North Texas Commission

Not tax-deductible

Dallas, TX501(c)(6)EIN 75-1364760

To promote the public interest of the Dallas Fort Worth Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area (the "MSA"), and as a means of achieving this purpose.

74¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$778K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(6)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $75K a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
74%
of spending
Fine: 74% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$778K
to officers and key staff · 15% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 15% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.9 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $14K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.2M
41% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 41% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
172
of 172 voting members
Looks good: 172 of 172 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.1M
+2% vs prior year
Spent
$5.2M
To programs
74%
Net assets
$1.8M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$5.1M
FY2025▲ +2%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$4.8M
FY2022$4.9M
FY2023$4.8M
FY2024$5.0M
FY2025$5.1M
Expenses
$5.2M
FY2025▲ +4%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$5.4M
FY2022$4.8M
FY2023$4.8M
FY2024$5.0M
FY2025$5.2M
Net assets
$1.8M
FY2025▲ +5%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.7M
FY2025$1.8M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1971.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

74 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 74% · $3.8M Management & general 17% · $855K Fundraising 10% · $501K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

12 people listed on the 990; $778K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President & CEO
$427,212Pt VII · Sec A
$139,577Pt VII · Sec A
Vp-Advocacy
$109,841Pt VII · Sec A
$101,450Pt VII · Sec A
Past Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
1st Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 7 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Chris E Wallace$427,212$332,262$318,424——
Chris E Wallace———$314,068$305,000
Patrick Brophey$139,577$118,249$114,249——
Dawn Miller————$132,309
Dawn Miller$101,450$122,796$125,422——
Kim Walton————$122,295
Andrea Coker$109,841————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Advocates for the public interest in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area.

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1 program service, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

To promote the public interest of the dallas fort worth arlington metropolitan statistical area (the "msa"), and as a means of achieving this purpose.

Pt IX · col B

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Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$14K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.5M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$611K
Investment incomeLn 3$13K
Money outPt IX
$5.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.8M
Managementcol C$855K
Fundraisingcol D$501K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$370K
Total assetsLn 16$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.2M
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a172
IndependentVI 1b172
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.5M
Government grantsLn 1e$2.9M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$611K
Investment incomeLn 3$13K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$5.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$370K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$370K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$100K
Other assetsLn 15$834K
Total assetsLn 16$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.2M
Net assetsLn 32$1.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 59
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$451K$370K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.3M$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$92K$100K
Total assetsLn 16$3.6M$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.9M$1.2M
Net assetsLn 32$1.7M$1.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$481K$216K$168K$96K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$626K$270K$200K$156K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$48K$14K$28K$6K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$108K$50K$36K$22K
Payroll taxesLn 10$68K$31K$23K$14K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$10K$10K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$84K$84K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$55K$55K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$43K$43K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$55K$55K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$131K$131K
InsuranceLn 23$10K$10K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$3.3M$3.1M$41K$207K
All other expensesLn 24e$111K$111K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.2M$3.8M$855K$501K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $5.1M$5.2M−$19K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $5.0M$5.0M$49K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.8M$4.8M$54K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $4.9M$4.8M$57K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.8M$5.4M−$516K$1.3M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $5,137,792 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$1,588,387
VIII-1e Government grants$2,925,481
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,513,868
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $610,510$610,510
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $13,414$13,414
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $610,510 · Excluded from tax $13,414$5,137,792
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,156,839 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $216,302 · Management $168,235 · Fundraising $96,134$480,671
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $270,210 · Management $199,578 · Fundraising $156,237$626,025
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $14,346 · Management $27,558 · Fundraising $6,080$47,984
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $50,235 · Management $35,865 · Fundraising $21,734$107,834
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $31,357 · Management $22,687 · Fundraising $13,622$67,666
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $9,510$9,510
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $83,500$83,500
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $55,450$55,450
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $43,176$43,176
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $55,475$55,475
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $130,636$130,636
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $10,207$10,207
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,079,471 · Management $41,117 · Fundraising $206,971$3,327,559
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $111,146$111,146
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,800,871 · Management $855,190 · Fundraising $500,778$5,156,839
Part X · Balance sheet $2,991,960 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $451,365$369,897
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $804,807$270,630
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $6,500$17,500
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $92,235$99,573
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,282,760$1,400,020
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $941,573$834,340
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,579,240$2,991,960
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $763,935$215,842
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $97,116$77,990
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,043,951$935,872
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,905,002$1,229,704
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,674,238$1,762,256
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,674,238$1,762,256
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,579,240$2,991,960
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,762,256 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,137,792
XI-2 Total expenses$5,156,839
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$19,047
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,674,238
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$107,065
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,762,256

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