Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
752177452
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Irving, TX, USA
Phone
9727177107
Rating
56
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$125,853
Expenses
$125,699
Assets
$73,780

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jay Young (President)
  • David J Kohl (Past President)

People named in this filing

  • Jay Young (President)
  • Kathleen Gibson (Chair - Member)
  • Bliss Smith (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The dallas committee on foreign relations promotes knowledge, dialogue and understanding of global issues, international relations, business and foreign polocies through various forums that host domestic and international speakers who inform and benefit the organization's members. The organization hosted 9 in person and virtual forums and events during the calender year with attendance ranging from approximately 25 to 130 attendees.

What it reported doing in 2025

The dallas committee on foreign relations is focused on exploring leading-edge developments in foreign affairs through our members and programs. We endeavor to promote greater knowledge of global affairs and a better understanding of the people, politics, and events impacting present and future decisions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 45
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 45.2%; rating input score 45
  • Program expense ratio: 45.2%; rating input score 45

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.1%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.1% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10.6% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 45.2% of revenue deployed · 45.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $57K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 45/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.