Mission
START UP WACO IS A TEXAS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FORMED VIA COLLABORATION OF CROSS-SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS THAT ASPIRE TO LEAD WACO'S ENTREPRENEURIAL SUPPORT EFFORTS AND ELEVATE WACO AS A HUB FOR BUSINESS INNOVATION.
Public Charity
WACO ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM COLLABORATIVE INC
WACO ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM COLLABORATIVE INC, of WACO, TX, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2024 filing shows $10.8M in revenue, $11.4M in expenses, $5.1M in total assets. 28 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $9.0M, appear in IRS filings.
EIN: 822094253
WACO, TX
Economic Development
NTEE: S30
Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$10.8M
Total Expenses$11.4M
Total Assets$5.1M
Grant Records28
Funding Total$9.0M
Filing Years2019–2024
Where $100 goes at Waco Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Collaborative Inc
How Waco Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Collaborative Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 6 years.
$90
Programs
the work itself
$10
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 $90 for programs
$87
For students, we operated two main programs, one is an advisory program at the baylor university hankamer school of business, and the other is called gxg which began…
$3
Startup Waco is building the entrepreneurial ecosystem of central texas and encouraging members to embrace a culture of innovation by empowering entrepreneurs and innovators to build and grow…
<$1
For local business owners, the largest program is our weekly entrepreneur networking event called the meetup
Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.
Sample Grants Received
$2,006,984
JOBS AND WORKPLACE
$1,221,334
Grant to Support Non-Profit Organization Activites
$550,000
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
$215,000
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$150,000
Showing up to 5 of 28 total records — full history available with membership.
Officers & Directors
SECRETARY
Andrea Barefield
TREASURER
Bacilio Garcia
DIRECTOR
Cameron Gross
DIRECTOR
Catherine Ballas
DIRECTOR
Chris Deleenher
DIRECTOR
Doug Mcnamee
Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.
Top Grant Purposes
Financial Trends
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10.8M | $11.4M | $5.1M |
| 2023 | $8.2M | $2.9M | $5.7M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $702K |
| 2020 | $316K | $436K | $738K |
| 2019 | $354K | $323K | $775K |
Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $354K to $10.8M (+2947%), with total assets most recently reported at $5.1M.
Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.