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SER-NINOS INC DBA SER NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL
SER-NINOS INC DBA SER NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,738 to it, the largest being The Houston Food Bank ($14,838). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $21M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $19k
- Net assets
- $32M
What Ser-Ninos Inc Dba Ser Ninos Charter School does
Mission
Ser-ninos charter school is a public school which provides an innovative dual language curriculum in the southwest area of houston, texas. It offers a high quality education through public and private funding to-at-risk children in grades pre-k through (cont'd on sch. O) eight. Ser-ninos was founded on the premise that every child can develop the characteristics and abilities to overcome economic hardship and achieve success. Ser-ninos actively involves teachers, parents, and the community to ensure the strong and positive development of the whole child.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Ser-ninos charter school's educational philosophy is carefully aligned with the school's vision in order to effectively serve as the vehicle through which the ser-ninos community can successfully prepare its students for success in high school and life. Students at ser-ninos charter school attend classes from 7:30 a.m. To 3:15 p.m. During the school year and for an optional three weeks during the summer.the educational curriculum at ser-ninos charter school is based upon a curriculum with includes the texas essential knowledge and skills (teks) and components of e.d. Hirsch's core knowledge sequence to ensure all students receive a definite and coherent sequence of instruction. Our content-rich curriculum stresses (cont'd on sch. O) vertical (pk-8) and horizontal (across grade level) continuity so that student knowledge will grow consistently and progressively from grade to grade. Each of the core subjects is stressed, with every student receiving one and half-hours of daily instruction in reading and math each.
$11,094,041 spent$111,357 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $11,094,041.
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 2020 to 2021, from $31M to $64M (+108%).
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 94% · 2018 98% · 2019 98% · 2020 99% · 2021 99% · 2022 98% · 2023 98% · 2024 98%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of SER-NINOS INC DBA SER NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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
Rene Gonzalez
Chairman of board
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of SER-NINOS INC DBA SER NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL’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
SER-NINOS INC DBA SER NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL 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
99% 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 SER-NINOS INC DBA SER NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL.
“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
80% of SER-NINOS INC DBA SER NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL's grant income comes from Texas funders.
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.
Against its field
SER-NINOS INC DBA SER NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,064 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,064 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like SER-NINOS INC DBA SER NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL
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
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SER-NINOS INC DBA SER NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL?
- SER-NINOS INC DBA SER NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,738 to it, the largest being The Houston Food Bank ($14,838). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SER-NINOS INC DBA SER NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $18,738 in grants to SER-NINOS INC DBA SER NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL.
- Who is the largest funder of SER-NINOS INC DBA SER NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL?
- The Houston Food Bank is the largest funder on record, with $14,838 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SER-NINOS INC DBA SER NINOS CHARTER SCHOOL 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 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