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DALLAS BAR ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY SERVICE FUND

EIN 75-2410525 DALLAS, TX

Revenue 2024
$2,640,483
Expenses 2024
$1,639,080

Program services were 66.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I80Z
Classification
1000
Street
2101 ROSS AVE

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

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to operate exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of section 501 (c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or corresponding provision of any subsequent federal tax law (the "Code"), including for such purposes the making of distributions to organizations described in section 501 (c)(3) of the Code.

  • Recruiting - Ongoing recruitment of volunteer attorneys is an integral part of the Community Service Fund. Presentations are made at law firms, corporations, by telephone, internet and mail. Follow-up activities are conducted to maximize numbers and to ensure retention of recruited volunteers. Over 12,392 attorneys have been recruited to serve low-income individuals. Approximately 2,176 attorneys are currently active, and 500 volunteers have been recruited in the year 2024.

    Expenses $251,173

  • Training - Intensive training sessions are held during the year to prepare attorneys for their pro bono services and representations. Materials are provided and experts lecture on relevant legal topics such as family law, bankruptcy, guardianship, and ethics. Trainings for 1,282 volunteer attorneys were held in 2024.

    Expenses $251,173

  • Intake Services - Weekly intake sessions are conducted at five community locations to determine program eligibility and to access legal needs. Over 5,925 individuals have received intake services in 2024.

    Expenses $251,173

  • Pro Se Divorce Clinic, Wills Clinic - Volunteer attorneys and paralegals staff monthly clinics for low-income individuals. Legal advice and representations are provided to eligible individuals.

    Expenses $251,173

  • DBA Entrepreneurs in Community Lawyering provides resources, coaching and mentoring to attorneys launching their own practices. The program incubates a cohort of attorneys over a one year period to help launch financialy sustainable practives that serve clients of modest means, everyday people who earn too much to qualify for free legal assistance but can't afford to pay exorbitant fees for legal services.

    Expenses $53,279

  • Miscellaneous - Community educational programs are presented to inform and provide the public with available legal services.

    Expenses $19,873

  • Other allocations, Legalline - A community service in which attorneys volunteer their time to anonymously answer the public's legal questions over the telephone.

    Expenses $10,349

  • Summer Law Intern Program - A summer program which provides underprivileged and academically qualified students with internships at local law firms and corporations.

    Expenses $3,863

  • The organization's primary exempt purpose is to operate exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of section 501 (c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or corresponding provision of any subsequent federal tax law (the "Code"), including for such purposes the making of distributions to organizations described in section 501 (c)(3) of the Code.

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.

  • Alicia Hernandez

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $286,304
    From this org
    $143,152
    From related orgs
    $143,152
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    25 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,792 + $133,792 related
    Bonus
    $9,360 + $9,360 related
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $143,152 + $143,152 related

  • Michelle Alden

    DVAP Director

    Total calculated
    $137,000
    From this org
    $137,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

  • Holly Griffin

    Managing Attorney

    Total calculated
    $108,260
    From this org
    $108,260
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

  • Whitney Breheny

    Paralegal

    Total calculated
    $80,000
    From this org
    $80,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

  • Annie W Douglas

    Paralegal

    Total calculated
    $63,236
    From this org
    $63,236
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

  • Fernando Avelar

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachel Morgan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jared Slade

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Fawaz Bham

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Diane Couchman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan Childers

    Inter Past Pres

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Stephanie Culpepper

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary Fowler

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Rogers

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Diane Sumoski

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachel Morgan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vicki Blanton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie Ungerman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Kelly

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Kent

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cheryl Murray

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer King

    Sec. Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alicia E Hernandez

    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. 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
    $2,640,483
    Expenses
    $1,639,080
    Contributions
    $1,791,304
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,847,268
    Expenses
    $1,533,627
    Contributions
    $1,789,599
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,077,194
    Expenses
    $1,408,364
    Contributions
    $1,675,017
    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
    $2,294,282
    Expenses
    $1,038,360
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,862,095

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,159,089
    Expenses
    $1,041,755
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,312,418

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.

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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.