Making a Difference One Gift at a Time: Gifting Brands Featured on NBC DFW’s Texas Today
Making a Difference One Gift at a Time: Gifting Brands Featured on NBC DFW’s Texas Today
🎉 Exciting news! I had the incredible honor of being interviewed on NBC DFW’s Texas Today to talk about a cause close to my heart—Gifting Brands.
Charities across the country work hard to create meaningful fundraising events — and the quality of their auction items can make or break the night. That story caught the attention of NBC DFW's Texas Today, and we were honored to be invited to share it.
Gifting Brands Founder and CEO Jeannie Barsam joined Texas Today to talk about how a 501(c)(3) nonprofit is quietly changing the way charity auctions work — by connecting jewelry, accessory, and beauty brands with vetted nonprofits at no cost to the charities they serve.
What NBC DFW wanted to know
The conversation centered on a simple but powerful question: what happens to quality brand inventory that never makes it to the sales floor?
At Gifting Brands, the answer is clear. That inventory becomes auction packages that help nonprofits raise more money at their galas, silent auctions, scholarship fundraisers, and community events. Brands receive a charitable tax deduction. Charities receive curated, high-quality packages. And the communities those charities serve receive the benefit of every dollar raised.
Where luxury meets purpose
Since our pivot to this new auction donation model in 2025, Gifting Brands has supported more than 300 charity events and helped nonprofits raise over $550,000. Our brand partners include some of the most respected names in jewelry and fashion, and our charity partners represent organizations serving women, children, families, health research, education, and more.
We are grateful to NBC DFW and Texas Today for shining a light on the nonprofits we serve and the brands that make it possible.
If your organization is planning a gala, silent auction, or fundraising event — or if you represent a brand with inventory to donate — we would love to connect.
Visit giftingbrands.org or email us at admin@giftingbrands.com.