Jubilee Park & Community Center Corporation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To help revitalize and improve a 62-block community bounded by Fair Park, Interstate 30, and East Grand Ave., addressing in a comprehensive way all major aspects of the area, including housing, anti-crime, employment, physical assets, and the education of children and adults.
- Income
- $4.8 million
- Spending
- $5.0 million
- Spent on programs
- 82%
- Reserves
- 6.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 89%
- Employees
- 69
- Volunteers
- 1,076
- Highest pay
- $283,165, president/ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 71 out of 100. Higher than 47% of charities in its peer group (human services, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 6.4 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 1% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 5% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 34% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1582% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 11 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 65% of charities in its peer group (human services, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2521 of 22 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. 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 (5)
- $1.2 million spent. Outreach: The Community Outreach Team administers financial assistance though the Seeds of Hope fund. In 2024 that fund supported 71 households, comprised of 199 total individuals, with $44,168 in assistance to help with rent and utilities while they faced a financial hardship. Outreach also oversees Jubilee's food security work, provides essential resource referral for residents, and implements programming to engage senior citizens in both educational and social activities to avoid isolation. In 2024, 275 seniors were served by Jubilee's programming. Jubilee enhances programming through strategic partnerships in order to provide the highest quality services for our community. Jubilee was proud to partner with the Dallas Regional Chamber and their 2022 Leadership Dallas Class to create a client-choice food pantry, which opened in February of 2023. Throughout the year, the pantry served 376 households, providing 2,497 total shopping visits (a 24% increase from the previous year), and distributing more than 215,000 pounds of food to area residents.
- $1.1 million spent. Education: Jubilee's holistic Out-of-School-Time (OST) Program offers the only free, certified high-quality afterschool and summer programs in Southeast Dallas. For area students in grades K-12, Jubilee is often the only resource available for additional academic support, enrichment, skill building, and exposure to extra-curricular activities. 2024 saw Jubilee's OST Program continue its robust numbers post pandemic, serving 382 children and providing more than 73,904 of academic and enrichment activities during afterschool and summer programming. Teen programming continues to serve 6-12 grade students with a focus on mentorship, leadership development, college and career readiness, and service learning. Jubilee is the only program in the area, and possibly the city, to supplement our OST work by providing our Specialized Student Support (S3) program. S3 serves students with learning differences such as dyslexia and ADHD. S3 combines diagnostic tools, trained interventionists, one-one-one and small group support, as well as parent education to maximize each student's success.
- $842,681 spent. Health & Wellness: Jubilee continued to expand its work in Health and Wellness in 2024, capitalizing on the robust programming within the Jubilee Park Community Clinic. The clinic, operated in partnership with our county hospital system, Parkland Health, as well as Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas, continues to serve more and more area residents, becoming a pillar of health access in this medically underserved community. This year we also saw Parkland expand dental services to five days per week, serving both children and adults. Parkland's medical team saw 2,647 patients across 5,209 appointments from October 2023 to September 2024 (Parkland's reporting year), while JFS served 125 clients though mental health services. Jubilee provides health and wellness education classes; youth sports programming; community activities for all ages like yoga, Zumba, walking clubs, cooking classes; as well as continued pop up services like blood pressure monitoring, mammograms, and others. In 2024, Jubilee served 360 adults in health education and programming, 309 children participated in youth sports, and 300 individuals attended our annual Health Expo. Jubilee also provides daily meals to all children in our afterschool program and summer camps, serves congregant meals for senior citizens twice per week, and is a host site for our regional food bank to provide fresh produce and nonperishable food boxes each month. In 2024, Jubilee provided 31,364 meals to children and seniors, more than 800 meals through community events, and more than 1,000 food boxes were distributed to senior citizens. The park at the center of our campus continues to be the only safe green space for family recreation within walking distance to thousands of Southeast Dallas residents. It includes a soccer field, basketball courts, a playground, open green space, and picnic areas.
- $664,249 spent. Affordable Housing: Jubilee Park and Community Center serves as an advocate for residents and a facilitator of community-led initiatives for home improvement. Jubilee works to ensure that its neighbors have access and information to rent or own safe, quality housing. These efforts have included the construction of new housing, repair of owner-occupied homes, homebuyer education, property tax workshops, and more. Together with municipal and private partners, we have built 60 single family homes, built a 24-unit complex of senior apartments, and implemented a home repair program that has served 80 homeowners (30 in 2024 alone). We also provide ongoing housing education programs that served 23 homeowners or renters in 2024.
- $280,950 spent. Workforce Development: In a community where only half of adults graduated from high school, and many people are employed in low-wage jobs, Jubilee provides workforce education classes including ESL, Career and Workforce Transitions and computer literacy, as well as workforce certificates to increase opportunity for adults in Southeast Dallas and connect them to living wage jobs. We also provide bi-annual job fairs that connect 126 residents with employers. In 2024, we supported 349 total individuals across our workforce programming, an increase of 46% over the previous year.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. 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)(3) charitable organization.
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? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, 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 December 2024.
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 January 1998.
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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