Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by HORIZON FOUNDATION OF HOWARD COUNTY INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $6,650,191
- Total expenses
- $5,071,556
- Contributions and grants received
- $20,120
- Grants paid
- $1,252,617
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $6,546,143
- Other revenue
- $83,928
- Total assets, end of year
- $98,806,463
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,428,862
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $96,377,601
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $3,631,960
- Management and general expenses
- $1,436,758
- Fundraising expenses
- $2,838
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $3,631,960
Program services were 71.6% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$20,120
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3 · Investment income
total $1,956,086 · unrelated business $15,699 · excluded $1,940,387
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $13,135,755
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $8,545,698
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $4,590,057
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $4,590,057 · excluded $4,590,057
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11d · All other revenue
total $83,928 · related or exempt $83,928
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11e · Other revenue, total
$83,928
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $1,252,617 · program services $1,252,617
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $1,022,095 · program services $766,349 · management and general $254,424 · fundraising $1,322
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $694,712 · program services $520,883 · management and general $172,931 · fundraising $898
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $63,332 · program services $47,485 · management and general $15,765 · fundraising $82
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $34,688 · program services $26,009 · management and general $8,634 · fundraising $45
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $94,775 · program services $71,061 · management and general $23,592 · fundraising $122
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11a · Fees: management
total $2,397 · program services $1,836 · management and general $561
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11b · Fees: legal
total $16,165 · program services $12,383 · management and general $3,782
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $105,651 · program services $80,930 · management and general $24,721
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $8,543 · program services $6,544 · management and general $1,999
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $531,887 · management and general $531,887
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11g · Fees: other
total $720,335 · program services $551,786 · management and general $168,549
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $138,977 · program services $65,499 · management and general $73,478
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13 · Office expenses
total $59,140 · program services $42,374 · management and general $16,680 · fundraising $86
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16 · Occupancy
total $136,915 · program services $97,765 · management and general $38,948 · fundraising $202
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17 · Travel
total $46,192 · program services $112 · management and general $46,080
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $37,848 · program services $20,511 · management and general $17,337
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $47,046 · program services $35,274 · management and general $11,711 · fundraising $61
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23 · Insurance
total $15,114 · program services $11,332 · management and general $3,762 · fundraising $20
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24a · Other expenses: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
total $29,723 · program services $14,000 · management and general $15,723
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24b · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES
total $13,404 · program services $7,210 · management and general $6,194
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $437,224 · end of year $486,368
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $1,330,020 · end of year $1,439,992
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $57,187 · end of year $101,073
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $60,942 · end of year $91,311
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$470,171
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$356,063
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $139,587 · end of year $114,108
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $63,898,147 · end of year $66,442,211
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $26,910,418 · end of year $29,890,209
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14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $358,423 · end of year $241,191
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $523,880 · end of year $686,375
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $1,332,481 · end of year $1,397,021
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $507,215 · end of year $345,466
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $90,826,872 · end of year $96,377,601
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,500 · end of year $0
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE HORIZON FOUNDATION WORKS SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH COMMUNITY TO BUILD POWER, ADVOCATE FOR POLICY CHANGE, AND DISMANTLE STRUCTURAL RACISM TO ACHIEVE BETTER HEALTH FOR EVERYONE IN HOWARD COUNTY AND GREATER MARYLAND.
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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 $2,090,848
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GRANT MAKING-SINCE 1998, HORIZON FOUNDATION HAS INVESTED $81 MILLION IN PUBLIC HEALTH, FUNDING OVER 415 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND WORKING WITH PARTNERS ON ISSUES SUCH AS MENTAL HEALTH, CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION, HEALTH CARE ACCESS, HEALTHY AGING AND MORE. 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 AND DISMANTLE STRUCTURAL RACISM 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 HOWARD COUNTY 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 AND WORK TOWARDS HEALTH EQUITY. IN ADDITION, WE STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO DISMANTLE LONGSTANDING BARRIERS TO GOOD HEALTH FOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND IMPROVE THEIR ABILITY TO ADVANCE MOVEMENTS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE.
Expenses $1,541,112 · Grants $1,252,617 · Revenue $83,928
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Brian HepburnBRIAN HEPBURN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.31 + 0.08 related
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Catherine HamelCATHERINE HAMEL
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.17 + 0.06 related
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Celian Valero-ColonCELIAN VALERO-COLON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.22 + 0.02 related
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Christopher FortuneCHRISTOPHER FORTUNE
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.41 + 0.05 related
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David WolfDAVID WOLF
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.44 + 0.07 related
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Yvette RooksYVETTE ROOKS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.09 + 0.02 related
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Gopi SuriGOPI SURI
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.26 + 0.05 related
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Jonathan AhnJONATHAN AHN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.2 + 0.08 related
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Juliet N GilliamJULIET N GILLIAM
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.29 + 0.05 related
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Lanlan XuLANLAN XU
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.23 + 0.05 related
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Lisa PearsonLISA PEARSON
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.34 + 0.09 related
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Mark CissellMARK CISSELL
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.42 + 0.07 related
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Nicolette Highsmith VernickNICOLETTE HIGHSMITH VERNICK
PRESIDENT & CEO
- Total calculated
- $548,536
- From this org
- $440,716
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $107,820
- Hours/week
- 39.84 + 0.16 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $419,778
- Bonus
- $20,390
- Other
- $548
- Deferred
- $70,574
- Nontaxable benefits
- $38,753
- Filer's total
- $550,043
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Sekou MurphySEKOU MURPHY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.22 + 0.02 related
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Sharon HooverSHARON HOOVER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.13 + 0.11 related
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Yvonne Commodore-MensahYVONNE COMMODORE-MENSAH
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.2 + 0.11 related
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Anne BrinkerANNE BRINKER
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $222,952
- From this org
- $166,723
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $56,229
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $158,705
- Bonus
- $4,356
- Other
- $3,662
- Deferred
- $18,983
- Nontaxable benefits
- $38,753
- Filer's total
- $224,459
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Glenn SchneiderGLENN SCHNEIDER
CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $246,087
- From this org
- $188,573
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $57,514
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $175,283
- Bonus
- $2,000
- Other
- $11,290
- Deferred
- $20,268
- Nontaxable benefits
- $38,753
- Filer's total
- $247,594
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Cat HarmonCAT HARMON
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
- Total calculated
- $142,891
- From this org
- $128,736
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $14,155
- Hours/week
- 40
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Kenitra Fokwa KengneKENITRA FOKWA KENGNE
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $119,424
- From this org
- $107,292
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,132
- 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
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CO-CREATE POLICY AND PROGRAMMATIC SOLUTIONS FOCUSED ON HOUSING JUSTICE
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$206,000
CO-CREATE POLICY AND PROGRAMMATIC SOLUTIONS FOCUSED ON HOUSING JUSTICE
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CO-CREATE POLICY AND PROGRAMMATIC SOLUTIONS FOCUSED ON HOUSING JUSTICE
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$160,000
CO-CREATE POLICY AND PROGRAMMATIC SOLUTIONS FOCUSED ON HOUSING JUSTICE
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CO-CREATE POLICY AND PROGRAMMATIC SOLUTIONS FOCUSED ON HOUSING JUSTICE
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QPR AND MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAININGS TO THE COMMUNITY
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOULA AND BIRTH WORKER WORKFORCE IN HOWARD COUNTY & GREATER MD
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FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE ENGAGEMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING OF BLACK WOMEN LEADERS IN HOWARD COUNTY
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$20,000
EXPAND NEWS COVERAGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES RELATED TO FOUNDATION PRIORITIES
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ADDRESS SYSTEMIC DISPARITIES IN PERINATAL HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR BLACK & BROWN FAMILIES IN MD
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.
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HOWARD COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION
501(C)(3) · SUPPORT, PROMOTE & ENHANCE COMMUNITY HEALTH & WELLNESS IN HOWARD COUNTY, MD · MD
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 31 October 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202523049349300222
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