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← FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,611,441
Total expenses
$2,319,900
Contributions and grants received
$2,031,499
Grants paid
$1,699,216
Program service revenue
$191,385
Investment income
$1,246,139
Other revenue
$142,418
Total assets, end of year
$40,197,288
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,427,826
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$37,769,462
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,078,010
Management and general expenses
$149,628
Fundraising expenses
$92,262
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,078,010

Program services were 89.6% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $93,977

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,937,522

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $347,430

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OFFICE RENTAL

    total $191,385 · related or exempt $191,385

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,276,999 · excluded $1,276,999

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $169,715 · excluded $169,715

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $6,077,682

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $6,108,542

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$30,860

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$30,860 · related or exempt -$30,860

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $32,805

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $93,977

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $60,553

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$27,748

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $451 · related or exempt $451

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $451

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,457,215 · program services $1,457,215

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $242,001 · program services $242,001

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $116,888 · program services $61,366 · management and general $27,761 · fundraising $27,761

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $43,827 · program services $2,436 · management and general $23,214 · fundraising $18,177

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,983 · program services $3,667 · management and general $3,350 · fundraising $2,966

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,291 · management and general $24,291

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $105,427 · program services $105,427

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $61,122 · program services $9,564 · management and general $34,224 · fundraising $17,334

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,971 · management and general $2,985 · fundraising $2,986

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,898 · management and general $9,449 · fundraising $9,449

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $89,084 · program services $89,084

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,431 · management and general $4,151 · fundraising $280

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $73,650 · program services $72,982 · management and general $334 · fundraising $334

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $40,279 · program services $33,926 · management and general $6,295 · fundraising $58

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $17,532 · program services $79 · management and general $7,340 · fundraising $10,113

  • 24b · Other expenses: DONOR RELATIONS

    total $5,344 · management and general $2,672 · fundraising $2,672

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $3,381 · management and general $3,381

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $526 · program services $263 · management and general $131 · fundraising $132

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $50 · management and general $50

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,165,719 · end of year $1,882,179

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $2,696,126

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,342,391

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,397,025 · end of year $1,353,735

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $30,421,756 · end of year $36,816,136

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,062,990 · end of year $38,461

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $547,925 · end of year $106,777

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $33,752 · end of year $8,532

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,175,712 · end of year $2,419,294

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,604,705 · end of year $8,892,336

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $26,781,246 · end of year $28,877,126

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHALL BE TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE AREA BY ENCOURAGING PHILANTHROPIC GIFTS AND BY ASSISTING DONORS IN ACHIEVING THEIR CHARITABLE GOALS THROUGH THE PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT AND CONSIDERED AND CARING DISTRIBUTION OF SUCH GIFTS

  • DISTRIBUTIONS FOR ORGANIZATIONS QUALIFYING UNDER IRC SECTION 501 (C)(3) PER DONOR STIPULATIONS.

    Expenses $1,864,302 · Grants $1,699,216

  • RENTAL OF OFFICE SPACE TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $213,708 · Revenue $191,385

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mellie Bevilacqua

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $116,888
    From this org
    $86,670
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,218
    Hours/week
    40
  • The Honorable Courtney Arkeen

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Bobby Beaver

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Lisa O' Blanc

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Tina Bradley

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ben Broussard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Brooke Carroll

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Cody Cupit

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Rachel Donalson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ron Fletcher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Phyllis Geans

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Rachel Grove

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mark Hall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Shawn Hare

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Megan Layne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Denise Leblanc

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Samantha Leifeste

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Valerie Lewis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Sara Norman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ben Pousson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Donean Surrat

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • David Thieme

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jeremy Triska

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Linsi Walker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Pam Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Allison Wright

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
17 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202622329349301607

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