Texas · Nonprofit
THE COMPASS SCHOOL OF TEXAS
THE COMPASS SCHOOL OF TEXAS (Texas) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,323,005 to it, the largest being The Eugene McDermott Foundation ($2,000,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $5.3M
- Net assets
- $13M
What The Compass School of Texas does
Mission
The mission of The Compass School of Texas is to equip students with a strong academic foundation that fosters analytical thinking, instills the joy of learning in a wholesome enviornment, and inspires the pursuit of purpose. We value the partnership among families, educators, and students. Our educational approach instills the joy of learning through intentionally curated classrooms and natural environments. Compass students will have the opportunity to explore and discover through multi-disciplinary learning and authentic experiences.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
We completed year two of operations for pk-4 through 3rd grade and will expand through 8th grade by adding a grade each year.
$3,069,832 spentof which $60,282 as grants$2,380,341 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,069,832.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2024 to 2025, from $11M to $20M (+83%).
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.
84% of THE COMPASS SCHOOL OF TEXAS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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
Francis Harrison
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $1.3M → $870k.
4 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 THE COMPASS SCHOOL OF TEXAS’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
THE COMPASS SCHOOL OF TEXAS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 77% · 2023 60% — 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.
Where its funders are
98% of THE COMPASS SCHOOL OF TEXAS's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $764k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Against its field
THE COMPASS SCHOOL OF TEXAS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like THE COMPASS SCHOOL OF TEXAS
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
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE COMPASS SCHOOL OF TEXAS: 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 COMPASS SCHOOL OF TEXAS?
- THE COMPASS SCHOOL OF TEXAS (Texas) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,323,005 to it, the largest being The Eugene McDermott Foundation ($2,000,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE COMPASS SCHOOL OF TEXAS have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $5,323,005 in grants to THE COMPASS SCHOOL OF TEXAS, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE COMPASS SCHOOL OF TEXAS?
- The Eugene McDermott Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $2,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE COMPASS SCHOOL OF TEXAS 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 22 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