Pasadena Isd Education Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
760727697
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Pasadena, TX, USA
Phone
7137400034
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$974,767
Expenses
$834,273
Assets
$2,975,996
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

54 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • EMILY ONTIVEROS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • PATTI BODKINS (PRESIDENT)
  • TISH EUBANKS (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • MELISSA VALDEZ (PRESIDENT-ELECT)

Highest reported compensation

  • EMILY ONTIVEROS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $133,069 total reported compensation
  • KATHY RICHARDSON (ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT): $62,142 total reported compensation
  • HOLLY YAPLE (ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT): $60,765 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the pasadena isd education foundation is to collaborate with the school district and community to reward innovative teaching, promote educational excellence, and provide opportunities to recognize the students and staff of the pasadena independent school district.

What it reported doing in 2025

Mini-grants were granted to teachers for special extra projects to give to the students a hands-on experience not avaliable in the regular classroom budget.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 98% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 66
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.2%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 91.2%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: $224.99 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 6%; rating input score 6; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.4%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.57; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.2%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.2% of revenue deployed · 91.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 51 of 54 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $761K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $133K · 54 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.