LAMAR UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC

Related institution: Lamar University Exact (foundation)

2024 · Form 990 · revenue $7.2M · expenses $6.2M · assets $163.9M

EIN

23-7298265

Address

PO BOX 11500, BEAUMONT, TX 77710-1500

Website

lamar.edu/advancement/foundation/index.html

NTEE code

B110

Exempt type

501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)

Ruling date

May 1973 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)

IRS status

Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗

Tax-deductible donations

Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗

Foundation status

Organization supporting a government college

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Mission

The Foundation supports the development and promotion of Lamar University, its students, faculty and staff. The Lamar University Foundation supports and enhances Lamar University by encouraging the commitment of personal and financial resources to further the education of Lamar University students. The Foundation promotes the stewardship of donors to enhance the quality of services provided by the University to student, faculty, alumni and friends. The Lamar University Foundation manages the investments, serves as trustee of the endowment funds and other private assets contributed for the benefit of Lamar University.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

2 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

70 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

State business registration

• LAMAR UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, INC. TX, CN, Active franchise taxpayer (SOS status A), formed 1972-11-03

The same business name in the same state, from the state’s official registry data.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

• SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOOD BANK Beaumont, TX · 2 people in common (Juan J Zabala, Vernon Durden)
• UNITED WAY OF BEAUMONT & NORTH JEFFERSON COUNTY Beaumont, TX · 2 people in common (Karen Nichols, Vernon Durden)
• CHRISTUS HEALTH SOUTHEAST TEXAS Beaumont, TX · 1 person in common (Gisela Houseman)
• FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS INC Beaumont, TX · 1 person in common (Joe Vernon)
• CHRISTUS HEALTH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS Beaumont, TX · 1 person in common (Terry Garth)
• LAMAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION Beaumont, TX · 1 person in common (Gisela Houseman)
• BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS INC Beaumont, TX · 1 person in common (Gisela Houseman)
• TEXAS ENERGY MUSEUM INC Beaumont, TX · 1 person in common (Juan J Zabala)
• SOUTHEAST TEXAS EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND Beaumont, TX · 1 person in common (Gisela Houseman)
• LEADERSHIP SOUTHEAST TEXAS Nederland, TX · 1 person in common (Gisela Houseman)

Funders of this organization

69 grantors reported grants to this organization, $12,941,241 in all, tax years 2009 to 2025; the 25 largest shown (all 69). Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.