Dallas Jewish Community Foundation

Analysis

Dallas Jewish Community Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Dallas, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 July 2023, Dallas Jewish Community Foundation reported income of $48.1m and spending of $22.7m, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2019 to July 2023, income grew from $32.7m to $48.1m (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2021, when income rose by 176%. Over the whole period it spent 46% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Dallas Jewish Community Foundation sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile, and in the 99th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Jewish Foundation ($48.0m), James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association ($48.2m) and North Carolina Community Foundation Inc ($47.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending July 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% and program service revenue 0.8% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $453k (2.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $756k. At year end it held assets of $291.2m against liabilities of $85.9m, net assets of $205.2m. It reported 12 employees.