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WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH (Texas) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,368,410 to it, the largest being GLOBAL TIES US ($1,217,806). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $2.6M
What World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth does
Mission
Since its founding in 1951, the mission of the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth has been to provide relevant information about global issues, challenges, and opportunities while establishing north texas as a center for international interests and business.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Public speaker programsthe world affairs council presents public programs and events to support our mission to educate and engage the local community in national and global affairs. In fy 2025, the council presented 62 programs with around 5,992 attendees at our programs for the fiscal year. Significant programs featured: doris kearns goodwin, susan glasser, amb. John j. Sullivan, jerome powell, ukpm liz truss, sec. Rex tillerson, fiona hill, sec. Ross, harold ford jr, mark mckinnon, karl rove, and lawrence wright. Some program partners included: the center for presidential history at smu, dallas baptist university, american jewish committee of dallas, the sumners foundation, dallas museum of art, and the dallas regional chamber. We held our international educator of the year award presentation again in person this year, with guest speaker david rohde. The council recognized clark hunt with the 41st annual h. Neil mallon award in october 2024.
$485,983 spent$280,632 earned by the program34% of program spendingGlobal young leaders programour robust global young leaders program ("gyl") provides supplementary educational programs to students both inside and outside the classroom on topics such as civics, public policy, international affairs, culture, and history. Additionally, gyl provides resources and workshops to teachers to enhance their own curricula. We have approximately 60 junior world affairs council (jwac) clubs active in local schools (public, private and charter) and our jwac students heard from numerous experts and leaders during the 2024-2025 school year. In addition to speakers, we host the academic competitions, several international career days, six student leadership trainings, socials, nine topical discussions, service projects, discussion groups and award programs like 20 under 20 and educator of the year. The gyl program impacted over 6k students during this fiscal year.
$292,782 spent$296,156 earned by the program21% of program spendingInternational visitors program and protocol & diplomatic servicesthe council's international visitor program coordinates the u.s. Department of state's premier professional exchange program, the international visitor leadership program (ivlp), as well as various fee for service exchange programs. Working with an extensive team of local volunteers, businesses and community leaders, the program plays a key role in supporting public diplomacy by fostering international connections for the region. In coordination with the department of state, the council hosted international visitor groups by arranging meetings with u.s. Professional counterparts to share and exchange ideas in their respective fields. During fy 2025, we hosted 24 professional international exchange groups with 186 participants representing 77 different countries. These groups had an economic impact (based on hotel stays and ground transportation) on our region of $284,000.
$204,919 spent$208,165 earned by the program14% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$437,806 spent31% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,421,490.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2022 to 2023, from $2.7M to $5.0M (+84%).
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: 2018 13% · 2019 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Elizabeth Brailsford
President & CEO
Board chair
Brendan Mcguire
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $60k → $454k.
9 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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: $883k from 7 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Communities Foundation of Texas Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH raised.
From the IRS filings of WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 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
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
79% 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 WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 67% · 2019 43% · 2020 40% · 2021 64% · 2022 70% · 2023 61% — growing more concentrated.
“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
28% of WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% 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
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH draws 76% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $501k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 718 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 718 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH
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
58% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH?
- WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH (Texas) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,368,410 to it, the largest being GLOBAL TIES US ($1,217,806). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $2,368,410 in grants to WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH?
- GLOBAL TIES US is the largest funder on record, with $1,217,806 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 37 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