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← TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT EDUCATION FUND

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT EDUCATION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,828,062
Total expenses
$6,493,741
Contributions and grants received
$3,678,942
Grants paid
$2,543,766
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$124,916
Other revenue
$24,204
Total assets, end of year
$11,774,676
Total liabilities, end of year
$792,950
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,981,726
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,201,229
Management and general expenses
$1,016,066
Fundraising expenses
$276,446
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,201,229

Program services were 80.1% 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

    $3,678,942

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $124,916 · related or exempt $124,916

  • 11a · Other revenue: REIMBURSED EXPENSES

    total $24,204 · related or exempt $24,204

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $24,204

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,543,766 · program services $2,543,766

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,339,560 · program services $1,499,297 · management and general $649,019 · fundraising $191,244

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $665,713 · program services $426,616 · management and general $184,630 · fundraising $54,467

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $14,592 · program services $14,592

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $34,665 · management and general $34,665

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $945 · fundraising $945

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $306,207 · program services $288,026 · management and general $18,181

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $24,010 · program services $15,387 · management and general $6,659 · fundraising $1,964

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $27,779 · program services $17,802 · management and general $7,704 · fundraising $2,273

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $229,381 · program services $145,649 · management and general $65,137 · fundraising $18,595

  • 17 · Travel

    total $73,900 · program services $47,358 · management and general $20,496 · fundraising $6,046

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $25,269 · management and general $25,269

  • 24a · Other expenses: ACTION SUPPORT

    total $83,142 · program services $83,142

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $66,059 · program services $66,059

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBER RECOGNITION

    total $29,025 · program services $29,025

  • 24d · Other expenses: ORGANIZATIONAL DUES

    total $13,500 · program services $13,500

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $16,228 · program services $11,010 · management and general $4,306 · fundraising $912

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $11,043,181 · end of year $9,881,083

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,569,953 · end of year $1,893,593

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $765,730 · end of year $792,950

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,318,903 · end of year $8,000,178

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,528,501 · end of year $2,981,548

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT EDUCATION FUND (TOP ED FUND) IMPROVES THE LIVES OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME TEXAS FAMILIES BY BUILDING POWER THROUGH COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The Texas Organizing Project Education Fund (TOPEF) is an explicitly pro-Black organization with the mission of improving the lives of low-income working class Black and Latino Texas families building power through community organizing and civic engagement.

  • Civic Engagement expenses: TOP Ed Fund increases civic engagement in low and moderate income neighborhoods in Harris, Dallas, and Bexar counties. TOP Ed Fund encourages families to become informed and active participants in their communities and at all levels of government by informing them of the organizational structure of the local governments (city and county), their respective areas of authority; how decisions are made and how and when public meetings and hearings are conducted where they can participate and express their concerns.

    Expenses $1,040,246

  • Public Education and Outreach expenses: The TOP Ed fund identifies issues of concern in low-to-moderate income neighborhoods and partners with experts to provide training, host town hall meetings, and host public forums to promote education and understanding of the community-identified issues and solutions, so that residents have the tools they need to effectively address issues in their community. We conduct outreach and public education on issues such as affordable housing, improving neighborhood infrastructure, improving public schools, jobs and job training, affordable health care, criminal justice reform, and immigrants' rights.

    Expenses $2,860,676 · Grants $2,543,766

  • Leadership Development expenses: TOP Ed Fund Community Organizers identify community residents with leadership potential in our targeted low-to-moderate income neighborhoods. Organizers work both one-on-one and in group settings with residents to increase their community outreach skills and how to effectively engage their neighbors in joining their efforts to improve their neighborhoods. Residents also learn effective tools and strategies for planning and leading meetings, issue-campaign planning, engaging the media, and increasing civic participation in their neighborhoods.

    Expenses $1,300,307

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Debra Walker

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Bonnie Mathias

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Mary Guzman

    INTERIM TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Rodney McKenzie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Andrea Osorio

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349313292

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