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Texas Floating Classroom Inc

EIN 46-4753799 · Aransas Pass, TX

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthWeak40 out of 100GovernanceNot ratedThe short tax form does not cover thisImpact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

Marine Science Education

Income
$115,612
Spending
$122,217
Reserves
0.5 months of spending
Largest source of income
fees for its services, 96%
Highest pay
$12,000, executive director/captain/educator

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Weak: 40 out of 100. Higher than 9% of charities in its peer group (education, under $250k).

  • Reserves

    4 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 0.5 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 0% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    4 of 15

    Spending exceeded income by 6% of income.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (4)
  1. $35,600 spent. Matagorda Manana program provided 10 full days of Marine Science education to students in Matagorda County including Marine Science Cruises into Tres Palacios Bay and Shoreside Citizen Science lessons. 545 students and 56 teachers served. For 123 participants, it was their first time on a boat.
  2. $30,000 spent. Traveling Bay Touch Tank program for Victoria Texas ISD provided visits to all public schools in the district, including 14 elementary schools, 4 middles schools and 2 high schools, allowing students to interact with live marine specimens collected from their watershed (San Antonio Bay). All specimens were returned to the bay. 30 full day visits served 2965 students and 199 teachers.
  3. $12,600 spent. Estuary October program provided 21 Marine Science Cruises aboard the Research Vessel Archimedes into San Antonio Bay out of Seadrift, Texas as well as related shoreside lessons for students in the watershed for San Antonio Bay. 524 students and 54 teachers served. For 148 participants, it was their first time on a boat.
  4. $42,679 spent. Other program services: In addition to the programs listed in lines 28, 29 and 30, Texas Floating Classroom, Inc. conducted 52 Marine Science Cruises aboard the Research Vessel Archimedes into Corpus Christi Bay, Aransas Bay, San Antonio Bay, Lavaca Bay and Tres Palacios Bay, serving a total of 733 students and 249 teachers. For 255 participants, it was their first time on a boat. Our Traveling Bay program also visited an additional 30 schools, parks, libraries and museums with our Touch Tanks, allowing 3,916 students and 456 adults to interact with live fish, crabs, shrimp and other specimens collected from (and returned to) local bays in their watersheds. The Traveling Bay educational team traveled a total of 17,588 miles throughout the year so that students who were not able to participate in Marine Science Cruises would be able to view, touch, and learn about the marine organisms that inhabit the bays into which the rainwater that falls on their communities flows, thereby connecting these future stewards of our environment to the organisms that are affected by their actions.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.

    Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since May 2016.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.

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