Texas · Nonprofit
CHAMPIONS INSTITUTE
CHAMPIONS INSTITUTE (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $442,099 to it, the largest being THE CHILDREN'S FUND INC ($279,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $252k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $442k
- Net assets
- $92k
What Champions Institute does
Mission
Champion institute exists to inspire,coach and train young males who are growing up without a father to champion their future. We are dedicated to healing the deep wounds of fatherlessness felt by young males across the greater houston area .
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
"trace" is an intensive program that assists youth to make winning choices. Coaches thoughtfully guide youth through decision-making and critical thinking frameworks and use real world simulations to teach youth decision making skills. Champions Institute's trace program helps these youth set a course for winning at life, providing skills and supports to make choices that positively impact their lives. The program encompasses three versions, making it available to youth in a range of settings in the community. In 2024 the program served 320 youth
$66,337 spent$25,000 earned by the program48% of program spending"safe passage " guides youth through critical moments in their high school experience to give them a fighting chance in transitioning from secondary to higher education. Through intensive coaching youth will achieve higher academic performance, high school completion, increased self confidence and positive social experiences. The model paralells graduating from school to an athlete's journey to a championship using "the draft", "training camp", "the season", "the playoffs", and finally, "the chapionship. Analogous to an athlete's journey to the championship, teen boys encounterand intensive coaching experience, leading to graduation. In 2024 100% of the youth served in the program graduated from high school
$69,717 spent$30,000 earned by the program51% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$85,506 spent62% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $137,102. The per-program figures do not add up to the total the return states; both are shown as filed.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2023 to 2024, from $53k to $111k (+110%).
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.
100% of CHAMPIONS INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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.
Board chair
Valerie Zanders
Acting board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $13 → $153k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 CHAMPIONS INSTITUTE’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
CHAMPIONS INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
73% 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 CHAMPIONS INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 65% — 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.
Where its funders are
95% of CHAMPIONS 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. $23k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
CHAMPIONS INSTITUTE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,705 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,705 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CHAMPIONS 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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHAMPIONS INSTITUTE: 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 CHAMPIONS INSTITUTE?
- CHAMPIONS INSTITUTE (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $442,099 to it, the largest being THE CHILDREN'S FUND INC ($279,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHAMPIONS INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $442,099 in grants to CHAMPIONS INSTITUTE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHAMPIONS INSTITUTE?
- THE CHILDREN'S FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $279,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHAMPIONS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 7 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing