NSBR Facilities Inc concentrates its giving on K–12 school facility development and startup support for charter and community school networks. Their grants fund capital projects, campus launches, and early operational needs (curriculum and instructional equipment), with an emphasis on organizations that develop or operate new public-school campuses. The foundation appears purpose-driven toward expanding physical school capacity rather than general education programming.
Concentrated, high-dollar giving to a small number of education-focused recipients; several multi-thousand-dollar awards directed at facility/launch needs with at least one grantee receiving repeat support.
Nsbr Facilities Inc gives around one purpose: getting new K–12 school campuses open and workable. Its recent grants show a pattern of funding school facility development, launch support, and early operational needs rather than broad education programming. The largest recent award went to New School Facility Partners in Houston for community building grants, a signal that the foundation supports the organizations and infrastructure around campus openings, not just the schools themselves. The portfolio also includes direct support for new-school launch work. Idea Public Schools received a grant for year one launch support for campuses, curriculum implementation, and instructional equipment, showing that the foundation funds the first stages of school operations as well as the physical buildout. Another recent grant went to Geo Properties Foundation Inc to build a new high school, reinforcing the focus on capital projects tied to public-school expansion. The pattern points to restricted, project-specific giving centered on charter and community school facilities, campus startup, and the local community effort required to open new schools.
A central theme in Nsbr Facilities Inc’s grantmaking is facility development for charter and community schools. It supported Geo Properties Foundation Inc with funding to build a new high school, placing capital construction at the center of its portfolio. The foundation also backs launch-stage school operations. Idea Public Schools received support for year one launch work, curriculum implementation, and instructional equipment, which suggests interest in the practical requirements of opening a campus, not only the building itself. Community-building around school openings is another repeated theme. New School Facility Partners received a grant for community building grants, and Helix Community Schools received support under the same label in two separate awards. That pattern indicates the foundation uses grantmaking to help new schools connect with families, staff, and local residents during startup.
Nsbr Facilities Inc gives in a mid-sized, project-specific range: the typical grant size runs from $43,455 at the 25th percentile to a median of $93,421 and $126,349 at the 75th percentile. The recent record shows both larger and smaller restricted awards, including one $215,000 grant and a pair of grants to the same recipient in different years. That repeat funding to Helix Community Schools suggests some continuity in support, even though the overall portfolio is concentrated in discrete project grants. The foundation is not an individual-giving vehicle, and it does not make program-related investments. With annual grants of $495,225 against total assets of $123,997, its profile reads as an active grantmaker focused on school-startup and facility work.
$495K
$124K
$88K
$97K
Most grants fall between $43K and $126K, with a median of $93K.
25th Percentile
$43K
Median
$93K
75th Percentile
$126K
About 40% of grants go to recipients in TX.
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Notable grantees: New School Facility Partners, IDEA Public Schools, Helix Community Schools, GEO Properties Foundation Inc
Nsbr Facilities Inc gives regionally, with the heaviest grant activity in Texas. Texas also accounts for 40% of grants to recipients in the foundation’s recent data. Recent recipient cities include Houston and Weslaco in Texas, Baton Rouge in Louisiana, and Indianapolis in Indiana. All of the recent grants listed were made to U.S. recipients, and the pattern includes both in-state support in Louisiana and a stronger concentration in Texas. The Texas awards are tied to school launch and community-building work, while the Louisiana grants went to a Baton Rouge-based school network.
It funds K–12 school facility development and startup support, especially for charter and community school networks. Recent grants include capital projects, campus launches, curriculum implementation, instructional equipment, and community-building tied to opening new public-school campuses.
Typical awards are in the mid-five-figure to low-six-figure range. The grant-size distribution shows a 25th percentile of $43,455, a median of $93,421, and a 75th percentile of $126,349.
Yes. Helix Community Schools received two grants in the recent record, one for $93,421 and another for $17,000, both labeled community building grants. That indicates at least some repeat support rather than only one-time awards.
Texas is the top state by grant count in the recent data. The listed Texas recipients include New School Facility Partners in Houston and Idea Public Schools in Weslaco.
The recent grants point to project-specific support for new school facilities, campus launches, curriculum implementation, instructional equipment, and community-building around new school openings. One grant was specifically for building a new high school.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HELIX COMMUNITY SCHOOLS | BATON ROUGE, LA | $93,421 | 2025 | COMMUNITY BUILDING GRANTS |
| NEW SCHOOL FACILITY PARTNERS | HOUSTON, TX | $215,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY BUILDING GRANTS |
| GEO PROPERTIES FOUNDATION INC | INDIANAPOLIS, IN | $43,455 | 2024 | TO BUILD A NEW HIGH SCHOOL |
| HELIX COMMUNITY SCHOOLS | BATON ROUGE, LA | $17,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY BUILDING GRANTS |
| IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS | WESLACO, TX | $126,349 | 2023 | YEAR 1 LAUNCH SUPPORT FOR CAMPUSES, CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION, AND INSTRUCTIONAL EQUIPMENT |
HELIX COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
$93,421COMMUNITY BUILDING GRANTS
NEW SCHOOL FACILITY PARTNERS
$215,000COMMUNITY BUILDING GRANTS
GEO PROPERTIES FOUNDATION INC
$43,455TO BUILD A NEW HIGH SCHOOL
HELIX COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
$17,000COMMUNITY BUILDING GRANTS
IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
$126,349YEAR 1 LAUNCH SUPPORT FOR CAMPUSES, CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION, AND INSTRUCTIONAL EQUIPMENT