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Society of Martha Washington

Society of Martha Washington (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being LAMAR BRUNI VERGARA TRUST ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$843k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$1k
Net assets
$862k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Society of Martha Washington does

Mission

To foster, in the people of Laredo and Webb County, Texas an appreciation for the Americanism of George Washington and for the sterling qualities he exemplified which earned him the appellation "Father of Our Country and a true appreciation of the qualities of Martha Washington which earned her the title of "First Lady of the Land." To further the proper observance and celebration of the birthday of "The Father of Our Country." To raise scholarship funds to assist local high school students in attending a program that will provide them with tangible experiences of government operations, foster patriotism and encourage an interest in political science and history. To observe the Washington's Birthday Celebration and raise funds for the above mentioned scholarships by sponsoring an annual colonial pageant and ball at which the Society's debutantes and citizens portraying George and Martha Washington shall be presented in accordance with the Society's constitution, bylaws, and standing ru

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Colonial Pageant and Ball - To commemorate an event in the lives of George and Martha Washington and their relevance to the early period of the United States.Commemoration events - another commemoration of an event in the lives of George and Martha Washington (follows the colonial pageant and ball); the luncheons are held during the year to plan for the pageant and ball.November presentation - a celebration of the participants and their roles in the colonial pageant and ball commemorating an event in the lives of George and Martha Washington and their relevance in the early period of the United States.

    $720,607 spent$679,053 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. Other program services - the organization helps out several students by providing scholarships for them to attend a presidential classroom event. The organization also pays other miscellaneous expenses related to the event.

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $720,607.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($442k) Expenses 100 ($361k) Net assets 100 ($580k)2018 Revenue 106 ($467k) Expenses 108 ($390k) Net assets 111 ($643k)2019 Revenue 79 ($350k) Expenses 98 ($353k) Net assets 107 ($624k)2020 Revenue 137 ($605k) Expenses 176 ($634k) Net assets 102 ($594k)2021 Revenue 75 ($330k) Expenses 20 ($72k) Net assets 147 ($852k)2022 Revenue 227 ($1.0M) Expenses 313 ($1.1M) Net assets 125 ($724k)2023 Revenue 125 ($551k) Expenses 152 ($548k) Net assets 125 ($727k)2024 Revenue 149 ($656k) Expenses 168 ($606k) Net assets 134 ($777k)2025 Revenue 191 ($843k) Expenses 210 ($758k) Net assets 149 ($862k)
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Revenue (191)Expenses (210)Net assets (149)

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 $594k to $852k (+44%).

$580k
$643k
$624k
$594k
$852k
$724k
$727k
$777k
$862k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$80k
’17
$77k
’18
−$4k
’19
−$30k
’20
$258k
’21
−$129k
’22
$3k
’23
$51k
’24
$85k
’25
14
months of
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.

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Listed212121212021202121
Joined·+0+9+8+6+8+6+6+8
No longer listed·09877758
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'19
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of Society of Martha Washington’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.

Where its funders are

100% of Society of Martha Washington's grant income comes from Texas funders.

TX

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.

04Its place in the field

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

95% of spending goes to programs.

Program 95%Management 5%Fundraising 0%

Governance

21
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds Society of Martha Washington?
Society of Martha Washington (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being LAMAR BRUNI VERGARA TRUST ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Society of Martha Washington have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,000 in grants to Society of Martha Washington.
Who is the largest funder of Society of Martha Washington?
LAMAR BRUNI VERGARA TRUST 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 Society of Martha Washington 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 1 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