Mahalo
Houston, TX

Amigos Por Vida Friends for Life Inc.

EIN 76-0433067
Education & Youth Development K-12 Schools Children & youth
Mission

Our mission at Amigos Por Vida Public Charter School is to empower our students to become life-long learners and achieve academic and personal success, by providing an excellent education in a safe environment.

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

About Amigos Por Vida Friends for Life Inc.

Amigos Por Vida – Friends for Life is a 501(c)(3) public charter school and charter holder based in Houston, Texas, serving students in pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. Founded in 1999 in the Gulfton community, the organization operates an established PK–8 campus and emphasizes family engagement, a high-quality Pre-K program, special education, and supports for English learners. In recent years Amigos Por Vida has demonstrated measurable academic growth on state federal reporting (strong reading and math growth scores in the 2023–24 federal report card), expanded programmatic supports, and received multi-year philanthropic investments and competitive state facilities funding to support its campus and capacity. The organization files annual Form 990s and maintains an active public web presence and state reporting as an operating, donor-facing charter school organization.

Notable achievements

Selected for Texas State Facilities Incentive Grant (SFIG)

Preliminarily selected for the Texas Education Agency's 2026–2028 State Facilities Incentive Grant to support facilities expansion and capacity building for the charter school.

Measured academic growth (2023–24)

Federal report card academic growth results for 2023–24 show above-average growth metrics (reading and mathematics growth indicators demonstrating notable progress for the school's student population).

Significant philanthropic support (2020–2024)

Received roughly $1.3 million in grant funding across multiple funders between 2020 and 2024, including major grants from Charter Fund, Good Reason Houston, and the Brown Foundation to support programs and capital needs.

At a glance

Total assets
$35.9M
Annual revenue
$11.2M
Tax status
501(c)(3)School
EIN
76-0433067
Location
Houston, TX
On Mahalo since
September 2026

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

Recognition

Operates as an active Texas public charter school with ongoing state oversight and reporting (listed and monitored by the Texas Education Agency).
Rated and profiled by major charity/nonprofit data organizations and public 990 aggregators as an established 501(c)(3) educational organization with recent audited/990 filings.
Recipient of competitive foundation and grant awards (including recent partner grants from educational funders and a 2024 Bellwether grant) that endorse program quality and capacity.

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