Texas Appleseed FY2021 filing

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Austin, TX501(c)(3)Since 1998Community DevelopmentEIN 74-2804268

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Texas appleseed's mission is to promote social, economic, and racial justice for all texans by leveraging the skills and resources of volunteer lawyers, other professionals, and community partners to identify practical solutions to difficult, systemic problems.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
87¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.2M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.5M a year · 18% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
87%
of spending
Looks good: 87% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.2M
to officers and key staff · 21% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 21% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
15 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 15.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
21
named funders · $812K
Looks good: 21 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$333K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
44
of 44 voting members
Looks good: 44 of 44 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$7.9M
+12% vs prior year
Spent
$5.6M
To programs
87%
Net assets
$7.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$7.9M
FY2021▲ +12%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$7.0M
FY2021$7.9M
FY2022$9.3M
FY2023$9.6M
FY2024$9.3M
Expenses
$5.6M
FY2021▲ +57%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.6M
FY2021$5.6M
FY2022$7.6M
FY2023$8.9M
FY2024$9.8M
Net assets
$7.6M
FY2021▲ +41%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$5.4M
FY2021$7.6M
FY2022$9.3M
FY2023$10.0M
FY2024$9.6M

From the FY2021 Form 990 · 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 1997.

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Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 87% · $4.9M Management & general 8% · $453K Fundraising 5% · $265K

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

52 people listed on the 990; $1.2M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$210,454Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$210,000Pt VII · Sec A
Deputy Director
$171,600Pt VII · Sec A
Deputy Director of Research
$148,148Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. of Fair Financial Services Proj.
$125,624Pt VII · Sec A
Deputy Director
$111,583Pt VII · Sec A
Writing Director
$110,833Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. of Finance & Admin.
$110,350Pt VII · Sec A

Linda Brooke’s $296K as Monitoring Dir. is at the 85th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2832 $1–10M community development 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Linda Brooke$296,237$239,683———
Deborah Fowler$275,303$265,569———
Linda Brooke——$262,500$210,000—
Viveca Martinez$240,868$194,656———
Deborah Fowler——$238,315$210,454$137,971
Viveca Martinez——$214,500$171,600—
Monica Benedict$195,019$183,980———
Deborah Borman$183,491$173,105———

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

Programs and updates

Promotes social, economic, and racial justice in Texas by leveraging volunteer professionals to reform systemic problems in education, the justice system, and community policy.

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3 program services account for $3.5M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2021.
01

Child Policy Center

In 2019, the texas appleseed child policy center was created to provide and support a monitoring project related to the placement by the texas department of family protective services (DFPS) of children in management conservatorship.

$2.9Mprogram expense
02

Education Justice

Since 2007, texas appleseed has produced first of its kind research and policy work on the link between school discipline programs, dropout rates, ticketing in schools, and school police. In 2021, this work was expanded to be directed towards achieving equal educational opportunities for all young texans.

$348Kprogram expense
03

Disaster Relief/Fair Housing

Texas appleseed works to ensure that federal infrastructure and housing funding goes to historically neglected and needy communities.

$280Kprogram expense

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Funders

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 · 17 grants · $227K · 2020–2024
Texas Advocacy Project INCTX · FY2024$60,000
Mosaic Family Services INCTX · FY2024$10,000
The Family PlaceTX · FY2024$7,500
Raise TexasTX · FY2024$7,000
Texas Advocacy Project INCTX · FY2023$60,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$5,192
Home CoalitionTX · FY2021$6,000
Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico INCPR · FY2021$6,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$2,596
Unitemized GrantFY2020$5,192

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$7.9M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.2M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Money outPt IX
$5.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.9M
Managementcol C$453K
Fundraisingcol D$265K
Owns and owesPt X
$7.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$7.1M
Total assetsLn 16$7.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$333K
PeoplePt VI, VII
52
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a44
IndependentVI 1b44
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$624K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Total revenueLn 12$7.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$966K
SavingsLn 2$6.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$7.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$16K
Total assetsLn 16$7.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$333K
Net assetsLn 32$7.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 535
VolunteersI 660
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.8M$7.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3K$16K
Total assetsLn 16$5.6M$7.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$210K$333K
Net assetsLn 32$5.4M$7.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$44K$44K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$3K$3K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$636K$543K$58K$34K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.5M$2.1M$229K$136K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$96K$82K$9K$5K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$238K$203K$22K$13K
Payroll taxesLn 10$224K$190K$22K$12K
Legal feesLn 11b$2K$2K$8$34
Accounting feesLn 11c$41K$40K$170$766
Lobbying feesLn 11d$185K$181K$764$3K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.2M$1.2M$5K$22K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$31K$16K$7K$7K
Office expensesLn 13$250K$153K$74K$23K
OccupancyLn 16$147K$124K$15K$8K
TravelLn 17$24K$24K$20$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$583$402$181$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3K$2K$1K$0
InsuranceLn 23$13K$3K$10K$262
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.6M$4.9M$453K$265K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $9.3M$9.8M−$469K$9.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $9.6M$8.9M$706K$10.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $9.3M$7.6M$1.7M$9.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $7.9M$5.6M$2.2M$7.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $7.0M$3.6M$3.4M$5.4M 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 VIII · Statement of revenue $7,859,791 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $330 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$623,613
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,026,701
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,650,314
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$6,212,610
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,180$2,180
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $12,600$12,600
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$19,489−$19,489
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $1,246 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,246
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $6,213,856 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$4,379$7,859,791
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,649,124 across 18 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $43,500$43,500
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $2,596$2,596
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $543,403 · Management $58,105 · Fundraising $34,469$635,977
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,141,177 · Management $228,950 · Fundraising $135,817$2,505,944
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $82,137 · Management $8,783 · Fundraising $5,210$96,130
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $202,963 · Management $21,702 · Fundraising $12,874$237,539
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $190,247 · Management $21,548 · Fundraising $11,803$223,598
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,801 · Management $8 · Fundraising $34$1,843
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $40,195 · Management $170 · Fundraising $766$41,131
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $180,631 · Management $764 · Fundraising $3,441$184,836
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,179,949 · Management $4,992 · Fundraising $22,476$1,207,417
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $15,974 · Management $7,450 · Fundraising $7,350$30,774
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $152,699 · Management $74,293 · Fundraising $23,182$250,174
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $124,263 · Management $15,415 · Fundraising $7,574$147,252
IX-17 TravelPrograms $23,939 · Management $20 · Fundraising $0$23,959
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $402 · Management $181 · Fundraising $0$583
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,611 · Management $1,085 · Fundraising $0$2,696
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,239 · Management $9,674 · Fundraising $262$13,175
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,930,726 · Management $453,140 · Fundraising $265,258$5,649,124
Part X · Balance sheet $7,949,482 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,765,566$965,919
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,061,277$6,163,252
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $345,000$213,875
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $421,190$522,758
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $6,610$5,062
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $13,445$62,444
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,222$16,172
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,616,310$7,949,482
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $204,983$323,538
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $5,200$9,150
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $210,183$332,688
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,844,935$7,178,759
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $561,192$438,035
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,406,127$7,616,794
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,616,310$7,949,482
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $7,616,794 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$7,859,791
XI-2 Total expenses$5,649,124
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,210,667
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,406,127
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$7,616,794

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