Scott a Freund Memorial Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 272047289
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- San Antonio, TX, USA
- Phone
- 2104941691
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Safety Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $34,779
- Expenses
- $38,378
- Assets
- $61,034
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Matthew Freund (President)
- Patrick Freund (Vice President)
- Thomas Freund (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Matthew Freund (President)
- Patrick Freund (Vice President)
- Thomas Freund (Vice President)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organization is a 100% volunteer organization formed in 2010 to honor the memory of Scott Freund, who was killed in a boating accident. The foundation has been providing funds for equipment for local water safety and water rescue organizations since its inception, as well as promoting boater and hunting safety through donations to various other hunting and fishing organizations.
What it reported doing in 2025
Continued to support boater safety and search and recovery support for drowning victims in the State of Texas.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 93% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.9%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -10.3%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.59; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 22.7% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 94.9% of revenue deployed · 86% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $33K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.