Community Council of Greater Dallas
Community Council of Greater Dallas is a public charity based in Dallas, Texas. Formed in 1943, it provides leadership in connecting individuals and families with resources, alleviating poverty, and fostering independence and wellness. Its work includes direct services and grants to other organizations.
Community Council of Greater Dallas at a glance
In short: Community Council of Greater Dallas gave $5.8M across 20 grants in 2025 (avg $291K), mostly in Texas. 5% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $5,810,191
- -21.2% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 20
- -25.9% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $290,510
- +6.4% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $112,206
- Total assets
- $4,417,331
- -35.0% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 5% first-time grantees (1 of 20, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- Texas (95% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Community Council of Greater Dallas
- Contact
Mailing address: 1341 W Mockingbird Lane 1000W, Dallas, TX 75247
Phone: (214) 871-5065
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Community Council of Greater Dallas funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Dallas County Osap ($2.3M). Together the top 10 received $5.2M.
Grant Size Distribution
121 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 42 grants of 121 (35%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The 2025 grants were concentrated in Texas, which received 95% of grant dollars; Iowa received 5%. The organization’s programs described on its website include services in Dallas County and, through its SNAP Navigator program, outreach across 56 counties in North Texas and the Texas Panhandle.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 20 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Community Council of Greater Dallas open to new grantees?
5%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 1 of 20 grantees (5%) were first-time recipients. With only 20 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 5 points. First grants averaged $2.3M; repeat grants $183K. How we count
Medians: $2.3M first-time, $110K repeat.
- 90% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+0%). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $4.3M (2023) to $7.4M (2024). In 2025 it made 20 grants totaling $5.8M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas County Osap Dallas, TX | — | $2,342,323 |
| VNA Foundation Dallas, TX | — | $1,052,224 |
| The Senior Source Dallas, TX | General Support | $378,622 |
| Catholic Charities of Dallas Dallas, TX | General Support | $329,943 |
| Moms Meals Ankeny, IA | General Support | $294,211 |
| Deaf Action Center Dallas, TX | Gneral Support | $210,810 |
| City of Grand Prairie Grand Prairie, TX | General Support | $205,736 |
| City of Lancaster Lancaster, TX | General Support | $122,502 |
| Jewish Community Center Dallas, TX | General Support | $118,206 |
| Alzheimers Association Dallas, TX | General Support | $114,750 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,417,331 | $14,801,209 | $15,091,734 | $5,810,191 | 20 | $294 |
| 2024 | $6,800,837 | $18,774,443 | $19,164,617 | $7,374,545 | 27 | $163 |
| 2023 | $6,867,466 | $17,878,917 | $18,082,898 | $4,284,289 | 17 | $3,800 |
| 2022 | $4,381,018 | $17,782,998 | $17,963,086 | $5,824,674 | 27 | $3,423 |
| 2021 | $4,744,328 | $19,419,389 | $19,571,272 | $6,347,288 | 30 | $13,280 |
| 2020 | $4,886,276 | $15,906,705 | $16,313,772 | $6,583,197 | 26 | $-990 |
| 2019 | $3,743,014 | $14,730,113 | $16,235,458 | $5,367,015 | 37 | $4,101 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The organization’s mission is to move individuals and families from surviving to thriving by improving quality of life, alleviating poverty, fostering independence and wellness, and connecting people to needed resources.
Its programs include the Dallas Area Agency on Aging, which serves Dallas County residents age 60 and older, and economic mobility services that combine emergency assistance, workforce development, employment assistance, and case management. Other programs described on its website include a 24/7 2-1-1 helpline, SNAP navigation, and support for people and families affected by Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
Its 2025 grants included support for organizations whose own missions address older adults, health and well-being, poverty and hunger, and services for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. For example, the Senior Citizens of Greater Dallas describes its mission as enhancing older adults’ quality of life; the Visiting Nurse Association of Texas Foundation says it supports care that promotes community health and well-being; and Deaf Action Center describes its work as advancing education, communication, economic security, and health for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, Community Council reported 20 grants totaling $5,810,191. Grant amounts ranged from $23,825 to $2,342,323, with a median grant of $112,206. The largest grants included $2,342,323 to Dallas County OSAP and $1,052,224 to Visiting Nurse Association of Texas Foundation. Other sizable grants included $378,622 to Senior Citizens of Greater Dallas, $329,943 to Catholic Charities of Dallas, and $294,211 to Mom’s Meals. The filing lists general support as the purpose for several grants, including those to Senior Citizens of Greater Dallas and Catholic Charities of Dallas.
No application process, materials, or deadline are specified in the available information.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Sharla Myers as CEO, Jafferali Jamal as CFO, Doris Soler as Senior Director of Aging, Samanda Gronstal as Senior Director of Economic Mobility, and Dionne Daniels as Senior Director of Information/Assistance. Listed board leaders include Anga Sanders, Chairman; Maxine Jones-Robinson and Augustine Jalomo, Directors; Denise Gomez, Government Chair; and Kelvin Nunley, Board Member.
Community Council of Greater Dallas is led by Sharla Myers, CEO on every filing since 2019; 5 of 17 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Sharla Myers
CEO
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$133K (2021) → $210K (2025)
Anga Sanders
Chairman
Director → Chairman, 2022
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Denise Gomez
Gov. Chair
Director → Gov. Chair, 2023
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Doris Soler
Senior Director Aging
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$104K (2022) → $140K (2025)
Dionne Daniels
Senior Director - Info & Assistant
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$100K (2023) → $104K (2025)
Samanda Gronstal
Senior Director - Econ Mobi
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$111K (2023) → $126K (2025)
Gaby Rawlings
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maxine Jones-Robinson
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Augustine Jalomo
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jafferali Jamal
CFO
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$129K (2021) → $185K (2025)
Rick Illes
Treasurer
Treasurer → Director, 2021
Director → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Devanshi Somaya
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Karen Roberts
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Keisha Whaley
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kelvin Nunley
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marcia Schneider
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sharon Royal Hunt
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (25)
- Former: John Cuellar (2019–2024) — Vice Chair
- Former: Myron Watkins (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Sylvia Garza (2019–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Veronica Shanklin (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Sean Reed (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Steve Allen (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Tina Holt (2023–2024) — Senior Director Advance.
- Former: Raul Reyes (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Candace Thompson (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: La Shonda Dennis (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Justina Walford (2022) — Director
- Former: Rebecca Rhule (2022) — Senior Director Advance.
- Former: Barbara R. Glass (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Peter K. Wahl (2019–2021) — Chairman
- Former: Lj Bordner-Partial Year (2020–2021) — CEO
- Former: Cynthia Dooley (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Ken Goodgames-Partial Year (2019–2020) — CEO
- Former: Brenda Shell (2020) — Director
- Former: Debra Gloria (2020) — Treasurer
- Former: Jene Denise Huginnie (2020) — CIO
- Former: Valerie Hawthorne (2020) — Director
- Former: Allison Hinkle-Partial Year (2019) — Senior Finance Director
- Former: Cheryl McCarver (2019) — CIO
- Former: Jean Huginnie (2019) — Cos
- Former: Yolanda Perez (2019) — Managing Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $210K, to Sharla Myers (CEO). 5 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Community Council of Greater Dallas
How much does Community Council of Greater Dallas give each year?
Community Council of Greater Dallas gave $5.8M across 20 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $7.4M across 27 grants.
What is Community Council of Greater Dallas's typical grant size?
Community Council of Greater Dallas's median grant in 2025 was $112,206, and its average grant was $290,510, across 20 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Community Council of Greater Dallas that year got $2.3M on average.
Where does Community Council of Greater Dallas give grants?
Community Council of Greater Dallas gives mostly in Texas: 95% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest state was Iowa (5%). The most frequent recipient cities were Dallas, TX (9 grants).
Does Community Council of Greater Dallas give general operating support?
Yes: 94% of Community Council of Greater Dallas's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (15 of 16) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Who are Community Council of Greater Dallas's largest grantees?
Community Council of Greater Dallas's largest 2025 grantees include Dallas County Osap ($2,342,323), VNA Foundation ($1,052,224) and The Senior Source ($378,622), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 65% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Community Council of Greater Dallas?
Community Council of Greater Dallas reported $4.4M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $14.8M.
What does Community Council of Greater Dallas fund?
The organization’s mission is to move individuals and families from surviving to thriving by improving quality of life, alleviating poverty, fostering independence and wellness, and connecting people to needed resources. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Community Council of Greater Dallas?
Community Council of Greater Dallas has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Community Council of Greater Dallas's EIN?
Community Council of Greater Dallas's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 75-0800631. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 13, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 8, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 14, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 15, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS January 14, 2021)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 17, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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Grantable. (2026). Community Council of Greater Dallas funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/community-council-of-greater-dallas-morg_471b78237ae24a83a4c9796c5fece713
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