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Southern Dallas Thrives

Founded in 2018 through a collaborative effort between United Way of Metropolitan Dallas and PepsiCo/Frito-Lay North America, Southern Dallas Thrives delivers place-based strategies and resources, innovative program design, nonprofit capacity building and collaborative partnerships to the communities of Southern Dallas. Its efforts center on improving education, income and health—key building blocks of opportunity and lasting community impact.

Southern Dallas Thrives is a targeted model of United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, tailoring programming and investments to address the real-time needs of communities. By aligning with corporate social impact goals, the initiative unites residents, corporations, service providers, funders and civic leaders to leverage resources and build an inclusive economy in Southern Dallas.
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Creating Opportunity for Every North Texan to Thrive

Together, we’re driving measurable change across our community. Download the Southern Dallas Thrives Impact Report to see how your partnership over the last eight years has helped expand opportunity, strengthen families and create lasting results for North Texas.
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About Southern Dallas Thrives

It’s customized for Southern Dallas.

This initiative is a microcosm model of United Way Metropolitan Dallas, through which we implement a place-based framework for creating lasting change on a macro-level within communities.

It’s responsive and goal oriented.

The Southern Dallas Thrives model has allowed us to strategically develop and tailor impact programming and philanthropic investments in response to the real-time needs within communities, aligned with our corporate partner’s social impact goals.

It’s highly targeted.

Southern Dallas Thrives has catapulted our ability here to pinpoint our communities with the highest needs, leveraging our network of assets and resources to target our investments in expanding and amplifying our impact.

It’s all about collaboration

Our cross-functional and cross-sector approach has proven successful at bringing residents, corporations, service providers, funders and civic leaders together to continuously identify and assess assets and needs—and leverage resources to build an inclusive economy in Southern Dallas.

Results & Impact

View Our Impact Across All Programs

50+

partners
across 5 sectors, supporting 8 unique programs

$2M+

invested
in Southern Dallas communities, organizations and residents

9,000+

scholars
lay the groundwork for ongoing educational success

$6M+

in resources
raised to amplify impact in education, income and health

60,000+

neighbors
received resources needed to live longer, healthier lives

    50+

    partners
    across 5 sectors, supporting 8 unique programs

    $2M+

    invested
    in Southern Dallas communities, organizations and residents

    9,000+

    scholars
    lay the groundwork for ongoing educational success

    $6M+

    in resources
    raised to amplify impact in education, income and health

    60,000+

    neighbors
    received resources needed to live longer, healthier lives

    Southern Dallas Thrives is sponsored by

    and supported by

    We are moved every day to give back to the more than 200 communities in which we live and work, including Frito-Lay’s home in the Dallas area. Through the Southern Dallas Thrives initiative, we are working to strengthen all of DFW by helping our Southern Dallas neighbors thrive. We hope that we can be the catalyst for other companies in Dallas to join us to create a lasting impact.
    Steven Williams, CEO, PepsiCo North America

    Together with United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, we have a shared vision: powering a better way forward. We’ve seen firsthand how our investment creates measurable impact in education, income, and health. Vistra is committed to creating stronger, more equitable communities, and we couldn’t ask for a better partner.

    Jim Burke, President and CFO, Vistra Corp.