Safer Dallas Better Dallas

Analysis

Safer Dallas Better Dallas is a registered charity in United States, based in Dallas, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Safer Dallas Better Dallas reported income of $148k and spending of $66k, leaving 55% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $272k to $148k (-46%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 769%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Safer Dallas Better Dallas sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 50th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bootjack Fire & Rescue Foundation Inc ($148k), Hickory Flat Fire Department ($148k) and Sonoma Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc ($148k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $335k against liabilities of $489, net assets of $335k.