White Star Education Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464285244
IRS 990-PF coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
Burkburnett, TX, USA
Phone
5122880555
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Private Operating Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$911,876
Expenses
$587,198

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

Overview

Mission

Private Operating Foundations

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 5 grants totaling $529,351. The stated grant purposes included the mission of katalyst education is based on the principles of open education resources and utilizing digital technology, to facilitate a level playing field for all students in poland and ukraine by developing digital education tools and providing services and solutions to enable optimal use of such tools., to implement "gotta get engineering" program for k12 schools which implements 3d printers, 3d scanners and hands-on science kits to integrate engineering design and 3d printing technology with core academic knowledge in science, math, biology, and art, with the aim to stimulate the development of important skills such as problem solving, collaboration, communication, clear and critical thinking while developing core academic knowledge., and to support access to free digital texbooks for polish and ukraninian students., plus 1 other reported purpose.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 90% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. Assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants and the filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 98
  • Endowment Health: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 90.1%; rating input score 90; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 18 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 95
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Fail
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 0.02; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 20th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 19 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 20/100.
  • Review — Compliance: Part VII-B activity disclosures: Grants to organizations not reported.