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PRECIOUS STONES ACADEMY INC

PRECIOUS STONES ACADEMY INC (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,977 to it, the largest being Save The Children Federation Inc ($62,538). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$246k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$66k
Net assets
$1.1M
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 43%
01What it does

What Precious Stones Academy Inc does

Mission

Empower community by educating children

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Our read by five program continues to be successful and an impactufl add to our program. Our most recent evaluation reflected that children going entering school are reading at a first grade level.

    $158,377 spent
    50% of program spending
  2. The computer lab continues to be a success in our center and growing in usage and comprehension.

    $63,351 spent
    20% of program spending
  3. Psa inc continues to serve children in the afterschool program. We offer tutoring/homework assistance, physical play and other creative activities. During the summer portion of our program, our safety plan included partnering with various companies to provide on-site activities and engagement. Summer 2024 was enhanced with a contract summer teacher to provide educational continuance while keeping children engaged.

    $63,350 spent
    20% of program spending
  4. Precious stones academy was the first center selected for the harris county early reach program in 2023. This program better prepares 0-4 year olds for school while parents tuition was fully covered. Staff wages were increased to $15.00 per hour, almost double the minimum wage in texas. Through the benefits received in this program, several amenities were improved such as, our playground, toddler picnic area and playground. We also were able to support our teachers by expanding their child care creditials.

    $31,675 spent
    10% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $316,753.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($120k) Expenses 100 ($82k) Net assets 100 ($31k)2018 Revenue 107 ($129k) Expenses 160 ($131k) Net assets 92 ($29k)2019 Revenue 120 ($145k) Expenses 168 ($137k) Net assets 116 ($36k)2020 Revenue 122 ($147k) Expenses 171 ($140k) Net assets 344 ($106k)2021 Revenue 281 ($338k) Expenses 228 ($187k) Net assets 833 ($258k)2022 Revenue 649 ($780k) Expenses 566 ($463k) Net assets 2098 ($650k)2023 Revenue 810 ($973k) Expenses 557 ($456k) Net assets 3804 ($1.2M)2024 Revenue 204 ($246k) Expenses 412 ($337k) Net assets 3511 ($1.1M)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Revenue (204)Expenses (412)Net assets (3511)Peer revenue range

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 $653k to $1.2M (+80%).

$32k
$30k
$37k
$123k
$275k
$653k
$1.2M
$1.1M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 67% · 2023 36%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

0% of PRECIOUS STONES ACADEMY INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 15,288 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$38k
’17
−$2k
’18
$7k
’19
$7k
’20
$152k
’21
$317k
’22
$517k
’23
−$91k
’24
17
months of
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.

2021202220232024
Listed3333
Joined·+0+0+0
No longer listed·000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2019: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $3k → $63k.

Funder
'18
'19
total
funders
1
2

From the IRS filings of PRECIOUS STONES ACADEMY 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

PRECIOUS STONES ACADEMY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% 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

100% 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 PRECIOUS STONES ACADEMY INC.

95%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 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

PRECIOUS STONES ACADEMY INC draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 2 states in all.

CT
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’19
Texas out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PRECIOUS STONES ACADEMY INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−37% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve17.3mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)11% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

94% of spending goes to programs.

Program 94%Management 6%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

98%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds PRECIOUS STONES ACADEMY INC?
PRECIOUS STONES ACADEMY INC (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,977 to it, the largest being Save The Children Federation Inc ($62,538). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PRECIOUS STONES ACADEMY INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $65,977 in grants to PRECIOUS STONES ACADEMY INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PRECIOUS STONES ACADEMY INC?
Save The Children Federation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $62,538 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PRECIOUS STONES ACADEMY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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