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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by HORIZON FOUNDATION OF HOWARD COUNTY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,160,566
Total expenses
$4,851,156
Contributions and grants received
$4,000
Grants paid
$642,769
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$5,007,037
Other revenue
$149,529
Total assets, end of year
$93,191,948
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,363,576
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$90,828,372
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,432,552
Management and general expenses
$1,415,814
Fundraising expenses
$2,790
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,432,552

Program services were 70.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,690,404 · unrelated business $56,843 · excluded $1,633,561

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $19,695,562

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $16,378,979 · other assets -$50

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $3,316,583 · other assets $50

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $3,316,633 · excluded $3,316,633

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $149,529 · related or exempt $149,529

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $149,529

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $642,769 · program services $642,769

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $890,429 · program services $675,635 · management and general $213,624 · fundraising $1,170

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $701,438 · program services $532,234 · management and general $168,283 · fundraising $921

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $48,318 · program services $36,663 · management and general $11,592 · fundraising $63

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $52,305 · program services $39,687 · management and general $12,549 · fundraising $69

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $93,496 · program services $70,942 · management and general $22,431 · fundraising $123

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $3,398 · program services $2,970 · management and general $428

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $38,026 · program services $33,231 · management and general $4,795

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $103,779 · program services $90,693 · management and general $13,086

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $1,439 · program services $1,258 · management and general $181

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $552,066 · management and general $552,066

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,090,893 · program services $953,340 · management and general $137,553

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $159,650 · program services $52,185 · management and general $107,465

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $127,941 · program services $96,774 · management and general $31,000 · fundraising $167

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $14,306 · program services $10,855 · management and general $3,432 · fundraising $19

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $139,422 · program services $105,458 · management and general $33,782 · fundraising $182

  • 17 · Travel

    total $54,494 · program services $14,657 · management and general $39,837

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $7,040 · program services $5,002 · management and general $2,038

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $43,092 · program services $32,698 · management and general $10,338 · fundraising $56

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,567 · program services $11,812 · management and general $3,735 · fundraising $20

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $39,689 · program services $11,950 · management and general $27,739

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

    total $11,967 · management and general $11,967

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $19,632 · program services $11,739 · management and general $7,893

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $350,559 · end of year $437,224

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,519,898 · end of year $1,330,020

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $42,882 · end of year $57,187

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $98,893 · end of year $60,942

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $456,944

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $317,357

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $177,454 · end of year $139,587

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $57,844,067 · end of year $63,898,147

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $27,598,429 · end of year $26,910,418

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $473,454 · end of year $358,423

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $816,629 · end of year $523,880

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $1,791,564 · end of year $1,332,481

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $661,881 · end of year $507,215

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $84,834,062 · end of year $90,826,872

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,500 · end of year $1,500

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE HORIZON FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO WORK SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH COMMUNITY TO BUILD POWER AND ADVOCATE FOR POLICY CHANGE TO ACHIEVE BETTER HEALTH FOR EVERYONE IN HOWARD COUNTY AND GREATER MARYLAND.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR MISSION IS TO WORK SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH COMMUNITY TO BUILD POWER AND ADVOCATE FOR POLICY CHANGE TO ACHIEVE BETTER HEALTH FOR EVERYONE IN HOWARD COUNTY AND GREATER MARYLAND.

  • GRANT MAKING-SINCE 1998, HORIZON FOUNDATION HAS INVESTED $78 MILLION IN PUBLIC HEALTH, FUNDING OVER 400 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND WORKING WITH PARTNERS ON ISSUES SUCH AS MENTAL HEALTH, CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION, HEALTH CARE ACCESS, HEALTHY AGING AND MORE. THIS 2023 YEAR WAS THE LAST YEAR OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND MUCH OF THE GRANTMAKING WAS THROUGH LARGE MULTI-YEAR GRANTS THAT WERE BOOKED IN PREVIOUS YEARS. AS OF 2024, THE FOUNDATION IS PROVIDING GRANTS IN ALIGNMENT WITH ITS THREE NEW STRATEGIC PRIORITY AREAS: DEMAND AN EQUITABLE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, INCREASE AFFORDABILITY AND BUILD WEALTH THROUGH COMMUNITY BUILDING. THOUGH OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITY AREAS AND TACTICS HAVE EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS, OUR FOCUS HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO FACE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO ACHIEVING GOOD HEALTH. THE HORIZON FOUNDATION IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING HEALTH THROUGH INNOVATIVE INITIATIVES, COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS, STRATEGIC GRANTMAKING AND THOUGHTFUL ADVOCACY. THE FOUNDATION IS ALSO COMMITTED TO PRACTICING TRUST-CENTERED PHILANTHROPY A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO GRANTMAKING THAT IS ROOTED IN SHARED VALUES AND TRUE PARTNERSHIP WITH GRANTEES, WHERE GRANTEES NOT ONLY PROVIDE INPUT BUT CO-CREATE PROGRAMS AND POLICY SOLUTIONS THAT ACHIEVE OUR JOINT VISION OF SOCIAL CHANGE. WE FUND COMMUNITY NONPROFITS WHO CAN IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES. IN ADDITION, WE STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO DISMANTLE LONGSTANDING BARRIERS TO GOOD HEALTH AND IMPROVE THEIR ABILITY TO ADVANCE MOVEMENTS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE.

    Expenses $803,508 · Grants $642,769 · Revenue $149,529

  • COMMUNITY BUILDING-HORIZON FOUNDATION CARES PASSIONATELY ABOUT OUR HOWARD COUNTY COMMUNITY AND WE CANNOT DO OUR WORK ALONE. WE RECOGNIZE TRUE SYSTEMIC CHANGE TAKES TIME, AND WE WORK WITH PARTNERS TO BUILD THE BASE, CREATE POLICY WINS AND CATALYZE SUSTAINED MOVEMENTS. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, WE COLLABORATE WITH AND SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND GRANTEES IN DOING THIS WORK THROUGH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THAT THEY DEEM IMPORTANT. WE STRIVE TO BRING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FROM AROUND THE REGION, COUNTRY AND WORLD TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND WELLNESS LOCALLY. FROM STRENGTHENING EFFECTIVE POLICIES TO EXPANDING CRITICAL SERVICES AND EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE ANNUAL MEETING, HORIZON FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO WORK SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH COMMUNITY TO ACHIEVE BETTER HEALTH FOR EVERYONE IN HOWARD COUNTY.

    Expenses $2,629,044

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nikki Highsmith Vernick

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $477,345
    From this org
    $382,874
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $94,471
    Hours/week
    38.58 + 1.42 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $334,237
    Bonus
    $48,089
    Other
    $548
    Deferred
    $60,186
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,285
    Filer's total
    $477,345
  • Brian Hepburn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.26 + 0.09 related
  • Catherine Hamel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.31 + 0.08 related
  • Celian Valero-Colon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.23 + 0.26 related
  • Christopher Fortune

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.43 + 0.32 related
  • David Wolf

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.55 + 0.12 related
  • Gopi Suri

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35 + 0.11 related
  • Jonathan Ahn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 0.22 related
  • Juliet N Gilliam

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.22 + 0.09 related
  • Lanlan Xu

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 0.17 related
  • Lisa Pearson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.41 + 0.14 related
  • Mark Cissell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.29 + 0.09 related
  • Sekou Murphy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.22 + 0.03 related
  • Sharon Hoover

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.17 + 0.22 related
  • Stacie Hunt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.1 related
  • Tracy Miller

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.14 + 0.03 related
  • Yvette Rooks

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19 + 0.04 related
  • Yvonne Commodore-Mensah

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 0.23 related
  • Glenn Schneider

    CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $233,048
    From this org
    $181,141
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,907
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,892
    Bonus
    $2,792
    Other
    $9,457
    Deferred
    $17,729
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,178
    Filer's total
    $233,048
  • Anne Brinker

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $175,554
    From this org
    $153,847
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,707
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,631
    Bonus
    $2,166
    Other
    $50
    Deferred
    $15,483
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,224
    Filer's total
    $175,554
  • Cat Harmon

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $138,347
    From this org
    $121,059
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,288
    Hours/week
    40
  • D'Paul Nibber

    SENIOR OFFICER, POLICY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $130,448
    From this org
    $100,496
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,952
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
BONUSES ARE AWARDED BASED UPON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413209349323226

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