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Dallas Tourism Public Improvement District Corporation

The dallas tourism public improvement district ("dtpid") is a public improvement district dedicated to improving convention and group hotel bookings and hotel room night consumption in the city of dallas, texas.

$7.0M
Granted FY2023
66
Grants FY2023
7
States reached
$444k
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, FY2022 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$2.2MRecreation & Sports$693kCommunity Improvement$182kFood & Nutrition$150kAnimals$130kHealth$92kInternational$86kScience & Tech$62kOther$0
02FY2023 · 66 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 66 grants below total $2,488,748, the rows itemized in this filing. The $6,954,740 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $4,465,992 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 · FY2023

  • Under $10k6 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k50 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $644k
  • $250k+2 grants · $744k
$25,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$42M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MARY KAY INC$443,500
JUNIOR VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN$300,000
STATE FAIR OF TEXAS$100,000
ALW ENTERTAINMENT INC$94,481
DALLAS SAFARI CLUB$92,000
FERRY INTERNATIONAL LLC$86,100
WOMENS FOODSERVICE FORUM$81,000
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION$80,750
DESTINATIONS INTERNATIONAL$60,000
TFN CAMPS & CLINICS INC$50,000
NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER$37,500
GREENVILLE AVENUE AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION$37,500
DALLAS SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC$37,500
AMAZONCOM SALES INC DBA AMAZONCOM SERVICES LLC$37,000
RAISING CANE'S$32,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%RATED SPORTS GROUP LP DBA RATED TRAVEL: $25k → 10%FERRY INTERNATIONAL LLC: $86k → 10%SALESFORCE INC: $31k → 10%GF SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT LLC: $25k → 17%NORTH AMERICAN GAY AMATEUR ATHLETIC ALLIANCE - OPEN SOFTBALL DIVISION INC: $25k → 10%DALLAS CUP INC: $38k → 14%DESTINATIONS INTERNATIONAL: $60k → 14%TASTE OF DALLAS LLC: $28k → 11%TFN CAMPS & CLINICS INC: $50k → 17%AMAZONCOM SALES INC DBA AMAZONCOM SERVICES LLC: $37k → 9%NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION: $81k → 4%GF SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT LLC: $25k → 17%RAISING CANE'S: $32k → 5%JUNIOR VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN: $300k → 10%THE SPORT SOURCE: $25k → 5%DALLAS HOLOCAUST AND HUMAN RIGHTS MUSEUM: $25k → 14%THE BLACK ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS: $25k → 14%THE SIXTH FLOOR MUSEUM: $25k → 14%DALLAS ARTS DISTRICT: $25k → 14%ALW ENTERTAINMENT INC: $94k → 14%DALLAS ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $25k → 14%DALLAS ART FAIR LLC: $30k → 14%FM CITY PARK LLC: $30k → 14%DALLAS ART FAIR LLC: $25k → 14%DALLAS SOUTHERN PRIDE: $25k → 14%MARY KAY INC: $444k → 14%GREENVILLE AVENUE AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION: $38k → 14%DIA DE LOS MUERTOS LLC: $25k → 14%DIA DE LOS MUERTOS LLC: $25k → 14%BIG A FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%DALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $25k → 14%WOMENS FOODSERVICE FORUM: $81k → 14%HTEDANCE & SPIRIT GROUP INC: $25k → 14%DALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $25k → 14%LAN 2018 LLC: $25k → 14%DALLAS SAFARI CLUB: $92k → 14%THE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL OF DALLAS DBA SHAKESPEARE DALLAS: $38k → 14%DALLAS SUMMER MUSICALS: $38k → 14%GEORGE W BUSH PRESIDENTIAL CENTER: $38k → 14%MEADOWS MUSEUM: $25k → 14%LST MARKETING TEXAS LLC: $25k → 14%DBA NORTH TEXAS IRISH FESTIVAL: $38k → 14%BISHOP ARTS THEATRE CENTER: $25k → 14%BISHOP ARTS THEATRE CENTER: $25k → 14%DBA NORTH TEXAS IRISH FESTIVAL: $25k → 14%DALLAS SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC: $38k → 14%NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER: $38k → 14%TRINITY NATURE CONSERVANCY DBA TRINITY COALITION: $28k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
OH
NJ
CA
DC
TX
FL
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.

45%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 41 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

41 repeat relationships: 41 still active in FY2023, 0 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
21

Total granted

$1.7M
$382k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+12%

Still filing today

73%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23
Arts & CultureRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementEducationPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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

  • TN
    THE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER
    2× · 2022–2023 · $63k · revenue +93%
  • TG
    THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $50k · revenue +37%
  • DA
    DALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $50k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • TC
    TRINITY COALITION
    one grant, 2022 · $28k · revenue +19% · 45% of their budget
  • TO
    TASTE OF DALLAS LLC
    one grant, 2022 · $28k
  • L2
    LAN 2018 LLC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
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
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
2
Downtown Dallas Inc Foundation

Downtown Dallas, Inc. Foundation is the charitable arm of Downtown Dallas, Inc. whose purpose is to help make the area in and around Downtown Dallas a more vibrant and livable place for both daytime and permanent residents by promoting the…

Community Improvement
3
Dallas Contemporary

Dallas contemporary presents art in a forum that cultivates artists, ignites learning and inspires the community. dallas contemporary is a non-collecting art museum presenting new and challenging ideas from regional, national and…

Arts & Culture
4
Dallas Wind Symphony

The Dallas Winds, a Grammy-nominated wind ensemble, stands as a cultural cornerstone of Dallas, Texas. Founded in 1985, the Dallas Winds has grown into one of the worlds premier wind bands, renowned for its extraordinary artistry and…

Arts & Culture
5
The Dallas Opera Foundation

Provide financial support to the dallas opera.

Philanthropy
6
Dallas Center for Photography

Dallas Center for Photography's mission is to serve as a focal point for creators and appreciators of all forms of photography through education, mentorship, exhibitions, and community outreach.

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7
Dallas Chamber Symphony

Increase community involvement to advance music and art through education events and our TechNotes curriculum, group collaborations, film and instrument competitions, performance jobs, and general public concerts

Arts & Culture
8
Dallas Architecture Forum

The Forum educates, enriches and connects our community by presenting programs and events, creating experiences, and engaging global and local thought-leaders from the design fields to enhance how we live.

Arts & Culture
9
Texas Cultural Trust Council

Public arts funding

Philanthropy
10
Tx Performing Chinese Arts
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11
Dallas Art Fair Foundation

The foundation has been organized for the primary purpose to raise donations that will be used to promote appreciation of the arts in Dallas County, Texas. The Foundation will conduct an annual fund raising event to be called the Dallas…

Arts & Culture
12
Kimbell Art Foundation
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dallas Arts District Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Earth Day Texas Inc. 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

57 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. 57 of the 88 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
55/57
Grantees still filing
43/57
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MARY KAY INC: $443,500 · OtherMARY KAY INCJunior Volleyball Association of Austin: $300,000 · OtherJunior Volleyball Association of AustinALW ENTERTAINMENT INC: $94,481 · OtherDALLAS SAFARI CLUB: $92,000 · OtherFERRY INTERNATIONAL LLC: $86,100 · OtherNOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION: $80,750 · Other+41 more: $1,309,976 · Other+41 moreTHE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER: $62,500 · Arts & CultureTHE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTE…DALLAS SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · Arts & CultureDALLAS SYMPHONY ASSOCIATIO…Broadway Dallas Inc: $50,000 · Arts & CultureBroadway Dallas IncTECO THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureTECO THEATRICAL PRODUCTION…Dallas Museum of Art: $50,000 · Arts & CultureDallas Museum of ArtTEXAS BALLET THEATER INC: $49,192 · Arts & CultureTEXAS BALLET THEATER INCDALLAS CHILDRENS THEATER INC: $46,638 · Arts & CultureDALLAS CHILDRENS THEATER I…DALLAS COUNTY HISTORICAL FOUNDATION: $37,500 · Arts & CultureDallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum: $37,500 · Arts & CultureDALLAS ARTS DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $37,500 · Arts & CultureDALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE INC: $37,500 · Arts & CultureOak Cliff Coalition for the Arts: $37,448 · Arts & CultureAFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM: $35,082 · Arts & CultureUPTOWN PLAYERS INC: $33,667 · Arts & CultureTHE COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE: $30,240 · Arts & CultureGreater Dallas Youth Orchestra Inc: $29,106 · Arts & Culture+13 more: $194,233 · Arts & Culture+13 moreSTATE FAIR OF TEXAS: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsEARTH DAY TEXAS INC: $37,500 · Recreation & SportsWoodall Rodgers Park Foundation: $37,500 · Recreation & SportsNORTH AMERICAN GAY AMATEUR ATHLETIC ALLIANCE: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsWOMEN'S FOODSERVICE FORUM: $81,000 · Food & NutritionTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationSouthern Methodist University: $25,000 · EducationDALLAS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $37,500 · PhilanthropyTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $15,120 · PhilanthropyGAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION: $12,500 · PhilanthropyTRINITY COALITION: $28,350 · Community ImprovementNORTH TEXAS GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $25,000 · Community Improvement
Other$2,406,807Arts & Culture$868,106Recreation & Sports$200,000Food & Nutrition$81,000Education$75,000Philanthropy$65,120Community Improvement$53,350

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJunior Volleyball Association of Austin: $300,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSTATE FAIR OF TEXAS: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDALLAS SAFARI CLUB: $92,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWOMEN'S FOODSERVICE FORUM: $81,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER: $62,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDESTINATIONS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION: $60,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDALLAS SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBroadway Dallas Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTECO THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS INC: $50,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetDALLAS CUP INC: $50,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetDallas Museum of Art: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Shakespeare Festival of Dallas dba Shakespeare Dallas: $50,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetTEXAS BALLET THEATER INC: $49,192 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDALLAS CHILDRENS THEATER INC: $46,638 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDALLAS COUNTY HISTORICAL FOUNDATION: $37,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDALLAS WHITE ROCK MARATHON F/K/A WHITE ROCK MARATHON: $37,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetDallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum: $37,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDALLAS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $37,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEARTH DAY TEXAS INC: $37,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDALLAS ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $37,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDALLAS ARTS DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $37,500 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetTHEATRE THREE INC: $37,500 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetWoodall Rodgers Park Foundation: $37,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE INC: $37,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetOak Cliff Coalition for the Arts: $37,448 over 2y, 28% of budgetAFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM: $35,082 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetUPTOWN PLAYERS INC: $33,667 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetTHE COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE: $30,240 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Dallas Youth Orchestra Inc: $29,106 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetTRINITY COALITION: $28,350 over 1y, 45% of budgetPEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH AMERICAN GAY AMATEUR ATHLETIC ALLIANCE: $25,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetNORTH TEXAS GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetDOWNTOWN DALLAS INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDALLAS PRIDE: $25,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetTEXAS INTERNATIONAL THEATRICAL ARTS SOCIETY: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetFRONTIERS OF FLIGHT MUSEUM INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLACK ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDALLAS THEATER CENTER: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUSA FILM FESTIVAL: $16,632 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $15,120 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRUCE WOOD DANCE CO INC: $13,735 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetDALLAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $12,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCARA MIA THEATRE CO: $12,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetOAK CLIFF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $12,500 over 1y, 3.4% 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.

Taca IncCommunities Foundatio…The Eugene McDermott …Dallas Center for the…The Dallas FoundationTexas Instruments Fou…Hoblitzelle FoundationFichtenbaum Charitabl…The Perot FoundationHillcrest FoundationHal & Diane Brierley …Dallas Jewish Communi…
Taca IncTX42.9× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Taca Inc · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Eugene McDermott Foundation · Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Endowment Inc · The Dallas Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Hoblitzelle Foundation · Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust · The Perot Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · Hal & Diane Brierley Foundation · Dallas Jewish Community 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 Tourism Public Improvement District Corporation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dallas Tourism Public Improvement District Corporation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    28report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 88 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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