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DALLAS WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION

DALLAS WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,613 to it, the largest being THE SIDLEY AUSTIN FOUNDATION ($16,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$79k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$35k
Net assets
$174k
2/5 repeat funders
01What it does

What Dallas Women Lawyers Association Foundation does

Mission

The corporation is dedicated to charitable and educational activities in support of law- related research and education, charitable and legal aid for the public, including improving the delivery of legal services to the indigent and improving the administration of justice, historical preservation and observances, and scholarships.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Outreach grantcharitable grants for organizations that support women in the dfw area and surrounding suburbs whose activities align with the goals of the foundation.

    $15,250 spentof which $15,250 as grants
    56% of program spending
  2. Get started grantsscholarships in the amount of $2,500 are awarded each year to cover bar preparation fees and living expenses for law students who have demonstrated leadership, academic excellence and service to the community and have had a positive impact on women and children.

    $7,500 spentof which $7,500 as grants
    28% of program spending
  3. Karen d. Mccloud memorial fundprovides resources to assist a solo or small firm woman lawyer with the development of her legal practice, through investing in continuing legal education, career coaching, or financial assistance in establishing or growing her practice.

    $4,500 spentof which $4,500 as grants
    17% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $27,250.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $10k → $3k.

2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of DALLAS WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION’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 FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

44% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund DALLAS WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION.

48%
largest funder
92%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 51% · 2022 72% · 2023 91% — growing more concentrated.

“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 FOUNDATION draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 3 states in all.

IL
NY
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’22
’23
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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

Against its field

DALLAS WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,859 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin57% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,859 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

87%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds DALLAS WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION?
DALLAS WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,613 to it, the largest being THE SIDLEY AUSTIN FOUNDATION ($16,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DALLAS WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $34,613 in grants to DALLAS WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of DALLAS WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION?
THE SIDLEY AUSTIN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $16,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DALLAS WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 5 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