Texas · Nonprofit
BEACON HILL PREPARATORY INSTITUTE
BEACON HILL PREPARATORY INSTITUTE (Texas) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,472,469 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC ($1,389,976). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.9M
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $4.5M
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Beacon Hill Preparatory Institute does
Mission
Beacon Hill supplements existing school systems and prepares students and families for success by providing reading and math tutoring, parent education, college preparation, and enrichment activities for students in Southern Dallas, Fort Worth, and surrounding communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Beacon Hill provides in-school math and reading tutoring for low-income PreK-8th grade students in public and charter schools across the Dallas/Fort Worth area and surrounding communities. Using the Gideon Curriculum, students receive two hours of tutoring per week per subject for 30 weeks in small groups (1:3 or 1:4 teacher/student ratio) within dedicated Learning Labs. All tutoring is provided by certified, degreed professionals who are part of our paid staff, ensuring high-quality instruction and fidelity to the Beacon Hill model. The program focuses on early intervention, primarily supporting Tier 3 (widespread intervention needed) and some Tier 2 (Targeted intervention needed) students. In 2024-25, we served over 1,348 students, with 90% progressing toward grade-level proficiency. The program also includes enrichment activities, incentives, and a Bilingual Supplemental Support initiative to best support diverse learners. This structured approach leads to measurable academic growth, with 9 out of 10 students improving their grades, test scores, and classroom behavior. Financial literacy is integrated through partnerships with the banking community, where industry professionals…
$3,095,690 spent$2,240,570 earned by the program93% of program spendingBeacon Hill's after-school program extends learning beyond the school day for PreK-12th grade students, reinforcing key academic skills in math and reading using the Gideon Curriculum. Younger students (PreK-2nd grade) receive assisted learning (1:3 teacher-to-student ratio), while older students (3rd-12th grade) transition to a more independent (1:4 ratio) learning structure. Each Learning Lab is equipped with engaging Reading, Math, Writing, and Technology Centers, leveled libraries, and hands-on manipulatives to foster a dynamic and interactive learning environment. Students receive structured support to improve literacy, comprehension, and problem-solving skills. Beyond academics, the program includes technology, arts, social-emotional learning, and financial literacy enrichments to provide a holistic educational experience. Parent Academy workshops ensure families are equipped to support their child's success. Parent Academy workshops equip parents and caregivers with practical tools, guidance, and take-home parent packets that empower them to confidently support their child and actively navigate every stage of their educational journey. By combining academic rigor with…
$213,823 spent$55,265 earned by the program6% of program spendingBeacon Hill's Summer Bridge Enrichment Camps prevent summer learning loss by providing structured math and reading intervention, combined with engaging, hands-on enrichment activities. Besides academic instruction, campers participate in Math Mania challenges, mental math competitions, and interactive math enrichment activities that make learning numbers fun. Reading is reinforced through Book Talks, where students discuss stories, and Spelling Bees, which build vocabulary in an exciting way. Writing is enhanced through creative and structured writing enrichment, while art activities provide a creative outlet that keeps students engaged.
$8,473 spent$32,925 earned by the program0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,317,986.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $1.1M to $2.2M (+90%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 9% · 2021 9% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
39% of BEACON HILL PREPARATORY INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Charnella Derry
President & CEO
Board chair
Robert T Bisor
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $50k → $836k.
5 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BEACON HILL PREPARATORY INSTITUTE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BEACON HILL PREPARATORY INSTITUTE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
58% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BEACON HILL PREPARATORY INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 95% · 2019 68% · 2020 38% · 2021 44% · 2022 28% · 2023 36% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of BEACON HILL PREPARATORY INSTITUTE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
97% of BEACON HILL PREPARATORY INSTITUTE's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BEACON HILL PREPARATORY INSTITUTE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like BEACON HILL PREPARATORY INSTITUTE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BEACON HILL PREPARATORY INSTITUTE?
- BEACON HILL PREPARATORY INSTITUTE (Texas) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,472,469 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC ($1,389,976). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BEACON HILL PREPARATORY INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $4,472,469 in grants to BEACON HILL PREPARATORY INSTITUTE, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BEACON HILL PREPARATORY INSTITUTE?
- UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,389,976 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BEACON HILL PREPARATORY INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 34 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing