Texas · Public charity
Citysquare
The organization is a social justice organization fighting the causes and effects of poverty through an interlocking network of programs organized into four verticles: hunger, health, housing, and hope.
- $11M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $4.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $140,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,375,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Citysquare funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 21 | $4.1M | 86% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $71k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $838k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $219k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $37k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Presbyterian Church | $1,375,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cdm Center of Hope Inc | $884,734 | 4 | 18% |
| Housing Forward | $320,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Central Dallas Community Development Corporation | $299,137 | 3 | 19% |
| CitySquare Paris | $287,343 | 1 | 40% |
| North Texas Behavioral Health Authority | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Transition Resource Action Center | $175,440 | 1 | 4% |
| Equal Heart | $170,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Freshque Nonprofit Organization | $170,000 | 1 | 30% |
| Education Potential Verified | $170,000 | 1 | 11% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Presbyterian Church | $1,375,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cdm Center of Hope Inc | $884,734 | 4 | 18% |
| Housing Forward | $320,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Central Dallas Community Development Corporation | $299,137 | 3 | 19% |
| CitySquare Paris | $287,343 | 1 | 40% |
| North Texas Behavioral Health Authority | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Transition Resource Action Center | $175,440 | 1 | 4% |
| Equal Heart | $170,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Freshque Nonprofit Organization | $170,000 | 1 | 30% |
| Education Potential Verified | $170,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Dallas County Mental Health & Mental Retardation Center | $170,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bridge Steps | $140,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Salvation Army North Texas Area Command | $140,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vickery Meadow Youth Development Foundation | $126,670 | 2 | 5% |
| Pwa Coalition of Dallas Inc | $120,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Youth Voice Inc | $94,018 | 2 | 12% |
| For Oak Cliff | $75,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Austin Street Center | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Forest Forward | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Empowering the Masses | $75,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Catholic Charities of Dallas Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Philips School and Community Center | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Citysquare supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Dallas Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Texas Women's Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · Housing Forward · The Addy Foundation · Hoblitzelle Foundation · Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable And · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · Meadows Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Citysquare
- How much does Citysquare give?
- Citysquare reported 21 itemized grants totaling $4,112,783, out of $10,875,537 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Citysquare fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (26%), Food & Nutrition (20%), Human Services (20%).
- Who are Citysquare's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: First Presbyterian Church ($1.4M), Cdm Center of Hope Inc ($885k), Housing Forward ($320k).
- Does Citysquare fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Citysquare?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Dallas Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc.
- Where is Citysquare based?
- Citysquare is based in TX.
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