Texas · Nonprofit
MOTIVATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING
MOTIVATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING (Texas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,609,360 to it, the largest being CWI WORKS INC ($54,815,989). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $50M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $56M
- Net assets
- $2.6M
What Motivation Education and Training does
Mission
Motivation Education & Training, Inc. (MET) is a private nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that has served rural areas of southeast Texas since 1967. MET's mission is to empower and inspire rural and underserved populations through motivation, education, and training. Operating across Texas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, North Dakota, New Mexico, and Wyoming, MET provides employment training, family services, and community-based programs through a network of service centers. The organization serves some of America's most vulnerable populations, including children and families, fathers and father figures, veterans and service members, migrant and seasonal farmworkers, and senior citizens. While MET's scope is broad, its focus remains on being a force for positive regional change. The organization's vision is to be the most trusted partner in building strong, self-sustaining rural and underserved communities through empowerment and opportunity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Head Start and Early Head Start - This program provides a comprehensive continuum of early childhood services designed to promote school readiness for infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children from low-income families. These programs support children's cognitive, social-emotional, and physical development through high-quality early education, health and nutrition services, mental health supports, and family engagement activities. MET also emphasizes parent involvement and family well-being to strengthen the home environment and ensure children enter school prepared to succeed academically and socially. Motivation, Education and Training, Inc. (MET) serves eight counties in southeastern Texas: Montgomery, Hardin, Chambers, Liberty, Harris, Waller, Austin, Polk, and San Jacinto. The organization offers services at 2 Head Start sites, 13 Early Head Start sites, and 10 combined Head Start/Early Head Start Learning Centers. MET provides full-day child development services to 712 infants and toddlers, 42 pregnant women, and 425 Head Start children. In addition, home-based services are available, where a Family Educator visits families weekly to offer programming. Families receiving…
$19,387,801 spent42% of program spendingMET administers the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) through Department of Labor funding across Texas (TX), Louisiana (LA), Kentucky (KY), Minnesota (MN), North Dakota (ND), New Mexico (NM), and Wyoming (WY). Additionally, MET offers specialized services such as NFJP TX Housing and TX YouthBuild. This funding primarily supports farmworker training to address chronic unemployment and underemployment among farmworkers and their families, who rely largely on agricultural labor. Services provided include career services, training programs, housing assistance, youth services, and emergency support. The program aims to stabilize agricultural employment and help individuals gain new skills to pursue higher-paying, year-round careers. A key focus is also addressing the critical need for safe and sanitary housing, both permanent and temporary. To achieve these goals, MET collaborates with 60 training providers across the states, offering educational instruction (CRT) and skills training (WEX and OJT) in various fields. The program's primary objective is to equip farmworkers with the entry-level skills necessary for job placement. In the 2024/2025 program year, MET exceeded all…
$9,252,118 spent20% of program spendingThe Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) offers training and employment services to assist low-income individuals aged 55 and older in gaining the skills necessary to secure jobs and achieve financial independence. Participants in SCSEP work approximately 30 hours a week for nonprofit organizations, school districts, or government agencies, where they receive work-based training while providing valuable services to their communities. These job seekers earn at least minimum wage during their training assignments, enabling them to earn income while gaining experience. Through the program, participants learn new skills or build on existing ones, becoming more competitive in today's workforce. Services offered include skill assessments, evaluation of work experience and education, and guidance in identifying job placement opportunities. Additionally, participants have access to free annual health check-ups and support with job searches. MET manages the SCSEP in Texas and Minnesota. The program provides a dual benefit: participants earn income during job training while contributing to the community. Priority enrollment is given to veterans and their spouses, as well as…
$11,375,479 spent25% of program spendingMET's additional federal and state program expenses include initiatives such as Fatherhood Fire, Fatherhood Effect, CACFP, THV - Texas Home Visiting, PROJECT HOPES, SMVF - Service Members, Veterans and Families, and TTF - Texas Thriving Families. Fathers and Families Program - This program delivers integrated services designed to strengthen family stability and promote responsible fatherhood. The program provides economic stability supports, relationship and healthy marriage education, parenting instruction, and supportive activities focused on increasing positive parental involvement. The program emphasizes skill-building, family engagement, and personal responsibility to improve outcomes for fathers, partners, and children. Home Visiting Programs - This combination of programs delivers coordinated services to pregnant women and families with young children, particularly those experiencing increased risk factors. Through evidence-based home visiting models, families receive education, guidance, and support to strengthen parenting practices, improve child health and development, and enhance family functioning. These programs aim to ensure children are physically, socially, and…
$5,928,349 spent13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $45,943,747.
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 2023 to 2024, from $12M to $4.2M (−66%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 90% · 2018 90% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 96% · 2022 97% · 2023 96% · 2024 95% · 2025 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of MOTIVATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
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.
Chief executive
Stacey Taylor
Executive Director
Board chair
Enrique Montalvo
Board President
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $2.4M → $7.5M.
From the IRS filings of MOTIVATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING’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
MOTIVATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund MOTIVATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 98% · 2019 97% · 2020 54% · 2021 99% · 2022 99% · 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
MOTIVATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
MOTIVATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 274 employment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding MOTIVATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $272.7M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$174.2M
- Department of Labor$98.5M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like MOTIVATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 7 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MOTIVATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING: 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 MOTIVATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING?
- MOTIVATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING (Texas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,609,360 to it, the largest being CWI WORKS INC ($54,815,989). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MOTIVATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $55,609,360 in grants to MOTIVATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MOTIVATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING?
- CWI WORKS INC is the largest funder on record, with $54,815,989 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MOTIVATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING 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 6 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing