Texas · Nonprofit
DALLAS KIDS FIRST
DALLAS KIDS FIRST (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $101,500 to it, the largest being W C PAYNE FOUNDATION ($95,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $150k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $102k
- Net assets
- $70k
What Dallas Kids First does
Mission
Dallas Kids First elevates dialogue on the impact of school board leadership for kids in dallas isd and supports school board elections with focus on outcomes for kids.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Community meetings to disseminate actionable information about school board decision making and its impact on kids.
Voter outreach to engage constituents in participating in school board elections.
$10,285 spent80% of program spendingCampaign fellowship program to train leaders on successful campaign structures as well as to grow the electorate for school board elections.
$2,519 spent20% of program spendingStudent leadership group to elevate the voices of students and connect student leaders to the decisions of school board leaders.
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,804.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2021 to 2022, from $40k to $84k (+111%).
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 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of DALLAS KIDS FIRST’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $35k.
From the IRS filings of DALLAS KIDS FIRST’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 KIDS FIRST leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 88% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of DALLAS KIDS FIRST's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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 KIDS FIRST runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,056 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,056 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like DALLAS KIDS FIRST
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
23% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Groundwork Dfw · exempt
- Kids First · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DALLAS KIDS FIRST: 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 KIDS FIRST?
- DALLAS KIDS FIRST (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $101,500 to it, the largest being W C PAYNE FOUNDATION ($95,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DALLAS KIDS FIRST have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $101,500 in grants to DALLAS KIDS FIRST, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DALLAS KIDS FIRST?
- W C PAYNE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $95,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DALLAS KIDS FIRST 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 FY2023 (financials across 2019–2023), and the filings of 3 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