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Commit2dallas

Our mission is that by 2040, at least half of all 25 to 34 year old residents of Dallas County, irrespective of race, will earn a living wage.

$9.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$2.2M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2025.

Education$19MHuman Services$9.2MInternational$3.4MPhilanthropy$1.9MCivil Rights$806kCommunity Improvement$482kYouth Development$320kPublic Benefit$232kOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $56k
  • $50k–250k17 grants · $2.2M
  • $250k+9 grants · $7.0M
$150,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$60M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Economic Mobility Systems$2,160,000
Education is Freedom$1,950,000
United to Learn$750,000
University of N TX at Dallas$477,705
COMMIT TO STUDENTS$460,000
REGION ONE EDUCATION SERVICE$355,988
SUSTAINED LEADERS$300,000
Groundwork DFW$300,000
UNITED WAY OF METRO DALLAS$250,000
ALDINE ISD$241,036
YOUTH GUIDANCE$200,000
GARLAND ISD$180,000
The NROC Project$176,503
QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION$153,010
PUBLIC IMPACT LLC$150,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–25, $535k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%BACHMAN LAKE TOGETHER: $50k → 29%For Oak Cliff: $100k → 14%FOR OAK CLIFF: $60k → 14%FOR OAK CLIFF: $35k → 14%For Oak Cliff: $8k → 14%BACHMAN LAKE TOGETHER: $127k → 14%BACHMAN LAKE TOGETHER: $100k → 14%BACHMAN LAKE TOGETHER: $55k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$31M · 20 repeat orgs$3.3M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +18% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

20 repeat relationships — 16 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
18

Total granted

$31M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
0%

Still filing today

90%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CP
    CHILD POVERTY ACTION LAB
    5× · 2021–2025 · $12M · revenue +48% · 40% of their budget
  • EM
    ECONOMIC MOBILITY CENTER ECONOMIC MOBILITY SYSTEMS
    3× · 2023–2025 · $5.5M · revenue +160% · 43% of their budget
  • EI
    EDUCATION IS FREEDOM FOUNDATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $3.1M · revenue +114%

Funded once

  • DE
    DALLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $255k · revenue -8%
  • Teach for America Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $225k · revenue +20%
  • AA
    AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGIATE REGISTRARS AND ADMISSIONS OFFICERS
    one grant, 2022 · $200k · revenue +15%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
COMMIT2DALLAS

Our mission is that by 2040, at least half of all 25 to 34 year old residents of Dallas County, irrespective of race, will earn a living wage. Together, we cultivate a collaborative educational ecosystem with school systems, higher…

Education
2
The Educator Collective

We believe thriving schools start with supported educators. Thats why The Educator Collective partners with North Texas school districts school teams and education nonprofit organizations to provide leadership development wellness…

Education
3
Progress Texas Institute

The Progress Texas Institute provides research and strategic communications on issues with the ultimate goal of increasing civic engagement.

Civil Rights
4
Dallas Education Collective

To improve the Dallas public education system by raising and deploying capital to institutions in the most disadvantaged areas of the city.

Public Benefit
5
The Royal School System

The mission of Royal Public Schools is to spark students' natural curiosity and love of learning while providing the knowledge and skills they need to lead successful and fulfilling lives.

Education
6
Fort Worth Education Partnership Inc

We believe that every fort worth area student deserves the opportunity to have access to high-quality education. in pursuit of this, fort worth education partnership's mission is to support, invest in, and coordinate opportunities that…

Education
7
Deans for Impact

See Schedule ODeans for Impact supports educator-preparation programs to bring the science of learning into teaching practice; partners with policymakers to ensure pathways into teaching are accessible, practice-based, and…

Education
8
Center for Public Policy Priorities

At the Every Texan, we believe in a Texas that offers everyone the chance to compete and succeed in life. We envision a Texas where everyone is healthy, well educated, and financially secure. We want the best Texas, a proud state that sets…

Public Benefit
9
Breakthrough Houston

The mission of Breakthrough Houston (BTH) is to work with highly motivated students to achieve post-secondary success and empower aspiring leaders to become the next generation of educational advocates.

Education
10
Democracy Prep Texas

To educate responsible citizen-scholars for success in the college of their choice and a life of active citizenship.

Education
11
Texas 2036

Texas 2036 identifies and advances data-driven policies that will improve lives and expand opportunities for all Texans.

Public Benefit
12
Alliance of Dallas Educators Inc

Alliance of Dallas Educators is a labor union representing the teachers of Dallas ISD that champions fairness, dignity, and equal opportunity for all members as well as a high-quality public education for all students.

Employment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Communities Foundation of Texas Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Nroc Project. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 19 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%18%<5yr16%12%5–10yr20%21%10–20yr16%27%20–35yr10%9%35–55yr13%12%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%25%<5yr16%11%5–10yr20%40%10–20yr16%15%20–35yr10%3%35–55yr13%6%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 18% of your grantees by number, and just 25% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/52
the rest of the field
15%
20,233/136,752

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 52 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
19/36
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CHILD POVERTY ACTION LAB — $12,418,064 · OtherCHILD POVERTY ACTION LABLEADERSHIP ISD INC — $1,000,000 · OtherLEADERSHIP ISD INCUniversity of N TX at Dallas — $639,820 · Other+18 more — $2,740,923 · Other+18 moreECONOMIC MOBILITY CENTER ECONOMIC MOBILITY SYSTEMS — $5,501,351 · EducationECONOMIC MOBILITY CENTER ECONOMIC MOBILITY SYSTEM…EDUCATION IS FREEDOM FOUNDATION — $3,106,000 · EducationEDUCATION IS FREEDOM FOUNDATIONGood Reason Houston Inc — $1,975,000 · EducationGood Reason Houston IncUNITED TO LEARN — $1,325,000 · EducationUNITED TO LEARNGroundwork DFW — $750,000 · EducationSUSTAINED LEADERS — $600,000 · EducationThe NROC Project — $576,503 · Education+13 more — $2,013,542 · Education+13 moreCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC — $930,000 · PhilanthropyTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION — $513,691 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC — $289,000 · PhilanthropyQUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION FOR METROPOLITAN DALLAS — $153,010 · Philanthropy+1 more — $15,000 · PhilanthropyCommit to Students — $779,000 · Civil RightsBACHMAN LAKE TOGETHER — $332,000 · Human ServicesFOR OAK CLIFF — $203,000 · Human ServicesREDEMPTION BRIDGE — $120,000 · ReligionGREATER WACO COLLECTIVE IMPACT INITIATIVE — $60,000 · Community ImprovementFORT WORTH CRADLE TO CAREER — $60,000 · Youth Development
Other$16,798,807Education$15,847,396Philanthropy$1,900,701Civil Rights$779,000Human Services$535,000Religion$120,000Community Improvement$60,000Youth Development$60,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCHILD POVERTY ACTION LAB — $12,418,064 over 5y, 40% of budgetECONOMIC MOBILITY CENTER ECONOMIC MOBILITY SYSTEMS — $5,501,351 over 3y, 43% of budgetEDUCATION IS FREEDOM FOUNDATION — $3,106,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetGood Reason Houston Inc — $1,975,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetUNITED TO LEARN — $1,325,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetLEADERSHIP ISD INC — $1,000,000 over 4y, 84% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC — $930,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCommit to Students — $779,000 over 2y, 41% of budgetGroundwork DFW — $750,000 over 3y, 33% of budgetSUSTAINED LEADERS — $600,000 over 2y, 32% of budgetThe NROC Project — $576,503 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION — $513,691 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDALLAS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $426,542 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetDallas Regional Chamber — $387,420 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetGARLAND ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $350,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetBACHMAN LAKE TOGETHER — $332,000 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetEducation Partnership of the Permian Basin — $300,000 over 4y, 9.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC — $289,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetDALLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $255,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetTeach for America Inc — $225,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOR OAK CLIFF — $203,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetYouth Guidance — $200,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGIATE REGISTRARS AND ADMISSIONS OFFICERS — $200,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetE3 ALLIANCE — $147,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetGREATER WACO COLLECTIVE IMPACT INITIATIVE — $60,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetFORT WORTH CRADLE TO CAREER — $60,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetP16 Plus Council of Greater Bexar County Foundation Inc — $60,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetEDUCATION OPENS DOORS INC — $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCITIZENS FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC — $40,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTEACH PLUS INC — $35,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTEXAS TRIBUNE INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTODD A WILLIAMS FAMILY FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Communities Foundatio…The Dallas FoundationByrne Family Foundati…United Way of Metropo…Boone Family Foundati…Meadows Foundation IncThe Addy FoundationState Fair of TexasTexas Instruments Fou…Gates FoundationW P & Bulah Luse Foun…Rainwater Charitable …
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX38.4× affinity22 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 · Byrne Family Foundation Trust · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Boone Family Foundation · Meadows Foundation Inc · The Addy Foundation · State Fair of Texas · Texas Instruments Foundation · Gates Foundation · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · Rainwater Charitable Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Commit2dallas funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 52 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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