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THE WELL STEM EDUCATION CENTER INC

THE WELL STEM EDUCATION CENTER INC (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $268,212 to it, the largest being GRAY-PAMPA FOUNDATION INC ($181,813). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$563k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$268k
Net assets
$80k
4/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 18%
01What it does

What The Well STEM Education Center Inc does

Mission

Organization is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, educational, and scientific purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations described under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, or corresponding section of and future federal tax code.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Math, science, and literature tutoring.

    $474,755 spent$369,287 earned by the program
    90% of program spending

  2. Robotics.

    $3,925 spent$13,184 earned by the program
    1% of program spending

  3. Science day camps.

    $8,447 spent$6,128 earned by the program
    2% of program spending

  4. Office supplies and overhead

    $41,500 spent
    8% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $528,627.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($72k) Expenses 100 ($69k) Net assets 100 ($12k)2019 Revenue 170 ($122k) Expenses 180 ($124k) Net assets 81 ($9k)2020 Revenue 189 ($136k) Expenses 171 ($118k) Net assets 235 ($27k)2021 Revenue 275 ($198k) Expenses 259 ($179k) Net assets 400 ($46k)2022 Revenue 313 ($225k) Expenses 256 ($177k) Net assets 814 ($94k)2023 Revenue 511 ($368k) Expenses 591 ($409k) Net assets 458 ($53k)2024 Revenue 781 ($563k) Expenses 775 ($536k) Net assets 690 ($80k)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (781)Expenses (775)Net assets (690)Peer revenue range

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 $36k to $111k (+204%).

$12k
$21k
$36k
$111k
$155k
$112k
$168k
2018201920202021202220232024
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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

25% of THE WELL STEM EDUCATION CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$3k
’18
−$2k
’19
$18k
’20
$19k
’21
$48k
’22
−$41k
’23
$27k
’24
2.0
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.

Board chair

William R Mckay

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

202220232024
Listed333
Joined·+0+0
No longer listed·00
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $7k → $56k.

Funder
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
'26*
total
funders
1
2
2
2
2
5
3
2
1

2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 THE WELL STEM EDUCATION CENTER 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

THE WELL STEM EDUCATION CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

68%
largest funder
94%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 80% · 2020 75% · 2021 89% · 2022 88% · 2023 54% — diversifying over time.

“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

88% of THE WELL STEM EDUCATION CENTER INC's grant income comes from Texas funders.

MN
MO
TX

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

’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $62k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE WELL STEM EDUCATION CENTER INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin5% · below the median
Months of reserve2.0mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)41% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like THE WELL STEM EDUCATION CENTER 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

Helping Funds Foundation81%Wellspring Endowment78%Energized for STEM Academy Inc77%Wimberley Isd Parent Teacher Organization77%Dk Foundation77%Stanton Isd Education Foundation Inc77%The Foundation76%Dr R W Goines STEM Academy76%

Nationally

Steward Growth83%Helping Funds Foundation81%Onward Oklahoma Foundation Inc81%STEM Steps Inc80%Seeds of Greatness Ministries Inc80%Arts 4 All Inc79%STEM to the Future79%Alabama STEM Education Inc79%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
67%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE WELL STEM EDUCATION CENTER INC?
THE WELL STEM EDUCATION CENTER INC (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $268,212 to it, the largest being GRAY-PAMPA FOUNDATION INC ($181,813). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE WELL STEM EDUCATION CENTER INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $268,212 in grants to THE WELL STEM EDUCATION CENTER INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE WELL STEM EDUCATION CENTER INC?
GRAY-PAMPA FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $181,813 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE WELL STEM EDUCATION CENTER 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), 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