<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4827Ay_1GpVhBBw00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4827Ay_1GpVhBBw00" width="864" height="881" ><figcaption>Of Fort Worth's philanthropic community, Rose Bradshaw says: “They’re willing to not just write a check, but to think about what relationships they have and how they can help solve problems."</figcaption></figure>Rose Bradshaw had life by the collar. Or so she thought. Bradshaw was COO of Deutsche Bank’s foundation, doing consequential work in New York, including during the city’s recovery after the Sept. 11 attacks.Bradshaw had found her purpose and now her home.Then she stepped over the worst kind of trip wire: love.“I met my husband there,” she says of her beau idéal, a Fort Worth native who wanted to do what most Fort Worth natives eventually want to do: return home.George Strait could relate to the first part.“Fort Worth had never ever crossed my mind,” she says, clearly referring to one of the country crooner’s best noted lines. “Now I can’t imagine a better place to do this work in a more exciting time for a region where we can really get some important things done.”Bradshaw is president and CEO of the North Texas Community Foundation, a Fort Worth nonprofit connecting donors with local causes. She is also a member of Fort Worth Inc.’s The 500, which honors influential people in their fields.The foundation began in 1981 as a United Way of Tarrant County division. In 1985, the estate of Ella C. McFadden gave $12.6 million to establish a permanent endowment for 13 educational and human-services organizations. NTCF became independent in 1989. By 2025, it and its donors had distributed more than $550 million in grants.Bradshaw joined NTCF in 2013 and became its leader in 2018. She sees NTCF as a link between donors and nonprofits. Her role, she says, puts her “at the intersection between these amazingly generous people who care about this place” and nonprofit leaders tackling those challenges.One example is a regional maternal health strategy that brought hospital leaders together to reduce severe complications during pregnancy and childbirth. The strategy distributes iron and blood pressure cuffs and prepares hospitals for high-risk pregnancies. Severe obstetric complications fell 10% in its first year, Bradshaw says. Fundholders provided the initial $250,000; the effort has since raised $25 million in philanthropic support and received a $4 million state award.Bradshaw also highlighted work toward the mayor’s goal of conserving 10,000 acres, including through conservation easements. A $100 million legacy gift from Beverly Ray is helping support conservation, historic preservation, young women’s education, and assistance for vulnerable residents. It also backs a Main Street pilot to strengthen neighborhoods on the North Side, Historic Southside, and Las Vegas Trail.She entered philanthropy in San Francisco after moving there for a publishing job. At 24, she was asked to lead a foundation started by the company’s president, who wanted younger employees to help decide where the money went. She learned the work by distributing grants to protect San Francisco Bay and support literacy and homelessness.She found her purpose. She discovered Fort Worth as her place.“There is really something different here,” she says of Fort Worth. A Dallas colleague once told her that donors in Dallas ask, “What do you need?” while in Fort Worth they ask, “How can I help?”“They’re willing to not just write a check, but to think about what relationships they have and how they can help solve problems,” Bradshaw says.</div></body>

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Rose Bradshaw had life by the collar. Or so she thought. Bradshaw was COO of Deutsche Bank’s foundation, doing consequential work in New York, including during the city’s recovery after the Sept. 11 attacks. Bradshaw had found her purpose and now her home. Then she stepped over the...

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Rose Bradshaw had life by the collar. Or so she thought. Bradshaw was COO of Deutsche Bank’s foundation, doing consequential work in New York, including du

Rose Bradshaw Found Her Purpose. Then She Found Fort Worth.

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