2024 Cotton Bowl Foundation & College Football Playoff Foundation Big Day for Teachers

The Cotton Bowl Foundation and College Football Playoff (CFP) Foundation teamed up once again to make it a Big Day for Teachers during the 2024 edition of Extra Yard for Teachers Week, awarding a total of $200,000 to four organizations dedicated to supporting teachers, educators and students in the North Texas community. Catch Up & Read, The Educator Collective, Principal Impact Collaborative at UNT Dallas and United to Learn received grants of $50,000 each.
The Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic and CFP Foundation made it an extra special big day for the four organizations providing Classic-branded backpacks filled with gifts and Extra Yard for Teachers bags filled with EYFT-branded gifts. The backpacks for the four educators representing the organizations included an even more extra special gift, each receiving two tickets each to the 2025 CFP Semifinal at the 89th Classic.