Today Foundation FY2024 filing

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Today Foundation is committed to improving education; creating leadership and economic opportunities for all American youth; historic preservation and helping to provide a higher quality of life through their projects.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 75-1864736) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
98¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $471K a year · 35% of revenue · last 6 filings
A surplus in 1 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
98%
of spending
98% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
0.8 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $5.1M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
0.8 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
1 funder names it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3.0M
48% of total assets
Liabilities are 48% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
5 of 5 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$4.9M
×12 vs prior year
Spent
$2.6M
To programs
98%
Net assets
$3.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$4.9M
FY2024▲ ×12
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$644K
FY2022$551K
FY2023$391K
FY2024$4.9M
FY2025$164K
Expenses
$2.6M
FY2024▲ +21%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.6M
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.5M
FY2023$2.2M
FY2024$2.6M
FY2025$1.8M
Net assets
$3.2M
FY2024▲ +4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.2M
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$4.9M
FY2023$3.1M
FY2024$3.2M
FY2025$1.6M

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending July 2024) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1983.

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Where the money goes

98 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 98% · $2.6M Management & general 1% · $36K Fundraising 0% · $12K

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

5 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman Pres
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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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
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

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3 programs · $2.6M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Education

Continued projects in support of expanding US History and Texas History resources and programs to schools and students; an educational facility The Collins Academy located in Jefferson Texas reaches kids through environmental science archeology and educational programs annually; promoting after-school programs in literacy English and…

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2023. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 75-1864736) · Dispute this line
$2.4Mprogram expense
02

Research

Continued research at newly established research center for African-American heritage at a historic missionary church in Jefferson Texas; research relating to the historical assets at Caddo Lake Natural Heritage area and Port Jefferson Texas history and nature center as part of the Collins Academy Program; and research relating to…

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2023. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 75-1864736) · Dispute this line
$95Kprogram expense
03

Communications and Leadership Development

Partnering with Hall-of-Famer Charles Haley and Bob Bowie in the Tackle Tomorrow Program to tell the story of how important education is in the lives of children; promoting Character Counts!

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2023. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 75-1864736) · Dispute this line
$85Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2020
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.9M
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$4.6M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$224K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$74K
Money outPt IX
$2.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.6M
Managementcol C$36K
Fundraisingcol D$12K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$182K
Total assetsLn 16$6.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$224K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$74K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Other incomeLn 4–11$4.6M
Gains on assetsLn 7$1.0M
Total revenueLn 12$4.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$182K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$182K
Accounts receivableLn 4$849K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$2K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$75K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$5.1M
Other assetsLn 15$10K
Total assetsLn 16$6.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.0M
Net assetsLn 32$3.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderJuly
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$163K$182K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$6.3M$5.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$75K$75K
Total assetsLn 16$6.6M$6.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.5M$3.0M
Net assetsLn 32$3.1M$3.2M
Business incomeForm 990-T, Part I
LineFY25FY24FY23
Gross$17K$3.5M$56K
Net$17K$3.5M$56K
Tax$0$228K$11K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$2K$2K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0$0$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2K$1K$500$227
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$3K$2K$554$325
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$8K$7K$985$338
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$12K$10K$2K$606
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.6M$2.5M$24K$8K
All other expensesLn 24e$46K$35K$9K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.6M$2.6M$36K$12K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Jun 16, 2026 $164K$1.8M−$1.6M$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 ViewingFiled with the IRS Jun 17, 2025 $4.9M$2.6M$2.2M$3.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $391K$2.2M−$1.8M$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Jun 19, 2023 $551K$1.5M−$923K$4.9M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Apr 7, 2023 $644K$1.2M−$534K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Jun 15, 2021 $1.4M$1.6M−$186K$2.2M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support I · Grants O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990
Part I · Summary $4,855,120 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $240,975$224,500
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $94,050$74,293
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $778$1,009,874
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $55,631$3,546,453
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $391,434$4,855,120
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $20,350$2,450
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,146,570$2,627,055
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,166,920$2,629,505
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$1,775,486$2,225,615
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $4,855,120 across 16 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$224,500
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$224,500
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $74,293 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$74,293
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $3,334 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$3,334
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $3,614,062 · Excluded from tax $0$3,614,062
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $1,006,540 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,006,540
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business −$67,609 · Excluded from tax $0−$67,609
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,084,167 · Unrelated business $3,546,453 · Excluded from tax $0$4,855,120
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,629,505 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $2,450$2,450
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,000 · Management $500 · Fundraising $227$1,727
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,905 · Management $554 · Fundraising $325$2,784
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $6,550 · Management $985 · Fundraising $338$7,873
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $9,850 · Management $1,540 · Fundraising $606$11,996
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,524,714 · Management $23,997 · Fundraising $8,412$2,557,123
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $35,000 · Management $8,900 · Fundraising $1,652$45,552
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,581,469 · Management $36,476 · Fundraising $11,560$2,629,505
Part X · Balance sheet $6,224,322 assets, 30 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $162,526$182,037
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$848,558
X-5 Loans to officers and key peopleStart of year $0$0
X-6 Loans to other insidersStart of year $0$0
X-7 Notes and loans receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,577$1,577
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $75,080$75,080
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$1,641,241
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $6,308,744$3,466,290
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $7,530$9,539
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $6,555,457$6,224,322
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $675,000$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-21 Escrow or custodial accountsStart of year $0$0
X-22 Loans from officers and insidersStart of year $2,778,938$2,992,638
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$9,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,453,938$3,001,638
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,101,519$3,222,684
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,101,519$3,222,684
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $6,555,457$6,224,322
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,222,684 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,855,120
XI-2 Total expenses$2,629,505
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,225,615
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,101,519
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$2,104,450
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,222,684

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