DALLAS BAR ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY SERVICE FUND
The Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund operates exclusively for charitable and educational purposes, including making distributions to organizations described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and supporting access-to-justice initiatives in the Dallas community.
About DALLAS BAR ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY SERVICE FUND
The Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund (DBA Community Service Fund) is a 501(c)(3) charitable fund affiliated with the Dallas Bar Association that raises and allocates philanthropic support for legal access programs and related community service efforts in the Dallas area. The Fund is best known for supporting pro bono legal services (including the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program and related domestic-violence advocacy initiatives) and for making grants to local nonprofits such as child-advocacy and other legal-service organizations. As reported in its recent IRS filings, the Fund operates at a multi-million-dollar scale, receiving annual charitable contributions and investment income and holding net assets in the multi‑million‑dollar range to sustain grantmaking and program support year to year.
Notable achievements
Primary funding source for DVAP
Serves as a primary fundraising and fiscal vehicle for the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program’s Equal Access to Justice campaigns and related pro bono initiatives, enabling direct legal help for low-income residents.
Sustained multi-year financial growth
Has built and maintained net assets in the multi‑million‑dollar range while reporting annual contributions in the high six-figures to low seven-figures, providing a stable funding base for continued grantmaking and program support.
Targeted grantmaking to local partners
Regularly directs designated grants and campaign proceeds to local legal and child-advocacy organizations (for example, support to Legal Aid partner programs and children’s advocacy groups) to expand access to justice and victim services.
At a glance
- Total assets
- $11.7M
- Annual revenue
- $2.6M
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3)Public charity
- EIN
- 75-2410525
- Location
- Dallas, TX
- Website
- www.dallasbar.org
- On Mahalo since
- September 2026
Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.
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