Texas · Nonprofit
TRINITY BASIN PREPARATORY INC
TRINITY BASIN PREPARATORY INC (Texas) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $556,106 to it, the largest being CHARTER FUND INC D/B/A CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH FUND ($300,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $96M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $556k
- Net assets
- $47M
What Trinity Basin Preparatory Inc does
Mission
Provide a safe, disciplined learning environment in which every student can succeed. We seek to provide every student with basic tools necessary to build a solid foundation for future educational, business and social success.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Provide a well-rounded and rigorous education to our students focusing on the core academic areas of reading, writing, math, science and social studies. Expectations are very high for students and faculty in order to foster an environment of achievement and success. Teachers who are successful within our organization understand the need to reach each individual student, regardless of any perceived learning barriers. At Trinity Basin Preparatory, we believe every child can succeed, and our teachers, staff, and administrators are all dedicated to that success.In the fiscal year ended August 31, 2025 TBP had over 7,600 students. About 75% of students are considered Economically Disadvantaged and about 42% were classified as Limited English Proficient (LEP). During the year TBP served over 1,376,000 meals of which over 1,236,000 were either free or sold at reduced cost. All meals meet the regulations outlined in the final rule (77 FR 4088) titled Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program related to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act in 2010 and 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
$79,636,245 spent$78,724,833 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $79,636,245.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $147M to $235M (+60%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 11% · 2018 11% · 2019 11% · 2020 11% · 2021 19% · 2022 21% · 2023 21% · 2024 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
14% of TRINITY BASIN PREPARATORY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as 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 8 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
Randal Shaffer
CEO & president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $26k → $140k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 TRINITY BASIN PREPARATORY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 7 of 9 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
TRINITY BASIN PREPARATORY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 TRINITY BASIN PREPARATORY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 98% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 90% · 2023 71% — 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
TRINITY BASIN PREPARATORY INC draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $147k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
TRINITY BASIN PREPARATORY INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,064 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,064 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like TRINITY BASIN PREPARATORY 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.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Tbp Panola Project Inc · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TRINITY BASIN PREPARATORY 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 TRINITY BASIN PREPARATORY INC?
- TRINITY BASIN PREPARATORY INC (Texas) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $556,106 to it, the largest being CHARTER FUND INC D/B/A CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH FUND ($300,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TRINITY BASIN PREPARATORY INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $556,106 in grants to TRINITY BASIN PREPARATORY INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TRINITY BASIN PREPARATORY INC?
- CHARTER FUND INC D/B/A CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH FUND is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TRINITY BASIN PREPARATORY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 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