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← HIGHER UP TEXAS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by HIGHER UP TEXAS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$310,069
Total expenses
$259,784
Contributions and grants received
$304,380
Grants paid
$50
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$5,689
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$387,429
Total liabilities, end of year
$20,924
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$366,505
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$227,469
Management and general expenses
$32,315
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$227,469

Program services were 87.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $304,380

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $9,576

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,689

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $50 · program services $50

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $44,737 · program services $26,842 · management and general $17,895

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $85,068 · program services $76,561 · management and general $8,507

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,980 · program services $7,962 · management and general $2,018

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,000 · program services $4,500 · management and general $500

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,895 · program services $6,206 · management and general $689

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,143 · program services $7,329 · management and general $814

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $12,378 · program services $11,140 · management and general $1,238

  • 17 · Travel

    total $802 · program services $722 · management and general $80

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,935 · program services $2,935

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,472 · program services $3,472

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,742 · program services $5,168 · management and general $574

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $65,006 · program services $65,006

  • 24b · Other expenses: GIFTS IN KIND DISTRIBUTED BY PROGRAM

    total $9,576 · program services $9,576

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $95,224 · end of year $129,095

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $223,150 · end of year $238,306

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,500 · end of year $2,500

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

    $75,499

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

    $57,971

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $21,000 · end of year $17,528

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,424

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $21,580 · end of year $20,924

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $316,870 · end of year $366,505

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Teaching critical thinking skills to disadvantaged high school and post high school students through modules that utilize critical thinking, mentoring and self-advocacy in the areas of financial literacy, civic and social responsibility, mental health, future financial wealth and culture

Activities or mission (Part I)

Teaching critical thinking skills to disadvantaged high school and post high school students using the core values of Honesty, Integrity, Grit, Hope, Eagerness and Readiness

  • 200 students participated at 3 campuses in 5 modules that utilized critical thinking, mentoring and self-advocacy in the areas of financial literacy, civic and social responsibility, mental health, future financial wealth, and culture. Over 250 young adults participated in after high school mentoring and career support.

    Expenses $227,469 · Revenue $304,380

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Hillary Gramm

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $44,737
    From this org
    $44,737
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
7 March 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202630669349301003

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