Mission
Advance of the Arts, heritage & culture
Public Charity
Documentary Arts Inc
Documentary Arts Inc is a Public Charity headquartered in Dallas, TX. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $3.0M revenue, $1.6M expenses, $3.4M total assets. 13 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $4.2M, appear in IRS filings.
EIN: 752076780
Dallas, TX
Arts & Culture
NTEE: A20
Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.0M
Total Expenses$1.6M
Total Assets$3.4M
Grant Records13
Funding Total$4.2M
Filing Years2021–2025
Where $100 goes at Documentary Arts Inc
How Documentary Arts Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.
$78
Programs
the work itself
$22
Management
running the organization
$0
Fundraising
none reported
No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.
Inside the $78 for programs
$63
Stompin At the Savoy
$11
Center for Photography at Woodstock / Apeture Foundation
$1
Truth in Photography
Plus 8 more programs. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.
Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.
Sample Grants Received
Stompin' at the Savoy Musical
$1,000,000
THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
$890,000
DOCUMENTARY ARTS RECEIVED GRANT FUNDING TO CREATE A COMPILATION OF SONGS WRITTEN BY MUSICIANS WITH TIES TO DALLAS' STORIED DEEP ELLUM NEIGHBORHOOD. MUSIC WILL BE RECORDED USING PERIOD EQUIPMENT AND TECHNIQUES, AND FEATURE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS FROM TEXAS AND BEYOND PERFORMING THE WORKS OF ICONIC DEEP ELLUM MUSICIANS INCLUDING BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON AND WILLIE JOHNSON.
$8,000
General Operations, excluding leadership salaries
$100,000
general operating
$100,000
Showing up to 5 of 13 total records — full history available with membership.
Officers & Directors
Pres/Treasurer
Alan Govenar
Trustee
Alexander Govenar
Trustee
Bob Ray Sanders
Chairman
Daniel Davison Jr
Sec/Trustee
David Dennard
Trustee
Regina Weireich
Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.
Top Grant Purposes
Financial Trends
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3.0M | $1.6M | $3.4M |
| 2024 | $387K | $450K | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $937K | $467K | $2.0M |
| 2022 | $759K | $620K | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $418K | $353K | $1.3M |
Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $418K to $3.0M (+618%), with total assets most recently reported at $3.4M.
Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.