Dallas Doing Good Llc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 833544479
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Dallas, TX, USA
- Phone
- 2149788864
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Media, Communications Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $358,170
- Expenses
- $247,544
- Assets
- $115,333
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- E ASHLEE KLEINERT (DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT/SECRETARY)
- CHRISTOPHER W KLEINERT (DIRECTOR/SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT)
- JAN OSBORNE (DIRECTOR/SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JENNIFER TREJO (MANAGING EDITOR, DALLAS DOING GOOD): $106,186 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Dallas doing good (ddg) creates transformational impact in our communities by sharing stories that support good news and good work in north Texas, in partnership with the good foundation of Texas. Our mission is twofold: to amplify the voices of nonprofits, community leaders, and change-makers through storytelling and digital media, and to equip the next generation of diverse journalists through our ddg fellowship program.
What it reported doing in 2024
Dallas doing good spreads goods news about the community through the following programs: digital storytelling platform: in 2024, dallas doing good published over 120 stories highlighting local nonprofits, social impact leaders, and community events. Our website attracted over 60,000 unique visitors, demonstrating a growing interest in positive, solutions-focused news.volunteer and event resources: maintained and updated a robust online event calendar and listings of volunteer opportunities to help residents get involved in meaningful community service.ddg fellowship program: the ddg fellowship, launched in 2024, is a paid journalism and life skills program that now supports 10 fellows from underserved communities. Fellows receive hands-on training in writing, interviewing, media production, and civic engagement, and contribute original stories to the ddg platform.community engagement: partnered with more than 100 local nonprofits, schools, and businesses to highlight initiatives at the intersection of philanthropy and community development, inspiring increased awareness and volunteerism across north Texas.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.2%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 95.7%; rating input score 96
- Fundraising efficiency: $52.64 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 30.9%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 42.9%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 75.6% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 71.1% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 66.2% of revenue deployed · 95.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $237K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $106K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.