Texas · Nonprofit
The Book Cycle Inc
The Book Cycle Inc (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being CENTERPOINT ENERGY FOUNDATION INC ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $65k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $57k
What The Book Cycle Inc does
Mission
Providing a no-barriers resource of free books for all in the Houston Texas area.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The Book Cycle provides a no-strings-attached resource of free books regardless of socioeconomic status in a safe welcoming third space for the community. Between individuals taking books those dropping off donations and those who take books to clinics social work offices or the like we served up to 20,000 people.
$46,533 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $46,533.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Guy Perryn Leech
Board Chair CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
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 The Book Cycle 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.
Where its funders are
100% of The Book Cycle Inc'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
The Book Cycle Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like The Book Cycle Inc
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.
Public support
100%
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 The Book Cycle Inc: 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 The Book Cycle Inc?
- The Book Cycle Inc (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being CENTERPOINT ENERGY FOUNDATION INC ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Book Cycle Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $25,000 in grants to The Book Cycle Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of The Book Cycle Inc?
- CENTERPOINT ENERGY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Book Cycle 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 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