Texas · Nonprofit
WACO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION
WACO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $146,283 to it, the largest being WACO FOUNDATION ($133,550). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $745k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $146k
- Net assets
- $6.6M
What Waco Isd Education Foundation does
Mission
The Waco Isd Education Foundation strives to fund creative, educational programs and projects not covered by school budgets or tax dollars, thus our motto, "raising the power of education!" more than 93% of all foundation expenses fund waco isd classroom grants and student scholarships. The foundation was founded for the purpose of receiving and disbursing funds, property and gifts of any kind exclusively for the benefit of the waco independent school district.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
By funding innovative educator grants, the Waco Isd Education Foundation is able to impact our students, teachers, classrooms and entire district. The foundation seeks to provide funding for waco isd teachers and schools by awarding grants in four focus areas: early childhood development, enhanced programming for advanced students, extended education for staff, and emphasis on student performance. To date, the foundation has awarded over $2,407,478 in 652 grants to wisd teachers.
$117,914 spentof which $117,914 as grants55% of program spendingScholarships are an opportunity to recognize students for their academic achievements, leadership and community involvement as well as a conduit to provide higher education opportuniies. Scholarships are also a great memorial to loved ones and provide a lasting legacy. To date, the foundation has awarded $533,350 in scholarships to waco isd graduates.
$94,926 spentof which $94,926 as grants45% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $212,840.
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. 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 2023 to 2024, from $6.0M to $6.9M (+15%).
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.
68% of WACO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Stephanie Hines
Executive director
Board chair
Taylor Bledsoe
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $8k → $20k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 WACO ISD EDUCATION 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
WACO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund WACO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 50% — 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
98% of WACO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $3k that is directly attributable, 60% of it comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $144k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Against its field
WACO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like WACO ISD EDUCATION 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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WACO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- WACO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $146,283 to it, the largest being WACO FOUNDATION ($133,550). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WACO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $146,283 in grants to WACO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WACO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- WACO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $133,550 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WACO ISD EDUCATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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