2025-11-18T00:43:34-07:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 811116926 THE WELMAN PROJECT WELM 8179244000 3950 W Vickery Blvd Fort Worth TX 76107 Taylor Willis Executive Director 8179244000 2025-10-27 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Taylor Willis 3950 W Vickery Blvd Fort Worth TX 76107 3439539 0 X thewelmanproject.org X 2015 TX The Welman Project exists to uplift the community at the intersection of imagination, education, and the environment. We provide free supplies and support to teachers through creative reuse of business waste. 11 11 27 818 7550 0 2638604 3267169 163769 172370 0 0 2503 0 2804876 3439539 2400890 2662017 0 0 422220 578711 0 10500 49102 88364 123624 2911474 3374852 -106598 64687 174093 201579 44743 7542 129350 194037 The Welman Project is on a mission to fill a classroom, not a landfill. We provide free supplies and support to teachers, along with the training, tools, and workspace they need to engage students in vital hands-on learning. The result is a community where waste is reduced, the burden on teachers is lessened, and creativity and ingenuity thrive in the classroom. 0 0 2984299 2707179 With our educator resource program, we're tackling two big issues in our community - waste output generated by businesses and lack of resources in our schools - with one innovative solution: creative reuse. We collect surplus materials from companies and donate those items to classrooms, working one-on-one with teachers to provide free, curriculum-enhancing repurpose alternatives to purchasing new supplies. Providing free materials for their classroom provides immediate relief to teachers, giving them meaningful community support and significant cost savings to be able to stay on the job, and enabling them to focus on student outcomes rather than struggling to get the supplies they need. The teachers we serve overwhelmingly report feeling less stressed and better prepared to address their student's needs, both because of the ideas and materials received and the encouragement of coming to a place where they feel supported by the community. By enabling educators to utilize readily-available resources from the community rather than relying on the purchase of expensive educational materials, we're removing the district red tape and financial disparities that contribute to teacher burnout and inequity across our schools, leading to better outcomes for students long-term. In 2024, we kept 281 dumpsters worth of material from going to the landfill, served 6,588 educators, and distributed $2.7 million worth of supplies to schools. 188762 62693 Our creative reuse education program helps teachers bring hands-on, open-ended learning to the classroom, building complex problem-solving and critical thinking skills by challenging students to experiment, design, and see things in a different way. With free access to power tools, crafting equipment, and design software, teachers can create an engaging learning environment and hands-on, creative projects for their students without budget limitations standing in their way. Teachers from across districts, grade levels, and subjects are able to collaborate and exchange ideas, and retired teacher and craftsman volunteers provide inspiration and guidance during our open makerspace hours. In our professional development workshops, we provide teachers with training and materials for unique projects, along with guidance on utilizing creative reuse to make their daily STEAM curriculum more hands-on without having to spend money on supplies. In 2024, 2,375 individuals engaged in a creative reuse class, workshop, or event, and over 700 students participated in our annual recycled art exhibit, practicing teamwork and creativity while learning about waste reduction. 127209 113066 Through our creative reuse community marketplace, we're reducing waste and making artistic pursuits more accessible by selling affordable secondhand arts and crafts materials both in person and online. In our creative reuse storefront, the Curiosity Shop, artists and makers can find the supplies they need along with unique materials they can't get elsewhere, and kids are able to dream beyond the generic craft kit with our fill-a-bag section of unusual treasures to create with. The community is also able to support local artists in our consignment section, which features art and handmade goods using repurposed materials. We served over 2,847 families and individuals through this program in 2024. We also educate the public about the importance of reducing waste and how they can creatively reuse common materials through presentations to groups and booths at community events, reaching thousands more individuals. 0 0 0 3300270 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 27 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X X Taylor Willis 8177077654 3950 W Vickery Blvd Fort Worth TX 76107 Ximena Antunez de Mayolo Secretary 1.00 0 X 0 0 0 Randall Ford President 1.00 0 X 0 0 0 Karen Fraser Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Cornell Hall Treasurer 1 0 X 0 0 0 Nicole Masole Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Ernesto Moran Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Katherine Morris Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Alicia Newburn Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Nan Parrott Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Benjamin Robertson President Elect 1.00 0 X 0 0 0 Misty Smethers Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 124900 3142269 2706173 3267169 Creative Reuse Education Program 710000 62693 62693 0 0 Creative Reuse Community Marketplace Program 459510 108562 101012 7550 0 1115 1115 0 0 172370 0 0 0 0 0 0 3439539 164820 7550 0 0 0 2662017 2662017 0 0 0 0 89000 71138 7752 10110 0 0 0 0 432096 397848 13092 21156 0 0 0 0 16505 14855 660 990 41110 37822 1644 1644 356 0 356 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10500 10500 0 0 0 0 7780 7780 0 0 2972 2972 0 0 6352 6222 37 93 5909 5673 118 118 0 0 0 0 55836 53609 1114 1113 2339 2083 0 256 0 0 0 0 2054 1832 0 222 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 800 800 0 0 6116 5871 123 122 Bad Debt 17694 17694 0 0 Cost of Inventory Sold 7051 7051 0 0 Membership Dues 4925 2069 197 2659 3440 2934 387 119 3374852 3300270 25480 49102 73185 58132 80384 73490 15115 64376 3130 3533 2279 231 2279 2048 174093 201579 36837 2071 7906 5471 44743 7542 X 0 0 0 0 129350 194037 129350 194037 174093 201579 64687 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 178732 339727 411389 237714 560967 1728529 11261 41095 106218 182204 172370 513148 189993 380822 517607 419918 733337 2241677 2241677 189993 380822 517607 419918 733337 2241677 1 1 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2279 0 231 2048 0 0 0 0 2048 4060 Texas State Comptroller Sales Tax 1411 5471 1 Granbury Middle School PTO Inc 2000 Crossland Rd Granbury TX 76048 994121285 0 20970 fair market value school supplies, books, and furniture To support the PTOs mission to improve the quality of education for the students of Granbury Middle School. PTA Texas Congress AKA 3613 Holiday Heights Elementary PTA 5221 Susan Lee Ln North Richland Hills TX 76180 756062396 0 15297 fair market value educational materials, books, and furniture To support the mission of Holiday Heights ES PTA to improve the quality of education for their students. 30 0 Free Educator Resources 6105 0 589563 fair market value educational materials, school supplies, office supplies, books, furniture, and other supplies to enhance the classroom experience for teachers and nonprofit educators. Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 The organization does not provide grant funds, so there is no monitoring of funds. The organization provides goods, or noncash contributions to teachers. We require all teachers to show proof of employment with a public school, charter school, or other 501(c)3 organization. We have the teachers share how they use the materials with us via an annual survey to recipients. Otherwise we operate under a good faith policy for materials. X 285584 fair market value X 1 40000 fair market value, kelley blue book 0 0 1 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Form 990 is provided to all Directors for review via email. It is then discussed in a regular Board meeting and Directors vote to approve the final draft prior to submission. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Organization has a written conflict of interest policy that the board of directors agrees to adhere to and regularly monitors compliance with said policy. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The organization has a process in place for determining the compensation of its Executive Director. This process includes a review and approval by the board using comparability data and meeting minutes regarding the compensation discussion, deliberation, and decision. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Available upon request