The Pitch 2024
Don’t miss this exhilarating live competition where 5 social innovators compete for game-changing prize funding.
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Thursday, May 2 at 6 p.m.
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The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory Irving, TX
Registration is now closed.
When innovative ideas compete at The Pitch,
North Texas wins.
Join us for this unforgettable night, and find out who will walk away with hundreds of thousands of dollars in prize funding and the title Social Innovator of the Year.
Who is your pick for The Pitch?
Cessilye Smith
Courtney Hamilton
Prinscilla Moore
Robin Head
Roy Scott
Courtney Hamilton
Robin Head
Prinscilla Moore
Roy Scott
Cessilye Smith
Meet the Judges
Jorge Corral
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Board Member
Steve Hall
Chairman & CEO of Make It Matter Foundation
Emcee for the Evening
The Pitch 2024 Prizes
Social Innovator of the Year
Sponsored by Amazon
The top overall pitch score as determined by our panel of judges
Audience Choice Award
Sponsored by Sara and Gary Ahr
The finalist with the highest percentage of votes from our audience members
Accelerator Prizes
Sponsored by March Tocqueville Fellows
Awarded to each Pitch finalist to accelerate their organization’s impact
Innovation Award
Sponsored by Toyota
The finalist with the most innovative venture as determined by our judges
Entrepreneurial Spirit Award
Sponsored by Satori Capital
The organization with the greatest potential to grow and succeed over time as determined by our judges
Impact Award
The organization with the greatest potential impact as determined by our judges
Social innovation:
Fuel for our community wide goals
What is Social Innovation?
Who competes in The Pitch?
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