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Join us for North Texas’ most inspiring and exciting live event of the year, as 5 social innovative entrepreneurs pitch their ideas for game-changing prize funding.

  • Wednesday, April 9 at 6 p.m.
  • The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory Irving, TX

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The funds from your ticket purchase will support The Pitch, our social innovation programs and our Aspire United 2030 goals.

WHO WILL BE THIS YEAR’S BIG WINNER?

Meet our finalists and get ready to cheer on your favorites. At the end of the night, you’ll help determine who wins prize funding by casting your vote for Audience Choice Award!

Crystal Dobson

CardiacFITT
An innovative healthcare management platform focused on cardiovascular wellness that primarily serves underserved communities through tailored fitness, nutrition, chronic condition health coaching, medication management and education

Jason Hernandez

La Tiendita
A nonprofit grocery store that is also a resource and empowerment center, connecting at-risk Latino students with internships and wrap-around services that support their ability to graduate from high school

Saki Milton

The GEMS Camp
Provides equitable access to quality STEM education, mentorship and support for underrepresented racially minoritized girls in North Texas through programs that include university sleepaway camps, after-school clubs and enrichment experiences

Laura Hayes

The Learning Bridge
Seeks to build learning success stories one participant at a time through products and services. The latest product is a video game called ADMITnGO that teaches students how to play the college access game and navigate their road to college.

Vangelic Parker

Housing Connector
Works with property owners and managers to negotiate a reduction in criteria for housing applications, with a goal of enabling more people to apply for and be approved for homes that they would otherwise be denied access to

Crystal Dobson

CardiacFITT

An innovative healthcare management platform focused on cardiovascular wellness that primarily serves underserved communities through tailored fitness, nutrition, chronic condition health coaching, medication management and education

Jason Hernandez

La Tiendita

A nonprofit grocery store that is also a resource and empowerment center, connecting at-risk Latino students with internships and wrap-around services that support their ability to graduate from high school

Saki Milton

The GEMS Camp

Provides equitable access to quality STEM education, mentorship and support for underrepresented racially minoritized girls in North Texas through programs that include university sleepaway camps, after-school clubs and enrichment experiences

Laura Hayes

The Learning Bridge

Seeks to build learning success stories one participant at a time through products and services. The latest product is a video game called ADMITnGO that teaches students how to play the college access game and navigate their road to college.

Vangelic Parker

Housing Connector

Works with property owners and managers to negotiate a reduction in criteria for housing applications, with a goal of enabling more people to apply for and be approved for homes that they would otherwise be denied access to

At United Way of Metropolitan Dallas

WE HAVE BIG DREAMS FOR ALL OF BIG D.

AND SOCIAL INNOVATION CAN MAKE THOSE DREAMS A REALITY.

As we celebrate our Centennial anniversary, we invite you to join us at our most exhilarating night of the year: The Pitch. Enjoy thrilling live competition, inspiring stories of impact, delicious food, fun music, networking and more!

During this unforgettable event, five social entrepreneurs will pitch their innovative ideas for improving access to education, income and health right here in North Texas. Then YOU and our panel of judges will help decide who will walk away with hundreds of thousands of dollars in prize funding and the title Social Innovator of the Year.

Centennial Presenting Sponsor

Meet the Judges

Mike & Kass Lazerow

Cofounders of Golf.com and Buddy Media, Cofounder and Partner of Velvet Sea Ventures, Authors
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Vipin Nambiar

Founder and Managing Partner of HN Capital Partners
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Jamie O’Banion

CEO and founder of BeautyBio
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Megha Tolia

Board member and Co-founding Director of the Spears Institute for Entrepreneurship
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The Pitch 2025 Prizes

60K

SOCIAL INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR

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

30K

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

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

25K

ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT AWARD

Sponsored by Satori Capital
The organization with the highest sustainability score as determined by our judges

20K

IMPACT AWARD

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

20K

INNOVATION AWARD

Sponsored by Vistra Corp.
Voted on by Social Innovation Accelerator Committee

15K

PRESENTATION PRIZE

Sponsored by Accenture
The organization with the highest presentation score

25K

ACCELERATOR PRIZE

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

SOCIAL INNOVATION FUELS OUR COMMUNITY WIDE GOALS

The Pitch is the exciting culmination of our Social Innovation Accelerator program, which encourages the creation of new solutions to improve education, income and health right here at home.

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

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

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