Our goal is $61,000...please support our important community building work!

Overview

For 61 years, Thanks-Giving Square has been a powerful reminder that unity begins in the heart of the city—and in the hearts of its people.

Located in the center of downtown Dallas, Thanks-Giving Square is both a beautiful landmark and a living movement. It’s a place and a purpose: a gathering space designed to bring people together across lines of difference, and a foundation committed to building a more grateful, connected, and compassionate Dallas.

Through public events, youth programs, interfaith dialogues, community healing rituals, and daily moments of quiet reflection, we invite every visitor to step into a space that uplifts, inspires, and transforms.

This North Texas Giving Day, we welcome you—especially if you're giving for the first time—to be part of something enduring and essential. Your support fuels the vision of a Dallas where gratitude leads and connection grows.

More About Thanks-Giving Square

Founded in 1964 during a time of national division and local uncertainty, Thanks-Giving Square was born out of hope: the belief that we could build a better future by elevating the universal human value of gratitude.

Now, 61 years later, that mission is more relevant than ever. As our city continues to face deep challenges—poverty, disconnection, division—Thanks-Giving Square offers something rare: a civic sanctuary for reflection, reconnection, and renewal.

We welcome everyone—across all faiths, races, cultures, generations, and identities—to this inclusive space for stillness and growth. From the spiral of the chapel to the flow of the garden fountains, the Square is a call to pause, listen, and lead with love.

Thanks-Giving Square is more than a landmark—it’s a movement toward a more compassionate Dallas.

We believe in a city where people choose love over hate, generosity over fear, gratitude over isolation. We believe in you.

Our Needs: The Plan for Profound Community Impact

With your support on North Texas Giving Day, we’re shaping a bold future:

  • Renovating and enhancing Thanks-Giving Square to better serve all who visit

  • Creating a broader Thanks-Giving District—a civic centerpiece for renewal and connection

  • Expanding programs for youth, including sponsored field trips that inspire empathy and understanding

  • Hosting public gatherings for healing, celebration, and remembrance

  • Welcoming more Dallas residents and visitors to experience this sacred space

  • Elevating Thanks-Giving Square as a global symbol of gratitude and unity

We are building a Dallas that listens deeply, welcomes fully, and leads with heart.

We invite you to give—not just to a place, but to a vision. Join us. Help us carry the spirit of thanks forward, together.