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BLUE BIRD CIRCLE

EIN 74-1405134 HOUSTON, TX

Revenue 2024
$2,188,573
Expenses 2024
$2,064,609

Program services were 82.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
G960
Classification
1000
Street
615 W ALABAMA ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The Blue Bird Circle (the Circle) is dedicated to the promotion of the well-being of humanity through the betterment of the community. Its charitable and benevolent activities are pledged to the support of The Blue Bird Circle Clinic for Pediatric Neurology at Texas Children's Hospital, The Blue Bird Circle Developmental Neurogenetics Laboratory at Baylor College of Medicine, The Blue Bird Circle Rett Center at Baylor College of Medicine, and the Blue Bird Circle Clinical Research Center at Texas Children's Hospital.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To support facilities that treat & provide research for neurological disorders in children.

  • Approximately 350 Blue Bird Circle members devote at least 50,000 hours every year working in The Blue Bird Circle Clinic for Pediatric Neurology at Texas Children's Hospital or in The Blue Bird Circle Resale Shop (the Shop) and other fundraising activities to support the Circle's charitable causes. The Shop is substantially run by the volunteer members of the Circle and provides an important source of funding to enable the Circle to support its projects.Continued on Schedule O. The mission of The Blue Bird Circle Clinical Research Center at Texas Children's Hospital is to bring ever-advancing therapies to its patients. The Center supports cutting-edge research in neurology and enhances the larger effort to build a clinical research support structure that will advance care to the next level and make a difference in the lives of children affected by neurological disorders. It capitalizes on the remarkable scientific discoveries being made in childhood neurological diseases and serves as the clinical research arm of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital, as well as for the Blue Bird Circle Developmental Neurogenetics Lab and The Blue Bird Circle Rett Center, developing the treatments and cures of tomorrow. The Blue Bird Circle funded an endowed chair in pediatric neurology at Texas Children's Hospital to allow the program to have increased flexibility and to attract and keep the highest quality of physicians working in the area of pediatric neurology.

    Expenses $634,335 · Grants $634,335 · Revenue $48,535

  • The Blue Bird Circle Clinic for Pediatric Neurology at Texas Children's Hospital is one of the largest neurology service centers in the United States, specializing in the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up care of neurological disorders in children. With over 20,000 patient encounters each year, the large team of specialists cares for patients with more than 450 neurological disorders including epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, developmental delay, sleep disorders, stroke, cortical malformations, and brain tumors. The Clinic also diagnoses and treats such rare disorders as Rett syndrome, Angelman syndrome, Fragile X syndrome, Batten disease, and Prader-Willi syndrome. Satellite neurology clinics are located in Clear Lake, Sugar Land, the Woodlands, and TCH West Campus.

    Expenses $233,155 · Grants $233,155

  • The Blue Bird Circle Developmental Neurogenetics Laboratory at Baylor College of Medicine continues to perform ground-breaking research into the causes and treatments of neurological disorders in both children and adults including seizures, stroke, brain trauma and other neurodegenerative disorders.

    Expenses $435,583 · Grants $435,583

  • The Blue Bird Circle Rett Center at Baylor College of Medicine is one of the few centers in the world that specializes in the diagnosis and care of patients with Rett Syndrome, a neuro-developmental disorder that develops almost exclusively in females. The syndrome causes chronic neurological problems that include severe communication and motor disabilities. There is no known cure for the disorder, but the Center offers a multi-disciplinary approach focused on care, education, and research that will improve the quality of life for patients and their families.

    Expenses $399,672 · Grants $399,672

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Annette Griffith

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    29 + 1 related

  • Gail Branca

    President-Elect

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related

  • Margot Madsen

    1st Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related

  • Carolyn May

    2nd Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    22

  • Deb Korkmas

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25 + 1 related

  • Donna Bocchetto

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    9

  • Ann Alexander

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Debbie Armes

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Sally Barber

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    26 + 1 related

  • Lynn Churay

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Mary Frances Fabrizio

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Mary Gannon

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • Trish Greaser

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related

  • Michelle Lara

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Annette Moore

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Maggie Quick

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    23

  • Ellen Stough

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Carole Thrower

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Carolyn Williams

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    9

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,188,573
    Expenses
    $2,064,609
    Contributions
    $2,445,555
    Grants paid
    $1,702,745
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,177,332
    Expenses
    $1,874,394
    Contributions
    $3,169,478
    Grants paid
    $1,469,562
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $11,631,540
    Expenses
    $10,558,814
    Contributions
    $11,663,191
    Grants paid
    $9,963,002

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,645,337
    Expenses
    $1,571,576
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,337,128

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $890,786
    Expenses
    $767,712
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,283,194

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,797,160
    Expenses
    $1,827,094
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,198,072

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,094,230
    Expenses
    $1,771,554
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,040,515

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,998,465
    Expenses
    $2,193,522
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,807,675

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,784,170
    Expenses
    $1,728,990
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,873,032

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,553,184
    Expenses
    $1,708,310
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,657,313

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,433,735
    Expenses
    $3,757,459
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,920,579

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,682,238
    Expenses
    $2,268,822
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,370,613

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,567,139
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,912,199

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.