Texas · Nonprofit
SMARTIE PANTS ACADEMY CENTER HOUSTON
SMARTIE PANTS ACADEMY CENTER HOUSTON (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $160,388 to it, the largest being PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC ($73,812). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $510k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $160k
- Net assets
- $510k
What Smartie Pants Academy Center Houston does
Mission
Smartie Pants Academy Center understands that children with special needs require special support. As a 501 (c) (3) childcare center catering to kids with disabilities and special needs, we do our utmost to create a supportive and safe learning environment for everyone. Our students do everything from following courses of study specially tailored to their unique interests, to learning life skills that will help them adapt to their social communities. Most importantly, our services are always delivered with love and care.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Program Services Childcare
$319,259 spent$509,537 earned by the program100% of program spendingProgram Services Childcare
$0 spent0% of program spendingProgram Services Childcare
$0 spent0% 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: $319,259.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2021 to 2022, from $144k to $449k (+212%).
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.
0% of SMARTIE PANTS ACADEMY CENTER HOUSTON’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Sumiko Hamilton-Hervey
CEO/President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $75k → $30k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 SMARTIE PANTS ACADEMY CENTER HOUSTON’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
SMARTIE PANTS ACADEMY CENTER HOUSTON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
78% 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 SMARTIE PANTS ACADEMY CENTER HOUSTON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 87% · 2018 57% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
100% of SMARTIE PANTS ACADEMY CENTER HOUSTON's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $74k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
SMARTIE PANTS ACADEMY CENTER HOUSTON runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SMARTIE PANTS ACADEMY CENTER HOUSTON
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In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
5%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SMARTIE PANTS ACADEMY CENTER HOUSTON: 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 SMARTIE PANTS ACADEMY CENTER HOUSTON?
- SMARTIE PANTS ACADEMY CENTER HOUSTON (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $160,388 to it, the largest being PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC ($73,812). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SMARTIE PANTS ACADEMY CENTER HOUSTON have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $160,388 in grants to SMARTIE PANTS ACADEMY CENTER HOUSTON, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SMARTIE PANTS ACADEMY CENTER HOUSTON?
- PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $73,812 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SMARTIE PANTS ACADEMY CENTER HOUSTON 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 4 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