The Miles Foundation endeavors to honor the legacy of its founder, Ellison Miles, through investments in education that promote the next generation’s success. Mr. Miles demonstrated a passion for education throughout his life, and The Miles Foundation carries on this commitment today through its five core funding areas: 1) early childhood education, 2) third grade literacy, 3) family engagement, 4) leadership development, and 5) character development. To learn more, visit www.milesfdn.org.

For the past 37 years, Challenge of Tarrant County has been dedicated to confronting substance misuse in Tarrant County by Identifying needs, educating the community, mobilizing resources, promoting collaboration, and advocating for sound public policy. Through its broad-based coalitions, Challenge advocates for the most effective forms of substance use disorder prevention, intervention, and treatment. With more than 250 community partners involved in an array of coalition activities, Challenge has a wealth of resources available to accomplish its goals. Since its establishment in 1984, Challenge leverages resources and engages community partners to develop a comprehensive continuum of care for Tarrant County.

Alliance for Children helps to ensure that children enrolled in family day care homes and child care centers receive well balanced, nutritious meals. We promote good nutrition and a safe, healthy child care environment for the children of Utah. We provide nutrition education, support, and disburse USDA funds to family daycare providers and child care centers. Alliance for Children is a sponsor of the Child Adult Care Food Program.

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INTERNATIONAL is a nonprofit organization management company based out of 1315 WALNUT ST STE 704, PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, United States.

ARWA, Inc. is a company based out of 777 Main Street, Suite 600, Fort Worth, Texas, United States.

Mercury One is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to the restoration of the human spirit. Mercury One seeks to restore Honor through Faith, Courage through Hope, and Love through Charity. Mercury One is committed to taking action through our humanitarian aid campaigns, disaster relief efforts, and education initiatives. Our goal is to inspire, organize and mobilize individuals to improve the human condition physically, emotionally and spiritually with malice towards none and charity for all.

The mission of GS Whitney & Co. is grounded in integrity, innovation and success oriented strategies to assist entrepreneurs, private and public companies to realize their vision. This is achieved by providing sound business advisory services that may lead to direct access to investment funds, investment banks, accountants, lawyers, financial firms and media to make aware and deliver a company to the financial market place. This approach will strive to convey company success with today’s investor, by maximizing the value of the company’s ownership or public share price.

Design, plan, and implement human resource programs and policies for staffing, compensation, benefits, employee relations, training, and health and safety. Lead and direct the work of others. Provide support in functional areas of HR, which include recruitment and employment, personnel records, employee relations, job evaluation, benefits administration, organization development and training.

BENEVOLENT HOUSE CHILD PLACING AGENCY is an individual & family services company based out of 300 SUNRISE LN, Red Oak, Texas, United States.

Sunshine Playhouse Child Care is a higher education company based out of 223 Progressive Dr, Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States.

The Metroplex Civic and Business Association (MCBA) is a Members-Only organization helping DFW businesses Educate, Empower, and Mobilize employees to become civically + charitably engaged in the community.

Equal Heart is a 501(c)3 nonprofit with programs in Dallas, Houston, Austin and Denver, Colorado. We are currently engaged in hunger relief efforts but our work is always guided by our desire to support, not rescue, those currently experiencing hardship. HUNGER RELIEF Equal Heart provides 10,000 meals a day to children living in poverty through participation in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). As of Summer 2015, we are the among the five largest SFSP sponsors in Texas. We leverage the infrastructure built to operate federally funded child nutrition programs with private funds to provide a year round mobile food pantry and grocery store to over 2,000 families living in food desserts that lack transportation or other resources to seek adequate food supplies. EMPLOYMENT Equal Heart’s AmeriCorps program will provide Disconnected Youth with access to skills training, character development, mentoring, GED classes when needed, and job experience. Through their participation these members will impact their community by providing food supplies to children and families living in poverty. Doing so will decrease the chances that the next generation of our youth enter the juvenile justice system while the service gives the Disconnected Youth immediate reinforcement on their worth and ability to be a force for change.