North Dallas Shared Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
751908563
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Dallas, TX, USA
Phone
2143588700
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,368,048
Expenses
$5,156,626
Assets
$19,272,816
Liabilities
$291,658

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LEONARD M RIGGS JR MD (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
  • JUDY RORRIE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • LEONARD M RIGGS JR MD (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
  • DANE HARDY (VICE PRESIDNT/DIRECTOR)
  • COLIN C RORRIE JR PHD (SECRETARY/DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Now-forward is the trusted and compassionate resource helping individuals through unexpected life challenges.

What it reported doing in 2025

NDSM is the trusted and compassionate resource helping individuals through unexpected life challenges. NDSM provides temporary emergency assistance for basic needs and offers services promoting health, education, and financial independence to help low-income individuals and families achieve long-term stability and assume responsibility for their lives as they are able. NDSM partners with other organizations to provide services that it alone cannot offer. NDSM provides the following services at no cost to its clients: . Food . Rent and Utility Assistance . Medical Care . Dental Care . Mental Health Counseling . Vision/Glasses . Clothing . School Supplies . School Uniforms . English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) Classes . Tax Preparation Assistance . Rent Advances for Disabled Dallas County Welfare Clients without Household Income.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 92% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • 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. Some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 98.7%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1,446.83 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 19%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.74; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83% of revenue deployed · 98.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.