Pave the way to a walkable Dallas
Our nonprofit needs $5,400/month to be financially stable. To unify our monthly, annual, and one-time donations, we're offering virtual bricks! You can donate a brick for $20 monthly, $200 annually, or $250 one-time. Our current goal is to have 300 bricks donated by May 31st.
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Where your money goes
Here is how your tax-deductible* donation fuels the growth of our movement in Dallas.
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Stable Foundation
Target Budget: $5,400 per month / $32,700 in reserve
Our vision is to organize a hyperlocal conversation — monthly gathering of neighbors to explore ways to improve walkability where they live — in every single neighborhood in Dallas. This ambitious vision requires a core team focused every day on finding and coordinating volunteers and leaders across the city. At this stage, every dollar goes toward:
- First full-time staffer to manage daily operations; facilitate new hyplerlocal conversations; coordinate volunteers; and handle communications between the nonprofit, volunteers, members, and partner orgs.
- Insurance coverage for our board of directors, staff, volunteers, and members participating in activities organized by Dallas Urbanists, including hyperlocal conversations.
- Operational expenses including printing, event supplies, software licenses, and legal fees.
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Cultural Influence
Target Budget: $11,600 per month / $70,000 in reserve
To accelerate our growth and expand our reach, we aim to increase daily production of educational content, which will complement and aid our hyperlocal conversations, and collaborate more frequently with local partners. Your donations will support:
- Second full-time staffer to produce daily, original educational content and coordinate creative inputs from volunteers.
- "Urbanists HQ": Leasing office space for creative work, volunteer workshops, and community meetings, ideally located near public colleges for internship opportunities. This shared space would be downtown or nearby.
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Permanent Institution
Target Budget: $22,500 per month / $153,000 in reserve
Our vision is for Dallas Urbanists to become a household name and the go-to resource for practical guidance on all matters related to local urbanism. We also want to be a role model for sustainable advocacy by showing the same care for our staff’s well-being that we show for our city.
- Full-time employees: Like most nonprofits with a tight budget, we initially rely on independent contractors for our staffing needs. We plan to provide employee benefits and fair compensation as we grow. This approach nurtures the bond between our team and the larger community, retains institutional knowledge, and supports staff at any stage of life, whether they're paying down student loans, buying a home, or raising a family.
- Expanding capacity at Urbanists HQ: Our goal is to create a resource center for the whole urbanism community. Early on, the capacity at our space will be limited by budget, size, and equipment. As we grow, we aim to host more activities, including podcasts, video shoots, livestreams, and fundraisers, in a suitably sized and equipped space.
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Agent of Change
Target Budget: TBD
When we formed our nonprofit, most advocacy groups only had capacity to react to change, rather than be proactive. Our vision is instead of waiting for DART to propose service changes, neighborhoods are proactively planning and requesting new and improved routes; instead of waiting on the city to propose painted bike lanes, residents are demanding protected ones; instead of mobilizing against proposed skyscrapers, locals push community-led plans for incremental density.
Our board has yet to develop a budget for this growth phase. When we do, some items we may consider include:
- Major campaigns and initiatives: early on, Dallas Urbanists creates value through hyperlocal conversations and educational content. Each HLC group drives initiatives like walk audits, road diets, Crash Analysis Studios, community area plans, rezoning requests, and intersection redesigns. As we grow, we aspire to lead city-wide initiatives.
- Scholarship programs
- Paid internships
- Leadership training programs
- Documentaries & video series
- Kickstarting local conversations in other North Texas cities outside Dallas.
- Stock cost-efficient, ethically-sourced merchandise
Dallas Urbanists is a nonprofit registered in Texas, officially established on December 1, 2025. Our federal EIN is 41-2861715, and checks can be made out to "Dallas Urbanists." Our official mailing address is:
5473 Blair Rd
Ste 100 #901491
Dallas, TX, 75231 USA
*Dallas Urbanists applied for 501(c)(3) status in February 2026 and is awaiting IRS approval. Once approved (expected in Q3-Q4 2026), all donations made since our formation in December 2025 will be retroactively tax-deductible. We will notify all donors via email as soon as we receive our confirmation letter from the IRS.
For all inquiries, please email contact@dallasurbanists.org.