Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$149,093

Total expenses

$297,549

Contributions and grants received

$149,093

Grants paid

$233,500

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$509,342

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$509,342

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$297,549

Management and general expenses

$0

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$297,549

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• ALEXANDER WEINBERG - AFTER SCHOOL CHESS AND FAMILY CHESS NIGHTS: WEEKLY CHESS LESSONS ARE HELD AT MOLLY PRUITT PUBLIC LIBRARY ON THE ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS. EVERY THURSDAY AFTER SCHOOL, A CHESS MASTER OFFERS SMALLGROUP CHESS INSTRUCTION TO ROOSEVELT STUDENTS. FOLLOWING AFTER SCHOOL CHESS, FAMILY CHESS NIGHT IS OPEN TO ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO IS INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE GAME. FUNDING PROVIDES DINNER AND CHESS INSTRUCTION FROM THE CHESS MASTER. ON AVERAGE, APPROXIMATELY 80 COMMUNITY MEMBERS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 5 to 65 ATTEND THE PROGRAM EACH WEEK. ADDITIONALLY, ALL SEVEN SUPPORTED SCHOOLS HAVE WEEKLY AFTER SCHOOL CHESS PROGRAMS AND BIANNUAL CHESS TOURNAMENTS. APPROXIMATELY 200 STUDENTS ARE INVOLVED IN THE AFTER SCHOOL CHESS PROGRAMS.

  Expenses $64,049

• NORTH EAST EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ("NEEF')- FUNDS WERE GRANTED THROUGH THE NEEF TO SUPPORT THE INSTITUTE OF CYBERSECURITY AND INNOVATION (iCSI). THIS HIGH-SCHOOL PROGRAM PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH AN IMMERSIVE, HANDS-ON EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF CYBERSECURITY AND OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE CURRICULUM THAT COVERS A RANGE OF TECHNOLOGY CERTIFICATIONS. THE CURRICULUM IS DESIGNED TO COVER A WIDE SPECTRUM OF CYBERSECURITY TOPICS, ALLOWING STUDENTS TO ENGAGE WITH THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODOLOGIES IN THE FIELD ENSURING STUDENTS GAIN BOTH THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICAL SKILLS. A PORTION OF FUNDS WERE ALLOCATED TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY TEACHERS IN THE NORTH EAST SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SUPPORT STEM-RELATED PROJECTS IN THEIR CLASSROOMS.

  Expenses $61,500 · Grants $61,500

• YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF SAN ANTONIO - FUNDING WAS GRANTED TO YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO (YOSA) TO HELP BUILD A WORLD CLASS ORCHESTRA PROGRAM IN THE ROOSEVELT CLUSTER. ENGAGEMENT INCLUDED UNDERWRITING OF CONCERT SERIES, CAMPUS LEVEL ENGAGEMENT, FIELD TRIPS, INSTRUMENT LOANS, INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT, AND PRIVATE LESSONS FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. ADDITIONALLY, IT INCLUDES A "RACKSPACE SCHOLARS" PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIP FOR SUMMER SYMPHONY CAMP.

  Expenses $39,250 · Grants $39,250

• GEMINI INK - GEMINI INK IS AN AFTERSCHOOL CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN WINDCREST ELEMENTARY AND CAMELOT ELEMENTARY. GEMINI INK EXECUTES A CURRICULUM THAT ALLOWS STUDENT SELF-EXPRESSION AND SELF-EXPLORATION THROUGH CREATIVE WRITING.

  Expenses $35,000 · Grants $35,000

• GIRLSTART - FUNDING WAS GRANTED TO REACH 50+ FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE GIRLS IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS THROUGH TWO HANDS-ON STEM AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND ONE WEEK-LONG, TECHNOLOGY-INTENSIVE SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM. SCHOOL GIRLSTART PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO EMPOWER, INCREASE CONFIDENCE, AND INTRODUCE STEM CAREERS TO GIRLS WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN MAGINALIZED.

  Expenses $25,000 · Grants $25,000

• TOWNSHIP OF UNION PUBLIC SCHOOLS - THE TOWNSHIP OF UNION PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT IS A SCHOOL SYSTEM CURRENTLY OPERATING IN TEN SCHOOLS FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE. THE UNION SERVES A VARIETY OF STUDENT LEARNING TYPES AND STYLES DO THAT HIGHLY INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICES CAN BE IMPLEMENTED WITHIN THE SYSTEM. THEIR GOAL IS TO INCREASE THEIR STEM INITIATIVES AND SUPPORTS THROUGHOUT THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

  Expenses $25,000 · Grants $25,000

• COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS (CIS) OF SAN ANTONIO, INC - COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SAN ANTONIO'S (CIS-SA) STEM PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON INCREASING ACCESS TO POST-SECONDARY READINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS AND BELIEVES THAT PARTICIPATING IN STEM BASED ACTIVIES IS A KEY STRATEGY TO ACHIEVING THEIR MISSION AND PREPARING AT-RISK YOUTH FOR SUCCESS AFTER GRADUATION. CIS-SA'S STEM FAMILY NIGHTS ARE DESIGNED TO INCREASE ACCESS AND AWARENESS TO STEM CONCEPTS AND PATHWAYS TO ULTIMATELY INCREASE RETENTION AND SUCCESS AMONG UNDERSERVED YOUTH.

  Expenses $18,750 · Grants $18,750

• ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SAN ANTONIO - FUNDS WERE GRANTED TO SUPPORT THE ONE OF THE TEN PHILANTHROPIC PROGRAMS WHICH PROVIDE SERVICES TO RESIDENTS IN EVERY AGE RANGE IN THE COMMUNITY. OPERATION SCHOOL BELL DRESSES AT-RISK CHILDREN FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE AREA. CHILDREN ARE IDENTIFIED BY SCHOOL PERSONNEL AS HAVING INADEQUATE OR INAPPROPRIATE CLOTHING FOR ATTENDING SCHOOL. EACH CHILD RECEIVES SETS OF NEW CLOTHES, PERSONAL CARE KIT, SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND BOOKS.

  Expenses $15,000 · Grants $15,000

• YOUTH CODE JAM - YOUTH CODE JAM CREATES INCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL YOUTH TO EXPERIENCE COMPUTER SCIENCE AND EXPLORE WITH CODE, AS WELL AS TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DESIGNED TO BRING COMPUTER SCIENCE TO EVERY SCHOOL AND EVERY CLASSROOM. BY CREATING INCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL YOUTH TO EXPLORE CODING, THEY HELP BRIDGE GAPS IN STEM EDUCATION AND ENSURE DIVERSE PARTICIPATION IN TECHNOLOGY FIELDS.

  Expenses $14,000 · Grants $14,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

• NE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

  $61,500

  SEE PART IV

• YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO

  $39,250

  SEE PART IV

• GEMINI INK

  $35,000

  SEE PART IV

• GIRLSTART

  $25,000

  SEE PART IV

• TOWNSHIP OF UNION PUBLIC SCHOOLS

  $25,000

  See Part IV

• COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SAN ANTONIO

  $18,750

  SEE PART IV

• ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SAN ANTONIO

  $15,000

  SEE PART IV

• YOUTH CODE JAM

  $14,000

  SEE PART IV

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• RSF ENDOWMENT

  501(c)(3) · SUPPORT ORGANIZATION · TX · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by Rackspace Foundation

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

17 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.1

Source object

202503219349301825

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