More often than not, strategy follows relationships.

CPAL actively engages directly with families, community organizations, and local government. Investing in relationships across all of these constituencies gives us our best chance to move beyond zero-sum thinking and towards shared problem solving.

Our Approach

Fostering collaboration through a 'bias for action'.

Our approach to collaboration and scale has been adapted from an intensive lookback at 15 of history’s most celebrated social impact successes.

  1. 1

    Build a shared understanding of the problem and ecosystem

  2. 2

    Design solutions for scale

  3. 3

    Identify winnable milestones for measurable impact

  4. 4

    Rally demand and coordination for highest potential solutions

  5. 5

    Embrace course correction

Leveraging the scale of government

We bring together the CEOs of Dallas' largest public agencies on a regular basis.

Together, these leaders represent more than $10 billion in operating budget. CPAL keeps data and insights at the center of strategy conversations.

    • Dallas County

      Clay Jenkins, County Judge

      Dallas County

    • City of Dallas

      Kimberly Bizor Tolbert, Interim City Manager

      City of Dallas

    • Dallas Independent School District

      Dr. Stephanie Elizalde, Superintendent

      Dallas Independent School District

    • Dallas Area Rapid Transit

      Nadine Lee, President & Chief Executive Officer

      Dallas Area Rapid Transit

    • John Creuzot, District Attorney

      Dallas County

    • Dallas Housing Authority

      Troy Broussard, CEO

      Dallas Housing Authority

    • Parkland Health & Hospital System

      Dr. Frederick Cerise, President & CEO

      Parkland Health & Hospital System

    • Dallas College

      Dr. Justin Lonon, Chancellor

      Dallas College

    • Dallas Police Department

      Eddie Garcia, Chief of Police

      Dallas Police Department

    • Workforce Solutions of Greater Dallas

      Ashlee Verner, Interim President

      Workforce Solutions of Greater Dallas

100+ Partner Organizations

None of our most impactful work happens alone.  That's why we prioritize building a broad set of relationships within a growing network of local and national partner organizations.  In addition, we cultivate on-the-ground insights by actively participating in more than 1,500 conversations with residents and front-line workers every year.

  • Forest Forward
  • Jubilee Park
  • Blue Meridian
  • Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center
  • Commit
  • Big Thought
  • The George and Fay Young Foundation
  • The Education Redesign Lab
  • United to Learn
  • Texas 2036
  • Frazier
  • Trec
  • DRK Foundation
  • Dallas Regional Chamber
  • Builders of Hope
  • Better Block
  • WIC Greater Dallas
  • IDEO.org
  • The Dallas Foundation
  • Tenison Women’s Health Center Inc.

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