GENERAL INFORMATION

Who We Are

CCGD is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in Greater Dallas, enabling each individual to achieve his or her full potential.

• This organization is a 501(c)(3) Public Charity .
• This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.
• Financial information in this report is derived from the organization's October 31, 2006 Form 990.
• Additional narrative information in this report was last supplied by the organization on May 16, 2007.
• Contributions are deductible, as provided by law.

Chief Executive Profile

Martha T. Blaine, Executive Director, joined CCGD in 1994. Her varied background in nonprofit administration and management spans 30 years of service. At CCGC, Ms. Blaine directs a budget of $8 million and a staff of 38. Ms. Blaine is a member of the Dallas Chapter of Rotary, the Dallas Museum of Are, the Greater Dallas Chamber, the Dallas Zoo, and the American Symphony Orchestra League. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in performance from Manhattan School of Music and an MBA from UCLA.

MISSION AND PROGRAMS

Mission

CCGD, founded in 1940, is a planning and resource coordinating agency for health and human service needs in Dallas and the surrounding 22 county area. Council members are 126 public and private nonprofit agencies, which have agreed to work together to assure high quality, cost-effective services, and programs for those in need.

Programs

CCGD is the only organization in Dallas specifically providing planning and resource coordination for all health and human services for the poor, the homeless, the elderly, minorities and at-risk youth. Programs include (1) a telephone referral service which links people with needed services; (2) annual publication of a Directory of Services, listing information about 300 agencies and 875 programs; (3) Dallas Area Agency on Aging which provides general information and assistance with benefits to senior citizens; (4) serves as a resource center with a database of demographic and social needs data required by grant writers, businesses, community planners, nonprofit agencies and schools.

GOALS AND RESULTS

Accomplishments for Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2006

1. Crime rates by youth participating in Project 75216 decreased. Project expanded.

2. Dallas Area Infant immunization Coalition helped increase to 75% the number of children fully immunized by age two.

3. 257,439 meals were served to senior citizens who might otherwise have gone without food.

Objectives for Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2006

1. Identify, research, and bring resources to bear on newly identified gaps in human service needs; ex., aging and developmental disabilities.

2. Expand 2-1-1 Texas from 234,000 to 350,000 calls annually by raising funds for new equipment and more personnel.

3. Lead area in fighting childhood obesity initiative.

FINANCIAL DATA

• Digitizing IRS Form 990 Data

Financial Comments from the Organization

Community Council has a proven track record of fiscal responsibility.