Texas · Nonprofit
Dallas Society of Visual Communications Inc
Dallas Society of Visual Communications Inc (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,733 to it, the largest being North Texas Charitable Foundation ($3,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $95k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $-33040
What Dallas Society of Visual Communications Inc does
Mission
The organizations mission is to provide education and networking opportunities to students and professionals in the business of visual communication and to advance the vocation of visual communication.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
DALLAS PROFESSIONAL SHOW - The Dallas Show provides regional creative professionals a juried competition that showcases and awards the best design work created in a given year. It is a highly-regarded event in the region. There are two components to the show: the call for entries and the banquet. Call for entries take place around March to April every year. Cost of a single entry is $55 for DSVC members, $65 for non-members. After judging is complete, accepted work showcased at an awards banquet where the medal winners are announced, along with a few additional awards like lifetime achievement, best volunteer and so forth. The banquet also includes a plated dinner. Attending the banquet is a cost of $120 for DSVC members, $115 for non-members. In the 2024-2025 season, nationally recognized judges selected approximately 70 pieces for the show and awarded 40 medals from about 151 pieces submitted.
$69,372 spent$40,102 earned by the program89% of program spendingMONTHLY SPEAKER MEETINGS - DSVC strives to elevate the standards of the industry and promote the value that creative professionals add to commerce and the community at-large. Nationally recognized speakers are brought in to speak about how to further these goals. Approximately 78 people on average attend each of the meetings hosted. Non-member professionals pay $20 to attend and student non-members pay $10 to attend the meeting. DSVC members attend at no cost. Every attendee is offered a flat poster at the event to take home.
$4,038 spent$4,933 earned by the program5% of program spendingJOB POSTINGS - To provide a platform for companies seeking creative professionals and creative professionals seeking employment in the creative realm to come together. Members can post a job posting for $75 and Non-DSVC members can post for $160 for a period of 90 days. Approximately 1.5 jobs are being posted a month.
$0 spent$1,655 earned by the program0% of program spendingWORKING LUNCH INCOME, SPECIAL EVENTS, ADMINISTRATIVE FEE - To provide DFW creative professionals an opportunity to further their self professionally by attending a lunch bi-quarterly that provides panel speakers to speak on various creative topics and have question and answer time at the end of the lunch. Approximately 25-35 people attend each of the bi-quarterly lunches. DSVC members $25, Non-DSVC members $45.
$4,437 spent$16,488 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $77,847.
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.
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 $98k to $49k (−50%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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 Society of Visual Communications Inc’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 Society of Visual Communications Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% 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
“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
80% of Dallas Society of Visual Communications Inc'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.
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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
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Dallas Society of Visual Communications Inc?
- Dallas Society of Visual Communications Inc (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,733 to it, the largest being North Texas Charitable Foundation ($3,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Dallas Society of Visual Communications Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $3,733 in grants to Dallas Society of Visual Communications Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of Dallas Society of Visual Communications Inc?
- North Texas Charitable Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $3,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Dallas Society of Visual Communications Inc 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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