Totals
- Total revenue
- $11,413,736
- Total expenses
- $11,841,067
- Contributions and grants received
- $9,835,273
- Grants paid
- $688,261
- Program service revenue
- $995,411
- Investment income
- $595,147
- Other revenue
- -$12,095
- Total assets, end of year
- $18,808,067
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,388,403
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $17,419,664
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $10,317,122
- Management and general expenses
- $1,037,998
- Fundraising expenses
- $485,947
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $10,317,122
Program services were 87.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
-
1c · Fundraising events
$195,433
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$9,639,840
-
2a · Program service revenue: District service fees
total $881,613 · related or exempt $881,613
-
2b · Program service revenue: Management fee revenue
total $113,798 · related or exempt $113,798
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3 · Investment income
total $595,147 · excluded $595,147
-
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $7,080,152
-
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $7,080,152
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $0
-
8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$15,000
-
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$195,433
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$27,095
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$12,095 · excluded -$12,095
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $688,261 · program services $688,261
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $1,099,609 · program services $661,196 · management and general $364,763 · fundraising $73,650
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $2,121,798 · program services $1,674,838 · management and general $212,911 · fundraising $234,049
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $265,775 · program services $196,730 · management and general $42,628 · fundraising $26,417
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $337,994 · program services $243,883 · management and general $60,288 · fundraising $33,823
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $257,828 · program services $187,154 · management and general $45,874 · fundraising $24,800
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $20,070 · management and general $20,070
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $41,010 · management and general $41,010
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $9,000 · program services $9,000
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $1,563 · fundraising $1,563
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $11,693 · management and general $11,693
-
11g · Fees: other
total $267,918 · program services $200,828 · management and general $67,090
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $176,705 · program services $170,688 · management and general $3,450 · fundraising $2,567
-
13 · Office expenses
total $126,128 · program services $85,890 · management and general $23,789 · fundraising $16,449
-
16 · Occupancy
total $235,421 · program services $167,516 · management and general $38,932 · fundraising $28,973
-
17 · Travel
total $26,393 · program services $18,781 · management and general $4,364 · fundraising $3,248
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $216,086 · program services $166,762 · management and general $48,263 · fundraising $1,061
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $120,520 · program services $85,757 · management and general $19,931 · fundraising $14,832
-
23 · Insurance
total $4,346 · program services $3,092 · management and general $719 · fundraising $535
-
24a · Other expenses: Program contract serv.
total $5,579,231 · program services $5,579,231
-
24b · Other expenses: Equipment & maintenance
total $196,687 · program services $140,484 · management and general $32,223 · fundraising $23,980
-
24c · Other expenses: Program expenses
total $37,031 · program services $37,031
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $890,699 · end of year $1,483,830
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $9,159,326 · end of year $9,285,296
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $3,029,602 · end of year $1,465,965
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $170,976 · end of year $256,975
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $159,136 · end of year $185,642
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$752,960
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$471,745
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $401,736 · end of year $281,215
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $5,094,568 · end of year $5,378,641
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $640,815 · end of year $470,503
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $657,151 · end of year $776,198
-
18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $415,000
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $843,873 · end of year $612,205
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $13,431,267 · end of year $14,516,696
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $4,199,567 · end of year $2,902,968
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
Good Reason Houston strives to grow and sustain great schools while advocating for families and communities.
Activities or mission (Part I)
To increase the number of Houston students learning in great schools.
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Growing and Sustaining Great Schools partners with public school districts to improve existing schools, support the introduction of new school models, and provide strategic consulting to district leadership teams with the aim of increasing the number of A&B schools in their districts. This includes transforming the quality of low-performing campuses through school improvement initiatives that support high-quality curriculum and instruction. Finally, Good Reason Houston also works to ensure that there are enough diverse, skilled teachers and principals positioned to transform the lower performing campuses in the Houston area.
Expenses $7,893,951 · Grants $658,261 · Revenue $995,411
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Rallying Houstonians for Change advocates for families, community leaders and business leaders seeking to ensure family and community voices and needs are the center of all district and school improvements.
Expenses $2,423,171 · Grants $30,000
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Scott McClelland
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Peter Rodriguez
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Robert Harvey
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ann Barnes
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Adeeb Barqawi
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Alexandra C Butt
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Shauna Clark
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Doug Foshee
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jill Jewett
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Steve Kean
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jim Postl
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Manolo Sanchez
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jeff Shaddix
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sebastien Solar
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bobby Tudor
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jose Villarreal
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Polly Whittle
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Darryl Wilson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Cary Wright
CEO
- Total calculated
- $362,577
- From this org
- $344,325
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $18,252
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $344,325
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $9,900
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,352
- Filer's total
- $362,577
-
Faria Dhamani
CFO
- Total calculated
- $213,730
- From this org
- $207,480
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,250
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $207,480
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $6,250
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $213,730
-
Ashley Cash
COO
- Total calculated
- $264,463
- From this org
- $245,369
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $19,094
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $245,369
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $7,695
- Nontaxable benefits
- $11,399
- Filer's total
- $264,463
-
Veronica Garcia
Chief Policy Officer
- Total calculated
- $213,319
- From this org
- $196,471
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $16,848
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $196,471
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,600
- Nontaxable benefits
- $11,248
- Filer's total
- $213,319
-
Luna Nguyen
Research & Data
- Total calculated
- $145,070
- From this org
- $133,239
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,831
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Courtney Isaak
District Partnerships
- Total calculated
- $141,364
- From this org
- $125,662
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,702
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Stephanie Noriega
Communications
- Total calculated
- $138,354
- From this org
- $126,589
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,765
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Stefanie Cruz
Advancement
- Total calculated
- $136,358
- From this org
- $123,606
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,752
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Belinda Moreira
Advocacy
- Total calculated
- $130,127
- From this org
- $118,115
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,012
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Alexandra Hales Elizondo
Former CEO (thru 01/23)
- Total calculated
- $150,407
- From this org
- $148,595
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $1,812
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $148,595
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $875
- Nontaxable benefits
- $937
- Filer's total
- $150,407
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Written employment contract
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Former CEO compensation
- Alexandra Hales Elizondo served as CEO through January 2023, after which she provided consulting services to the organization for $120,000 in Spring 2023. Her compensation reflected on Form 990, Part VII and Schedule J, Part II reflects her 2023 calendar year compensation as both an employee and a consultant.
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
-
Aldine ISD
$250,000
Grow & Sustain Schools
-
Rice School Literacy and Culture
$250,000
Grow & Sustain Schools
-
$100,000
Grow & Sustain Schools
-
$43,750
Grow & Sustain Schools
-
Alief ISD
$20,000
Grow & Sustain Schools
-
Grow & Sustain Schools
-
Grow & Sustain Schools
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 24 April 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202511149349300046
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