our judges

Change Lives by Investing in Social Innovation

An investment in social innovation at United Way supports the bright leaders who are solving long-standing challenges in education, income and health. Together, we can ensure all our neighbors have the access and opportunity to thrive.

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Learn More About Our Finalists

Delighted to Doula
TechSavvy DFW
EntryWay
Healthy Hip Hop
Abide Women’s Health Services

Cessilye Smith

Abide Women’s Health Services
A Black-led nonprofit that offers culturally informed prenatal and postnatal care. Abide offers low-cost access to healthcare with the goal of reducing infant and maternal mortality among Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) folk.

Courtney Hamilton

Tech Savvy DFW
Creates access to STEM education in lower-income communities in North Texas, with a goal of ensuring that students in minority communities have a chance to future proof their own lives.

Prinscilla Moore

Delighted to Doula
A nonprofit offering anti-bias-based, judgment-free education and postpartum support to mothers in communities that traditionally receive the lowest quality of care. Delighted to Doula seeks to reduce maternal mortality rates and increase the number of mothers who have access to healthcare.

Robin Head

Entryway DFW
A national nonprofit that transitions individuals and families out of homelessness to economic self-sufficiency. Entryway DFW provides full-time employment, housing and career training opportunities in partnership with the real estate industry.

Roy Scott

Healthy Hip Hop
A platform that seamlessly integrates hip-hop culture, literacy and social-emotional learning to elevate student learning environments. Healthy Hip Hop creates classroom-friendly hip hop music that schools use to engage students in new and exciting ways.

Courtney Hamilton

Tech Savvy DFW
Creates access to STEM education in lower-income communities in North Texas, with a goal of ensuring that students in minority communities have a chance to future proof their own lives.

Robin Head

Entryway
A national nonprofit that transitions individuals and families out of homelessness to economic self-sufficiency. EntryWay provides full-time employment, housing and career training opportunities in partnership with the real estate industry.

Prinscilla Moore

Delighted to Doula
A nonprofit offering anti-bias-based, judgment-free education and postpartum support to mothers in communities that traditionally receive the lowest quality of care. Delighted to Doula seeks to reduce maternal mortality rates and increase the number of mothers who have access to healthcare.

Roy Scott

Healthy Hip Hop
A platform that seamlessly integrates hip-hop culture, literacy and social-emotional learning to elevate student learning environments. Healthy Hip Hop creates classroom-friendly hip hop music that schools use to engage students in new and exciting ways.

Cessilye Smith

Abide Women’s Health Services
A Black-led nonprofit that offers culturally informed prenatal and postnatal care. Abide offers low-cost access to healthcare with the goal of reducing infant and maternal mortality among Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) folk.

Meet the Judges

Jorge Corral

Dallas Office Managing Director, Accenture
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Board Member

Danyel Surrency Jones

Head of Amazon’s Undiscovered & Small Business Accelerator

Steve Hall

Executive Chairman of Conscious Capitalism
Chairman & CEO of Make It Matter Foundation

Marty Turco

Former Dallas Stars All-Star Goaltender

Kenny Cooper, Jr.

Former FC Dallas MLS All-Star

Drew Pearson

Dallas Cowboys Great and Pro Football Hall of Famer

Emcee for the Evening

Gina Miller

Vice President of Media and Communications
FC Dallas

Social innovation:
Fuel for our community wide goals

What is Social Innovation?

Social innovation is the practice of finding new and innovative solutions for long-standing community problems that are more effective, efficient, sustainable or just than current solutions.

Who competes in The Pitch?

Through programs like our Social Innovation Accelerator, we amplify the work of local social entrepreneurs and implement creative, strategic solutions to longstanding community challenges. Every spring, we celebrate the power of social innovation at The Pitch, where finalists from the latest Accelerator class share their innovative solutions for improving access to education, income and health in our community.

Why social innovation?

Social innovation is one technique driving us toward our Aspire United 2030 community goals, which include:

  • Increase by 50% the number of local students reading on grade level by third grade
  • Increase by 20% the number of young adults earning a living wage, adding nearly $800M in wages per year to the North Texas economy
  • Increase to 96% the percentage of our neighbors with access to affordable health care insurance