Uptown Dallas Inc

Overview

Mission

The corporation is organized for the following purposes: to promote the area known as uptown in dallas, Texas ("uptown"); to provide a safer environment. The corporation is organized for the following purposes: to promote the area special services of uptown; to create a master plan with specific guidelines for uptown and to support the uptown-based mckinney avenue trolley, including expansion of service, as well as maintenance of existing service and equipment; to improve upon the special character of uptown; to expand upon the historic character and enhance the identity and visual experience of uptown; to assure the longevity of streetscape improvements; to receive, accept, take or hold bequest, devise, gift, purchase or lease for any of the corporations programs, any property, real or personal, without limitation as to amount or value; to sell, convey or retain such property, as deemed appropriate for the specific programs of the corporation; to coordinate with other organizations

Operating model

Revenue model

Grant-funded. 97% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.

Distribution model

Direct operator. The filing allocates 86% 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

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 some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 73
• Transparency & Controls: 87
• Accountability: 99
• Sustainability: 47
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• Where the money goes: 81.3% of revenue deployed · 84.7% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 51 of 52 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
• Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $2.9M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $167K · 54 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $432K reported
• Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
• Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
• Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 4 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.
• Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

• Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
• Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
• High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.