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JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE (Texas) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,977,692 to it, the largest being The Rees-Jones Foundation ($1,750,000). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $23M
- Funders on record
- 75
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $41M
What Jewish Family Service of Dallas Inc Dba Jewish Family Service does
Mission
The primary purpose of JFS is to provide effective and accessible whole-person care that promotes lifelong self-sufficiency and well-being for the Greater Dallas community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Counseling and Support Services:The organization offers counseling on a sliding-fee basis to individuals and families dealing with a variety of life challenges. Services address marital and family relationships, adolescent development, personal adjustment, grief and loss, and financial or career concerns. The counseling program promotes emotional health, personal growth, and family stability, helping clients navigate transitions and strengthen their overall well-being.
$5,229,468 spentof which $5,119 as grants$1,039,370 earned by the program53% of program spendingFood Pantry Program:The food pantry provides essential food assistance to families and individuals experiencing food insecurity. By distributing nutritious groceries and prepared items, the program helps alleviate hunger and provides stability for those in need. The food pantry continues to be a critical resource in supporting community members during times of economic hardship and ensuring that no one goes hungry.
$2,420,552 spentof which $1,931,332 as grants25% of program spendingServices for Older Adults:The organization provides a variety of supportive programs designed to enhance the independence and quality of life for older adults. Services include homemaker assistance, transportation, financial aid, Kosher Home Delivery meal, and Friendly Visitor programs that offer companionship and connection. During the year, the organization expanded its outreach to meet growing needs by adding additional home care services and kosher home-delivered meals, ensuring that all older adultsregardless of dietary or cultural requirementsreceive appropriate care and nutrition in their homes.
$2,169,671 spentof which $1,161,183 as grants22% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,819,691.
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 2023 to 2024, from $17M to $34M (+98%).
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: 2021 7% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Cathy Barker
President & CEO
Board chair
Julie Gothard
Chair
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 7 funders to 35 funders, grant income rose $169k → $2.4M.
14 of 75 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $27M from 19 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Dallas Jewish Community Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE raised.
From the IRS filings of JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 75 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
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
37% 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 JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 36% · 2019 30% · 2020 42% · 2021 12% · 2022 21% · 2023 34% — broadly stable.
“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 JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
88% of JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $966k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$966k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
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
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Jfs of Greater Dallas Foundation · exempt
- Jfs Dallas Physician Network · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE?
- JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE (Texas) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,977,692 to it, the largest being The Rees-Jones Foundation ($1,750,000). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE have?
- IRS filings report 75 organizations giving $12,977,692 in grants to JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE, 43 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE?
- The Rees-Jones Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,750,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE 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 75 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