Form 990 for tax year 2025
Filed by THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS CHARITIES.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,662,391
- Total expenses
- $2,191,765
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,659,561
- Grants paid
- $2,191,765
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $2,830
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,928,363
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,928,363
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,191,765
- Management and general expenses
- $0
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,191,765
Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$2,659,561
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3 · Investment income
total $0
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: reimbursement
total $2,830 · related or exempt $2,830
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11e · Other revenue, total
$2,830
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $2,191,765 · program services $2,191,765
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $0
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $0
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $0
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14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $0
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17 · Travel
total $0
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $0
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,457,737 · end of year $1,928,363
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
end of year $0
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,457,737 · end of year $1,928,363
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
For 40 years, The Dallas Morning News Charities has been dedicated to fighting hunger and homelessness throughout North Texas. Thanks to the generosity of our community, weve raised more than $38.5 million to support local nonprofits that provide food, shelter, and resources to help people rebuild their lives.
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For 40 years, The Dallas Morning News Charities has been dedicated to fighting hunger and homelessness throughout North Texas. In 2025 we provided grants totaling $2,191,765 ($2.2M) to 15 nonprofit partners to provide nutritious meals, safe shelter, clothing, hygiene items, emergency financial aid, counseling, and youth programs helping people not just survive, but move toward independence.
Expenses $2,191,765 · Grants $2,191,765
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Laura McGraw
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sarah Blaskovich
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Melissa Bemenderfer
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Joe Rutens
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Heather Parker
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Saher Merchant
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rita Olivarez
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jeremy Kutscherousky
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jackie Underwood Smith
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jessica Cates THRU 925
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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GRANT S MOISE FROM 925
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
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$195,947
Fund the Organization's mission
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$186,948
Fund the Organization's mission
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$181,948
Fund the Organization's mission
-
$176,948
Fund the Organization's mission
-
$166,948
Fund the Organization's mission
-
$161,948
Fund the Organization's mission
-
$151,948
Fund the Organization's mission
-
$138,835
Fund the Organization's mission
-
$136,948
Fund the Organization's mission
-
$134,948
Fund the Organization's mission
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 18 March 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202640779349300334
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