EIN 75-6005352

United Way of Metropolitan Dallas

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
135
City
State
Year formed
1961
Most recent tax filings
2022-06-01
Description
Since 1924, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas has provided resources and infrastructure to nonprofits and charities in the Dallas area. They raise funds, increase effectiveness, and ensure accountability for service providers and programs that focus on long-term, measurable and effective change in their community. They help non-profits and community leaders collaborate to solve critical problems -- because the only way to make a long-term, measurable impact is by working together to make it happen.
Total revenues
$63,070,659
2022
Total expenses
$64,012,588
2022
Total assets
$43,656,559
2022
Num. employees
135
2022

Program areas at United Way of Metropolitan Dallas

Uwmd builds and administers collaborative programs and initiatives that ensure more students graduate ready to succeed, enable more families to become financially stable, and give people the tools to lead healthy, productive lives. Examples include: 1. Pathways to economic mobility helps families increase savings, improve credit scores, reduce debt, and avoid predatory lending products. In fiscal year 2021-2022, over 60,000 people accessed financial capability services through United Way, including 6,000 that participated in one-on-one financial coaching. Our free tax preparation program helped almost 4,000 people obtain $8.6 million in refunds. (continued in schedule o)united Way increased access to credit-building loans and college savings accounts, adding 176 capital good fund loans and 230 new dollars for college accounts. Our financial inclusion roundtable provided capability building and networking opportunities for more than 50 community organizations and financial institutions in the region. 2. Pathways to work equips young adults for living wage jobs and advances workforce equity in the Dallas region. In fiscal year 2021-2022, 21,400 individuals participated in employment services, with 1,600 completing vocational training and almost 3,000 placed in jobs. Pathways to work engaged forty program partners, including training providers, employers and industry associations to drive improvements in local workforce outcomes. 3. Digital connections is an initiative to bridge the digital divide by providing thousands of free devices, tech support, and digital literacy to residents in southern Dallas. The goal of the program is to help students in Dallas neighborhoods engage in online learning and set them up for success in today's digital school and job environments, while also providing families with access to essential resources, like online job portals, telemedicine, online banking, and more. United Way of Metropolitan Dallas partnered with at&t, compudopt, and cardboard project to provide more than 2,000 refurbished laptops, digital literacy classes, and technology support to k-12 students, young adults, and families across various locations in southern Dallas. 4. Southern Dallas thrives is a targeted initiative advancing our mission and impact with a focus on providing critical services, resources, and supports in communities that have been under-resourced, under-served, and disproportionately impacted by long-term systemic and systematic racism. Through the southern Dallas thrives initiative, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas aims to bring residents, corporations, service providers, educators, funders, and civic leaders together to continuously identify and assess assets and needs and leverage resources to build an inclusive economy in southern Dallas. Our goal is to advance long term, sustainable economic mobility within targeted communities for families. 5. United Way social innovation lab is a continuum of capacity building programs for social entrepreneurs in education, income and health. The lab currently includes the incubator (early-stage), accelerator (mid-stage) and alumni programs (serving graduates of the incubator and accelerator). Both the incubator and accelerator are mentor-driven programs that invest in organizations that are focused on implementing novel solutions to community challenges through seed funding, intensive professional development, mentorship and coaching, and increased visibility opportunities. The alumni program, which is just launching this year, will feature opportunities for additional investments of financial capital, human capital, and social capital and opportunities for networking, cross-pollination, and community-building. In fiscal year 2021-2022 the programs supported 19 incubator fellows giving $57,500 in program payments and awards in addition to 10 accelerator fellows giving $520,000 in program payments and awards. 6. The Texas home visiting program, funded by the Texas department of family and protective services (dfps), helps good people become great parents. This program matches Dallas county and collin county families with a trained home visitor, a nurse, experienced parent, trained professional or volunteer to answer questions, offer advice, provide support, and teach parents how to prepare their kids for kindergarten. In 2020-2021, 816 families received home visit program services. 7. The healthy outcomes through prevention and early intervention support (hopes) program, funded by the Texas department of family and protective services (dfps), helps Dallas county parents create home environments in which young children can thrive. Working with clinics, organizations, and government agencies, the program's staff helps families receive instruction, support, and community resources. Approximately 523 families received direct parent education program services during fiscal year 2020-2021. Additionally, 967 families received service support referrals through the hopes program. 8. North Texas summer and supper council, a member-led coalition of north Texas organizations working to build capacity and increase awareness of the issue of child hunger insecurity and access. The goal of the council is to provide a supportive collaborative aimed at increasing the capacity and resources available to organizations who provide federally funded child nutrition programs within local communities. The council draws upon a myriad of best practices and implementation techniques to better equip contracting entities in high need areas with tools for success, while offering a collaborative environment for open dialogue. 9. The nonprofit success institute strengthens and supports organizations and nonprofits at different stages of growth in collin county. In partnership with communities foundation of Texas and toyota of north america, this program provides training and resources to enable small and medium sized nonprofits, churches, and organizations to operate more efficiently, increase their impact, and gain access to capital. In fiscal year 2021-2022 the program supported and invested in nine organizations. 10. The Dallas rental assistance collaborative (drac) is funded with the treasury department's emergency rental assistance program (erap) and serves households within the city of Dallas who have been affected by covid in some form, financially. In partnership with 15 nonprofit organizations United Way has served 7,239 households and distributed $31,044,555.49 from june 2020 - december 2022. In addition to distributing funds, United Way has also established an extensive rental assistance navigation system within drac to allow the most vulnerable households in need, those evicted with a court order, to receive fast and effective services to avoid eviction.
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Inc. Enables donors to designate their gifts to other United ways or to specific agencies. In fiscal year 2021-2022, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Inc. Processed $3,672,220 in designations.
We collaborated with a broad spectrum of community partners to develop our aspire 2030 goals: our north star for driving transformational change and advancing racial equity in education, income, and health across north Texas through the year 2030. In education we seek to increase by 50% the number of north Texas students reading on grade level by third grade. In income we seek to increase the number of north Texas young adults who earn a living wage by 20%. In health we seek to increase to 96% the number of north texans with access to affordable health care insurance. (continued in schedule o) in fiscal year 2021-2022, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas created positive impact on the lives of more than 1.5 million north texans and invested in 118 exceptional education, income, and health organizations through our community impact grants. Education 840,000 students laid the groundwork for continued educational success.income265,000 north texans received assistance to get and keep better jobs and build savings for the future. Health 385,000 neighbors gained access to the health and wellness resources they need to live longer, healthier lives.

Grants made by United Way of Metropolitan Dallas

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
United Way of Metropolitan DallasDonor Designations$3,672,220
CitysquareProgram Ops Cost$3,078,840
Harmony Community Development CorporationProgram Ops Cost$3,000,737
...and 197 more grants made totalling $42,434,208

Who funds United Way of Metropolitan Dallas

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
United Way of Metropolitan DallasDonor Designations$3,672,220
United Way Foundation of Metropolitan DallasSupport Uwmd$2,645,000
The Blackbaud Giving FundGeneral Support$2,256,360
...and 37 more grants received totalling $15,124,254

Personnel at United Way of Metropolitan Dallas

NameTitleCompensation
Jennifer SampsonPresident$615,006
Janice HarissisChief Financial Officer$315,012
Angela FloydVice President , It and Gift Processing$134,328
Ann C MontgomeryVice President , Innovation and Design$129,421
Susan D HutchesonVice President , Leadership Giving$142,607
...and 21 more key personnel

Financials for United Way of Metropolitan Dallas

RevenuesFYE 06/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$62,583,431
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$21,718
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$-28,608
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$494,118
Total revenues$63,070,659

Form 990s for United Way of Metropolitan Dallas

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-062023-05-15990View PDF
2020-062021-06-11990View PDF
2019-062020-09-22990View PDF
2018-062019-09-14990View PDF
2017-062018-10-16990View PDF
...and 7 more Form 990s

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United Way of New York CityNew York, NY$63,579,225
Valley of the Sun United WayPhoenix, AZ$79,942,536
United Way of Greater CincinnatiCincinnati, OH$43,822,055
United Way of Central AlabamaBirmingham, AL$107,396,497
Data update history
June 6, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 7 new personnel
May 26, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 2 new vendors, including , and
May 15, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 3 new vendors, including , , and
May 15, 2023
Received grants
Identified 17 new grant, including a grant for $8,348,496 from United Way of Metropolitan Dallas
January 11, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 29 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsFamily service centersHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharities
Issues
Community improvement
Characteristics
Political advocacyLobbyingState / local levelReceives government fundingEndowed supportCommunity engagement / volunteeringTax deductible donations
General information
Address
1800 N Lamar St
Dallas, TX 75202
Metro area
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
County
Dallas County, TX
Website URL
unitedwaydallas.org/ 
Phone
(214) 978-0000
Facebook page
unitedwaydallas 
Twitter profile
@unitedwaydallas 
IRS details
EIN
75-6005352
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1961
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
T00: Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations: General
NAICS code, primary
624190: Individual and Family Services
Parent/child status
Central organization
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