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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 75-1886641

Tau Trustees Educational Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Austin, TX. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 55 grants and $216,950 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $216,950

    Grants listed
    55
    Assets, end of year
    $419,507
  • Tax year 2023

    $261,200

    Grants listed
    62
    Assets, end of year
    $620,049
  • Tax year 2022

    $192,500

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $738,631
  • Tax year 2021

    $199,250

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $933,906
  • Tax year 2020

    $198,750

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $1,098,532
  • Tax year 2019

    $150,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,298,550
  • Tax year 2018

    $250,300

    Grants listed
    51
    Assets, end of year
    $1,427,454

Grants paid in 2024

55 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Texas Kappa Sigma Educational Foundation IncFort Worth, TX

    EducationalPurposes

    $150,000
  2. Individual

    Scholarship

    $6,700
  3. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,500
  4. Individual

    Scholarship

    $4,500
  5. Individual

    Scholarship

    $3,500
  6. Individual

    Scholarship

    $3,000
  7. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,500
  8. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,500
  9. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  10. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  11. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  12. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,750
  13. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,750
  14. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  15. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  16. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  17. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  18. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  19. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,250
  20. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,250
  21. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,250
  22. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,250
  23. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  24. Individual

    Scholarship

    $1,000
  25. Individual

    Scholarship

    $750
  26. Individual

    Scholarship

    $750
  27. Individual

    Scholarship

    $750
  28. Individual

    Scholarship

    $750
  29. Individual

    Scholarship

    $750
  30. Individual

    Scholarship

    $750
  31. Individual

    Scholarship

    $750
  32. Individual

    Scholarship

    $750
  33. Individual

    Scholarship

    $750
  34. Individual

    Scholarship

    $750
  35. Individual

    Scholarship

    $500
  36. Individual

    Scholarship

    $500
  37. Individual

    Scholarship

    $500
  38. Individual

    Scholarship

    $500
  39. Individual

    Scholarship

    $500
  40. Individual

    Scholarship

    $500
  41. Individual

    Scholarship

    $500
  42. Individual

    Scholarship

    $500
  43. Individual

    Scholarship

    $250
  44. Individual

    Scholarship

    $250
  45. Individual

    Scholarship

    $250
  46. Individual

    Scholarship

    $250
  47. Individual

    Scholarship

    $250
  48. Individual

    Scholarship

    $250
  49. Individual

    Scholarship

    $250
  50. Individual

    Scholarship

    $250
  51. Individual

    Scholarship

    $250
  52. Individual

    Scholarship

    $250
  53. Individual

    Scholarship

    $250
  54. Individual

    Scholarship

    $250
  55. Individual

    Scholarship

    $250

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education1 grant $150,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas1 grant $150,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Robert T SabomPresident Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • John R Warren JrVice-President Hours 0.2Pay $0
  • Michael B SharpeSecretary/Treasurer Hours 0.4Pay $0

The return

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