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The Blue Bird Circle

Houston, Texas · EIN 74-1405134 · Disease & Disorders · tax-exempt since 1941

F

Charity Clarity grade F (score 35.2 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended May 2025.

Graded against 4,036 disease & disorders nonprofits with revenue $2M–$10M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.57.9 months4
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.82% of practices82
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.13
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.112% from one source1
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.89.5%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.7.2%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.03not scored

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Year by year

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
May 2025Form 990$2.19M$2.06M$124K$9.96M57.920F
May 2024Form 990$3.18M$1.87M$1.30M$9.46M60.621F
May 2023Form 990$11.63M$10.56M$1.07M$8.11M9.220C
May 2022Form 990$1.65M$1.57M$74K$7.02M53.618D
May 2021Form 990$891K$768K$123K$6.99M109.218F
May 2020Form 990$5.80M$1.83M$3.97M$6.68M43.920D
May 2019Form 990$2.09M$1.77M$323K$2.72M18.522C
May 2018Form 990$2.00M$2.19M−$195K$2.35M12.825B
May 2017Form 990$1.78M$1.73M$55K$2.57M17.828B
May 2016Form 990$1.55M$1.71M−$155K$2.52M17.722C

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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