Project Quest INC

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San Antonio, TX501(c)(3)Since 1992EmploymentEIN 74-2643545Revenue $9.6M in FY2025

On file with the IRSquestsa.org800 Quintana Road Bldg 8, 78211-1125 · San Antonio, TXTax-exempt since Jan 1993Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To strengthen the economy with highly qualified employees for in-demand, living wage careers.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 16 volunteers and 30 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $435K a year · 5% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
92%
of spending
Looks good: 92% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$329K
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 51% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $1.6M
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$834K
16% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 16% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
17
of 17 voting members
Looks good: 17 of 17 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$9.6M
+10% vs prior year
Spent
$9.8M
To programs
92%
Net assets
$4.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$9.6M
FY2025▲ +10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$4.4M
FY2021$13.7M
FY2022$9.4M
FY2023$11.6M
FY2024$8.7M
FY2025$9.6M
Expenses
$9.8M
FY2025▲ +9%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.4M
FY2021$13.6M
FY2022$9.2M
FY2023$8.7M
FY2024$9.0M
FY2025$9.8M
Net assets
$4.4M
FY2025▼ -6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$841K
FY2021$983K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$4.9M
FY2024$4.6M
FY2025$4.4M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 1993.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $9.1M Management & general 8% · $745K Fundraising 0% · $11K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

18 people listed on the 990; $329K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President & CEO
$129,675Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Prog Ofcr
$103,635Pt VII · Sec A
Dir Acctg & Fin
$95,695Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Francisco Martinez JR’s $130K as President & CEO is at the 51st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1245 $1–10M employment nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Molly Biglari—$165,596————
David J Zammiello—$8,035$138,936$130,355$122,000$119,379
Francisco Martinez JR$129,675$99,187————
Lelani Mercado$103,635$99,680————
Mary E Rodriguez$95,695—————
Mary Rodriguez—$92,068————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Trains workers for well-paying jobs to boost the economy.

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3 programs · $9.1M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Training services-paid for a portion of tuition, books, supplies, and other training expenses incurred by individuals in high-demand career tracks that pay living wages in san antonio.

$4.4Mprogram expense
02

Outreach, recruitment, career coach, and employment coordinators provided education guidance and life-skills training to participants and coordinated with local employers to develop jobs and prepared program participants for job search efforts.

$4.1Mprogram expense
03

Participant support services-provided support with basic living expenses necessary for individuals to be able to participate in training programs to improve their work skills so that they may enter san antonio's workforce.

$525Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 8 grants · $5.1M · 2019–2024

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$9.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$9.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$111K
Other incomeLn 4–11$61K
Money outPt IX
$9.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$9.1M
Managementcol C$745K
Fundraisingcol D$11K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.9M
Total assetsLn 16$5.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$834K
PeoplePt VI, VII
18
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a17
IndependentVI 1b17
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$9.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$7.2M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$29K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$112
Investment incomeLn 3$111K
Other incomeLn 4–11$61K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$9.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$211K
SavingsLn 2$2.7M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K
Other assetsLn 15$377K
Total assetsLn 16$5.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$834K
Net assetsLn 32$4.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 530
VolunteersI 616
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.7M$2.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5K$2K
Total assetsLn 16$5.5M$5.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$915K$834K
Net assetsLn 32$4.6M$4.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$25K$25K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$5.0M$5.0M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$513K$212K$301K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.4M$2.3M$146K$4K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$73K$62K$11K$90
Other employee benefitsLn 9$402K$341K$61K$494
Payroll taxesLn 10$241K$204K$37K$297
Management feesLn 11a$66K$60K$6K$353
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$23K$20K$2K$121
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$558K$498K$57K$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$51K$33K$18K
Office expensesLn 13$17K$15K$1K
Information technologyLn 14$120K$78K$42K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$70K$62K$9K$56
TravelLn 17$4K$4K$323
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$24K$21K$3K$46
InterestLn 20$14K$12K$2K$288
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$45K$35K$10K
InsuranceLn 23$31K$30K$941$86
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$134K$96K$35K$3K
All other expensesLn 24e$20K$19K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$9.8M$9.1M$745K$11K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $9.6M$9.8M−$276K$4.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $8.7M$9.0M−$290K$4.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $11.6M$8.7M$2.9M$4.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $9.4M$9.2M$149K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $13.7M$13.6M$142K$983K 990 PDF
FY2020 $4.4M$4.4M−$13K$841K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $9,556,884 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $8,474,528$9,384,095
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $154,452$111,384
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $62,124$61,405
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $8,691,104$9,556,884
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $15,000$4,996,757
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,215,037$3,657,956
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $5,751,514$1,178,141
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $8,981,551$9,832,854
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$290,447−$275,970
Part VI · Governance 17 of 17 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body17
VI-1b Independent voting members17
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $9,556,884 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$112
VIII-1e Government grants$7,221,198
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,162,785
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$29,427
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$9,384,095
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $111,384$111,384
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$61,405
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $111,384$9,556,884
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $9,832,854 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $25,000$25,000
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $4,971,757$4,971,757
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $212,052 · Management $301,250$513,302
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,277,971 · Management $146,108 · Fundraising $3,612$2,427,691
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $62,115 · Management $11,159 · Fundraising $90$73,364
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $340,508 · Management $61,176 · Fundraising $494$402,178
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $204,401 · Management $36,723 · Fundraising $297$241,421
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $59,811 · Management $6,131 · Fundraising $353$66,295
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $20,435 · Management $2,094 · Fundraising $121$22,650
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $498,283 · Management $57,051 · Fundraising $2,596$557,930
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $33,267 · Management $18,147$51,414
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $15,316 · Management $1,447$16,763
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $78,123 · Management $41,742$119,865
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $61,661 · Management $8,781 · Fundraising $56$70,498
IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,994 · Management $323$4,317
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $21,399 · Management $2,997 · Fundraising $46$24,442
IX-20 InterestPrograms $12,201 · Management $1,866 · Fundraising $288$14,355
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $34,645 · Management $9,995$44,640
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $29,688 · Management $941 · Fundraising $86$30,715
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $95,891 · Management $35,347 · Fundraising $3,094$134,332
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $18,687 · Management $1,238$19,925
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $9,077,205 · Management $744,516 · Fundraising $11,133$9,832,854
Part X · Balance sheet $5,186,615 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $38,081$210,795
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,701,075$2,662,329
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $3,157,839$1,856,844
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $78,597$77,995
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $5,118$1,919
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $562,647$376,733
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,543,357$5,186,615
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $258,731$178,005
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $64,112$15,000
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $591,989$641,055
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $914,832$834,060
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,424,343$3,564,564
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,204,182$787,991
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,628,525$4,352,555
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,543,357$5,186,615
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,352,555 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$9,556,884
XI-2 Total expenses$9,832,854
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$275,970
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,628,525
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,352,555

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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