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SPRING BRANCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION

SPRING BRANCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,707,156 to it, the largest being GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($526,800). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$3.9M
Funders on record
57
Grants received
$2.7M
Net assets
$5.9M
26/57 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 46%
01What it does

What Spring Branch Education Foundation does

Mission

Spring Branch Education Foundation was established for the purpose of receiving and disbursing funds, property and gifts exclusively for the benefit of the spring branch independent school district.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. To improve community of spring branch independent school district through various programs such as community network, student leadership and mentoring activities.

    $3,908,302 spentof which $3,891,378 as grants
    100% of program spending
  2. Fine arts programs: to provide benefits to students of spring branch independent school district by sponsoring various fine arts programs such as art partners and altharetta yeargin art museum.

  3. Staff development and instructional programs: to improve staff and students of spring branch independent school district through various programs such as designing and delivering instruction, volunteers in literacy and professional development.

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,908,302.

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 ($1.2M) Expenses 100 ($1.3M) Net assets 100 ($1.7M)2018 Revenue 181 ($2.3M) Expenses 173 ($2.3M) Net assets 102 ($1.8M)2019 Revenue 176 ($2.2M) Expenses 124 ($1.6M) Net assets 132 ($2.3M)2020 Revenue 169 ($2.1M) Expenses 118 ($1.5M) Net assets 167 ($2.9M)2021 Revenue 181 ($2.3M) Expenses 164 ($2.1M) Net assets 200 ($3.5M)2023 Revenue 349 ($4.4M) Expenses 360 ($4.7M) Net assets 242 ($4.2M)2025 Revenue 312 ($3.9M) Expenses 322 ($4.2M) Net assets 339 ($5.9M)
2017201820192020202120232025
Revenue (312)Expenses (322)Net assets (339)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 2019 to 2020, from $2.6M to $3.2M (+24%).

$2.0M
$2.1M
$2.6M
$3.2M
$3.8M
$4.7M
$6.5M
2017201820192020202120232025
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
2023
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

101% of SPRING BRANCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,360 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$59k
’17
−$7k
’18
$570k
’19
$567k
’20
$115k
’21
−$343k
’23
−$320k
’25
9.2
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.

Chief executive

Cece Thompson

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2017201820192020202120232025
Listed29666672777670
Joined·+38+0+22+12··
No longer listed·10167··
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 17 funders, grant income fell $575k → $321k.

15 of 57 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 SPRING BRANCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 57 funders by total. 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

SPRING BRANCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left

69% 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 SPRING BRANCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

19%
largest funder
40%
top three
~13
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 87% · 2018 69% · 2019 45% · 2020 57% · 2021 25% · 2022 17% · 2023 24% — 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.

How long its funders stay

33% of SPRING BRANCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

90% of SPRING BRANCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Texas funders.

IL
NY
CT
MO
VA
DE
DC
TX
FL

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SPRING BRANCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−8% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve9.2mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)15% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like SPRING BRANCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 5%Fundraising 2%

Governance

69
board members
99%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

96%

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

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Spring Branch Independent School District · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds SPRING BRANCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
SPRING BRANCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,707,156 to it, the largest being GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($526,800). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SPRING BRANCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 57 organizations giving $2,707,156 in grants to SPRING BRANCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SPRING BRANCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $526,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SPRING BRANCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 57 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