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THE SUMMER INSTITUTE INC

THE SUMMER INSTITUTE INC (Texas) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $496,067 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($200,200). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$271k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$496k
Net assets
$468k
6/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 57%
01What it does

What The Summer Institute Inc does

Mission

There is an inequality in the education and economic outcomes by students in under-served communities. The summer institute aims to change the equation and the narrative it creates by equipping low income students from houston's 3rd ward with the necessary resources to compete in today's educational landscape. The purpose of the summer institute is to leverage the resources of a flourishing and celebrated learning institution and make a positive impact on students trajectory through a hands-on, stem focused inquiry based instructional model, exceptionally low student to teacher ratios, tutoring services, and a comprehensive wellness program that includes life and study skills instruction, mentorship opportunities and intentional character development.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Five week stem based summer program for students. The program aims to leverage the resources of a flourishing and celebrated learning institution and make a positive impact on students trajectory through a hands-on, stem focused inquiry based instructional model during summer break from traditional classroom instruction.

    $99,213 spent
    53% of program spending
  2. End of summer / academic excursions. The summer institute offers comprehensive wellness programs that includes life and study skills instruction, mentoring opportunities and intentional character development programs. This aspect includes end of summer trips and other programs

    $30,980 spent
    17% of program spending
  3. Saturday sessions. The summer institute offers saturday instruction programs during school year that include classroom instruction, testing and tutoring programs to help under-served communities.

    $29,961 spent$2,000 earned by the program
    16% of program spending
  4. Alumni high school program expenses and other programs

    $26,117 spent
    14% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $186,271.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($85k) Expenses 100 ($58k) Net assets 100 ($27k)2020 Revenue 174 ($148k) Expenses 152 ($87k) Net assets 322 ($87k)2021 Revenue 188 ($159k) Expenses 226 ($130k) Net assets 428 ($116k)2022 Revenue 225 ($191k) Expenses 268 ($155k) Net assets 562 ($152k)2023 Revenue 326 ($276k) Expenses 367 ($212k) Net assets 799 ($216k)2024 Revenue 348 ($295k) Expenses 431 ($248k) Net assets 971 ($263k)2025 Revenue 320 ($271k) Expenses 114 ($66k) Net assets 1731 ($468k)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (320)Expenses (114)Net assets (1731)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 2024 to 2025, from $263k to $468k (+78%).

$27k
$87k
$116k
$152k
$216k
$263k
$468k
2019202020212022202320242025
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of THE SUMMER INSTITUTE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$27k
’19
$60k
’20
$29k
’21
$36k
’22
$64k
’23
$47k
’24
$206k
’25
85
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.

Board chair

Rick Bott

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202320242025
Listed101111
Joined·+2+0
No longer listed·10
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $15k → $105k.

7 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% 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 SUMMER INSTITUTE 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.

How concentrated its funding is

THE SUMMER INSTITUTE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

96% 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 THE SUMMER INSTITUTE INC.

40%
largest funder
71%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 67% · 2021 56% · 2022 52% · 2023 48% — 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

80% of THE SUMMER INSTITUTE INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

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

86% of THE SUMMER INSTITUTE INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $68k that is directly attributable, 70% of it comes from funders outside Texas, across 2 states.

CA
TX

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

’20
’22
’23
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $428k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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

THE SUMMER INSTITUTE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin76% · top quartile
Months of reserve85.1mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)21% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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In Texas

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

51% of spending goes to programs.

Program 51%Management 49%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
91%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

58%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE SUMMER INSTITUTE INC?
THE SUMMER INSTITUTE INC (Texas) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $496,067 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($200,200). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE SUMMER INSTITUTE INC have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $496,067 in grants to THE SUMMER INSTITUTE INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE SUMMER INSTITUTE INC?
NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $200,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE SUMMER INSTITUTE 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.

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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 2019–2025), and the filings of 10 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