Dallas Metro Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
204381629
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Dallas, TX, USA
Phone
2147440848
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$998,130
Expenses
$1,019,655
Assets
$1,040,367
Liabilities
$18,221

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • I CLAY WALLACE (DIRECTOR/EXE): $71,539 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Dallas metro, inc. Strives to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of children in the inner-city, through the grace and power of jesus.

What it reported doing in 2025

Dallas metro, inc. Conducts a daily metro kidz program serving 13 neighborhoods across dallas. Through faith-based activities, the organization reaches at-risk children and provides social, emotional, and relational support. Beyond daily activities, metro kidz is uniquely positioned in neighborhoods to provide for physical needs, such as food and clothing. Metro kidz has impacted thousands of lives since its inception in 1993. 200 kids were a part of the metro kidz program in 2025. Dallas metro youth (dmy), is the teenage counterpart of metro kidz. The teenagers who participate are provided with a weekly gathering, dinner, and opportunities to volunteer with the organization. In 2025, there were 70 teens in the dmy program. In 2025, through partnerships with generous donors, the organization provided a wrapped birthday gift for every child and teen in the metro kidz and dallas metro youth programs. In 2025, over 800 gifts were given.

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 85% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 72
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.9%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 76.2%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.95 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.2%; rating input score 99; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: -2.2%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.02; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.9% of revenue deployed · 76.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $777K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $72K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.