Texas · Nonprofit
DRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN
DRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN (Texas) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,759,656 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($364,900). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $762k
- Funders on record
- 49
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $987k
What Dress for Success Austin does
Mission
To empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and the development tools to thrive in work and in life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization serves female veterans throughout the year as well as by offering specialized veteran service days for those transitioning to the civilian workforce.
$84,820 spent10% of program spendingThe organization provides clothing for the women it supports in order to help them find and maintain employment.
$390,207 spent45% of program spendingThe path to employment mentoring program is a six-week, one-on-one program in which professional female mentors share their experience and professional wisdom through personalized attention and feedback to help them make better informed decisions about their careers.
$67,856 spent8% of program spendingOur career consulting and image consulting program is available by appointment via phone, email, or video call to assist with finding employment and finding better employment. We have experts and business professionals who share their knowledge with our clients to help them improve their seeking skills and hone in on the very specific areas they need help with.
$101,782 spent12% of program spendingThe professional womens group (pwg) is a monthly educational and support group for employed women. This group focuses mainly on job retention by helping the clients tackle the day to day challenges they encounter at their place of business. Approximately 30 women attend these monthly groups that are vital to their continued confidence and success in the workforce.
$84,820 spent10% of program spendingThe organization provieds various education opportunities through corporate webinars, virtual workshops, and other community events to help attendees secure stable employment as well as other job-related skills.
$51,434 spent6% of program spendingDress for Success Austin was able to provide programming for financial literacy and education this year with the assistance of the kaufman foundation. This 8 week course brought in financial experts from the austin community including accountants, financial advisors, bank personnel, tax consultants, school loan officers and more.
$50,892 spent6% of program spendingIn partnership with ulta beauty charitable foundation, the organization holds workshops designed by subject- matter experts that focus on topics related to mind, body, and community in order to uplift, equip, and support women in prioritizing their mental health and overall well-being.
$28,620 spent3% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $860,431.
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. 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 2022 to 2023, from $684k to $1.1M (+58%).
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: 2017 0% · 2020 8% · 2021 2% · 2022 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of DRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Mia Johns
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $33k → $231k.
15 of 49 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 DRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 49 funders by total. 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
DRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
74% 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 DRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 63% · 2019 30% · 2020 13% · 2021 26% · 2022 33% · 2023 32% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
38% of DRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
55% of DRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $788k that is directly attributable, 56% of it comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $972k arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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.
Against its field
DRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN has grown faster than half of the 7,668 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,668 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like DRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN?
- DRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN (Texas) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,759,656 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($364,900). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN have?
- IRS filings report 49 organizations giving $1,759,656 in grants to DRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $364,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DRESS FOR SUCCESS AUSTIN 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 49 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing