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ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION

EIN 27-0178272 DALLAS, TX

Revenue 2024
$3,700,294
Expenses 2024
$4,558,251

Program services were 63.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1200
Street
1400 S AKARD ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION (ACT) EQUIPS UNDERSERVED RESIDENTS TO FIGHT CRIME ON THEIR STREETS USING THE JUSTICE SYSTEM BY WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH PARTNERS TO MAKE SAFETY A REALITY FOR EVERYONE.

  • ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION (ACT) IS A CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION THAT EXISTS TO MAKE STRONGER AND SAFER NEIGHBORHOODS A NORMAL REALITY FOR EVERYONE. ACT CARRIES OUT THIS VISION THROUGH EMPOWERING RESIDENTS LIVING IN HIGH-CRIME AREAS TO STOP ILLEGAL ACTIVITY ON THEIR STREET USING THE CIVIL JUSTICE SYSTEM. FOUNDED ON CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES AND A DESIRE TO SEE SHALOM USHERED BACK TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, ACT USES CIVIL LAW TO SHUT DOWN THESE HOUSES THAT EAT AWAY AT THE FIBER OF ONCE PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOODS. ACT'S LEGAL ADVOCACY MODEL IS A PRIVATE SOLUTION TO THE PUBLIC PROBLEM THESE DRUG HOUSES POSE. ACT USES EXISTING CIVIL LAWS TO BRING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE OWNERS OF THE DRUG HOUSES SEEKING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF THAT FORCES THE CESSATION OF THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY. IN 15 YEARS, ACT HAS SHUT DOWN OVER 256 DRUG HOUSES, IMPACTING MORE THAN 39,000 OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE WITHIN JUST 0.1 MILE OF THE SHUTTERED HOUSES. THIS INNOVATIVE APPROACH DISRUPTS THIS FIGHT AND PROVIDES A WINNING SOLUTION THAT BRINGS NEIGHBORS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND PRO BONO ATTORNEYS TOGETHER USING EXISTING CIVIL LAW TO TACKLE THIS ENTRENCHED PROBLEM THAT PLAGUES EVERY MAJOR CITY IN THE UNITED STATES. ACT'S UNIQUE LEGAL ADVOCACY APPROACH IS A PRIVATE SOLUTION TO A PUBLIC PROBLEM. ACT'S MODEL TAKES EXISTING LAWS - TRADITIONALLY ONLY UTILIZED BY MUNICIPALITIES - AND PUTS THE POWER OF THOSE LAWS INTO THE HANDS OF THOSE CLOSEST TO THE PROBLEM, THE RESIDENTS. THIS COLLABORATIVE, COMMUNITY-DRIVEN APPROACH COMPLEMENTS THE WORK OF THE POLICE AND THE CITY, RESULTING IN TANGIBLE CHANGE THAT IS LONG-LASTING.

    Expenses $2,874,824

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • JIM CALDWELL

    BOARDCHAIRMA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • J REID PORTER

    PRESIDENT &

    Total calculated
    $94,220
    From this org
    $87,470
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,750
    Hours/week
    40

  • CARY NEWMAN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NICHOLAS SENSLEY

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR TERRY FLOWERS

    SENIOR ADVIS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KIMBER HARTMAN

    VP OF ADVANC

    Total calculated
    $153,118
    From this org
    $148,308
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,810
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,308
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,810
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $153,118

  • MARIA PACHECO

    VP OF DFW IM

    Total calculated
    $165,250
    From this org
    $160,360
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,890
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,360
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,890
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $165,250

  • EVANGELINE HEPPENSTALL

    KEY EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $134,892
    From this org
    $130,992
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,900
    Hours/week
    40

  • TODD ROBINSON

    KEY EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $117,465
    From this org
    $117,465
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,700,294
    Expenses
    $4,558,251
    Contributions
    $3,884,250
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,163,363
    Expenses
    $3,828,658
    Contributions
    $3,204,342
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,498,432
    Expenses
    $3,078,741
    Contributions
    $3,537,751
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,887,736
    Expenses
    $3,011,114
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,745,513

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,948,140
    Expenses
    $2,900,186
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,892,028

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,434,025
    Expenses
    $3,388,902
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,818,644

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,472,717
    Expenses
    $2,917,660
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,549,503

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,149,417
    Expenses
    $2,516,131
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,001,561

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,958,265
    Expenses
    $1,891,135
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,374,338

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,159,458
    Expenses
    $1,323,765
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,286,330

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,430,783
    Expenses
    $862,530
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,485,137

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $891,892
    Expenses
    $594,338
    Assets (EOY)
    $874,912

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $461,461
    Assets (EOY)
    $570,195

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2010

Tax period
1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010
Principal officer
Reid Porter
Mailing address
PO Box 225225Dallas TX 752225225
Website
actdallas.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.