Texas · Nonprofit
Center for Reform of School Systems Inc
Center for Reform of School Systems Inc (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $592,854 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($467,854). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $77k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $593k
- Net assets
- $0
What Center for Reform of School Systems Inc does
Mission
CRSS supports school districts and community leaders to become effective school reformers.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Program
CRSS supports school districts and community leaders who want to become more effective school reformers. Primary activities are training institutes for board members, board and superintendent teams, and urban school district leadership research.
$133,632 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $133,632.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $295k to $127k (−57%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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
Cathy Mincberg
President & CEO
Board chair
Donald R McAdams
Chairman
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $250k → $50k.
From the IRS filings of Center for Reform of School Systems Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
Center for Reform of School Systems Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
Center for Reform of School Systems Inc draws 79% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Organizations like Center for Reform of School Systems Inc
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.
Public support
47%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Center for Reform of School Systems Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Center for Reform of School Systems Inc?
- Center for Reform of School Systems Inc (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $592,854 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($467,854). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Center for Reform of School Systems Inc have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $592,854 in grants to Center for Reform of School Systems Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Center for Reform of School Systems Inc?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $467,854 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Center for Reform of School Systems Inc 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 FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 3 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