Dallas South News
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 320282499
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2012
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2012
- Location
- Dallas, TX, USA
- Rating
- 65
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Printing, Publishing
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $28,470
- Expenses
- $26,586
- Assets
- $3,223
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Dallas south news is a nonprofit news organization which uses technology social media and journalistic principles to empower and inform underserved communities. 2010 accomplishments editor received Texas social media award from austin american statesman and appointed to poynter institute national advisory board 12 straight months of increased traffic growth 25 volunteer contributors in the area of writing, photography, videography and administration mentored 3 interns who received college credit for their work
What it reported doing in 2012
In 2011, dallas south news partnered with journalism students from southern methodist university. An article in the smu liberal arts magazine speaks to some of the highlights of the partnership: writing for dallas south news has given me what i consider to be real world experience in the field of journalism, said smu senior and journalism major charles scott, who has reported on issues ranging from a gang intervention program in dallas schools to a boxing program for at-risk youth. Since forming the partnership, students have spread out across the area to bring professional news coverage to these communities. They attend city meetings and press conferences, talking with residents, business leaders and public officials to get the full story. Dallas south news also received an 11,000 grant for the dallas foundation. The unrestricted grant was the first of its kind received by dallas south news in august, 2011, dallas south news held their third open house. As part of the open house, dsn introduced a totally revamped newsroom. The newsroom was redesigned by hilari younger who is currently a contestant on bravo channel's design star. Mrs. Younger donated her time to the project. At the open house, dallas south news also launched a print publication. Three thousand copies were printed for distribution throughout the coverage area. Dallas south news print was distributed throughout the remainder of the year.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 56
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 55.3%; rating input score 55
- Program expense ratio: 59.2%; rating input score 59
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.6%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: -15% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 41.6% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 55.3% of revenue deployed · 59.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $16K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2010 to 2012
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.