Dallas Tourism Public Improvement District Corporation
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What it says it does
THE DALLAS TOURISM PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ("DTPID") IS A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT DEDICATED TO IMPROVING CONVENTION AND GROUP HOTEL BOOKINGS AND HOTEL ROOM NIGHT CONSUMPTION IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS.
- Income
- $25.2 million
- Spending
- $20.9 million
- Employees
- 1
- Volunteers
- 10
- Highest pay
- $62,500, executive dir.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- PROVIDING THE SUSTAINABLE FUEL FOR OUR CITY'S SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION AND MEETINGS BUSINESS, DTPID FUNDS VISIT DALLAS' INCENTIVE AND SALES PROGRAMS. INCENTIVES REDUCE THE COST AND/OR PROVIDE COMPLIMENTARY RENTAL OF THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER DALLAS, ALLOWING DALLAS TO COMPETE WITH OTHER TOP CITIES FOR EVENT BUSINESS.DTPID SALES EFFORTS AND INCENTIVES PORTION ARE 42.5% OF THE SERVICE PLAN. THIS REPRESENTS THE GREATEST RETURN ON INVESTMENT (ROI) FOR DTPID AND DALLAS, AS GROUP MEETING ATTENDEES SPEND MORE ON AVERAGE THAN ANY OTHER VISITORS. INCENTIVES AND SALES SPENDING PRODUCE AN ROI OF AT LEAST 10 TO 1, CALCULATED BY ANTICIPATED LODGING REVENUES DIVIDED BY THE APPROVED INCENTIVE. TO DATE, INCENTIVE FUNDING BY THE DTPID FOR CITYWIDE EVENTS HAS GENERATED AN AVERAGE ROI OF 14 TO 1. SINCE DTPID'S INCEPTION IN 2012, EVERY DOLLAR SPENT ON SALES INCENTIVES HAS PRODUCED $14 IN HOTEL ROOM NIGHT REVENUE FOR DALLAS.IN FY25, DTPID'S INVESTMENT BROUGHT MAJOR CITYWIDE EVENTS TO TOWN, INCLUDING TOM FERRY INTERNATIONAL, VERTICAL AVIATION INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL CHEERLEADERS ASSOCIATION, ROBOTICS EDUCATION AND COMPETITION FOUNDATION, AND SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION, AMONG MANY OTHERS. MINI-WIDE* AND CITYWIDE** INCENTIVES PAID IN FY25 TOTALED $5.4 MILLION.*MINI-WIDE: EVENTS WITH 1,000-2,499 HOTEL ROOMS ON PEAK BOOKED BY VISIT DALLAS**CITYWIDE: EVENTS WITH 2,500 OR MORE HOTEL ROOM NIGHTS ON PEAK BOOKED BY VISIT DALLAS
- DTPID FUNDS MARKETING ACTIVITIES THAT KEEP DALLAS TOP OF MIND AS A DESTINATION FOR BOTH BUSINESS AND LEISURE TRAVEL. DTPID'S MARKETING FUNDS, WHICH CONSTITUTE APPROXIMATELY 35% OF DTPID ANNUAL SPENDING AND MOST OF VISIT DALLAS' MARKETING BUDGET, ALLOW FOR THE PURCHASE OF PRINT, STREAMING VIDEO, RADIO, OUT-OF-HOME, AND DIGITAL AD PLACEMENTS IN PRIORITY MARKETS TARGETED AT CONSUMERS AND MEETING PROFESSIONALS. FUNDS ALSO ALLOW FOR CONTRACTED MARKETING SERVICES, CAMPAIGN PRODUCTION, AND FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH TO TEST CAMPAIGNS. WITH SUPPORT FROM DTPID, THE TOTAL PAID MEDIA INVESTMENT FOR FY25 WAS $5,377,114, WITH 67% OF THE BUDGET INVESTED IN THE LEISURE MARKET AND 33% INVESTED IN TRADE AND PRODUCED MORE THAN 317 MILLION IMPRESSIONS. IN FY25, THE OVERALL DIRECT IMPACT OF PAID MEDIA INCREASED BY MORE THAN 60% TO $307 MILLION, DRIVING 526,000 INFLUENCED ROOM NIGHTSUP 382,000 FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR AND GENERATING A REMARKABLE ROI OF $159:$1, UP FROM $148:$1 THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
- IN FY25, DTPID PROVIDED FUNDING TO SUPPORT 302 SITE VISITS AND FAMS, KEEPING DALLAS A TOP PLAYER IN WORLDWIDE DESTINATIONS. KEY DECISION-MAKERS IN CORPORATE EVENTS, TRADE SHOWS, SPORTS, TOURISM, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA AND OTHER INFLUENCERS ARE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN SITE VISITS AND FAMILIARIZATION TOURS (FAMS). THESE STRUCTURED EXPERIENCES INCLUDE STOPS AT MANY DIFFERENT LANDMARKS, HOTELS, AND RESTAURANTS, SHOWCASING THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF ACTIVITIES AVAILABLE FOR ANY GROUP ON ITS VISIT TO DALLAS. 10% OF DTPID'S SPENDING IS DEDICATED TO PAYING NONSTAFF TRAVEL AND TOUR EXPENSES TO BRING THESE DECISION-MAKERS TO DALLAS TO HIGHLIGHT EVERYTHING THAT MAKES DALLAS THE STAR OF THE LONE STAR STATE.DTPIDS BOARD APPROVED $20,000 IN INCENTIVES IN FY25 FOR THE TOUR OPERATOR INCENTIVE PROGRAM, WHICH SUPPORTS LEISURE TOUR OPERATORS WHO CONTRACT A MINIMUM OF 15 HOTEL ROOM NIGHTS AT DTPID HOTELS FOR GROUP LEISURE, EDUCATIONAL, OR INCENTIVE TRAVEL ONLY. TOUR OPERATORS WERE ELIGIBLE FOR A 10% INCENTIVE OF THE TOTAL ROOM REVENUE ACTUALIZED. THE PROGRAM WAS FUNDED THROUGH DTPID'S INCENTIVES & SALES, AND FUNDING IS SUBJECT TO BOARD APPROVAL.A PORTION OF DTPID'S FUNDS IS APPROVED ANNUALLY TO SUPPORT LOCAL ARTS AND CULTURAL EVENTS MARKETING. SINCE DTPID'S INCEPTION IN 2012, ITS EVENT MARKETING FUND HAS CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN $13.9 MILLION TO OVER 264 LOCAL ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH HAVE PRODUCED 855 EVENTS SUPPORTED BY THIS FUNDING. IN FY25, DTPID EVENT MARKETING INCENTIVES SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED OUR CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS BY INJECTING $1.7 MILLION TO BENEFIT 87 ORGANIZATIONS, GENERATING AN ESTIMATED 260,000+ REPORTED HOTEL ROOM NIGHTS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(6) business league.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending September 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 2014.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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