Texas · Nonprofit
QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION FOR METROPOLITAN DALLAS
QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION FOR METROPOLITAN DALLAS (Texas) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $747,625 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($250,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $282k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $748k
- Net assets
- $7k
What Quality of Life Foundation for Metropolitan Dallas does
Mission
To promote education and the community life of metropolitan dallas in cultural and social aspects.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Quality of Life Foundation for Metropolitan Dallas provided grants for numerous programs in the areas of education & workforce, leadership, community engagement and other areas which benefitted the region's business's and economically distressed communities.
$490,000 spentof which $490,000 as grants85% of program spendingQuality of Life Foundation for Metropolitan Dallas (qol) recognized $51,515 of the revenue related to a payment received from education strategy group so that qol could incorporate best practices and evidence-based tools into their current career pathways work to expand and activate high school student networks.
$65,855 spent$51,515 earned by the program11% of program spendingLEADERSHIP DALLAS CLASS PROJECTS ARE SERVICE PROJECTS THAT ARE ORGANIZED, COORDINATED, FUNDRAISED AND EXECUTED BY THE LEADERSHIP DALLAS COHORTS. THE COHORTS INCLUDES A RANGE OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE, INCLUDING OPERATIONS, TECHOLOGY, LEGAL, AND CONSULTING ACROSS A RANGE OF DIVERSE INDUSTRIES. DURING 2023 THE GROUP CLASSES: 1) Developed, executed a consulting plan for Bonton Farms including over 2500 volunteer hours and securing two national partners to continue the work beyond the project. The information generated will be useful to multiple non-profits in the region. 2) Worked with the Dallas 911 Call Center Operations, including over 250 volunteer hours, working with the 911 Call Center team and partners to improve the information and processes used to communicate and educate the residents, including children, and businesses in the Dallas Region about the needs and ways to utilize the 911 Call Center in an emergency or non-emergency situation.
$17,825 spentof which $12,371 as grants3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $573,680.
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 2018 to 2019, from $249k to $643k (+158%).
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.
100% of QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION FOR METROPOLITAN DALLAS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $4k → $75k.
5 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% 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: $501k from 5 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Communities Foundation of Texas Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION FOR METROPOLITAN DALLAS raised.
From the IRS filings of QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION FOR METROPOLITAN DALLAS’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
QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION FOR METROPOLITAN DALLAS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
70% 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 QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION FOR METROPOLITAN DALLAS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 71% · 2019 79% · 2020 64% · 2021 81% · 2022 100% · 2023 67% — 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
0% of QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION FOR METROPOLITAN DALLAS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% 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
70% of QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION FOR METROPOLITAN DALLAS'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 $223k that is directly attributable, 81% of it comes from funders outside Texas, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $525k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION FOR METROPOLITAN DALLAS's revenue grew 31% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION FOR METROPOLITAN DALLAS
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
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
55%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Dallas Regional Chamber · exempt
- Greater Dallas Momentum Foundation · exempt
- Dallas Momentum Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION FOR METROPOLITAN DALLAS?
- QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION FOR METROPOLITAN DALLAS (Texas) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $747,625 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($250,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION FOR METROPOLITAN DALLAS have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $747,625 in grants to QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION FOR METROPOLITAN DALLAS, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION FOR METROPOLITAN DALLAS?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like QUALITY OF LIFE FOUNDATION FOR METROPOLITAN DALLAS 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 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