Texas School Coalition FY2020 filing

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Plano, TX501(c)(4)EIN 75-2686669Revenue $514K in FY2020

On file with the IRStxsc.org6505 W Park Blvd Ste 306 Pmb 249, 75093-6212 · Plano, TXTax-exempt since May 1997

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To advocate for the resources necessary to provide all Texas public School students an excellent education and for a School finance system that balances sustainable state and local investments in the best interests of students and taxpayers.

80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$152K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(4)
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
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list 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
1 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $3K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 1 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$152K
to officers and key staff · 40% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 40% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$514K
Spent
$378K
To programs
80%
Net assets
$215K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$514K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$514K
FY2021$345K
FY2022$386K
FY2023$437K
FY2024$396K
FY2025$355K
Expenses
$378K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$378K
FY2021$384K
FY2022$408K
FY2023$447K
FY2024$414K
FY2025$384K
Net assets
$215K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$215K
FY2021$175K
FY2022$152K
FY2023$143K
FY2024$124K
FY2025$95K

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending August 2020) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1997.

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

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $304K Management & general 19% · $70K Fundraising 1% · $3K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $152K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$152,394Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary/Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Christy Rome$183,638$162,280$158,538$153,985$152,394

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

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Advocates for excellent Texas public education and fair school funding.

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1 program · $304K · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

The texas school coalition program activities included advocacy efforts, member communications, public outreach and technical assistance.

$304Kprogram expense

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$514K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$491K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$23K
Money outPt IX
$378K
Ln 25
Programscol B$304K
Managementcol C$70K
Fundraisingcol D$3K
Owns and owesPt X
$215K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$215K
Total assetsLn 16$215K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$23K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$491K
Total revenueLn 12$514K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$215K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$215K
Total assetsLn 16$215K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$215K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 612
Fiscal year endsHeaderAugust
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$79K$215K
Total assetsLn 16$79K$215K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$79K$215K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$172K$138K$34K$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$19K$15K$4K$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$7K$6K$1K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$9K$7K$2K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$22K$22K$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$3K$3K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$111K$89K$22K$0
Office expensesLn 13$4K$3K$860$0
Information technologyLn 14$3K$2K$514$0
OccupancyLn 16$7K$5K$1K$0
TravelLn 17$2K$2K$461$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$18K$14K$4K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$378K$304K$70K$3K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $355K$384K−$29K$95K 990 PDF
FY2024 $396K$414K−$19K$124K 990 PDF
FY2023 $437K$447K−$10K$143K 990 PDF
FY2022 $386K$408K−$23K$152K 990 PDF
FY2021 $345K$384K−$40K$175K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $514K$378K$136K$215K 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
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $514,000 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $28,411$23,000
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $420,750$491,000
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $449,161$514,000
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $220,554$199,105
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $5,478$3,375
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $247,318$175,499
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $473,350$377,979
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$24,189$136,021
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
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 $514,000 across 4 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$23,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$23,000
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$491,000
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $491,000 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$514,000
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $377,979 across 12 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $137,970 · Management $34,493 · Fundraising $0$172,463
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $15,333 · Management $3,833 · Fundraising $0$19,166
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $5,981 · Management $1,495 · Fundraising $0$7,476
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $7,027 · Management $1,757 · Fundraising $0$8,784
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $22,186 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$22,186
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $3,375$3,375
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $88,859 · Management $22,215 · Fundraising $0$111,074
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,438 · Management $860 · Fundraising $0$4,298
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,052 · Management $514 · Fundraising $0$2,566
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $5,280 · Management $1,320 · Fundraising $0$6,600
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,842 · Management $461 · Fundraising $0$2,303
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $14,150 · Management $3,538 · Fundraising $0$17,688
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $304,118 · Management $70,486 · Fundraising $3,375$377,979
Part X · Balance sheet $214,616 assets, 6 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $78,595$214,616
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $78,595$214,616
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $78,595$214,616
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $78,595$214,616
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $78,595$214,616
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $214,616 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$514,000
XI-2 Total expenses$377,979
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$136,021
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$78,595
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$214,616

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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