Texas · Public charity
Good Reason Houston Inc
Good Reason Houston strives to grow and sustain great schools while advocating for families and communities.
- $364k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $288,934
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $288,934
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $17M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Good Reason Houston Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $364k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $683k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $1.0M | 54% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $1.8M | 33% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $1.6M | 46% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $2.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| YES Prep Public Schools Inc | $1,809,113 | 3 | 1% |
| Aldine Independent School District | $1,703,587 | 5 | n/a |
| KIPP Texas Inc | $1,165,000 | 3 | 0% |
| William Marsh Rice University | $375,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Texas Tech Foundation Inc | $288,934 | 1 | n/a |
| Latinos for Education Inc | $285,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Houston Independent Sch Dist | $246,900 | 3 | n/a |
| Reve Preparatory Inc | $220,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Eight Million Stories Inc | $220,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Klein Independent School District | $200,000 | 3 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| YES Prep Public Schools Inc | $1,809,113 | 3 | 1% |
| Aldine Independent School District | $1,703,587 | 5 | n/a |
| KIPP Texas Inc | $1,165,000 | 3 | 0% |
| William Marsh Rice University | $375,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Texas Tech Foundation Inc | $288,934 | 1 | n/a |
| Latinos for Education Inc | $285,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Houston Independent Sch Dist | $246,900 | 3 | n/a |
| Reve Preparatory Inc | $220,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Eight Million Stories Inc | $220,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Klein Independent School District | $200,000 | 3 | n/a |
| San Jacinto Community College District | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Elevate Collegiate Inc dba Elevate Collegiate Charter School | $183,200 | 2 | 10% |
| Amigos Por Vida - Friends for Life | $175,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Etoile Academy Inc | $115,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Beta Foundation | $115,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Stepping Stones Charter Elementary | $90,000 | 1 | 1% |
| E L Furr High School (Ms) | $79,220 | 4 | n/a |
| Empower Schools Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Summer House Institute | $75,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Houston Independent School District Foundation | $60,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Tejano Center for Community Concerns Inc | $55,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spring Independent School District | $46,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Spring Branch Independent School District | $36,500 | 2 | n/a |
| IDEA Public Schools | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Galena Park Independent School District | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Civic Heart Community Services | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Discovering U | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Attack Poverty | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Channelview Independent School District | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mastering Obesity Values and Education | $10,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Parent Teacher Collaborative Co | $8,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Wonderland Educational Estate Dba Beatrice Mayes Institute | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Good Reason Houston Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc · The Brown Foundation Inc · The Houston Food Bank · Project Lead the Way Inc · Houston Texans Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Powell Foundation · United Way of Greater Houston · Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund · Round It Up America Inc · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST)
How this is measured
About Good Reason Houston Inc
- How much does Good Reason Houston Inc give?
- Good Reason Houston Inc reported 2 grants totaling $363,934 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Good Reason Houston Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (95%), Youth Development (3%), Civil Rights (1%).
- Who are Good Reason Houston Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: YES Prep Public Schools Inc ($1.8M), Aldine Independent School District ($1.7M), KIPP Texas Inc ($1.2M).
- Does Good Reason Houston Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Good Reason Houston Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Houston Endowment Inc, The Brown Foundation Inc.
- Where is Good Reason Houston Inc based?
- Good Reason Houston Inc is based in TX.
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