The Better Business Bureau® of the Upstate is a non-profit organization serving 10 counties of Upstate, South Carolina. We are committed to helping businesses and consumers foster a marketplace of trust. We support our military, assist our seniors, empower our youth, and hold businesses to higher standards. BBB is committed to helping consumers find businesses they can trust. Your continued support helps us have the ability to provide more public outreach and scam awareness, conduct investigations into unethical business behaviors, and continue dispute resolution efforts.

RAY H MARR FOUNDATION is an investment management company based out of 325 N SAINT PAUL ST, Dallas, Texas, United States.

The Hoblitzelle Foundation supports capital projects of Texas nonprofit organizations, primarily in the Dallas area. The foundation makes grants to benefit education, medicine, social services, civic need (including neighborhood revitalization, museums, exhibits, parks, trails and gardens), arts and culture, the environment and disabled individuals. Since its formation by Karl Hoblitzelle in 1942, the Hoblitzelle Foundation has given more than 3,500 grants and $265 million to these causes.

The Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association was founded in 1971 as a non-profit organization and is the authoritative source of information on PVC water, sewer, and reclaimed water pipe and serves the engineering, regulatory, public health and standardization communities. Our mission is to promote use of longer-life, lower-maintenance, corrosion-proof PVC pipe in water and wastewater systems – for real sustainability, strength and long-term asset management. The Association offers free technical and engineering support for the design, installation and application of PVC piping systems. Attributes of PVC pipe include: • Lowest break rate of all water pipe materials • Safe, easy-to-install, and cost-effective • Lowest independently verified life-cycle embodied energy • 70 years of use in North America with in excess of 100+ years of confirmed service life • Most commonly specified material for water and sewer projects • Lowest environmental impacts and carbon footprint according to ISO 14040/14025 and NSF International Utilities and public works directors can contact the PVC Pipe Association to discuss use of PVC pipe for their water and sewer systems whether for new developments or replacement.

Texas Baptist Home is a mental health care company based out of P.O. BOX 309, Waxahachie, Texas, United States.

As servant leaders and a role model of performance excellence, the Garland Chamber of Commerce is the trusted force for positive change. The Chamber’s vision is that the broader Garland community enjoys a sustainable high quality of life with a vibrant and varied business environment. As it has done for more than 150 years, the Chamber continues to work daily toward fulfilling its purpose as “The Connecting Source.”

•Conducted research via phone calls, in-person meetings, Internet searches and professional journals. •Analyzed data and assisted in formulating legislative policy ideas. •Collected and distributed TexProtects legislative materials to educate advocates, legislators and government leaders. •Organized collaborative meetings and created presentation materials.

MYERS FAMILY FOUNDATION is a company based out of 3335 ROYAL LN, DALLAS, Texas, United States.

Vickery Meadow Youth Development Foundation (VMYDF) is an organization based in the Vickery Meadow neighborhood, north of downtown Dallas, where over 50 languages are spoken and 10% of the population has refugee status. VMYDF creates a space where first-generation Scholars and their families can benefit from all that higher education offers as they navigate the systemic barriers around them. They do this through providing experiential learning opportunities, engaging Scholars in new experiences, and ensuring Scholars and their families have the necessary information to navigate the educational system.

The AIRS Foundation is a non-profit 501c3 organization dedicated to providing breast reconstruction, after mastectomy, to women who cannot afford this procedure.

The Deep Ellum Foundation exists to serve, develop, protect, preserve, and enhance the community of Deep Ellum while nurturing the ongoing developments, art, music, culture, and commercial interests of our community. We operate exclusively as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation to raise and distribute public funds within the community to enhance the interests of the neighborhood as a whole.

M.B. & Edna Zale Foundation