Texas · Nonprofit
TEXAS WINE SCHOOL FOUNDATION
TEXAS WINE SCHOOL FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,626 to it, the largest being THE WHALLEY FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $706k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $8k
- Net assets
- $53k
What Texas Wine School Foundation does
Mission
To advance wine education
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Texas Wine School offered wine education classes, from one-time Introduction to Wine classes to multi-week certification classes, including Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) courses and Wine Scholar Guild courses. Nine scholarships were awarded in 2024, totaling $9,463.
$626,358 spent$695,719 earned by the program97% of program spendingThe Texas Wine School held several Master Classes with guest speakers, for both the trade and for the broader public.
$10,948 spent$7,360 earned by the program2% of program spendingThe Texas Wine School Foundation donated space for tasting groups and industry associations to use for wine education purposes. We also hosted the meetings of the Houston Sommelier Association.
$10,319 spent2% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $647,625.
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 2021 to 2022, from $71k to $46k (−35%).
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.
0% of TEXAS WINE SCHOOL FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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
Elizabeth Palmer
Board President
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $8k → $26.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 TEXAS WINE SCHOOL FOUNDATION’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 WINE SCHOOL FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% 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 66% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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
67% of TEXAS WINE SCHOOL FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Texas funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $126 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
TEXAS WINE SCHOOL FOUNDATION has grown faster than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like TEXAS WINE SCHOOL FOUNDATION
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 TEXAS WINE SCHOOL FOUNDATION: 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 TEXAS WINE SCHOOL FOUNDATION?
- TEXAS WINE SCHOOL FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,626 to it, the largest being THE WHALLEY FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TEXAS WINE SCHOOL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $7,626 in grants to TEXAS WINE SCHOOL FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TEXAS WINE SCHOOL FOUNDATION?
- THE WHALLEY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TEXAS WINE SCHOOL FOUNDATION 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 3 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