Give
The Center for Children and Families was established in 2008 with a generous matching grant from The Meadows Foundation. Our heartfelt thanks are extended to the individuals, foundations and organizations that gave to help meet that crucial challenge match.
We need your support to continue our mission to train students, serve children and parents and disseminate developmental science. We are a resource for children and families with your generosity. Thank you!
Ways to Give
Give Online
Sign up for our Building Futures Sandbox to support CCF with a monthly contribution or make a one-time gift or pledge. Online gifts are processed through the UT Dallas Office of Development and Alumni Relations.
Make a Gift by Mail
Please send a check payable to “UT Dallas Center for Children and Families” to UTD Development and Alumni Relations at 800 W. Campbell Road, SPN10, Richardson, TX 75080.
Gift Items
The center periodically accepts donations of goods, such as gently-used toys, gift cards for families and volunteers, etc.
Purchase CCF Gear
CCF has a limited amount of T-shirts and tote bags available for purchase through our online store. T-shirts include the CCF logo. Tote bags feature parenting tips used in our programs. Available for pick-up only in our office, CRA 12.401, on the UT Dallas main campus.
Endowments
Support CCF into the future with a gift to one of our endowments:
- Center for Children and Families Public Engagement Endowment – Established in 2024, this fund supports lecture series and other public engagement activities of the Center.
- Margaret Tresch Owen Endowment for the Center for Children and Families – Established in 2022, this fund provides unrestricted support for CCF.
- Norma and Don Stone Endowment for CCF – Established in 2020, this fund provides unrestricted support for CCF.
- Bert S. Moore Center for Children and Families Opportunity Fund – Established in 2016 in honor of the late Dean Bert Moore, this endowment provides unrestricted support for CCF.
- Pagett and Mike Gosslee Opportunity Fund – Established in 2013, this fund provides unrestricted support for CCF.
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences Opportunity Fund – Established in 2013 for the benefit of the Center for Children and Families and the Callier Center for Communications Disorders, funds distributed from this endowment are unrestricted and distributed equally between the two centers.
- Robinson Family Professorship – Established in 2010, this fund supports the research activities and scholarly activities of the director of the Center for Children and Families.
Contact Us
To further discuss opportunities for supporting the center’s work, please contact:
Erin Dougherty
972-883-3938
erin.dougherty@utdallas.edu