Junior League of Dallas Inc
Junior League of Dallas Inc is a public charity based in Dallas, Texas, formed in 1921. It supports community programs through grants and trained-volunteer service, with a stated mission of advancing women’s leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training.
Junior League of Dallas Inc at a glance
In short: Junior League of Dallas Inc gave $750K across 29 grants in 2025 (avg $26K), mostly in Texas. 38% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $749,642
- +1.7% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 29
- -6.5% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $25,850
- +8.7% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $23,000
- Total assets
- $13,668,981
- -0.1% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 38% first-time grantees (11 of 29, 2025)
- Primary geography
- Texas (100% 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 Junior League of Dallas Inc
- How to Apply
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Nonprofits seeking Community Program support apply through the League’s project-request process. Emergency funding requests are submitted with an application and supporting documentation. The website also invites organizations to join its mailing list for information about its spring grant workshop.
- Review Cycle
- The 2026–2027 Grants for Innovative Teaching application deadline was May 2, 2026, and has passed.
- Deadline
- The 2026–2027 Grants for Innovative Teaching application deadline was May 2, 2026, and has passed.
- Contact
Mailing address: 8003 Inwood Rd, Dallas, TX 75209
Phone: (214) 357-8822
Website: https://jldallas.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
2 open opportunities from Junior League of Dallas Inc
Who Junior League of Dallas Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Dallas ISD ($80K). Together the top 10 received $408K.
Grant Size Distribution
166 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 165 grants of 166 (99%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The League’s website describes its Community Program criteria as supporting meaningful, measurable change in Dallas County. Its emergency funding is available to nonprofit agencies in Dallas County and/or the City of Dallas. All reported 2025 grant dollars went to recipients in Texas.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 29 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Junior League of Dallas Inc open to new grantees?
38%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 11 of 29 grantees (38%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $26K; repeat grants $26K. How we count
Medians: $15K first-time, $26K repeat.
- 45% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+1%). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2020–2025). 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 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $737K (2024) to $760K (2020). In 2025 it made 29 grants totaling $750K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas ISD Dallas, TX | Innovative Teaching | $79,541 |
| Equest Dallas, TX | Horse Care & Maintenance | $43,500 |
| Child Protective Services Com Dallas, TX | Partial Salary of Volunteer Manager | $41,025 |
| Dallas Area Habitat for Human Dallas, TX | Partial Salary of 2 Coordinators | $40,000 |
| Senior Citizens of Greater Dallas, TX | Partial Salary of Friendly Visitors | $38,000 |
| Childrens Med Center Found Dallas, TX | Partial Salary Volunteer Services | $35,000 |
| Dallas Childrens Advocacy Dallas, TX | Partial Salary of Volunteer Coor. | $35,000 |
| Dallas Meth Hospital Found Dallas, TX | Support of Sane Program | $35,000 |
| Our Friends Place Dallas, TX | Partial Salary of Program Director | $31,500 |
| Genesis Womens Shelter Dallas, TX | Parital Salary of Child Therapist | $29,000 |
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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 | $13,668,981 | $2,355,550 | $2,466,686 | $749,642 | 29 | $436,303 |
| 2024 | $13,683,549 | $2,647,523 | $2,262,514 | $737,336 | 31 | $973,238 |
| 2023 | $12,917,812 | $1,806,759 | $2,260,364 | $750,000 | 33 | $234,893 |
| 2022 | $13,749,927 | $2,897,797 | $2,842,964 | $745,000 | 36 | $316,336 |
| 2021 | $14,242,147 | $2,380,081 | $2,298,404 | $756,000 | 37 | $222,546 |
| 2020 | $12,960,066 | $3,006,169 | $2,287,782 | $759,500 | 38 | $1,153,868 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The organization’s 2023 filing states its mission is to promote volunteerism, develop women’s potential, and improve the Dallas community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its website describes the mission as advancing women’s leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training.
The League supports work in Education & the Arts, Strengthening Families, and Health & Wellness. Its 2025 grants included Dallas ISD funding for innovative teaching, as well as support for organizations addressing needs related to children and families, housing, older adults, health services, and young women. For example, EQUEST describes its mission as improving the quality of life for people with diverse needs through equine-assisted activities and therapies. Community Partners of Dallas describes its work as providing urgently needed support to abused and neglected children and to public servants working with them.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the League reported 29 grants totaling $749,642. The grants ranged from $10,000 to $79,541, with a median of $23,000. Its 2024 filing reported 31 grants totaling $737,336; its 2023 filing reported 33 grants totaling $750,000.
Among the largest reported 2025 grants were $79,541 to Dallas ISD for innovative teaching; $43,500 to EQUEST for horse care and maintenance; $41,025 to Child Protective Services Community Partners for a partial volunteer manager salary; and $40,000 to Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity for partial salaries of two coordinators. Other reported grants included $38,000 to Senior Citizens of Greater Dallas for friendly visitors, $35,000 each to Children’s Medical Center Foundation for volunteer services and Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center for a volunteer coordinator, and $35,000 to Dallas Methodist Hospitals Foundation for support of its SANE program.
The League’s website says Community Program grants support selected nonprofit partners with funding, trained-member volunteers, or both. Applications must align with its impact areas, create meaningful and measurable change in Dallas County, and provide clear volunteer roles. Organizations requesting funding must include at least 60 hours of service opportunities per volunteer, with a minimum of 10 volunteers. The application cycle for the 2027–2028 Community Program is closed; the website says applications for 2028–2029 will open in Spring 2027.
The Community Assistance Fund provides emergency support in grants of up to $5,000 for eligible nonprofit agencies in Dallas County and/or the City of Dallas facing an unforeseen short-term need related to critical human needs. The website says applications are received throughout the year and that an agency may receive up to $5,000 in a given year.
The League also operates Women LEAD scholarships for eligible female seniors at three Dallas ISD high schools who plan to pursue higher education. The program distributes $40,000 annually in awards to individual students; it is not a grant program for outside organizations.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Tandra Allen as President; Lindsay Davis as President-Elect; Elizabeth Dacus as Sustainer Advisor; Nicole Rodriguez as Finance VP; Kimberly Blanton-Day as Training VP; Caitlyn Royal and Jennifer Mills as Community VPs; Brandi Garrett as Membership VP; Alexandria Twiss as Secretary; and Katie German as Development VP.
Junior League of Dallas Inc is led by Tandra Allen, President since 2025 (on filings since 2024); none of the 14 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Tandra Allen
President
President-Elect → President, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Dacus
Sustainer Advisor
President → Sustainer Advisor, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kimberly Blanton-Day
Training Vice President
Recording Secretary → Training Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lindsay Davis
President- Elect
Community Vice President → President- Elect, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alexandria Twiss
Secretary
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brandi Garrett
Membership Vice President
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Caitlyn Royal
Community Vice President
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Mills
Commun. Vice President
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Julia Tucker-Huth
Administrator Vice President
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Katherine Haskel
Strategy Vice President
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Katie German
Development Vice President
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leigh Ann Sheffield
Sig Proj Vice President
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nicole Rodriguez
Finance Vice President
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Zakiyah Johnson
Deib Vice President
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (50)
- Former: Christina Eubanks (2022–2024) — President
- Former: Brooke Bailey (2024) — Sustainer Advisor
- Former: Candace Winslow (2024) — Sustainer President
- Former: Emily Ronck (2024) — Signature Projects Vice President
- Former: Harmony Hilton (2024) — Membership Vice President
- Former: Heather McNamara (2024) — Development Vice President
- Former: Jennifer Welden (2024) — Administrative Vice President
- Former: Jordan Wondrack Zaidi (2024) — Strategy Vice President
- Former: Kacy Stark (2024) — Financial Vice President
- Former: Laura Gazette (2024) — Community Vice President
- Former: Linda Secrest (2024) — The Milestones Luncheon Cochair
- Former: Mauri Hinterlong (2024) — Secretary
- Former: Nicole Binkley (2024) — Communications Vice President
- Former: Renita Smith (2024) — Diversity & Inclusion Vice President
- Former: Sally Hodge (2024) — The Milestones Luncheon Cochair
- Former: Susanna Carrillo (2024) — Training Vice President
- Former: Kristen Shear (2020–2023) — Strategy Vice President
- Former: Allen Bonner (2023) — Sustaining Advisor
- Former: Emily Somerville-Cabrera (2023) — President
- Former: Heather Lorch (2023) — Membership Vice President
- Former: Isabell Novakov Higginbotham (2023) — Administrative Vice President
- Former: Jaqueline Wasem (2023) — Communications Vice President
- Former: Jessica Pantano (2023) — Training Vice President
- Former: Katy Ratley (2023) — Community Vice President
- Former: Lanasha Houze (2023) — Diversity & Inclusion Vice President
- Former: Lara Bubalo Manor (2023) — Secretary
- Former: Marisa Partin (2023) — Development Vice President
- Former: Megan White (2023) — Signature Projects Vice President
- Former: Monica Egert Smith (2023) — Sustainer President
- Former: Rhonda Williams (2023) — Finance Vice President
- Former: Christa Sanford (2020–2022) — President
- Former: Vanessa Fuquay (2020–2022) — Administrative Vice President
- Former: Bianca Hernandez (2022) — Strategy Vice President
- Former: Courtney Johnson (2022) — Membership Vice President
- Former: Elisabeth McHugh (2022) — Development Vice President
- Former: Emily Somerville (2022) — President-Elect
- Former: Karen Shuford (2022) — Sustaining Advisor
- Former: Katherin Fayne (2022) — Training Vice President
- Former: Lauren Combest (2022) — Communications Vice President
- Former: Leslie Mba (2022) — Signature Projects Vice President
- Former: Theresa Hill (2022) — Diversity & Inclusion Vice President
- Former: Carrie Hill (2020–2021) — Community Vice President
- Former: Elizabeth Anderson (2020–2021) — Membership Vice President
- Former: Heather Bennett (2020–2021) — Strategy Vice President
- Former: Kim Murphy (2020–2021) — Finance Vice President
- Former: Laura Johnson (2020–2021) — Sustaining Advisor
- Former: Leigh Danley (2020–2021) — Development Vice President
- Former: Neda Bahramnejad (2020–2021) — Signature Projects Vice President
- Former: Sara Rockey (2020–2021) — Administrative Vice President
- Former: Terah Moxley (2020–2021) — Recording Secretary
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Junior League of Dallas Inc
How much does Junior League of Dallas Inc give each year?
Junior League of Dallas Inc gave $750K across 29 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $737K across 31 grants.
What is Junior League of Dallas Inc's typical grant size?
Junior League of Dallas Inc's median grant in 2025 was $23,000, and its average grant was $25,850, across 29 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Junior League of Dallas Inc that year got $26K on average.
Where does Junior League of Dallas Inc give grants?
Junior League of Dallas Inc gives mostly in Texas: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Dallas, TX (28 grants).
Does Junior League of Dallas Inc give general operating support?
Yes: 14% of Junior League of Dallas Inc's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (4 of 29) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Who are Junior League of Dallas Inc's largest grantees?
Junior League of Dallas Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Dallas ISD ($79,541), Equest ($43,500) and Child Protective Services Com ($41,025), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 22% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Junior League of Dallas Inc?
Junior League of Dallas Inc reported $13.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.4M.
What does Junior League of Dallas Inc fund?
The organization’s 2023 filing states its mission is to promote volunteerism, develop women’s potential, and improve the Dallas community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Junior League of Dallas Inc?
Nonprofits seeking Community Program support apply through the League’s project-request process. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Junior League of Dallas Inc's EIN?
Junior League of Dallas Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 75-1004680. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 15, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 4, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 16, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS June 7, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 11, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 7, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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