Public Charity

Texas Rural Funders

Based in Austin, TX, Texas Rural Funders operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $492K in revenue, $522K in expenses, $710K in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 6 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $1.7M.

EIN: 861401662 Austin, TX Rural Economic Development NTEE: S32 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$492K
Total Expenses$522K
Total Assets$710K
Grant Records6
Funding Total$1.7M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

The mission of Texas Rural Funders is to mobilize the power of philanthropy to strengthen rural Texas. We help funders generate resources and attention toward rural communities across our state, and engage in collaborative action. We strive to honor, strengthen, and preserve rural communities, because when they succeed, Texas as a whole succeeds.

Where $100 goes at Texas Rural Funders

How Texas Rural Funders divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 5 years.

$85 Programs the work itself
$15 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $85 for programs

$85
Texas Rural Funders mobilized the power of philanthropy to strengthen rural Texas
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Director Cheryl Pekar
Past President Ellen Ray
Director Jerry Kenney
President Judy Quisenberry
Director Katharyn Wiegand
Exec Director Kelty Garbee

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$797,283 3 grants
Health & Medicine
$154,000 2 grants
Unspecified
$750,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $492K $522K $710K
2024 $852K $578K $1.4M
2023 $973K $392K $1.0M
2022 $512K $607K $439K
2021 $1.3M $1.1M $808K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $1.3M to $492K (-61%), with total assets most recently reported at $710K.

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