Head Start of Greater Dallas Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 752247281
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Dallas, TX, USA
- Phone
- 9722836400
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $43,462,261
- Expenses
- $44,024,856
- Assets
- $21,159,954
- Liabilities
- $7,213,639
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
29 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LAURA COBB HAYES MS CFRE PMP (PAST PRESIDENT, EXEC. COMM. MEMBER)
- MICHELE R ANDERSON MA ECE (PRESIDENT & EXEC. COMM. MEMBER)
- KATHRYN L MCCARTNEY (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- KATHRYN L MCCARTNEY (CEO): $170,700 total reported compensation
- LISA WHITE (COMPUTER SERVICES MANAGER): $118,815 total reported compensation
- EMMANUEL KARIMI (DATABASE ADMINISTRATION MANAGER): $116,124 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Head start of greater dallas, inc. Provides children with the foundation of skills and knowledge they need to be successful in school and life and fosters self-reliant families and communities.
What it reported doing in 2024
Child education: head start program provides comprehensive child development, social, health and nutritional services to low income children and families. Educational program provides a rich learning environment designed to stimulate the child's cognitive, literacy, physical and social needs while addressing nutritional and health needs. Children have access to computers and become adept at using them as learning tools. Head start works with parents and other family members to encourage job training, skill development and access to community resources. 2,178 children were served.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 100% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.3%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 86.4%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1.3%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.48; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.4%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87.3% of revenue deployed · 86.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $38M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $171K · 29 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.7M reported
- Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.