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Black Tie Dinner Inc

Host an annual dinner to raise funds for other 501(c)(3) organizations.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$606k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Civil Rights$5.5MHealth$1.5MReligion$1.3MArts & Culture$804kHousing & Shelter$544kHuman Services$485kYouth Development$392kCrime & Legal$55kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $632k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $192k
  • $250k+1 grant · $606k
$40,984
Median grant
2
States reached
$286k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION$605,580
HELP CENTER FOR LGBT HEALTH & WELLN$69,604
NORTHAVEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$66,640
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS$55,944
PRIDE FRISCO$47,146
RESOURCE CENTER OF DALLAS$46,659
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR$46,527
UPTOWN PLAYERS$44,879
EQUALITY TEXAS FOUNDATION$42,934
CATHEDRAL OF HOPE$41,509
SYNERGY WESLEY FOUNDATION$40,984
DALLAS HOPE CHARITIES$40,784
TRANSITION RESOURCE ACTION CENTER$40,687
TURTLE CREEK CHORALE$40,084
AIDS SERVICES OF DALLAS$40,027
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $331k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FINNS PLACE: $20k → 11%TRANSITION RESOURCE ACTION CENTER: $41k → 14%DALLAS HOPE CHARITIES: $52k → 14%DALLAS HOPE CHARITIES: $50k → 14%DALLAS HOPE CHARITIES: $48k → 14%DALLAS HOPE CHARITIES: $41k → 14%CITYSQUARE: $25k → 14%LEGAL HOSPICE OF TEXAS: $29k → 14%LEGAL HOSPICE OF TEXAS: $26k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10M · 26 repeat orgs$265k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
6

Total granted

$10M
$141k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+48%

Still filing today

65%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $124k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Civil RightsHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $4.4M · revenue +58%
  • LC
    LEGACY COUNSELING CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $437k · revenue +11%
  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR
    8× · 2017–2024 · $392k · revenue +106%

Funded once

  • AI
    AIDS INTERFAITH NETWORK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $28k · revenue +65%
  • TREVOR PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $27k · revenue +802%
  • C
    CITYSQUARE
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -56%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
North Texas Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Chamber of Commerce Inc

The North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce works to achieve equality through business.

Community Improvement
2
Resource Center of Dallas Inc

Resource center of dallas pursues societal equity by proudly offering lgbtqia+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual, plus) affirming resources designed to improve health and wellness, strengthen…

Health
3
Eqtx Equality Texas dba Equality Texas

EQTX Equality Texas dba Equality Texas works to secure full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Texans through political action, education, community organizing, and collaboration.

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4
Gay and Lesbian Alliance of North Texas

Celebrating diversity & enhancing equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender & queer north texans.

Education
5
Austin Rainbow Theatre

Austin Rainbow Theatre provides affordable theatre that focuses on creating belonging, reducing stigma, honoring diverse LGBTQIA+ history and stories, and amplifying LGBTQIA+ artist and community voices.

Arts & Culture
6
Abounding Prosperity Inc

We provide services to address health, social economic disparities amoung african american men with special emphasis on gay, bisexual , male to female transgender individuals and thier families in the dallas/fort worth metroplex, we are…

Human Services
7
The Montrose Center

The Montrose Center (TMC) empowers our community, primarily gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals and their families, to enjoy healthier and more fulfilling lives by providing culturally affirming and affordable behavioral…

Health
8
Austin Pride Foundation
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9
Pride Center San Antonio

Pride Center San Antonio champions well-being by providing inclusive, no-cost services and programs for people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and expressions. Through education, advocacy, and community building, we create…

Human Services
10
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc

The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.

—
11
Trans Pride Initiative

Trans Pride Initiative empowers trans and gender diverse persons to rise above social barriers to more equitable healthcare, housing, employment, and education. This includes these program areas as well as general support, anti-violence…

Human Services
12
Oakland Lgbtq Community Center Inc

The Oakland LGBTQ Community Center is dedicated to enhancing and sustaining the well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals, our families and allies, by providing educational, social, and health related…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Texas Health Action; the most unlike its peers is Congregation Beth El Binah Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 38 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/29
Grantees still filing
18/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $4,351,052 · Civil RightsHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATIONEQTX Equality Texas Foundation: $379,576 · Civil RightsEQTX Equality Texas FoundationLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $221,352 · Civil Rights+3 more: $352,249 · Civil Rights+3 moreNORTHAVEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $494,348 · OtherNORTHAVEN UNITED METHODIS…PWA COALITION OF DALLAS INC: $363,740 · OtherPWA COALITION OF DALLAS I…CATHEDRAL OF HOPE INC: $355,443 · OtherCATHEDRAL OF HOPE INCWHITE ROCK COMMUNITY CHURCH: $332,191 · OtherWHITE ROCK COMMUNITY CHUR…CELEBRATION COMMUNITY CHURCH: $307,648 · OtherCELEBRATION COMMUNITY CHU…SYNERGY WESLEY FOUNDATION: $115,061 · OtherNATIONAL BLACK TRANS ADVOCACY COALITION: $95,690 · Other+9 more: $297,662 · Other+9 moreUPTOWN PLAYERS INC: $369,836 · Arts & CultureUPTOWN PLAY…TURTLE CREEK CHORALE INC: $351,235 · Arts & CultureTURTLE CREE…HEALTH EDUCATION LEARNING PROJECT: $316,009 · Arts & CultureHEALTH EDUC…WOMENS CHORUS OF DALLAS: $82,429 · Arts & CultureWOMENS CHOR…LEGACY COUNSELING CENTER INC: $437,206 · HealthLEGACY COU…PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC: $333,708 · HealthPLANNED PA…AIDS OUTREACH CENTER: $134,026 · HealthAIDS OUTRE…+2 more: $52,630 · Health+2 moreBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR: $392,338 · Youth DevelopmentDALLAS HOPE CHARITIES: $190,526 · Human ServicesDALLAS LEGAL HOSPICE: $54,929 · Human ServicesTRANSITION RESOURCE ACTION CENTER: $40,687 · Human ServicesCITYSQUARE: $25,062 · Human ServicesFINNS PLACE: $19,617 · Human ServicesPROMISE HOUSE INC: $180,188 · Housing & Shelter
Civil Rights$5,304,229Other$2,361,783Arts & Culture$1,119,509Health$957,570Youth Development$392,338Human Services$330,821Housing & Shelter$180,188

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $4,351,052 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetLEGACY COUNSELING CENTER INC: $437,206 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR: $392,338 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetEQTX Equality Texas Foundation: $379,576 over 8y, 7.0% of budgetUPTOWN PLAYERS INC: $369,836 over 8y, 13% of budgetPWA COALITION OF DALLAS INC: $363,740 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetTURTLE CREEK CHORALE INC: $351,235 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC: $333,708 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHEALTH EDUCATION LEARNING PROJECT: $316,009 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $221,352 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetDALLAS HOPE CHARITIES: $190,526 over 4y, 12% of budgetPROMISE HOUSE INC: $180,188 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCOALITION FOR AGING LGBT: $175,318 over 4y, 32% of budgetRAINBOW ROUNDUP: $150,169 over 3y, 88% of budgetAIDS OUTREACH CENTER: $134,026 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetNATIONAL BLACK TRANS ADVOCACY COALITION: $95,690 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetWOMENS CHORUS OF DALLAS: $82,429 over 2y, 37% of budgetPRIDE FRISCO: $74,605 over 2y, 31% of budgetDALLAS LEGAL HOSPICE: $54,929 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetTRANSITION RESOURCE ACTION CENTER: $40,687 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAIDS INTERFAITH NETWORK INC: $28,449 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $26,762 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCITYSQUARE: $25,062 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS HEALTH ACTION: $24,181 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPegasus Slowpitch Softball Association Inc: $22,787 over 1y, 13% of budgetGRANT HALLIBURTON FOUNDATION INC: $21,404 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCENTRO POR LA JUSTICIA: $20,111 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE SUICIDE AND CRISIS CENTER OF NORTH TEXAS: $13,519 over 1y, 2.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LEGACY COUNSELING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR ↗
  • Who funds EQTX Equality Texas Foundation ↗
  • Who funds UPTOWN PLAYERS INC ↗
  • Who funds PWA COALITION OF DALLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds TURTLE CREEK CHORALE INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds HEALTH EDUCATION LEARNING PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS HOPE CHARITIES ↗
  • Who funds PROMISE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds COALITION FOR AGING LGBT ↗
  • Who funds RAINBOW ROUNDUP ↗
  • Who funds AIDS OUTREACH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL BLACK TRANS ADVOCACY COALITION ↗
  • Who funds WOMENS CHORUS OF DALLAS ↗
  • Who funds PRIDE FRISCO ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS LEGAL HOSPICE ↗
  • Who funds TRANSITION RESOURCE ACTION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds AIDS INTERFAITH NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds CITYSQUARE ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS HEALTH ACTION ↗
  • Who funds Pegasus Slowpitch Softball Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds GRANT HALLIBURTON FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRO POR LA JUSTICIA ↗
  • Who funds FINNS PLACE ↗
  • Who funds THE SUICIDE AND CRISIS CENTER OF NORTH TEXAS ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Communities Foundatio…The Dallas FoundationDesign Industries Fou…Texas Instruments Fou…Hattie Mae Lesley Fou…Bnsf Railway Foundati…Theodore and Beulah B…W P & Bulah Luse Foun…United Way of Metropo…The Moody FoundationThe Lightner Sams Fou…Craig and Kathryn Hal…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX36.8× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Dallas Foundation · Design Industries Foundation Fighting Aids Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Hattie Mae Lesley Foundation Inc · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Theodore and Beulah Beasley Foundation Inc · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · The Moody Foundation · The Lightner Sams Foundation Inc · Craig and Kathryn Hall Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Black Tie Dinner Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Black Tie Dinner Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 38 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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