Texas · Nonprofit
JEFFERSON COUNTY GO TEXAN INC
JEFFERSON COUNTY GO TEXAN INC (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,258 to it, the largest being MECHIA FOUNDATION ($1,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $76k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $148k
What Jefferson County Go Texan Inc does
Mission
To support youth through education by providing scholarships. Fundraisers are conducted throughout the year in jefferson county to provide funds for the scholarship program. Jefferson county go texan, inc., also supports the efforts of the jefferson county area go texan committee of the houston livestock show and rodeo (hlsr), which is responsible for providing contestants and a barbecue team to participate in go texan events of hlsr. Students submitting applications and participating in these events qualify for a chance to receive area go texan scholarships. Applicants not selected for a hlsr scholarship, are then considered for jefferson county go texan, inc. Scholarships. In 2021, an additional memorial scholarship honoring dalton w. Horn was established for graduating high school seniors and/or collegiate upper-classmen. Annual banquet fundraisers were held in 2021 & 2022 to fund up to eight $5,000 scholarships each year for 5 years, or until the $200,000 mark is reached.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
In the eighteenth year, jefferson county go texan, inc. Awarded thirty-three graduating seniors from jefferson and surrounding counties $1000 scholarships to attend a college of their choice.
$0 spentof which $33,000 as grantsJefferson county go texan, inc., using proceeds from the dalton horn memorial fundraiser, awarded 4 students $5000 scholarships and one student $2500 to attend a college of their choice.
$0 spentof which $22,500 as grantsJefferson county go texan, inc., also donated $3000 to houston livestock show & rodeo, so those funds could award scholarships to lamar institute of technology students.
$0 spentof which $3,000 as grants
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $16k to $150k (+845%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
98% of JEFFERSON COUNTY GO TEXAN INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Julie Jackson
County chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $584 → $38.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of JEFFERSON COUNTY GO TEXAN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
JEFFERSON COUNTY GO TEXAN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 86% · 2021 100% · 2022 89% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of JEFFERSON COUNTY GO TEXAN INC's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $258 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
JEFFERSON COUNTY GO TEXAN INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,804 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,804 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like JEFFERSON COUNTY GO TEXAN INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for JEFFERSON COUNTY GO TEXAN INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JEFFERSON COUNTY GO TEXAN INC?
- JEFFERSON COUNTY GO TEXAN INC (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,258 to it, the largest being MECHIA FOUNDATION ($1,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JEFFERSON COUNTY GO TEXAN INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,258 in grants to JEFFERSON COUNTY GO TEXAN INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JEFFERSON COUNTY GO TEXAN INC?
- MECHIA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JEFFERSON COUNTY GO TEXAN INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing