Dallas Society of Visual Communications Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
751308333
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Dallas, TX, USA
Phone
2148103782
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$94,655
Expenses
$122,549
Assets
$12,976
Liabilities
$46,016

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ryan Bailey (Director/President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Paula Dohanian (Secretary): $42,250 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organizations mission is to provide education and networking opportunities to students and professionals in the business of visual communication and to advance the vocation of visual communication.

What it reported doing in 2024

DALLAS PROFESSIONAL SHOW - The Dallas Show provides regional creative professionals a juried competition that showcases and awards the best design work created in a given year. It is a highly-regarded event in the region. There are two components to the show: the call for entries and the banquet. Call for entries take place around March to April every year. Cost of a single entry is $55 for DSVC members, $65 for non-members. After judging is complete, accepted work showcased at an awards banquet where the medal winners are announced, along with a few additional awards like lifetime achievement, best volunteer and so forth. The banquet also includes a plated dinner. Attending the banquet is a cost of $120 for DSVC members, $115 for non-members. In the 2024-2025 season, nationally recognized judges selected approximately 70 pieces for the show and awarded 40 medals from about 151 pieces submitted.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.2%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 63.5%; rating input score 64
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • 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: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -29.5%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 3.55; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 34.5%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.2% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -22% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.2% of revenue deployed · 63.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $78K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $42K · 19 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.