Houston, TX

CHILDREN AT RISK INC

EIN 76-0360533

Education & Youth Development K-12 Schools Children & youth Latino communities Immigrants & refugees Low-income

Mission

CHILDREN AT RISK serves as a catalyst for change to improve children’s quality of life through strategic research, public policy analysis, education, collaboration, and advocacy.

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

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About CHILDREN AT RISK INC

CHILDREN AT RISK (C@R) is a nonpartisan, donor-facing 501(c)(3) research and advocacy organization founded in 1989 and headquartered in Houston, Texas (EIN: 76-0360533). It uses data-driven research, policy analysis, community education, coalition-building, and legislative advocacy to improve outcomes for Texas children across education, early childhood, health and nutrition, immigrant children, and efforts to end child trafficking. C@R operates statewide with offices and staff supporting communities across Texas and publishes high-profile research products used by parents, educators, media, and policymakers. In the last 2–3 years the organization has released annual Texas School Rankings, expanded early childhood research and convening work (including an Early Learning Quality Network), and published a 2026 statewide Child Care Deserts analysis that introduced a new "Chronic Child Care Deserts" metric.

Notable achievements

Annual Texas School Rankings

Maintains and publishes the long-running Texas School Rankings (most recently the 2024–2025 statewide and regional rankings), a widely used dataset and report that grades thousands of public schools to inform families, community leaders, and policymakers and to highlight high-performing, high-poverty "Gold Ribbon" campuses.

2026 Child Care Deserts Analysis

Released the 2026 statewide Child Care Deserts analysis and press conference introducing the "Chronic Child Care Deserts" measure; the report documented substantial gaps in subsidized and quality child care access for low-income working families and informed statewide advocacy and policy recommendations.

Expanded Early Childhood & Collaborative Initiatives

Expanded statewide early childhood work through the Early Learning Quality Network, participation in the Prenatal-to-Three collaborative, and multi-year philanthropic support enabling targeted research, convenings, and policy advocacy to strengthen access to quality early education across Texas.

At a glance

Total assets: $2.3M
Annual revenue: $3.5M
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 76-0360533
Location: Houston, TX
Website: childrenatrisk.org
On Mahalo since: September 2026

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

Recognition

High nonprofit accountability rating and positive profile on major nonpartisan charity evaluators; publicly discloses Form 990s and annual reports and receives strong transparency scores.

Widely cited and relied upon by Texas media, school districts, and state policymakers — C@R research and rankings are regularly used in public briefings, legislative materials, and local education reporting.

Recognized by philanthropic funders and grantmakers for statewide research and systems-change work, attracting multi-year foundation support for education and early childhood initiatives.

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