Texas · Nonprofit
South Dallas Driving Academy
South Dallas Driving Academy (Texas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $275,000 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL ($110,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $323k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $275k
- Net assets
- $201k
What South Dallas Driving Academy does
Mission
SDDAs mission is to break through the critical systemic barrier of drivers license access in underserved communities by providing students and adults the opportunity to acquire their Drivers License and Commercial Drivers License.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Launched Accelerated Drivers License Program, a four-week course targeting residents ages 1824, and the Commercial Drivers License Program, an eight-week pathway developed in partnership with Dallas College, the City of Dallas, CDL Connection Dallas, PepsiCo, and the American Trucking Association. Since launching in 2023, SDDA has served more than 150 students, with over 75% earning their licenses through the Accelerated Program. The SDDA graduated over 100 in our Accelerated Drivers License Program and 8 graduated from our Commercial Drivers License Program. Five students were hired from our Commercial Drivers License Program.
$164,149 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $164,149.
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.
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 $74k to $202k (+174%).
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.
97% of South Dallas Driving Academy’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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.
Board chair
Chris Petersen
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 South Dallas Driving Academy’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
South Dallas Driving Academy leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
71% 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 South Dallas Driving Academy.
“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
81% of South Dallas Driving Academy's grant income comes from Texas funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $40k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
South Dallas Driving Academy runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,082 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,082 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like South Dallas Driving Academy
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for South Dallas Driving Academy: 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 South Dallas Driving Academy?
- South Dallas Driving Academy (Texas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $275,000 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL ($110,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does South Dallas Driving Academy have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $275,000 in grants to South Dallas Driving Academy, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of South Dallas Driving Academy?
- COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL is the largest funder on record, with $110,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like South Dallas Driving Academy 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 6 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