BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU CONSUMER EDUCATION FOUNDATION
EIN 74-1893779 BEAUMONT, TX
- Revenue 2024
- $282,202
- Expenses 2024
- $254,286
Program services were 62.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 4335 LAUREL ST
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY TRUST THROUGH EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT EMPOWER CONSUMERS, PROVIDE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT FOR FUTURE LEADERS, AND HELP BUSINESSES BE BETTER. TO COOPERATE WITH BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU AND SUCH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HAVING OBJECTIVES IN COMMON, AN TO DO GENERALLY SUCH OTHER THINGS AS MAY BE NECESSARY, REQUISITE, CONVENIENT OR PROPER TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES AND OBJECTIVES OF THE CORPORATION, AS ARE PERMITTED UNDER ARTICLE 2.01 OF THE TEXAS NON-PROFIT CORPORATION ACT.
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BUSINESS SEMINARS INCREASED CONSUMER AWARENESS THROUGH VARIOUS EVENTS PROVIDING RESOURCES, INCLUDING DISTRIBUTION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL: CONTINUED MONTHLY ACCREDITED BUSINESS NETWORKING EVENTS IN OUR REGION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND PRESENTED BBB SERVICES TO OVER 120 BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS.
Expenses $24,412 · Revenue $45,773
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WOMENS CONFERENCE INCREASED CONSUMER AWARENESS THROUGH VARIOUS EVENTS PROVIDING RESOURCES, INCLUDING DISTRIBUTION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL: FEATURING LOCAL WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES IN AN EXPO PORTION OF THE CONFERENCE, ALONG WITH LOCAL WOMEN BUSINESS LEADERS PROVIDING EDUCATION AND RESOURCES TO THE PARTICIPANTS.
Expenses $30,856 · Revenue $80,990
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BBB TORCH AWARD IS A FUND-RAISING EVENT THAT RECOGNIZES BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR REGION COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH STANDARD OF ETHICAL BEHAVIOR IN BUYER/SELLER AND PROVIDER/SUPPORTER RELATIONSHIPS. NEARLY 400 BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS ATTENDED THE EVENT AND BBB AWARDED 15,000 TO 6 LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH OUR BBB STUDENT OF INTEGRITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. STUDENTS WERE RECOGNIZED AT THE EVENT. IN ADDITION, BBB RECOGNIZED BUSINESS OWNERS 35 AND YOUNGER WHO DEMONSTRATE CULTURE, COMMUNITY AND CHARACTER AS SPARK AWARD WINNERS.
Expenses $59,000 · Grants $59,000
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THE SPARK LEADERSHIP SUMMIT GOAL IS TO UNITE AREA LEADERS ACROSS ALL SECTORS,FOR AN IMMERSIVE DAY OF INVIORATION, INSPIRATION AND PERSONAL INVESTMENT. THE SUMMIT WILL PROVIDE LOCAL BUSINESSES, ENTREPRENEURS, AND UNCOVENTIONAL LEADERS WITH NECESSARY SKILLS AND LEADERSHIP COACHING THAT WILL HELP ELEVEATE THE SKILLSETS OF OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE WORKFORCE.
Expenses $44,819 · Revenue $40,340
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2024
As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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REBECCA GARDINER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
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NATASHA GARRETT
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
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LESLIE HARRISON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
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ELTON HOLLIS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
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KATHRYN JAMES
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
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ANN SCOGGIN
PAST CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
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PAUL SKINNER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
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DAVE STEPHENS
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
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APRIL TOLBERT
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
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ANTHONY TOUPS
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
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DARREN ERWIN
2023 PRESIDE
- Total calculated
- $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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $282,202
- Expenses
- $254,286
- Contributions
- $32,613
- Grants paid
- $59,000
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2023
- Revenue
- $259,421
- Expenses
- $152,111
- Contributions
- $60,563
- Grants paid
- $15,000
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2022
- Revenue
- $116,750
- Expenses
- $117,180
- Contributions
- not reported
- Grants paid
- $58,000
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2021 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $47,632
- Expenses
- $44,455
- Assets (EOY)
- $24,664
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2020 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $46,709
- Expenses
- $51,924
- Assets (EOY)
- $18,187
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2019 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $93,780
- Expenses
- $90,166
- Assets (EOY)
- $23,402
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2018 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $46,164
- Expenses
- $74,206
- Assets (EOY)
- $19,787
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2017 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $88,000
- Expenses
- $48,436
- Assets (EOY)
- $47,827
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2016 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $120,160
- Expenses
- $111,316
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,262
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2015 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $152,646
- Expenses
- $158,946
- Assets (EOY)
- $56
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2014 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $173,399
- Expenses
- $170,785
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,720
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2013 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $179,588
- Expenses
- $205,082
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,106
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2012 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $159,304
- Expenses
- $143,644
- Assets (EOY)
- $28,599
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
Grants made
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
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2023 Community Support
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2024 Community Support
Related organizations
From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
Declared as related by
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BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS INC
On its 2025 return
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility SOUNK.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.