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THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS CHARITIES

EIN 75-2128160 DALLAS, TX

Revenue 2025
$2,662,391
Expenses 2025
$2,191,765

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T30
Classification
1278
Street
1954 COMMERCE 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 · 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.

  • 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.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $2,662,391
    Expenses
    $2,191,765
    Contributions
    $2,659,561
    Grants paid
    $2,191,765

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2024

Tax period
1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024
Principal officer
Catherine G Collins
Mailing address
1954 Commerce StreetDallas TX 75201
Website
www.dmncharities.com

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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

  • Exemption revoked 15 May 2019, reinstated 15 May 2019.

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.