Texas Public Interest Research Group Education Fund Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 522422392
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Austin, TX, USA
- Phone
- 5126100085
- Rating
- 45
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Consumer Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $30,065
- Expenses
- $1,337
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Luke Metzger (President, Director)
People named in this filing
- Luke Metzger (President, Director)
- Stephani Gros Carter (Clerk, Director)
- Ted Siff (Treasurer, Director)
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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The corporation is organized exclusively for educational purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code. The corporation may engage in research, public education, and litigation to protect the environment and the people of Texas, including, but not limited to, the quality of Texas' air, water, and land.
What it reported doing in 2023
Public education & outreach: recruiting volunteers, distributing educational literature, conducting surveys and discussing issues with the public to get dangerous products off store shelves, end exploitative practices and ensure a level playing field in the marketplace, and working toward a zero waste future with less consumption, products that are built to last, and all materials are either reused, recycled, or composted in a continuous cycle.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 4
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 54
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0.5%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 10.8%; rating input score 11
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 95.6%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -44.1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -12.2% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0.5% of revenue deployed · 10.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $145 in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 11/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.