Texas · Nonprofit
PORT ARTHUR HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
PORT ARTHUR HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,000 to it, the largest being SEMPRA FOUNDATION ($20,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $51k
- Net assets
- $8.8M
What Port Arthur Higher Education Foundation Inc does
Mission
To provide scholarships to students and support lamar state college - port arthur
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Providing to lamar state college - port arthur by awarding scholarships to students.
$406,825 spentof which $406,825 as grants98% of program spendingProviding grants and other assistance to organizations.
$7,000 spentof which $7,000 as grants2% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $413,825.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $6.8M to $7.9M (+17%).
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.
14% of PORT ARTHUR HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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.
Board chair
Ed Boone
Chairman of
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $3k → $2k.
From the IRS filings of PORT ARTHUR HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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
PORT ARTHUR HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 67% · 2021 71% · 2022 83% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
53% of PORT ARTHUR HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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. 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
PORT ARTHUR HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like PORT ARTHUR HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
57%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Manton and Delwin Dunham Trust · corp_trust
- Stella White Dar Schfnd · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PORT ARTHUR HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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 PORT ARTHUR HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- PORT ARTHUR HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,000 to it, the largest being SEMPRA FOUNDATION ($20,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PORT ARTHUR HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $51,000 in grants to PORT ARTHUR HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PORT ARTHUR HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- SEMPRA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PORT ARTHUR HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 5 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