Gulf Coast Administrators of Special Education (GCASE)
GCASE provides educators professional development, resources, and scholarships to enhance the quality of services for students with disabilities.
About Gulf Coast Administrators of Special Education (GCASE)
Gulf Coast Administrators of Special Education (GCASE) is a Houston-based professional association that supports special education leaders across the Gulf Coast/Region 4 area. The organization offers membership, networking, and leadership opportunities for district- and campus-level special education administrators.
GCASE’s core activities include in-person professional learning events (a Fall Forum and an annual Law Conference), continuing-education resources, mentoring, and a scholarship program that supports educators pursuing advanced credentials in special education. The organization operates as a tax-exempt, donor-facing nonprofit that files annual Form 990 returns and maintains an active web presence for membership, event registration, and scholarship applications.
In the last 2–3 years GCASE has continued to operate conferences and award scholarships: it listed Law Conference activity in December 2023 and opened scholarship application windows in 2024–2025; it also scheduled its Fall Forum (Camp Allen) and a Summer Meeting in 2025–2026, demonstrating ongoing program activity and member services.
Notable achievements
Annual Scholarship Program (Betty Bliss, Joye Thorne, Jerry Vlasak)
GCASE administers three memorial scholarship awards to support educators pursuing certification, advanced degrees, or leadership credentials in special education. The program awards multiple scholarships (amounts up to $2,500 for select categories) and publicly lists scholarship winners (most recently awarding multiple recipients in 2023).
Sustained Professional Learning Events
GCASE runs recurring professional events including the Fall Forum (retreat-style learning at Camp Allen) and an annual Law Conference focused on special education legal and policy updates. These conferences have continued on an annual basis with public registration activity documented in 2023–2025.
Maintained Nonprofit Operations and Financial Filings
GCASE is an active 501(c)(3) organization that files annual Form 990 returns and reported program revenues and expenses in recent filings (operational revenue in the mid-five-figure to low-six-figure range in the most recent year).
At a glance
- Total assets
- $121K
- Annual revenue
- $137K
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3)Public charity
- EIN
- 76-0309111
- Location
- Houston, TX
- Website
- www.gcasehouston.com
- On Mahalo since
- May 2026
Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.
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