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Texas Evaluation Network TEN

Texas Evaluation Network TEN (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,000 to it, the largest being HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC ($51,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$116k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$61k
Net assets
$137k
1/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What Texas Evaluation Network TEN does

Mission

The Texas Evaluation Network (TEN) is a voluntary statewide organization serving the multidisciplinary interests and needs of evaluation and other allied professionals. The work of TEN is focused in three areas: 1.Promote and advocate for evaluation and building evaluation capacity; 2.Provide professional development opportunities for Texas evaluators; and 3.Establish a venue for networking and the exchange of theoretical, methodological, and practical knowledge related to the field of evaluation.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. TEN is a non-profit, interdisciplinary organization serving Texas evaluators for almost a decade. Devoted to strengthening ties through educational and professional development, TEN seeks to promote evaluation methods and principles; advocate for evaluation best practices; strengthen evaluation capacities; provide professional/career development opportunities, and institute a venue for networking and the exchange of theoretical, methodological and practical knowledge related to the field of evaluation. TENs membership includes students and evaluators working in settings such as government, health care, nonprofits, and education, and independent small and medium sized evaluation consulting firms. In 2025 TEN supported its membership through professional development programming and networking opportunities such as: The TEN Virtual Institute 196 individuals attended the Institute. It included a keynote address and 37 presentations shared during 4 sessions. Topics included participatory evaluation approaches, using AI in evaluation, designing and conducting needs assessments, developing data dashboards, designing evaluations, cleaning data, logic modeling, and data analysis. Local…

    $8,369 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $8,369.

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $50k.

Funder
'17
'22
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of Texas Evaluation Network TEN’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

Texas Evaluation Network TEN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% 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

84%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2022 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

100% of Texas Evaluation Network TEN's grant income comes from Texas funders.

TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’22
Texas out of state home

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.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

Texas Evaluation Network TEN runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,934 public benefit nonprofits its size.

Operating margin87% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,934 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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04Profile & governance

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

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Texas Evaluation Network TEN?
Texas Evaluation Network TEN (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,000 to it, the largest being HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC ($51,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Texas Evaluation Network TEN have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $61,000 in grants to Texas Evaluation Network TEN, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Texas Evaluation Network TEN?
HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $51,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Texas Evaluation Network TEN 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 2025–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing