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Viable Options in Community Endeavors

Public charity · Grantmaker Corsicana, TX EIN: 75-2491685 Website

To empower children and families to lead healthy and productive lives by promoting success in education, nurturing wellness in mind and body, and developing skills for tomorrow's global leaders.

Viable Options in Community Endeavors at a glance

Total assets
$1,826,883
+82.3% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$2,810,461
-18.4% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$1,540
+1953.3% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$2,937,362
-15.6% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

How to apply to Viable Options in Community Endeavors

Next open deadline
December 15, 2026 (CAP (College Achievement Program) - $1,000 College Scholarship Drawing)

Who Viable Options in Community Endeavors funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

9 grants across all recorded years

9<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 9 grants of 9 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

WacoBellmeadMart

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150K0 grants2019 0 grants2020 0 grants2021 3 grants2022 5 grants2023 1 grant2024 0 grants2025

From 2022 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $19K (2024) to $103K (2023). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $19K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Waco ISD Waco, TXSee Part IV$18,746
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$1,826,883$2,810,461$2,937,362——$1,540
2024$1,002,215$3,445,364$3,480,371$18,7461$75
2023$1,380,855$3,589,741$3,587,827$102,7325$75
2022$1,022,854$3,669,490$3,734,390$51,8433$87
2021$1,103,626$3,442,744$3,373,620——$72
2020$890,475$3,423,764$3,236,430——$59
2019$589,231$3,378,251$3,318,483——$52

About Viable Options in Community Endeavors

Based on IRS filings

Viable Options in Community Endeavors is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Corsicana, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.8M in total assets. Net investment income was $2K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Viable Options in Community Endeavors is led by John Goodnight, CEO on every filing since 2019; 2 of 15 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • John Goodnight

    CEO

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $63K (2019) → $113K (2025)

  • Maria Lemus

    Chair

    Trustee → Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Laura MacGregor

    Director of Finance

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $23K (2020) → $69K (2025)

  • Shellie Buckley

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Melissa Biltz

    Trustee

    Trustee → Secretary, 2022

    Secretary → Trustee, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ana Ibarra

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chris Jacinto

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kimberlee Walter

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Melissa Johnson

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Enoch Basnett

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Maria Vargas

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Martha Leija

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rachelle Crouch

    Secretary

    Secretary → Vice Chair, 2022

    Vice Chair → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brody Usery

    Treasurer

    Trustee → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ignacio Vazquez

    Vice Chair

    Trustee → Vice Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (28)
  • Former: Mike Nielsen (2020–2024) — Treasurer
  • Former: Camesha Busby (2022–2024) — Chairperson
  • Former: Colleen Cox (2022–2024) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Hayden Grounds (2022–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Mike Cox (2021–2023) — Treasurer
  • Former: Rachel Gillespie (2021–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Shayla Beck (2021–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Jennifer Chisholm (2023) — Trustee
  • Former: John Avila (2020–2022) — Treasurer
  • Former: Margaret Alfaro (2020–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Marian DeLeon Smith (2021–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Jennifer Schmidt (2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Danika Watson (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Debbie Wilson (2019–2021) — Treasurer
  • Former: Tim Stites (2019–2021) — Chairperson
  • Former: Ericka Kinkade (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Heather King (2019–2020) — Chairperson
  • Former: Kit Herrington (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Neal Green Jr. (2019–2020) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Sean Eggleston (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Tim Young (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Jess Demarest (2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Hayden Thomas (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Jess Demaris (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Kay Lynn Harris (2019) — Secretary
  • Former: Lynda Sloan (2019) — Ceo-Partial Yr
  • Former: Margaret L Arnett (2019) — CFO
  • Former: Mateo Martinez (2019) — Trustee

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

John Goodnight — CEO: $113KJohn GoodnightCEO$113KLaura MacGregor — Dir of Fin & HR: $69KLaura MacGregorDir of Fin & HR$69K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $113K, to John Goodnight (CEO). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Viable Options in Community Endeavors

How large is Viable Options in Community Endeavors?

Viable Options in Community Endeavors reported $1.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.8M.

What is Viable Options in Community Endeavors?

Viable Options in Community Endeavors is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Corsicana, TX. It holds $1.8M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Viable Options in Community Endeavors operate?

Viable Options in Community Endeavors has awarded grants in Texas.

What is Viable Options in Community Endeavors's EIN?

Viable Options in Community Endeavors's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 75-2491685. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(3)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 21, 2023)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 21, 2024)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 25, 2025)

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