Houston, TX

BLUE BIRD CIRCLE (The Blue Bird Circle)

EIN 74-1405134

Health & Wellness Medical Research & Training Children & youth Patients & families

Mission

A circle of volunteers providing hope, love, and healing to children with neurological disorders.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About BLUE BIRD CIRCLE (The Blue Bird Circle)

The Blue Bird Circle is a Houston-based, member-run 501(c)(3) organization that raises funds (principally through its long-running resale shop and member fundraising) to support pediatric neurology clinical care and research. It funds and maintains a named pediatric neurology clinic and multiple research centers in partnership with Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, focusing on diagnosis, treatment, and translational research for childhood neurological disorders. Research confirms that EIN 74-1405134 corresponds to The Blue Bird Circle (Houston, TX) in public IRS/Form 990 records. In recent years the organization has continued regular grantmaking and clinic support (reflected in multi-year Form 990 filings), maintained active research protocols and clinical programs, and sustained its fundraising operations through the Blue Bird resale shop and member events.

Notable achievements

Blue Bird Center for Advancing Treatments (transformational gift)

Committed a $10 million transformational gift to the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute to establish The Blue Bird Center for Advancing Treatments, expanding genomic sequencing, preclinical studies, and translational efforts to accelerate therapies for pediatric neurological diseases.

Long-term support for research and discovery

Funded the Blue Bird Circle Developmental Neurogenetics Laboratory and Rett Center whose work contributed to major discoveries (including the Rett gene) and decades of published research, training investigators and supporting hundreds of research protocols.

Sustained clinical impact

Founded and continues to fund The Blue Bird Circle Clinic for Pediatric Neurology (now at Texas Children’s Hospital), supporting one of the largest pediatric neurology practices in the U.S. with tens of thousands of annual visits and multiple specialty clinics (e.g., mitochondrial disorders, infantile spasms).

At a glance

Total assets: $17.0M
Annual revenue: $3.2M
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 74-1405134
Location: Houston, TX
Website: thebluebirdcircle.com
On Mahalo since: September 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

The Blue Bird Circle Rett Center is recognized as a specialized Center of Excellence for Rett syndrome (one of a small number of certified centers in the U.S.).

Longstanding institutional partnerships with Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine; the Blue Bird-supported neurology programs are part of nationally ranked pediatric neurology services.

Established public charity (501(c)(3)) with a long history of annual Form 990 filings and tax-exempt status dating back to the mid-20th century.

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