WESTLAKE INNOVATION FUND INC
EIN 82-1573513 · Educational Services (B90)
What they do
JACKSON COKER WESTLAKE INCUBATOR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IN HONOR of OUR FRIEND, JACKSON COKER. JACKSON WAS A KEY MEMBER of THE SECOND PLACE WESTLAKE INCUBATOR TEAM CALLED STRAW ONE IN 2019 and WAS PROMOTED to THE ACCELERATOR PROGRAM, WHERE ALONGSIDE HIS TEAM and MENTOR, THEY USED THEIR PRIZE MONEY to WORK ON DEVELOPING THEIR COMPANY. JACKSON EXCELLED IN THE BUSINESS INCUBATOR PROGRAM, WAS A MEMBER of THE C SOCIETY, and WAS 16 and THE HEART and SOUL of THE WHS 2019 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM. JACKSON WAS A BRILLIANT STUDENT WHO WAS CURRENTLY ATTENDING and PLAYING FOOTBALL AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY UNTIL HIS UNTIMELY PASSING.
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They name their leaders11 people are listed in the latest report.
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (11)
BRIAN THOMASPRESIDENT
CAROLINE GOODNERBOARD MEMBER
JULIE JUMONVILLEBOARD MEMBER
KATINA KENYONBOARD MEMBER
KIM ALLENBOARD MEMBER
KURT WILKINBOARD MEMBER
LEWIS TALBERTBOARD MEMBER
MELISSA F RONESTREASURER
PHILLIP ERNSTBOARD MEMBER
SAM ZABANEHBOARD MEMBER
ZAHARO TSEKOURASCHIEF OF STA
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2018
- Location
- 601 CAMP CRAFT RD, W LAKE HILLS, TX 78746-6511
- County
- Travis
- In care of
- % MICHAEL FROST
- Primary officer
- MELISSA F RONES, TREASURER
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2021
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- RUBEN D FRANCO CPA LLC
- NTEE classification
- Educational Services (B90)
- IRS tax category
- Educational Services