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DALLAS WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION

DALLAS WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN FOUNDATION INC ($3,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$260k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$5k
Net assets
$177k
0/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Dallas Women Lawyers Association does

Mission

To unite for the mutual benefit of women attorneys and to elevate the standing of women in the legal profession.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Annual awards reception dwla's annual awards reception honors trailblazers in the legal community. The prestigious raggio award is named for dwla co-founder and dallas legal pioneer louise raggio, who was the first female prosecutor in dallas county history and who helped develop the texas family code. Each year, the organization presents the raggio award to someone who has demonstrated the highest levels of professionalism while making significant contributions to the advancement of women attorneys.

    $137,172 spent$259,670 earned by the program
    91% of program spending
  2. Leadership class the leadership class benefits women law students by providing students with the tools to develop the professional skills necessary for success and leadership positions in law, business, government, the nonprofit sector, and the judiciary. Each year dwla selects approximately 12 (twelve) applicants for its leadership class. Applicants are chosen based on their demonstrated commitment to elevating the standing of women in the legal profession.

    $13,676 spentof which $10,820 as grants$431 earned by the program
    9% of program spending
  3. Mentoring circles the Dallas Women Lawyers Association (dwla) partners with a sister bar (the dallas association of young lawyers-dayl) to create a program that seeks to facilitate a connection between established female members of the dallas bar and their younger colleagues through mentorship. The goal is to integrate the women of the dallas legal community through teaching and fellowship, centering on the retention, development, and advancement of female lawyers.

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $150,848.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($135k) Expenses 100 ($96k) Net assets 100 ($57k)2018 Revenue 86 ($116k) Expenses 100 ($96k) Net assets 135 ($77k)2019 Revenue 89 ($120k) Expenses 136 ($132k) Net assets 114 ($65k)2020 Revenue 73 ($98k) Expenses 49 ($48k) Net assets 203 ($115k)2021 Revenue 52 ($71k) Expenses 68 ($65k) Net assets 213 ($121k)2022 Revenue 214 ($289k) Expenses 230 ($221k) Net assets 331 ($188k)2023 Revenue 175 ($236k) Expenses 234 ($226k) Net assets 349 ($198k)2024 Revenue 193 ($260k) Expenses 292 ($281k) Net assets 312 ($177k)
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Revenue (193)Expenses (292)Net assets (312)

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 $121k to $188k (+56%).

$57k
$77k
$65k
$115k
$121k
$188k
$198k
$177k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$38k
’17
$20k
’18
−$12k
’19
$50k
’20
$6k
’21
$67k
’22
$10k
’23
−$21k
’24
7.6
months of
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.

202220232024
Listed262929
Joined·+12+10
No longer listed·910
03Who funds it

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 WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION’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 WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% 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

70%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

“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

DALLAS WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 1 state in all.

IL

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.

04Its place in the field

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Governance

29
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds DALLAS WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION?
DALLAS WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN FOUNDATION INC ($3,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DALLAS WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $5,000 in grants to DALLAS WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION.
Who is the largest funder of DALLAS WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION?
KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DALLAS WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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