RUSH ENTERPRISES FOUNDATION

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $180K · expenses $176K · assets $349K

EIN

81-4738117

Address

555 SOUTH IH-35 500, NEW BRAUNFELS, TX 78130-0000

NTEE code

T21 Corporate Foundations (Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations) published (IRS Business Master File)

Exempt type

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

Ruling date

June 2017 (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

Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))

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Mission

RUSH ENTERPRISES FOUNDATION WILL PROVIDE FINANCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS TO CHILDREN OF EMPLOYEES, MEDICAL, AND SIMILAR FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO EMPLOYEES OF RUSH ENTERPRISES, INC. WHO DEMONSTRATE FINANCIAL NEED BECAUSE OF AN UNFORSEEN HARDSHIP INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, PROPERTY DAMAGE TO THE EMPLOYEE'S PRIMARY RESIDENCE FROM FIRE OR NATURAL DISASTER, DEATH OF AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER, EXCESSIVE MEDICAL EXPENSES OR LOSS OF INCOME DUE TO ILLNESS OR INJURY. RUSH ENTERPRISES FOUNDATION WILL PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO CHILDREN OF EMPLOYEES WHO DOMONSTRATE FINANCIAL NEED IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION.THE ORGANIZATION WILL COLLABORATE WITH, AND MAY DONATE FUNDS TO, OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE AND SCHOLARSHIP PURPOSES.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

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

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

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.

Funders of this organization

Not reported: no grants to this organization appear in the filings we have (tax years 2010 to 2025).

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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.

State business registration

• RUSH ENTERPRISES FOUNDATION TX, CN, Active franchise taxpayer (SOS status A), formed 2016-12-14

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