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The Dallas Morning News Charities

For 40 years, The Dallas Morning News Charities has been dedicated to fighting hunger and homelessness throughout North Texas.

$2.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$196k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$138,835
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BROTHER BILLS HELPING HAND$195,947
SAMARITAN INN$186,948
IRVING CARES INC$181,948
SHARING LIFE COMM OUTREACH IN$176,948
CROSSROADS COMMUNITY SERVICES$166,948
WILKINSON CENTER$161,948
ALLEN COMMUNITY OUTREACH$151,948
HARMONY COMMUNITY DEV CORP$138,835
THE CHOCOLATE MINT FOUNDATION$136,948
CORNERSTONE COMMUNITY DEVELOP$134,948
CITY HOUSE INC$126,947
CLIFF TEMPLE BAPTIST CH MISSI$119,947
OUR DAILY BREAD INC$108,835
THE STOREHOUSE COMMUNITY CENT$103,835
FRISCO FAMILY SERVICES CENTER$98,835
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $585k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 31% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CITY HOUSE INC: $127k → 5%FRISCO FAMILY SERVICES CENTER: $99k → 5%SHARING LIFE COMM OUTREACH IN: $177k → 8%IRVING CARES INC: $182k → 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 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
Community Lifeline Center

Community lifeline center envisions a community where all of our neighbors are provided resources to overcome temporary adversity. we can achieve this vision by focusing on our mission to provide residents of collin county with basic…

Human Services
2
Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County

A local united christian organization and ministry dedicated to providing love, hope, respect and a new beginning for the homeless, offering a holistic care program that leads to true lasting healing.

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3
Bridge Steps

To empower adults experiencing homelessness in dallas with the tools to homeless recovery as they move into sustainable housing.

Food & Nutrition
4
Homeless Coalition of Dallas

Provide food and clothing to homeless in Dallas and Carrolton area

Human Services
5
North Dallas Food Pantry

North Dallas Food Pantry (DBA NTX Community Food Pantry) is dedicated to building relationships by sharing resources, hope and faith in a welcoming environment, with love and dignaty.

Human Services
6
Katy Christian Ministries

See Schedule O.Katy Christian Ministries (KCM) is a social service non-profit that serves the Katy/West Houston area. KCM's Social Service Department offers emergency financial assistance, a Food Pantry, a Crisis Center that houses the…

Human Services
7
Austin City Lutherans

Address food and housing insecurity for Austin-area low income families.

Religion
8
Under the Bridge Ministries Inc

We are a faith based non-profit organization that serves and cares for members in our community experiencing homelessness in the East Lancaster corridor of Fort Worth, TX. Every Sunday evening, we provide warm meals, drinks, clothes, hair…

Human Services
9
Cabarrus Cooperative Christian Ministry

To respond to the growing need in our community by providing immediate assistance to residents of Concord, Kannapolis, and Cabarrus County, NC who are experiencing crisis in the areas of food, shelter or finances while providing them…

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10
Intown Collaborative Ministries Inc

The mission of Intown Cares is to prevent and reverse homelessness and hunger in Intown Atlanta. We envision a thriving community equipped to provide prompt and effective support for those experiencing homelessness and hunger. Our work is…

Human Services
11
Minnies Food Pantry Inc

Minnies Food Pantry is a 501c3 non-profit organization with a mission to provide healthy meals, educational resources and red-carpet treatment to every person that we serve. Minnies Food Pantry understands that hunger does not discriminate…

Food & Nutrition
12
Fort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels and Much Much More

See Schedule OFort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels provides comprehensive services, including Meals on Wheels, congregate meals, transportation, case management, health screenings, information and referral services, recreation, and more. Our…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sharing Life Community Outreach Inc; the most unlike its peers is Our Daily Bread Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 15 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
6/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BROTHER BILLS HELPING HAND: $195,947 · OtherBROTHER BILLS HELPING HANDSAMARITAN INN INC: $186,948 · OtherSAMARITAN INN INCALLEN COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $151,948 · OtherALLEN COMMUNITY OUTREACHHarmony Community Development Corporation: $138,835 · OtherHarmony Community Development CorporationCLIFF TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH: $119,947 · OtherCLIFF TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCHIrving Cares Inc: $181,948 · Human ServicesIrving Cares IncSHARING LIFE COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $176,948 · Human ServicesSHARING LIFE COMMUNITY OUTREACH INCCORNERSTONE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC: $134,948 · Human ServicesCORNERSTONE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COR…CITY HOUSE INC: $126,947 · Human ServicesCITY HOUSE INCFRISCO FAMILY SERVICES CENTER: $98,835 · Human ServicesFRISCO FAMILY SERVICES CENTERCROSSROADS COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $166,948 · Food & NutritionCROSSROADS COM…OUR DAILY BREAD INC: $108,835 · Food & NutritionOUR DAILY BREA…WILKINSON CENTER: $161,948 · EducationCHOCOLATE MINT FOUNDATION: $136,948 · Youth DevelopmentTHE STOREHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER: $103,835 · Community Improvement
Other$793,625Human Services$719,626Food & Nutrition$275,783Education$161,948Youth Development$136,948Community Improvement$103,835

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

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBROTHER BILLS HELPING HAND: $195,947 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSAMARITAN INN INC: $186,948 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetIrving Cares Inc: $181,948 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetSHARING LIFE COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $176,948 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCROSSROADS COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $166,948 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWILKINSON CENTER: $161,948 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetTHE STOREHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER: $103,835 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFRISCO FAMILY SERVICES CENTER: $98,835 over 1y, 2.3% 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 FoundationHillcrest FoundationUnited Way of Metropo…North Texas Food BankCoserv Charitable Fou…W P & Bulah Luse Foun…Texas Instruments Fou…McKesson Foundation I…Texas Women's Foundat…The Rees-Jones Founda…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX30.8× affinity14 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 · Hillcrest Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · North Texas Food Bank · Coserv Charitable Foundation · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · McKesson Foundation Inc · Texas Women's Foundation · The Rees-Jones Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase 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 The Dallas Morning News Charities funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dallas Morning News Charities. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
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    How do I get to The Dallas Morning News Charities?

    Find your warmest path to The Dallas Morning News Charities through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 15 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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