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Community Council of Greater Dallas
The community council provides leadership in moving individuals and families from surviving to thriving. We improve quality of life by alleviating poverty, fostering independence and wellness and connecting people to the resources they need.
- $6.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $5.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $114,750
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,342,323
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 46
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations Community Council of Greater Dallas funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $119k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $5.8M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $7.4M | 30% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $4.3M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $5.8M | 22% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $6.3M | 20% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $6.6M | 19% |
| FY2019 | 37 | $5.4M | 24% |
| FY2018 | 46 | $5.4M | 50% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas County Elections | $19,951,364 | 9 | n/a |
| Visiting Nurse Association of Texas | $7,688,308 | 8 | 7% |
| Senior Citizens of Greater Dallas Inc | $3,225,366 | 9 | 6% |
| Visiting Nurse Association of Texas Foundation | $2,121,442 | 2 | 45% |
| Catholic Charities of Dallas Inc | $2,006,404 | 9 | 1% |
| Grand Prairie Fire Dept | $1,514,520 | 9 | n/a |
| City of Duncanville | $1,387,167 | 9 | n/a |
| Deaf Action Center | $1,232,827 | 9 | 9% |
| City of Seagoville | $1,176,134 | 9 | n/a |
| Jewish Community Center of Dallas | $1,037,568 | 9 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas County Elections | $19,951,364 | 9 | n/a |
| Visiting Nurse Association of Texas | $7,688,308 | 8 | 7% |
| Senior Citizens of Greater Dallas Inc | $3,225,366 | 9 | 6% |
| Visiting Nurse Association of Texas Foundation | $2,121,442 | 2 | 45% |
| Catholic Charities of Dallas Inc | $2,006,404 | 9 | 1% |
| Grand Prairie Fire Dept | $1,514,520 | 9 | n/a |
| City of Duncanville | $1,387,167 | 9 | n/a |
| Deaf Action Center | $1,232,827 | 9 | 9% |
| City of Seagoville | $1,176,134 | 9 | n/a |
| Jewish Community Center of Dallas | $1,037,568 | 9 | 1% |
| City of Lancaster | $894,301 | 7 | n/a |
| City of Mesquite | $800,770 | 9 | n/a |
| City of Irving | $763,982 | 9 | n/a |
| Jewish Family Service of Dallas Inc Dba Jewish Family Service | $752,105 | 9 | 1% |
| City of Hutchins | $744,729 | 9 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $678,839 | 8 | 0% |
| United Way of Central Texas Inc | $438,194 | 2 | 12% |
| Special Health Resources for Texas Inc | $362,836 | 2 | 2% |
| Mom's Meals - Pur Foods LLC | $301,890 | 2 | n/a |
| Liferoads Inc | $269,158 | 8 | n/a |
| Citizens Development Center | $237,434 | 3 | 5% |
| Community Council of Greater Dallas | $222,561 | 1 | 2% |
| Mhmr of Tarrant County | $212,810 | 2 | n/a |
| Cedar Hill Fire Dept | $198,080 | 4 | n/a |
| Freeman Jr Dev Program | $164,639 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Lancaster | $153,940 | 2 | n/a |
| International Foundation What About | $146,846 | 2 | n/a |
| Renaissance Community Youth | $143,683 | 3 | n/a |
| Z-Quest | $123,067 | 4 | n/a |
| Ron Bivins | $120,342 | 3 | 83% |
| Giving Keys of Hope | $118,405 | 2 | 84% |
| Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation | $113,734 | 1 | 1% |
| P Visions Incorporated | $99,741 | 3 | n/a |
| Puede Network | $92,098 | 2 | n/a |
| Metroplex Economic Development Corp | $77,693 | 2 | 3% |
| City of Houston | $77,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Succeeding at Work | $73,913 | 2 | n/a |
| Dallas Leadership Foundation | $62,600 | 1 | 4% |
| North Central Texas Council of Governments Foundation Inc | $61,893 | 4 | 17% |
| Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Open Arms Inc Bryans House | $58,302 | 2 | 2% |
| Oak Cliff Empowered Inc | $57,938 | 2 | 23% |
| Ewing Avenue Baptist Church | $50,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Anthem Strong Families | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Mental Health Association | $48,096 | 1 | 21% |
| Wilkinson Center | $44,562 | 2 | 1% |
| New Orleans Council on Aging Inc | $43,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Tarrant County | $42,660 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Wilmer | $42,168 | 1 | n/a |
| Believing in Our Future Inc | $41,749 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Dallas | $41,709 | 1 | n/a |
| Jubilee Park & Community Center Corporation | $41,422 | 2 | 1% |
| Capital Area Agency on Aging Inc | $40,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Envision Dallas Lighthouse Foundation | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| United Way of Tarrant County | $39,626 | 2 | 0% |
| Childcaregroup | $39,249 | 2 | 0% |
| Advancenet Technology Services | $35,980 | 1 | n/a |
| Project Still I Rise Inc | $34,845 | 1 | n/a |
| Evangelist Lt Love Ministry | $34,680 | 1 | 91% |
| Rapturea Outreach Center | $30,964 | 1 | n/a |
| Education Opens Doors Inc | $29,422 | 2 | 1% |
| Lane Gorman Trubitt LLC | $27,840 | 1 | n/a |
| Mental Health America of Greater Dallas | $26,195 | 2 | 3% |
| Love on the Run | $25,761 | 1 | n/a |
| Caddo Council on Aging | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friendship Baptist Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The African Methodist Epsicopal Church Incorporated | $23,983 | 1 | n/a |
| Chris Howell Communications | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ascend Dallas | $16,667 | 1 | 0% |
| California Black Health Network | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Buildingcommunityworkshop | $13,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council Education and Research Foundation | $10,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Southern University Foundatio | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chrisette Dharma Md Pa | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friendship West Baptist Church | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Rio Grande Council of Govt | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Harris County Farm Bureau | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Communities of Tomorrow | $5,883 | 1 | n/a |
| Carlisle St Legal Service | $5,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Nutrition for Good | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($239k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Community Council of Greater Dallas supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 40 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: United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · The Dallas Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · North Central Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council · Meadows Foundation Inc · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · The Addy Foundation · BBVA Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Moody Foundation · The Lightner Sams Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Community Council of Greater Dallas
- How much does Community Council of Greater Dallas give?
- Community Council of Greater Dallas reported 20 itemized grants totaling $5,810,191, out of $6,691,358 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 46 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Community Council of Greater Dallas fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (37%), Health (31%), Human Services (27%).
- Who are Community Council of Greater Dallas's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Dallas County Elections ($20M), Visiting Nurse Association of Texas ($7.7M), Senior Citizens of Greater Dallas Inc ($3.2M).
- Does Community Council of Greater Dallas fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Community Council of Greater Dallas?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc, The Dallas Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas Inc.
- Where is Community Council of Greater Dallas based?
- Community Council of Greater Dallas is based in TX.
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