NonprofitsGood Reason Houston Inc

Education

Good Reason Houston Inc

HOUSTON, TX

Total revenue

$11.4M

Total expenses

$11.8M

Net assets

$17.4M

Grants received

$56.5M

124 grants

EIN

820946654

Tax year

2023

Mission

To increase the number of Houston students learning in great schools.

Programs

1 program

Rallying Houstonians for Change advocates for families, community leaders and business leaders seeking to ensure family and community voices and needs are the center of all district and school improvements.

Expenses: $2.4MGrants: $30K

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$9.8M
Program service revenue$995K
Investment income$595K
Other revenue
Total revenue$11.4M

Expenses

Grants paid$688K
Salaries & benefits$4.1M
Fundraising$486K
Other expenses$7.1M
Total expenses$11.8M
Total assets$18.8M
Net assets$17.4M

People

28 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Cary Wright

CEO

Board

$344K

40 hrs/wk

Ashley Cash

COO

Board

$245K

40 hrs/wk

Faria Dhamani

CFO

Board

$207K

40 hrs/wk

Jim Postl

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Manolo Sanchez

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Jeff Shaddix

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Sebastien Solar

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Scott McClelland

Chair

Board

5 hrs/wk

Jose Villarreal

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Polly Whittle

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Darryl Wilson

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Bobby Tudor

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Peter Rodriguez

Secretary

Board

1 hrs/wk

Robert Harvey

Treasurer

Board

1 hrs/wk

Ann Barnes

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Adeeb Barqawi

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Alexandra C Butt

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Shauna Clark

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Doug Foshee

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Jill Jewett

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Steve Kean

Director

Board

1 hrs/wk

Veronica Garcia

Chief Policy Officer

Staff

$196K

40 hrs/wk

Alexandra Hales Elizondo

Former CEO (thru 01/23)

Staff

$149K

40 hrs/wk

Luna Nguyen

Research & Data

Staff

$133K

40 hrs/wk

Stephanie Noriega

Communications

Staff

$127K

40 hrs/wk

Courtney Isaak

District Partnerships

Staff

$126K

40 hrs/wk

Stefanie Cruz

Advancement

Staff

$124K

40 hrs/wk

Belinda Moreira

Advocacy

Staff

$118K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

Kitamba Inc

District services

$1.9M

Strike Marketing

Marketing

$503K

Boston Consulting Group

Strategy Consulting

$500K

Ampersand Education LLC

Consulting

$406K

OurCo

Community eng. platform

$389K

Grants received

Showing 124 of 124

FromAmountPurposeYear
$1.5M
K-12 EDUCATION
2024
$1M
HISD Fund
2024
$1M
HISD Supports for External Engagement
2024
$167K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$150K
Project Support to Develop District of Innovation Teacher Staffing Strategies
2024
$125K
Education
2024
$100K
Assistance with the Generation One Academy and Empowered Families programs
2024
$54K
01/05/24, 04/12/24F4029922681, F4030588184CHARITABLE PURPOSES ONLY
2024
$25K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$10K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$10K
PROGRAM SPECIFIC SUPPORT
2024
$5K
CONTINUING OPERATIONS
2024
$5K
PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION
2024
$3K
USED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR TRUSTEES AS THEY SEE FIT FOR OPERATING THEIR ORGANIZATION
2024
$2K
HOUSTON CONNECT ED
2024
$1K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2024
$10M
General Operating Support
2023
$1M
SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HOUSTON
2023
$1M
HISD Fund
2023
$952K
SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HOUSTON
2023
$660K
SUBGRANTS
2023
$400K
Houston ISD's Launch and Implementation of OurCo (Two-Way Parent Communication Technology)
2023
$265K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$60K
VARIOUS DATESCHARITABLE PURPOSES ONLY
2023
$50K
GENERAL DONATION
2023
$39K
SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HOUSTON
2023
$25K
SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HOUSTON
2023
$25K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$20K
GENERAL USE
2023
$10K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$7K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$6K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$5K
2023 STATE OF SCHOOLS HONORING JIM POSTI
2023
$5K
SUPPORT PRE-K ENROLLMENT
2023
$5K
STATE OF SCHOOL LUNCHEON
2023
$4K
SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HOUSTON
2023
$1K
CONTINUING OPERATIONS
2023
$5M
General Operating Support
2022
$1M
Good Reason Houston's Phase II
2022
$1M
SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HOUSTON
2022
$660K
SUBGRANTS
2022
$500K
SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HOUSTON
2022
$400K
Quality K-12 Public Schools: Quality schools and innovative school models
2022
$374K
THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2022
$250K
SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HOUSTON
2022
$250K
SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HOUSTON
2022
$250K
Phase II Campaign
2022
$200K
Early Matters Fund
2022
$100K
CONTRIBUTIONS ARE FOR GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS.
2022
$95K
K-12 EDUCATION
2022
$35K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$25K
GENERAL DONATION
2022
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$25K
Directed Grant
2022
$20K
Matching Gift
2022
$11K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$10K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$10K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$8K
SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HOUSTON
2022
$6K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$5K
General Support
2022
$5K
USED FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR TRUSTEES AS THEY SEE FIT FOR THEIR ORGANIZATION.
2022
$5K
CONTINUING OPERATIONS
2022
$3K
Matching Gift
2022
$1K
ANNUAL FUND
2022
$1K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2022
$1.2M
SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HOUSTON
2021
$1.2M
THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED TO SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE PROJECT SUPPORT FOR DISTRICT ANALYSIS FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND RELATED ACTIVITIES.
2021
$953K
SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HOUSTON
2021
$655K
General Support
2021
$250K
SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HOUSTON
2021
$84K
SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HOUSTON
2021
$53K
SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HOUSTON
2021
$50K
03/31/21CHARITABLE PURPOSES ONLY
2021
$15K
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
2021
$14K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$14K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$3.3M
SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HOUSTON
2020
$2.8M
SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HOUSTON
2020
$2M
Toward increasing the number of students from Houston's urban core attending A & B schools
2020
$2M
Toward increasing the number of students from Houston's urban core attending A & B schools
2020
$1.5M
Toward increasing the number of students from Houston's urban core attending A & B schools
2020
$1.5M
Toward increasing the number of students from Houston's urban core attending A & B schools
2020
$1.5M
Toward increasing the number of students from Houston's urban core attending A & B schools (challenge grant)
2020
$1.5M
Toward increasing the number of students from Houston's urban core attending A & B schools (challenge grant)
2020
$743K
THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2020
$681K
K-12 EDUCATION
2020
$425K
Houston Supply, Community Engagement & Communications
2020
$250K
Toward increasing the number of students from Houston's urban core attending A & B schools (challenge grant)
2020
$250K
Toward increasing the number of students from Houston's urban core attending A & B schools (challenge grant)
2020
$250K
Toward increasing the number of students from Houston's urban core attending A & B schools (challenge grant)
2020
$250K
Toward increasing the number of students from Houston's urban core attending A & B schools (challenge grant)
2020
$250K
Toward increasing the number of students from Houston's urban core attending A & B schools (challenge grant)
2020
$250K
Toward increasing the number of students from Houston's urban core attending A & B schools (challenge grant)
2020
$165K
SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HOUSTON
2020
$155K
SUPPORT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HOUSTON
2020
$150K
Charter Strategy
2020
$130K
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
2020
$100K
EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION
2020
$50K
06/25/20CHARITABLE PURPOSES ONLY
2020
$25K
Houston COVID-19 Response
2020
$23K
Directed Grant for General Operating Support
2020
$23K
Directed Grant for General Operating Support
2020
$20K
SEES A FUTURE WHERE EVERY CHILD, IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, EXCELS IN A WORLD-CLASS PUBLIC SCHOOL AND THRIVES IN THE HOUSTON OF TOMORROW.
2020
$15K
Educational system challenges
2020
$15K
Matching Gift for General Operating Support
2020
$15K
Matching Gift for General Operating Support
2020
$11K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$8K
General & Unrestricted
2020
$5K
Unrestricted
2020
$5K
Matching Gift for General Operating Support
2020
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$5K
Matching Gift for General Operating Support
2020
$5K
COVID-19 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
2020

Funded by

$56.5M from 43 funders · 124 grants · 2019–2024

Houston Endowment Inc

$26.8M · 24 grants · 2020–2024

Kinder Foundation

$12.9M · 17 grants · 2020–2023

The Brown Foundation Inc

$2.4M · 4 grants · 2020–2024

The Cullen Foundation

$2.4M · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Gates Foundation

$2.3M · 3 grants · 2020–2024

Communities Foundation Of Texas Inc

$2.3M · 3 grants · 2020–2022

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$2.1M · 3 grants · 2019–2023

Commit2Dallas

$2.0M · 3 grants · 2021–2023

Details

EIN820946654
NTEE codeB03
Subsection03
Ruling date2017-09
Formed2017
Employees36
Volunteers150
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