Texas · Nonprofit
MLK DALLAS DREAM FORWARD
MLK DALLAS DREAM FORWARD (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,000 to it, the largest being Enterprise Holdings Foundation ($16,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $135k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $26k
- Net assets
- $17k
What Mlk Dallas Dream Forward does
Mission
The primary emphasis is educational training in particular for low to moderate income
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Education training utility assistance
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2022: the base held at 2 funders, grant income held at $10k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 MLK DALLAS DREAM FORWARD’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 2 of 3 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
MLK DALLAS DREAM FORWARD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% 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
38% 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 MLK DALLAS DREAM FORWARD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
MLK DALLAS DREAM FORWARD draws 62% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Organizations like MLK DALLAS DREAM FORWARD
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.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MLK DALLAS DREAM FORWARD: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MLK DALLAS DREAM FORWARD?
- MLK DALLAS DREAM FORWARD (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,000 to it, the largest being Enterprise Holdings Foundation ($16,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MLK DALLAS DREAM FORWARD have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $26,000 in grants to MLK DALLAS DREAM FORWARD, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MLK DALLAS DREAM FORWARD?
- Enterprise Holdings Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $16,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MLK DALLAS DREAM FORWARD 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 3 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