Texas · Public charity
Dallas Bar Foundation
The purpose or purposes for which the Foundation is organized are educational and charitable, and to that end the corporation is formed to sponsor and encourage research, publications, institutes and forums for the furtherance of justice under the law; to establish scholarships and otherwise promote the study of law and research therein…
- $291k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $205k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $47,950
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $52,820
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $10M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Dallas Bar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 6 | $205k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $131k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $115k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $111k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $159k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $167k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $184k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $182k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Methodist University | $514,999 | 8 | 0% |
| Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund | $321,360 | 8 | 2% |
| UNT Dallas College of Law | $258,876 | 7 | n/a |
| Dallas Historical Society | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Dallas Urban Debate Alliance | $33,250 | 3 | 1% |
| University of North Texas Foundation Inc | $19,365 | 1 | 0% |
| Ignite | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dallas Casa | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas Inc | $7,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas A&M University | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Methodist University | $514,999 | 8 | 0% |
| Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund | $321,360 | 8 | 2% |
| UNT Dallas College of Law | $258,876 | 7 | n/a |
| Dallas Historical Society | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Dallas Urban Debate Alliance | $33,250 | 3 | 1% |
| University of North Texas Foundation Inc | $19,365 | 1 | 0% |
| Ignite | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dallas Casa | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas Inc | $7,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas A&M University | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of Dallas Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center | $5,910 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dallas Bar Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
About Dallas Bar Foundation
- How much does Dallas Bar Foundation give?
- Dallas Bar Foundation reported 6 itemized grants totaling $205,275, out of $291,269 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Dallas Bar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (67%), Crime & Legal (28%), Arts & Culture (4%).
- Who are Dallas Bar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Southern Methodist University ($515k), Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund ($321k), UNT Dallas College of Law ($259k).
- Does Dallas Bar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Dallas Bar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Dallas Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Dallas Bar Foundation based?
- Dallas Bar Foundation is based in TX.
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