
Good Reason Houston launched in January 2018 with seed funding of two $4.2 million grants from Kinder Foundation and Houston Endowment. Good Reason Houston exists to unite parents, educators, officials and business leaders to bolster students and schools who may face challenges due to financial or ethnic disparities by identifying, understanding and closing current gaps in instruction and encouragement.
When the nonprofit launched in January 2018, more than 300,000 Houston-area students attended public schools rated C, D or F by the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Good Reason Houston set an ambitious goal to change this reality by working with local education systems to ensure 60,000 more students learn in A and B rated public schools by the end of the 2025-26 school year. Meaningful progress toward this goal is underway.
Through its partnership with Houston ISD, 50,000 more students in the region’s largest school district are now learning in an A or B rated public school based on 2024 ratings. Beyond supporting the implementation and success of critical school turnaround initiatives, Good Reason Houston has also supported districts throughout the region on initiatives that improve school quality and student learning. This includes the adoption of high quality instructional materials and enhancing systems designed to support, evaluate and compensate effective teachers.
Information on page is current as of March 26, 2025. Lifetime gift total of $22,340,438 may include other gifts not mentioned above.
News & Press
- 900,000 Good Reasons to Transform Education in Houston —Blog Post
- Good Reason Houston Awarded $20 Million in Grants from Houston Endowment and Kinder Foundation to Increase the Number of Students in High-Performing Public Schools in Houston —Press Release
- Good Reason aims to make all of Houston’s public schools good ones —Houston Chronicle
- Aldine turn-around plan could mean replacing staff, longer days at two schools —Houston Chronicle
- Good Reason Houston aims for 60K more students in top-rated schools —Houston Chronicle
- Investing to ensure every child’s success —TribTalk
- HISD looks toward Houston businesses to help improve public school system —Houston Business Journal
- New Houston nonprofit launching to address inequality in education —Houston Business Journal