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Nonprofit · EIN 83-1837875

FAIR PARK FIRST

Tax-exempt · DALLAS, TX 75210

Financials

$21.6M$19.7M2022$18.3M$22.5M2023$22M$19.5M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of FAIR PARK FIRST by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
September 30, 2025990$21,995,243$19,520,949$2,474,294$14,784,656$9,210,483$5,574,173
September 30, 2024990$18,347,888$22,533,792-$4,185,904$16,814,531$15,719,413$1,095,118
September 30, 2023990$21,615,220$19,653,185$1,962,035$27,545,087$20,502,247$7,042,840
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$1,613,292
of which government grants
$1,444,850
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$29,917
Net income from sales of inventory
$438
Other revenue
$20,352,034

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$147,131
Other salaries and wages
$2,882,129
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$4,158,478
Professional fundraising fees
$312,000
Legal fees
$118,033
Accounting fees
$10,446
Depreciation
$341,887
Program services (functional)
$16,932,333
Management and general (functional)
$2,238,929
Fundraising (functional)
$349,687

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$16,814,531
Total assets, end of year
$14,784,656
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,210,483
Net assets, end of year
$5,574,173
Land, buildings and equipment
$56,981
Net assets without donor restrictions
-$149,307
Net assets with donor restrictions
$5,723,480
Gross receipts
$21,998,086
Employees
7
Volunteers
0
Year formed
2018
State of legal domicile
TX

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
ALYSSA SIFFERMANNINTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
40$147,130
JASON BROWNPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
1.25$0
VELETTA FORSYTHE-LILLIMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
1.25$0
JON WOLKENSTEINTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1.25$0
BOB LUXENSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1.25$0
CHELBY SANDERSBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1.25$0
CHRIS BOWERSBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1.25$0
KIMBERLY SHAWBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1.25$0
LUBBOCK SMITHBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1.25$0
MARGO RAMIREZ KEYESBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1.25$0
MATT ORWIGBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1.25$0
REV DR TODD ATKINSBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1.25$0
ZAIDA BASORABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1.25$0
DAN TORPEYBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1.25$0
TRISH BERNARDBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1.25$0
1 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
ALEJANDRA SALDANABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1.25$0
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 19 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
BRIAN LUALLENCHIEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$189,005
ALYSSA ARNOLDINTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$114,358
DAN TORPEYAUDIT COMMITTEE CHARI
Trustee or director
1.25$0
ANN BARBIER-MUELLERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
MARGO RAMIREZ KEYSDEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CHAIR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
VELETTA FORSYTHE LILLBOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director
15$0
ROBERT LUXENSECRETARY
Trustee or director
1.25$0
CRISTINA LYNCHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
JASON BROWNVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
KIMBERLY SHAWDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
CHIRS BOWERSGOVERNANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
LINCOLN STEPHENSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
MARIBEL MONCADADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
REV TODD ATKINSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
CHELBY SANDERSFACILITIES COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
LUBBOCK SMITHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
MATT ORWIGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
ZAIDA BASORAFACILITIES COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
JON WOKENSTEINTREASURER
Trustee or director
1.25$0
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 18 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
BRIAN LUALLENCHIEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$187,539
DARREN L JAMESPRESIDENT AND CHAIR
Trustee or director
2.5$0
ANN BARBIER-MUELLERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
MARGO RAMIREZ KEYSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
EMILY H LEDETDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
VELETTA FORSYTHE LILLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
ROBERT LUXENSECRETARY AND DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
CHRISTINE LYNCHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
JASON BROWNDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
KIMBERLY SHAWDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
CHRISTINA ZERTUCHE WONGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
CHIRS BOWERSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
LINCOLN STEPHENSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
MARIBEL MONCADADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
REV DON PARISH SRDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
KEBA BATIEFINANCE CHAIR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
CHELBY SANDERSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.25$0
SONYA WOODS ROSEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1.25$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
3535 GRAND AVE, DALLAS, TX 75210-1006
In care of
% DENIS BRAHAM
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
ALYSSA ARNOLD, 3809 GRAND AVE, DALLAS, TX 75210
Signed the 990
ALYSSA ARNOLD, INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Phone
(214) 908-7846
Return prepared by
MALNORY MCNEAL & COMPANY PC

Mission

THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE CORPORATION IS ORGANIZED ARE: A) TO OPERATE EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC OR LITERARY PURPOSES WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE CODE, BY ENGAGING DIRECTLY IN SUPPORT OF SUCH PURPOSES OR BY MAKING DISTRIBUTIONS TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS FOR USE, BY THE DISTRUTEES, IN SUPPORT OF SUCH PURPOSES; B) TO OVERSEE OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT OF HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT LANDMARKS, PUBLIC PARKS, AND PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT VENUES AND RELATED PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES; AND C) TO ENGAGE IN ANY AND ALL LAWFUL ACTIVITIES INCIDENTAL TO THE FOREGOING PURPOSES, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE RESTRICTED HEREIN. THE CORPORATION SHALL NOT CARRY ON, OTHER THAN AS AN INSUBSTANTIAL PART OF ITS ACTIVITIES, ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NOT IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS PURPOSES.

990 for the year ended September 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • FAIR PARK FIRST'S, A TEXAS NONPROFIT'S MISSION IS TO RESTORE, REVITALIZE, AND RENEW FAIR PARK, A 138-YEAR-OLD, 277-ACRE NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK, IN ORDER TO ATTRACT ATTENTION FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, THE REGION, AND THE NATION. AS THE CONSERVATOR AND MANAGER OF THIS CITY OF DALLAS PROPERTY, FAIR PARK FIRST FOCUSES ON THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS AND ART, ALONG WITH THE RESTORATION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ENTIRE CAMPUS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO ENGAGES IN ACTIVATION THROUGH MAJOR EVENTS AND LOCAL COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING. FAIR PARK HAS RECEIVED EXTENSIVE ACCOLADES THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY. IT WAS THE SITE OF THE 1936 TEXAS CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION AND THE 1936 WORLD'S FAIR, AND IT BOASTS THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF ART DECO ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE WORLD. RECOGNIZED AS A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK, IT STANDS ALONGSIDE THE ALAMO AS A SIGNIFICANT SITE. AS AN EPICENTER OF ART DECO AND "TEXANIC" DESIGN, WITH BUILDINGS, MURALS, AND SCULPTURES CREATED BY RENOWNED ARTISTS, ARCHITECTS, AND CRAFTSMEN, IT IS TRULY A CROWN JEWEL OF TEXAS. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2019, FAIR PARK FIRST HAS SECURED OVER $400 MILLION IN PUBLIC AND PHILANTHROPIC INVESTMENTS TO RESTORE BUILDINGS AND ART, CREATE GREENSPACE, AND REJUVENATE THE PARK FOR A NEW CHAPTER IN ITS LONG HISTORY.
    Expenses $16,932,333 · revenue $20,352,034

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025September 30, 2026February 15, 2027Not due yet
2024September 30, 2025February 16, 2026990 on file
2023September 30, 2024February 17, 2025990 on file

IRS record

EIN
83-1837875
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
2019
Accounting year ends
September
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$14,784,656
Income (IRS master file)
$21,998,086

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990September 2025–––IRS
990September 2024–––IRS
990September 2023$21,615,220$19,653,185$27,545,087IRS
990September 2022$21,746,910$17,596,077$15,328,548IRS
990September 2021–––IRS
990September 2020–––IRS
990September 2019–––IRS

990-N: the IRS publishes only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years appear here as 990.tax collects the monthly files. 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS.

Questions about FAIR PARK FIRST

What is the EIN of FAIR PARK FIRST?
The employer identification number (EIN) of FAIR PARK FIRST is 83-1837875.
Is FAIR PARK FIRST tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2019.
Are donations to FAIR PARK FIRST tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does FAIR PARK FIRST file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of FAIR PARK FIRST due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did FAIR PARK FIRST last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
Who is the principal officer of FAIR PARK FIRST?
The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names ALYSSA ARNOLD.
Who are the officers and directors of FAIR PARK FIRST?
The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 16 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $147,130 (ALYSSA SIFFERMANN, INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
How much revenue does FAIR PARK FIRST have?
On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $21,995,243, expenses of $19,520,949 and total assets of $14,784,656 at year end.

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