Tyler Junior College Foundation

The Tyler Junior College Foundation is a supporting organization for Tyler Junior College, a community college with two branches in Tyler, Texas and three other branches in Texas. The foundation raises money from individual donations and from an annual scholarship golf tournament. 1

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3)
Issue Areas: Education Policy
Website: www.tjc.edu/foundation
Formation:

1965

Executive Director:

Mitch Andrews

Location: Tyler, TX View on map
Tax ID: 75-6046816
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2025): Assets: $120,642,204 Revenue: $10,502,446 Expenses: $6,078,231

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    Kimberly A. Russell

    Kimberly A. Russell headed the foundation from 1999 until 2015, when she became chancellor of Louisiana State University Eunice.  Under her leadership, the foundation’s assets increased from $8 million in 2000 to $47 million in 2015. 2 The foundation also assisted in a. public/private $50 million capital campaign for a nursing school and funded Presidential Honors Scholarships, which annually provide tuition and fees to students who graduate in the top ten percent of their classes. 3 With support from the foundation, the Robert M. Rogers Nursing and Health Science Center opened in 2014. 4

    Virginia and Jim Gatewood

    In 2018 the Tyler Junior College Foundation received a $19 million bequest from Virginia and Jim Gatewood.  Virginia Gatewood had provided grants for scholarships beginning in 2001 and in 2005 endowed a garden. The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that the Gatewood grant was the second largest to a community college as of 2019. 5

    The Gatewood bequest was used to expand the Presidential Honors Scholarships, which supported 300 students as of 2018. Tyler Junior College chancellor Mike Metke said that Virginia Gatewood’s intent was “to change lives now and forever and that’s what will happen thanks to her generosity.” 6

    Funding

    In November 2021, the Tyler Junior College Foundation passed $100 million in assets.  The foundation had 480 endowed funds, and 94 percent of distributions from these funds were used to support scholarships. In addition, donors to the foundation pledged $8.8 million towards the completion of the Rogers Palmer Performing Arts Center. The state of Texas does not fund scholarships or construction of new buildings at community colleges. 7

    Research conducted by Tyler Junior College in 2020 showed that the Tyler Junior College Foundation was the largest supporting organization for a community college in Texas and among the top three nationally. 7

    Financial Statistics

    Total Assets

    Total Revenue

    Total Expenses

    YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
    2025 $120,642,204 $10,502,446 $6,078,231
    2024 $110,032,389 $6,335,049 $4,715,377 View
    2023 $97,169,165 $6,791,940 $5,993,879 View
    2022 $90,009,403 $8,524,422 $4,610,553 View
    2021 $100,211,574 $8,334,825 $8,829,959 View
    2020 $87,883,065 $6,749,605 $5,308,706 View

    Prior year filings: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012

    Revenue Detail

    Expenses Detail

    Employee Compensation

    Highest Earning Employees

    EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
    Mitch AndrewsExecutive Dir.$213,609
    Bill WongCOO$106,568

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $5,302,164
    • Number of Grants: 160
    • Number of Funders: 50

    Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $687,7252023 James I Perkins Family FoundationEDUCATION
    $300,0002021 American Endowment FoundationGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
    $196,0002024 Christus-Trinity Mother Frances FoundationAPACHE ATHLETICS STRENGTH & CONDITIONING PROGRAM UPDATE
    $169,7212021 James I Perkins Family FoundationEDUCATION
    $157,2672024 East Texas Communities FoundationEducational
    $150,0002024 The Ray H Marr FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT CONTRIBUTION
    $103,2502020 James I Perkins Family FoundationEDUCATION
    $100,0002023 The Ray H Marr FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT CONTRIBUTION
    $100,0002022 Bob L Herd FoundationPublic Charity Higher education
    $75,0002022 The Ray H Marr FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT CONTRIBUTION
    $69,0002024 Hibbs Family FoundationPROVIDE SUPPORT ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
    $65,8002021 The Ray H Marr FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT CONTRIBUTION
    $55,0002021 The Louis and Peaches Owen Family FoundationEDUCATION
    $50,0002024 The Jean and Graham Devoe Williford Charitable TrustSCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT
    $40,0002022 The Louis and Peaches Owen Family FoundationEDUCATION
    $30,0002020 Watson W Wise Foundation
    $28,5502023 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc.EDUCATION
    $26,0002023 Byers Family FoundationEDUCATION/YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
    $26,0002021 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
    $25,0002022 Texas Wounded Warriors
    $20,1602023 Hibbs Family FoundationPROVIDE SUPPORT ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
    $20,0002022 Mother Frances Hospital Regional Health Care CenterFY22 – Program Scholarship Grant
    $20,0002022 Rainwater Charitable FoundationSCHOLARSHIP AND STUDENT SUPPORT FOR TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE TENNIS ATHLETES FROM THE UKRAINE
    $20,0002020 The Louis and Peaches Owen Family FoundationEducation
    $18,4072022 East Texas Communities FoundationEducational

    All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $28,324,652
    • Number of Grants: 10
    • Number of Recipients: 1

    Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $6,037,0222021 Tyler Junior CollegeInstitutional Support
    $3,321,4722020 Tyler Junior CollegeInstitutional Support
    $1,942,7602023 Tyler Junior CollegeInstitutional Support
    $1,283,7952022 Tyler Junior CollegeInstitutional Support
    $780,7772024 Tyler Junior CollegeInstitutional Support

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    References

    1. Becca Anderson, “Foundation Hosts Record-Breaking Scholarship Tournament,” Apache Online, January 6, 2014, https://apachemagazine.com/foundation-hosts-record-breaking-scholarship-golf-tournament/ (accessed June 20, 2022)
    2. “Kimberly Russell Named chancellor of LSU Eunice,” press release from Louisiana State University, June 17, 2015.
    3. “CASE Names Recipients of 2016 CASE Commonfund Institutionally Related Foundation Awards,” press release from Council for Advancement and Support of Education,” March 15, 2015.
    4. Betty Waters, “TJC Trustees Approve $82.38 M Budget,” Tyler (Texas) Morning Telegraph, August 29, 2014.
    5. [1] Julia Piper, “The Job in Which Every Single Dollar Matters,” Chronicle of Higher Education, March 29, 2019.
    6. Chelsea Purgalin, “Tyler Junior College Announces Historic Gift Which Will Support Scholarships Long-Term,” Tyler (Texas) Morning Telegraph, April 26, 2018, https://tylerpaper.com/news/local/tyler-junior-college-announces-historic-gift-which-will-support-scholarships-long-term/article_532b231e-49a3-11e8-a9ae-4f0ee6d894a2.html (accessed June 20, 2022)
    7. “TJC Foundation Tops $100 Million in Assets,” press release from Tyler Junior College, November 16, 2021, https://www.tjc.edu/news/article/717/tjc_foundation_tops_100_million_in_assets (accessed June 20, 2022)