Texas · Nonprofit
DALLAS DEVELOPMENT FUND
DALLAS DEVELOPMENT FUND (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being Dallas Regional Chamber ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $709k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $5.7M
What Dallas Development Fund does
Mission
See schedule othe Dallas Development Fund is organized for the purpose of aiding, assisting, and acting on behalf of the city of dallas, texas in the the performance of its governmental functions to promote the common good and general welfare of the city, including, without limitiation, for the benefit of, and to assist in carrying out the economic development program and objectives of the city by generating private investment capital through the new markets tax credit program to be made available for investment in low-income communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
See schedule oto assist in carrying out the economic development program and objectives of the city of dallas, texas by generating private investment capital through the new markets tax credit program to be made available for investment in low-income communities. The organization has received $240 million of new markets tax credit allocation to date. This resource is being used to provide capital to job-generating economic development projects within the economically distressed areas of dallas, particularly in southern dallas. These strategies complement existing city efforts to combat uneven development patterns that have historically concentrated new commercial activity in north dallas, and to use transit-oriented development principles to create accessible urban village centers in disinvested neighborhoods. Ddf's financing products feature such attributes as below-market interest rates, higher than typical loan-to-value ratios, and/or provision of equity. To date, ddf has closed $229 million in nmtc financing as of 9/30/2025.
$148,395 spent$674,355 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $148,395.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2019 to 2020, from $4.2M to $5.8M (+36%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 47% · 2021 88%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of DALLAS DEVELOPMENT FUND’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of DALLAS DEVELOPMENT 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.
Where its funders are
100% of DALLAS DEVELOPMENT FUND's grant income comes from Texas funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 DEVELOPMENT FUND runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like DALLAS DEVELOPMENT 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
31% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 23 related entities
- Dallas Development Fund Management LLC · disregarded
- Ddf Mike LLC · disregarded
- City of Dallas · exempt
- Ddf Kilo LLC · partnership
- Ddf Zulu · partnership
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DALLAS DEVELOPMENT FUND: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DALLAS DEVELOPMENT FUND?
- DALLAS DEVELOPMENT FUND (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being Dallas Regional Chamber ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DALLAS DEVELOPMENT FUND have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $30,000 in grants to DALLAS DEVELOPMENT FUND.
- Who is the largest funder of DALLAS DEVELOPMENT FUND?
- Dallas Regional Chamber is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DALLAS DEVELOPMENT 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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