Valor Texas Education Foundation

Tax-deductible

Austin, TX501(c)(3)Since 2016EducationEIN 81-1145945Revenue $51.4M in FY2025

On file with the IRSvaloreducation.org11720 S Mopac Expy, 78739-2182 · Austin, TXTax-exempt since Feb 2016Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Valor's mission is to educate the whole person in authentic communities for a full human life. Through our K-12 tuition-free classical charter schools and the Valor Institute, we build communities dedicated to wisdom, virtue, and friendship.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 400 volunteers and 639 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
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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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $3.6M a year · 14% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.4M
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
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $5.3M
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$163.6M
87% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 87% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$51.4M
+25% vs prior year
Spent
$47.5M
To programs
90%
Net assets
$23.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$51.4M
FY2025▲ +25%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$8.0M
FY2021$11.6M
FY2022$21.6M
FY2023$26.5M
FY2024$41.2M
FY2025$51.4M
Expenses
$47.5M
FY2025▲ +31%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$5.1M
FY2021$9.8M
FY2022$14.4M
FY2023$25.5M
FY2024$36.2M
FY2025$47.5M
Net assets
$23.5M
FY2025▲ +20%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.6M
FY2021$6.3M
FY2022$13.5M
FY2023$14.5M
FY2024$19.6M
FY2025$23.5M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 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 Feb 2016.

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

Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $42.9M Management & general 8% · $3.6M Fundraising 2% · $961K

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

17 people listed on the 990; $1.4M 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
$242,994Pt VII · Sec A
$162,419Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Growth & Development Officer
$160,638Pt VII · Sec A
Superintendent of Schools
$157,028Pt VII · Sec A
$146,274Pt VII · Sec A
Director of School Programs
$127,428Pt VII · Sec A
Development Director
$121,446Pt VII · Sec A
Speech and Language Pathologist
$102,147Pt VII · Sec A

David Williams’s $243K as President & CEO is at the 51st percentile of top reported officer pay among 3683 $10–100M education 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
David Williams$242,994$241,442$206,500$179,833$175,833$116,333
Jesse Bates$162,419$147,375$148,145$125,958$109,358$96,197
Ward Huseth$160,638$127,121————
Stephen Gordon$157,028$142,630$139,523$130,271$133,810$114,959
Ramsey Margison$146,274$140,288————
Joel Vanderworp$127,428$123,572$121,750$113,500$105,422—
Erin Fonner$121,446—$100,938———
John Finley——$102,308———

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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1 program · $42.9M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Valor operates five schools with four located in and near Austin, Texas and a fifth located in San Antonio, Texas and had approximately 4,000 students from kindergarten through 12th grade for the 2024-2025 school year.

$42.9Mprogram 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 · FY2024
Charter Fund INCFY2024$3.0M
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$5.3M
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$51.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$47.6M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.5M
Money outPt IX
$47.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$42.9M
Managementcol C$3.6M
Fundraisingcol D$961K
Owns and owesPt X
$23.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$31.9M
Total assetsLn 16$187.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$163.6M
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A10
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$47.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$42.6M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.5M
Total revenueLn 12$51.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$11.1M
SavingsLn 2$20.9M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$31.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$145.9M
Other assetsLn 15$853K
Total assetsLn 16$187.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$163.6M
Net assetsLn 32$23.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5639
VolunteersI 6400
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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$33.0M$31.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$123.3M$145.9M
Total assetsLn 16$165.0M$187.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$145.4M$163.6M
Net assetsLn 32$19.6M$23.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$971K$906K$43K$21K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$20.6M$19.2M$916K$453K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$1.7M$1.6M$76K$38K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.7M$1.6M$78K$39K
Payroll taxesLn 10$351K$328K$16K$8K
Legal feesLn 11b$320K$320K
Accounting feesLn 11c$52K$52K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$250K$250K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2.0M$783K$1.1M$31K
Office expensesLn 13$1.0M$842K$111K$82K
Information technologyLn 14$435K$347K$88K
OccupancyLn 16$2.0M$1.9M$72K$5K
TravelLn 17$780K$664K$113K$2K
InterestLn 20$6.3M$6.1M$251K$19K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3.9M$3.7M$151K$11K
InsuranceLn 23$614K$465K$148K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$4.4M$4.4M
All other expensesLn 24e$115K$80K$34K
Total functional expensesLn 25$47.5M$42.9M$3.6M$961K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $51.4M$47.5M$3.9M$23.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $41.2M$36.2M$5.1M$19.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $26.5M$25.5M$987K$14.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $21.6M$14.4M$7.2M$13.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 $11.6M$9.8M$1.7M$6.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $8.0M$5.1M$2.9M$4.6M 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $51,394,502 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $37,068,421$47,636,610
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,773,503$2,298,325
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,381,899$1,459,567
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $41,223,823$51,394,502
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $20,484,734$25,330,929
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$250,482
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $15,673,382$21,886,507
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $36,158,116$47,467,918
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $5,065,707$3,926,584
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
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 $51,394,502 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1d Related organizations$2,287,703
VIII-1e Government grants$42,590,629
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,758,278
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$47,636,610
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,298,325$2,298,325
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,459,567$1,459,567
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,298,325 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,459,567$51,394,502
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $47,467,918 across 18 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $906,380 · Management $43,274 · Fundraising $21,387$971,041
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $19,182,917 · Management $915,847 · Fundraising $452,652$20,551,416
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,593,901 · Management $76,098 · Fundraising $37,611$1,707,610
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,633,180 · Management $77,973 · Fundraising $38,537$1,749,690
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $327,787 · Management $15,650 · Fundraising $7,735$351,172
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $319,686$319,686
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $52,200$52,200
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $250,482$250,482
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $783,337 · Management $1,141,716 · Fundraising $30,767$1,955,820
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $842,170 · Management $111,396 · Fundraising $82,163$1,035,729
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $347,295 · Management $88,149$435,444
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,893,618 · Management $72,435 · Fundraising $5,487$1,971,540
IX-17 TravelPrograms $664,415 · Management $112,820 · Fundraising $2,477$779,712
IX-20 InterestPrograms $6,059,490 · Management $250,633 · Fundraising $18,987$6,329,110
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $3,690,961 · Management $151,321 · Fundraising $11,464$3,853,746
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $464,514 · Management $147,657 · Fundraising $1,456$613,627
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $4,425,088$4,425,088
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $80,493 · Management $34,312$114,805
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $42,895,546 · Management $3,611,167 · Fundraising $961,205$47,467,918
Part X · Balance sheet $187,152,260 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $7,203,737$11,053,930
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $25,746,444$20,855,908
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $6,112,815$7,548,656
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $466,633$485,960
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $123,279,656$145,910,233
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $444,840$444,840
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,764,875$852,733
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $165,019,000$187,152,260
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $9,634,834$5,657,348
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $122,162$720,685
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $58,582,676$77,156,469
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,778,193$792,588
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $145,420,697$163,627,373
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $14,155,174$17,895,565
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $5,443,129$5,629,322
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $19,598,303$23,524,887
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $165,019,000$187,152,260
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $23,524,887 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$51,394,502
XI-2 Total expenses$47,467,918
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$3,926,584
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$19,598,303
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$23,524,887

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

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