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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DALLAS EVICTION ADVOCACY CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,796,157
Total expenses
$1,240,463
Contributions and grants received
$1,796,157
Grants paid
$45,973
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,619,165
Total liabilities, end of year
$11,315
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,607,850
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,134,348
Management and general expenses
$96,606
Fundraising expenses
$9,509
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,134,348

Program services were 91.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,796,157

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $45,973 · program services $45,973

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $43,132 · program services $34,506 · management and general $4,313 · fundraising $4,313

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $812,115 · program services $812,115

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $68,186 · program services $68,186

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $72,738 · program services $72,738

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $29,021 · management and general $29,021

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,750 · program services $7,750

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $52,402 · program services $47,338 · management and general $18 · fundraising $5,046

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $24,412 · program services $17,892 · management and general $6,520

  • 17 · Travel

    total $22,563 · management and general $22,563

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,647 · management and general $9,647

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,576 · management and general $17,576

  • 24a · Other expenses: ATTORNEY FEES

    total $27,850 · program services $27,850

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,098 · management and general $6,948 · fundraising $150

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $44,911 · end of year $386,451

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $997,557 · end of year $1,196,502

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,595 · end of year $20,735

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $31,379

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $15,902

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $25,124 · end of year $15,477

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $19,031 · end of year $11,315

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $54,599 · end of year $308,688

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $997,557 · end of year $1,299,162

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE DALLAS EVICTION ADVOCACY CENTER'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE HOUSING JUSTICE AND STABILITY BY ENSURING THE PROTECTION OF TENANT'S RIGHTS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PASSIONATE AND COMMITTED LAWYERS AT NO COST TO THE TENANT.(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)DEAC HAS CHANGED DRASTICALLY SINCE ITS GRASSROOTS INCEPTION IN MARCH 2020. HISTORICALLY, IN THE UNITED STATES, TENANTS WHO ATTEND THEIR EVICTION HEARINGS WITHOUT AN ATTORNEY HAVE A 3% CHANCE OF WINNING THEIR CASE, REGARDLESS OF THE INFORMATION THEY PRESENT. BY PROVIDING PRO BONO LEGAL DEFENSE FOR TENANTS FACING EVICTION, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ASSIST OUR LOCAL NEIGHBORS IN REMAINING HOUSED, WITH A SUCCESS RATE OF 67.8%. THAT MEANS OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY ARE ALLOWED TO REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES, TAX OUR LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND FINANCIAL SYSTEMS LESS, AND GET BACK ON THEIR FEET FASTER TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN SELF-SUFFICIENCY ON THEIR OWN AND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EMPOWER DALLAS COUNTY TENANTS TO MAINTAIN HOUSING SECURITY BY PROVIDING PRO BONO LEGAL ASSISTANCE.

  • SINCE OUR INCEPTION IN 2020, WE HAVE TOUCHED NEARLY 30,000 INDIVIDUALS IN NEED, RANGING FROM PHONE ADVICE, REFERRALS, TO ACTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE ALL THE WAY THROUGH AN APPEAL PROCESS FOR THEIR EVICTION. THE MAJORITY OF OUR CLIENTS ARE SINGLE MOTHERS OF COLOR. IN 2023-2024, 4,256 INDIVIDUAL CLIENTS WERE SERVED THROUGH DEAC'S ENDEAVORS. OF THOSE 4,256: 26 WERE ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER (0.60%); 2,835 WERE BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN (66.60%); 570 WERE HISPANIC (13.4%); 140 WERE TWO OR MORE RACES (3.30%); 9 WERE NATIVE AMERICAN (0.20%); 421 WERE WHITE (9.90%); AND 255 WERE UNKNOWN/DECLINED TO ANSWER (6%). OF THOSE 4,256, 66.8% WERE FEMALE, 32% WERE MALE, 1% DECLINED TO STATE, AND 0.2% WERE NON-BINARY/TRANSGENDER.(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)OF THE 4,256 SERVED: 81 WERE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 19-21 YEARS OLD (1.90%), 2,745 WERE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 22-44 YEARS OLD (64.50%), 1,060 WERE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 45-59 YEARS OLD (24.9%), 192 WERE BETWEEN 60-64 YEARS OLD (4.5%), 166 WERE OVER 65 YEARS OF AGE (3.90%), AND 12 DECLINED TO ANSWER. OF THE 4,256 SERVED, 14% IDENTIFIED AS BEING DISABLED, AND NEARLY 5% WERE NOT CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

    Expenses $1,134,348 · Grants $45,973

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mark Melton

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Lauren Melton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Cora Black

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ross Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deana Denooyer Stroh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Cedillo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aja Rose Tennyson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Holston

    CEO (STARTED 8/1/2023)

    Total calculated
    $43,132
    From this org
    $41,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,882
    Hours/week
    50

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
25 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403069349301790

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