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Screen a listDallas Symphony Association
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(2)
$49Mrevenue
FY2025 · −3% in 3 yrs514staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−6.0%
Months of reserve0.7mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+4.0%
Middle half of peersMedianDallas Symphony Association
Where the money goes FY2025 · $52M spent
Programs$40M77%Management and general$7.6M14%Fundraising$4.5M9%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
Government grants fell 99% in FY2023
$12M in FY2022, $138k in FY2023.
990 Part VIIIDeficits in 3 of the last 3 years
−$3.3M in FY2023, −$7.4M in FY2024 and −$3.0M in FY2025. Cash covers 0.7 months, under the peer median of 3.2.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Strong governance
115 of 115 board members independent. Conflict-of-interest and whistleblower policies, audited financial statements, board reviews the 990.
990 Part VI105funders
$8.5Ma year, last 3 years
47%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23O'Donnell FoundationSince FY2020$583k$100k$250k$12MThe Eugene McDermott FoundationSince FY2020$1.6M$863k$1.1M$3.1MLouise W Kahn and Edmund J Kahn Dallas Symphony FoundationEvery year since FY2017$387k$387k$398k$413k$440k$468k$472kThe Howard Hallam Family FoundationSince FY2018$90k$151k$251k$3k$164k$511kThe Perot FoundationStopped after FY2019$25k$25k$1.0M–Texas Instruments FoundationSince FY2020$250k$352k$220k$227kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$300k$246k$620k$2.2M$493k$647k$913k72 other fundersUp to $572k a year each$495k$394k$1.1M$761k$1.4M$945k$1.3M
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped