Mike McCollum , MMCTF
Mary M. Jalonick, Executive Director

Gwen Jackson 214.741.9898
Michelle D. Monse, Associate Director

www.dallasfoundation.org


  The Dallas Foundation, 900 Jackson Street, Suite 150 , Dallas, Texas 75202

                                                        The Dallas Foundation was founded in 1929 as a community foundation primarily serving Dallas County.  A community foundation is a publicly supported charitable foundation consisting of named funds established by many different donors for the benefit of a defined geographic area, although the foundation's work may reach beyond that area.

The Foundation receives gifts from various people throughout the year.  We have a professional managed endowment of about $92 million, as of the end of our last fiscal year.  We segregate contributions for accounting purposes into one of a number of named "funds," although we pool our assets for investment purposes.

Each of our named funds legally becomes a "component fund" of the Foundation. Component funds come under the umbrellas of The Dallas Foundation's federal recognition as a tax-exempt, publicly supported charity, and our state exemption from paying sales tax.  The Metroplex Military Charitable Trust Fund (MMCTF) is a component fund of The Dallas Foundation, and therefore is entitled to all the benefits from the Foundation's tax-exempt status.

The Metroplex Military Charitable Trust, a public charity in its own right, created the MMCTF in 2002 to provide a long-term source of support for the operations and purposes of the trust.  Anyone can contribute to the MMCTF at The Dallas Foundation, and may contribute funds either for the general use of the Metroplex Military Charitable Trust, or for specific programs or purposes.  For example, a donor might designate his gift to support the ROTC program at a particular high school.  A donor may also provide that his gift will be used for permanent endowment, of which only a small percentage of which will be used annually, preserving the principal in perpetuity.

To contribute to the MMCTF at the Dallas Foundation, a donor may:

·         Send a check payable to the Metroplex Military Charitable Trust Fund, c/o The Dallas Foundation, 900 Jackson Street, Suite 150 , Dallas, Texas 75202.

·         Online by visiting the Foundation's website, www.dallasfoundation.org  and following the instructions for using NetworkforGood.org,a nonprofit that underwrites all transaction costs for charitable gifts by credit card.

·         By credit card, by calling the Foundation at 214.741.9898, and speaking with Gwen Jackson.

·         By bequest, using language such as the following: I bequest $_____________ to the Dallas Foundation, a Texas nonprofit corporation, for support of the Metroplex Military Charitable Trust Fund.  The Fund shall be governed by the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Foundation dated April 3, 2000 (the "Governing Instruments"), and all amendments and policies adopted by the Board of Governors of the Foundation under the authority of the Governing Instruments.  For more information about the Foundation, please contact Mary M. Jalonick, Executive Director, or Michell D. Monse, Associate Director, at 214.741.9898.