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FORT WORTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP

FORT WORTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,727,126 to it, the largest being FORT WORTH CHAMBER DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION ($1,432,126). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.4M
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$1.7M
Net assets
$497k
2/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 99%
01What it does

What Fort Worth Economic Development Partnership does

Mission

The fort worth edp is dedicated to positioning fort worth as the most vibrant and sustainable u.s. City by working with business and community leaders, as well as state and local partners, to execute strategic economic development.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Works directly with public and private partners at the local, state, and national levels to accomplish strategic economic development outcomes, including diversifying the local economy and improving opportunities and productivity for fort worth residents.

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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.

100 = 20232023 Revenue 100 ($1.4M) Expenses 100 ($951k) Net assets 100 ($447k)2024 Revenue 173 ($2.4M) Expenses 249 ($2.4M) Net assets 111 ($497k)
20232024
Revenue (173)Expenses (249)Net assets (111)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $511k to $1.1M (+116%).

$511k
$1.1M
20232024
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.

2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of FORT WORTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,434 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$447k
’23
$50k
’24
4.8
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.

Chief executive

Robert Allen

President/CEO

Board chair

Mike Berry

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20232024
Listed1213
Joined·+1
No longer listed·0
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 FORT WORTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP’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

FORT WORTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

99% 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 FORT WORTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP.

83%
largest funder
95%
top three
~1
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

100% of FORT WORTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP's grant income comes from Texas funders.

TX

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

Against its field

FORT WORTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin2% · below the median
Months of reserve4.8mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)73% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like FORT WORTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP

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

05Profile & governance

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

Governance

12
board members
92%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce · exempt
  • Fort Worth Chamber Development Foundation · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds FORT WORTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP?
FORT WORTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,727,126 to it, the largest being FORT WORTH CHAMBER DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION ($1,432,126). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FORT WORTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $1,727,126 in grants to FORT WORTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FORT WORTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP?
FORT WORTH CHAMBER DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,432,126 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FORT WORTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP 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 2023–2024), 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