Totals
- Total revenue
- $12,180,058
- Total expenses
- $9,576,796
- Contributions and grants received
- $11,877,388
- Grants paid
- $41,000
- Program service revenue
- $19,931
- Investment income
- $282,739
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $16,796,692
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $580,060
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $16,216,632
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $6,702,171
- Management and general expenses
- $1,483,811
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,390,814
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $6,702,171
Program services were 70.0% 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.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$11,877,388
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$250,979
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2a · Program service revenue: Data analysis services
total $19,931 · related or exempt $19,931
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3 · Investment income
total $284,899 · excluded $284,899
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $17,216,746
-
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $17,218,906
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities -$2,160
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$2,160 · excluded -$2,160
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $41,000 · program services $41,000
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $2,257,788 · program services $1,100,159 · management and general $736,618 · fundraising $421,011
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $3,477,154 · program services $2,618,351 · management and general $250,116 · fundraising $608,687
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $155,628 · program services $115,675 · management and general $10,554 · fundraising $29,399
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $232,273 · program services $162,899 · management and general $24,076 · fundraising $45,298
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $366,031 · program services $241,844 · management and general $55,804 · fundraising $68,383
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $123,222 · program services $3,000 · management and general $120,222
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $53,120 · management and general $53,120
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $97,245 · program services $74,745 · management and general $22,500
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $39,451 · fundraising $39,451
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $9,376 · management and general $9,376
-
11g · Fees: other
total $194,224 · program services $94,576 · management and general $62,897 · fundraising $36,751
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $199,537 · program services $198,480 · management and general $117 · fundraising $940
-
13 · Office expenses
total $100,543 · program services $62,826 · management and general $14,090 · fundraising $23,627
-
14 · Information technology
total $225,849 · program services $144,527 · management and general $32,397 · fundraising $48,925
-
16 · Occupancy
total $355,761 · program services $300,866 · management and general $29,161 · fundraising $25,734
-
17 · Travel
total $210,192 · program services $132,439 · management and general $42,713 · fundraising $35,040
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $172,566 · program services $148,175 · management and general $18,569 · fundraising $5,822
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $50,018 · program services $47,363 · management and general $1,415 · fundraising $1,240
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24a · Other expenses: Data analytic services
total $724,522 · program services $724,522
-
24b · Other expenses: Communication services
total $272,146 · program services $271,574 · management and general $66 · fundraising $506
-
24c · Other expenses: Research/policy dev svc
total $219,150 · program services $219,150
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $3,127,692 · end of year $4,983,661
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $1,040,598 · end of year $1,071,933
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $3,605,001 · end of year $3,776,910
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $56,357 · end of year $46,387
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $94,085 · end of year $138,077
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$318,392
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$300,113
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $68,297 · end of year $18,279
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $6,120,117 · end of year $6,665,069
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $156,051 · end of year $96,376
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $504,811 · end of year $493,705
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $19,500 · end of year $10,100
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $162,393 · end of year $76,255
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $5,494,304 · end of year $8,238,436
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $8,087,190 · end of year $7,978,196
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
Texas 2036 identifies and advances data-driven policies that will improve lives and expand opportunities for all Texans.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Identify and advance data-driven policies that improve lives and expand opportunities for all Texans.
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Policy Development: In 2025, Texas 2036 advanced its data-driven, research-informed, nonpartisan work by developing and publishing research, interactive data tools, and viable policy solutions to address Texas' most complex and long-term challenges. Guided by the goals and priorities outlined in our strategic framework for the state, Texas 2036 prepared and disseminated extensive data, research, stakeholder input, and policy analysis to legislative committees, government commissions and agencies, and business, non-profit, and civic organizations. These materials were also made freely available to the public through our website.(Continued on Schedule O)Texas 2036 continued to develop and engage with multi-sector stakeholder coalitions including Aim Hire Texas, a statewide consortium of advocates, employers, non-profit organizations, and education and training providers focused on improving the Texas workforce system; the States for the Future network, a collaboration of organizations and states pursuing a new approach to solving significant and systemic challenges; the Texas Water Funding Coalition, a group of business leaders and organizations from across the state urging Texas leaders to establish a dedicated revenue source to fund water projects including expanding the state's water supply portfolio and fixing aging and deteriorating water systems; and Employers for Childcare, a diverse group of business leaders collaborating to develop and advocate for public policy reforms to expand access to affordable, quality childcare for working families in Texas. Texas 2036 also developed and initiated several projects to continue to document the challenges and opportunities facing Texas, including data analyses, research summaries, reports, and related resources aligned with its strategic framework. These materials have been, or will be, made publicly available to support informed understanding and consideration of the issues affecting the state.
Expenses $3,105,187
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Engagement and Communication: In 2025, Texas 2036 conducted statewide outreach and public education activities to share research and data on issues affecting Texas. Staff visited communities across the state, convened meetings, and presented research at conferences and public events. Texas 2036 disseminated information through media interviews, op-eds, blog posts, videos, presentations, panel discussions, reports, infographics, one-pagers, and interactive websites. During the year, Texas 2036's work was mentioned in over 1,470 media reports, and we delivered 2,810 social media posts that earned over 500,000 engagements and a 96% increase in social media audience growth.
Expenses $1,996,301 · Grants $41,000
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Data Collection and Dissemination: Data is central to Texas 2036's approach to identifying, understanding, developing solutions to, and tracking progress on the biggest challenges facing the state. In 2025, Texas 2036 expanded and developed accessible data tools and published research-based reports examining trends and conditions in Texas. These resources are publicly available at texas2036.org.(Continued on Schedule O)In 2025, we completed new publicly-accessible data tools examining hospital quality and price measures in Texas, the geographic distribution of uninsured residents, the fiscal impacts of residential development patterns, and statewide population growth trends over the past century.Texas 2036 also completed substantial work on a forthcoming online data dashboard examining the geographic and demographic distribution of access to college and career courses in Texas, the impact of advanced coursework on student outcomes, and the effects of public school and community college finance options on course access. This work complements our 2025 report, Pathways to Rural Careers in Texas, which presents research and analysis related to postsecondary and workforce pathways for rural students.During 2025, Texas 2036 conducted its 9th Texas Voter Poll to collect data on Texas voters' perspectives on key policy issues including education and health care, and prepared publicly available summaries of findings from the poll.
Expenses $1,600,683 · Revenue $19,931
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Marc Watts
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tom Luce
Founding Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Hunter Hunt
Secretary (from 11/25)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sam L Susser
Secretary (to 11/25)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Pat Avery
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ann Barnes
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tracee Bentley
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Aline Bass Callahan
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Robert N Campbell III
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Amy Chronis
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Donna Fujimoto Cole
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Roberto Coronado
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tony Cucolo
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ed Escudero
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Samina Farid
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Shannon Fletcher
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Juliet Garcia
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Eva Guzman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Andrew Hall
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Maynard Holt
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Wallace B Jefferson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ron Kirk
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Val LaMantia
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Trent McKnight
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Reba Cardenas McNair
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Elaine Mendoza
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rosa Navejar
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mary Dale Peterson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Peter Rodriguez
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Virginia Schaefer
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sheryl Sculley
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nicole Small
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Joe Straus
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bradley H Tidwell
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Guillermo Memo Trevino
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jeanette Ward
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sonya Medina Williams
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Josh Winegarner
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David Leebron
President/CEO
- Total calculated
- $720,349
- From this org
- $701,889
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $18,460
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $676,889
- Bonus
- $25,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $17,500
- Nontaxable benefits
- $960
- Filer's total
- $720,349
-
Arthur James Rodriguez
Executive Vice President
- Total calculated
- $343,143
- From this org
- $319,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $24,143
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $319,000
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $15,950
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,193
- Filer's total
- $343,143
-
Justin Coppedge
SVP, Strategy and Operations
- Total calculated
- $322,755
- From this org
- $297,903
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $24,852
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $297,903
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $14,979
- Nontaxable benefits
- $9,873
- Filer's total
- $322,755
-
Emily George
VP, Finance
- Total calculated
- $223,432
- From this org
- $203,955
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $19,477
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $196,455
- Bonus
- $7,500
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $10,250
- Nontaxable benefits
- $9,227
- Filer's total
- $223,432
-
John Hryhorchuk
SVP, Policy and Advocacy
- Total calculated
- $359,589
- From this org
- $335,090
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $24,499
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $295,090
- Bonus
- $40,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $11,813
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,686
- Filer's total
- $359,589
-
Anne Krause
SVP, Development
- Total calculated
- $288,520
- From this org
- $262,560
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $25,960
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $252,560
- Bonus
- $10,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $13,349
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,611
- Filer's total
- $288,520
-
Merrill Davis
VP, Communications
- Total calculated
- $272,359
- From this org
- $239,743
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $32,616
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $232,243
- Bonus
- $7,500
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $12,067
- Nontaxable benefits
- $20,549
- Filer's total
- $272,359
-
Charles Miller
Dir., Health & Econ. Mobility Policy
- Total calculated
- $242,306
- From this org
- $219,416
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $22,890
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $204,916
- Bonus
- $14,500
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $11,148
- Nontaxable benefits
- $11,742
- Filer's total
- $242,306
-
Jeremy Mazur
Dir., Infra. & Natural Res. Policy
- Total calculated
- $223,358
- From this org
- $205,682
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,676
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $184,682
- Bonus
- $21,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $9,229
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,447
- Filer's total
- $223,358
-
Mary Lynn Pruneda
Dir., Education & Workforce Policy
- Total calculated
- $224,772
- From this org
- $201,059
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $23,713
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $180,059
- Bonus
- $21,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $23,713
- Filer's total
- $224,772
-
Jordan Wat
Dir., Government Affairs
- Total calculated
- $202,317
- From this org
- $184,700
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,617
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $169,700
- Bonus
- $15,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $9,250
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,367
- Filer's total
- $202,317
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 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
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Part I, Line 7
- The organization reviews employee performance and compensation annually. Management uses a compensation market summary to determine compensation, including the annual performance bonuses reported on Part II.
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
-
$15,000
Support for nonpartisan media in Texas
-
Support for research and policy forums
-
$10,000
Support for nonpolitical conversations, research to confront challenges in Texas
-
Support for Texas leadership and innovation
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 18 June 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202621699349301702
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