Texas · Nonprofit
Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund
Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund (Texas) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $467,705 to it, the largest being THE SIDLEY AUSTIN FOUNDATION ($85,750). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $468k
- Net assets
- $12M
What Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund does
Mission
The organization's primary exempt purpose is to operate exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of section 501 (c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or corresponding provision of any subsequent federal tax law (the "Code"), including for such purposes the making of distributions to organizations described in section 501 (c)(3) of the Code.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Recruiting - Ongoing recruitment of volunteer attorneys is an integral part of the Community Service Fund. Presentations are made at law firms, corporations, by telephone, internet and mail. Follow-up activities are conducted to maximize numbers and to ensure retention of recruited volunteers. Over 12,688 attorneys have been recruited to serve low-income individuals. Approximately 2,087 attorneys are currently active, and 467 volunteers have been recruited in the year 2025.
$247,717 spent22% of program spendingTraining - Intensive training sessions are held during the year to prepare attorneys for their pro bono services and representations. Materials are provided and experts lecture on relevant legal topics such as family law, bankruptcy, guardianship, and ethics. Trainings for 1,256 volunteer attorneys were held in 2025.
$247,717 spent22% of program spendingIntake Services - Weekly intake sessions are conducted at five community locations to determine program eligibility and to access legal needs. Over 6,382 individuals have received intake services in 2025.
$247,717 spent22% of program spendingPro Se Divorce Clinic, Wills Clinic - Volunteer attorneys and paralegals staff monthly clinics for low-income individuals. Legal advice and representations are provided to eligible individuals.
$247,717 spent22% of program spendingDBA Entrepreneurs in Community Lawyering provides resources, coaching and mentoring to attorneys launching their own practices. The program incubates a cohort of attorneys over a one year period to help launch financialy sustainable practives that serve clients of modest means, everyday people who earn too much to qualify for free legal assistance but can't afford to pay exorbitant fees for legal services.
$48,139 spent4% of program spendingOther allocations, Legalline - A community service in which attorneys volunteer their time to anonymously answer the public's legal questions over the telephone.
$36,275 spent3% of program spendingMiscellaneous - Community educational programs are presented to inform and provide the public with available legal services.
$22,019 spent2% of program spendingSummer Law Intern Program - A summer program which provides underprivileged and academically qualified students with internships at local law firms and corporations.
$3,666 spent0% of program spendingThe organization's primary exempt purpose is to operate exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of section 501 (c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or corresponding provision of any subsequent federal tax law (the "Code"), including for such purposes the making of distributions to organizations described in section 501 (c)(3) of the Code.
The 9 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,100,967.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $8.3M to $9.9M (+19%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
69% of Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Alicia Hernandez
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $15k → $109k.
7 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $893k from 7 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Communities Foundation of Texas Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund raised.
From the IRS filings of Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
57% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 52% · 2019 24% · 2020 33% · 2021 73% · 2022 43% · 2023 46% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
44% of Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund draws 69% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $169k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 793 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 793 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund?
- Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund (Texas) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $467,705 to it, the largest being THE SIDLEY AUSTIN FOUNDATION ($85,750). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $467,705 in grants to Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund?
- THE SIDLEY AUSTIN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $85,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 20 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing