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Dallas Social Venture Partners

DALLAS SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS dba social venture partners dallas svpd: is a partnership of professionals, social entrepreneurs and foundations who are committed to strengthening our community through the thoughtful application of our collective dollars and business expertise.

$999k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$902k
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.

Community Improvement$2.1MYouth Development$1.2MCrime & Legal$741kEducation$139kHealth$74kHuman Services$45kHousing & Shelter$24kPhilanthropy$21kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $949,542, the rows itemized in this filing. The $998,744 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $49,202 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $21k
  • $250k+1 grant · $902k
$8,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAPEQ ADVISORS$902,042
TR HOOVER CDC$10,500
FRIENDS OF THE Dpl$10,000
FIRST3YEARS$8,500
PAUL QUINN COLLEGE$7,500
RAYO PLANNING$5,500
GIRLSTART$5,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–22, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%OASIS CENTER: $25k → 14%CARSONS VILLAGE: $10k → 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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.8M · 7 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +53% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
17

Total granted

$2.8M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+53%

Still filing today

71%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesHealthReligionOther
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

  • DE
    DALLAS EVICTION ADVOCACY CENTER
    2× · 2021–2022 · $692k · revenue +343% · 57% of their budget
  • PQ
    Paul Quinn College
    6× · 2017–2024 · $66k · revenue +58%
  • NT
    NORTH TEXAS ALLIANCE TO REDUCE UNINTENDED PREGNANCY IN TEENS
    2× · 2017–2018 · $40k · revenue +294%

Funded once

  • A
    AFTER8TOEDUCATE
    one grant, 2019 · $1.2M · revenue -80% · 48% of their budget
  • LC
    LATINO CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FUND
    one grant, 2018 · $153k
  • TO
    THE OASIS CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -8%
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
Downtown Dallas Inc

Downtown Dallas, Inc. (DDI), is the champion of a clean and safe Downtown and of the economic development and vibrancy of this community of diverse, unique neighborhoods. DDI: Mobilizes and amplifies the services of public agencies.…

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2
Progress Texas Institute

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

Civil Rights
3
Raise Texas

RAISE Texas advances equitable policies and programs that foster financial security and economic mobility for low- and moderate-income Texans. We equip, innovate and advocate to reduce disparities, remove barriers and build opportunities…

Human Services
4
Progress Texas

Progress Texas is a non-profit media organization advocating for progressive ideals and policies in our state.

Civil Rights
5
Young Texans Against Cancer Dallas

Young Texans Against Cancer is a network of motivated young professionals collectively working together to raise awareness and funds to support the local Dallas cancer community. The Dallas chapter was established in 2007, as part of a…

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6
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
7
VolunteerNow

VolunteerNow transforms lives through volunteers. As the hub of volunteerism in North Texas, and a national thought leader, VolunteerNow provides a wide range of programs and services to build capacity for nonprofit and community…

Philanthropy
8
Leadership Austin

Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.

Youth Development
9
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
10
Dallas Innovation Alliance

The Dallas Innovation Alliance (DIA) is a 501(c)(3) public-private consortium of public, private, civic and academia to support smart city initiatives in Dallas. Our definition of a Smart City is one at the intersection of community, data…

Community Improvement
11
Teatro Hispano De Dallas

Teatro Dallas is committed to the cultural empowerment of the Latino community by representing our varied experiences, voices, and artistic expressions. Through high quality theatrical programming Teatro Dallas employs the power of theater…

Arts & Culture
12
The Dallas County System of Services Inc

To unify services across Dallas County, to empower youth, strengthen families and build safe, healthy communities.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dallas Bethlehem Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Carsons Village. 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

24 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. 24 of the 29 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/24
Grantees still filing
14/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAPEQ ADVISORS: $1,908,133 · OtherCAPEQ ADVISORSAFTER8TOEDUCATE: $1,174,730 · OtherAFTER8TOEDUCATELATINO CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FUND: $153,043 · Other+11 more: $181,409 · OtherDALLAS EVICTION ADVOCACY CENTER: $692,047 · Housing & ShelterDALLAS EVICTION AD…+1 more: $5,500 · Housing & ShelterPaul Quinn College: $65,500 · EducationThe Educator Collective: $20,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY INC: $10,000 · EducationPHILANTHROPY KIDS: $10,000 · EducationGRANT HALLIBURTON FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationTHE OASIS CENTER: $25,000 · Human ServicesCARSONS VILLAGE: $10,000 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $20,500 · PhilanthropyDALLAS JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE WELMAN PROJECT: $11,000 · Arts & CultureDeep Vellum Publishing Inc: $8,500 · Arts & CultureDALLAS DOING GOOD LLC: $7,386 · Arts & CultureMOSAIC FAMILY SERVICES INC: $25,000 · Health
Other$3,417,315Housing & Shelter$697,547Education$115,500Human Services$35,000Philanthropy$30,500Arts & Culture$26,886Health$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAFTER8TOEDUCATE: $1,174,730 over 1y, 48% of budgetDALLAS EVICTION ADVOCACY CENTER: $692,047 over 2y, 57% of budgetPaul Quinn College: $65,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH TEXAS ALLIANCE TO REDUCE UNINTENDED PREGNANCY IN TEENS: $40,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetTHE OASIS CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetMOSAIC FAMILY SERVICES INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFIRST3YEARS: $23,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetREADERS 2 LEADERS: $22,500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $20,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Educator Collective: $20,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetTHE WELMAN PROJECT: $11,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetFAITH IN TEXAS - PICO: $10,963 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetT R HOOVER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC: $10,500 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetDALLAS JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetDALLAS BETHLEHEM CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCARSONS VILLAGE: $10,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetGRANT HALLIBURTON FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDeep Vellum Publishing Inc: $8,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDALLAS DOING GOOD LLC: $7,386 over 1y, 42% of budgetRayo Planning: $5,500 over 1y, 27% of budgetGIRLSTART: $5,500 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

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 FoundationUnited Way of Metropo…Texas Women's Foundat…Celanese FoundationTexas Instruments Fou…Hoblitzelle FoundationBoone Family Foundati…Katherine C Carmody C…State Fair of TexasThe Addy FoundationW P & Bulah Luse Foun…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX40.3× affinity21 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 · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Texas Women's Foundation · Celanese Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Hoblitzelle Foundation · Boone Family Foundation · Katherine C Carmody Charitable Tuw · State Fair of Texas · The Addy Foundation · W P & Bulah Luse 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 Dallas Social Venture Partners funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dallas Social Venture Partners. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report 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
    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 29 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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