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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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $20,120

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,956,086 · unrelated business $15,699 · excluded $1,940,387

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $13,135,755

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

    securities $8,545,698

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $4,590,057

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $4,590,057 · excluded $4,590,057

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $83,928 · related or exempt $83,928

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $83,928

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,252,617 · program services $1,252,617

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,022,095 · program services $766,349 · management and general $254,424 · fundraising $1,322

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $694,712 · program services $520,883 · management and general $172,931 · fundraising $898

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $63,332 · program services $47,485 · management and general $15,765 · fundraising $82

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $34,688 · program services $26,009 · management and general $8,634 · fundraising $45

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $94,775 · program services $71,061 · management and general $23,592 · fundraising $122

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $2,397 · program services $1,836 · management and general $561

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $16,165 · program services $12,383 · management and general $3,782

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $105,651 · program services $80,930 · management and general $24,721

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $8,543 · program services $6,544 · management and general $1,999

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $531,887 · management and general $531,887

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $720,335 · program services $551,786 · management and general $168,549

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $138,977 · program services $65,499 · management and general $73,478

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $59,140 · program services $42,374 · management and general $16,680 · fundraising $86

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $136,915 · program services $97,765 · management and general $38,948 · fundraising $202

  • 17 · Travel

    total $46,192 · program services $112 · management and general $46,080

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $37,848 · program services $20,511 · management and general $17,337

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $47,046 · program services $35,274 · management and general $11,711 · fundraising $61

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,114 · program services $11,332 · management and general $3,762 · fundraising $20

  • 24a · Other expenses: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

    total $29,723 · program services $14,000 · management and general $15,723

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $13,404 · program services $7,210 · management and general $6,194

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $437,224 · end of year $486,368

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,330,020 · end of year $1,439,992

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $57,187 · end of year $101,073

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $60,942 · end of year $91,311

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

    $470,171

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

    $356,063

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $139,587 · end of year $114,108

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $63,898,147 · end of year $66,442,211

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $26,910,418 · end of year $29,890,209

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $358,423 · end of year $241,191

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $523,880 · end of year $686,375

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $1,332,481 · end of year $1,397,021

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $507,215 · end of year $345,466

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $90,826,872 · end of year $96,377,601

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • Brian Hepburn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.31 + 0.08 related
  • Catherine Hamel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.17 + 0.06 related
  • Celian Valero-Colon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.22 + 0.02 related
  • Christopher Fortune

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.41 + 0.05 related
  • David Wolf

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.44 + 0.07 related
  • Yvette Rooks

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.09 + 0.02 related
  • Gopi Suri

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.26 + 0.05 related
  • Jonathan Ahn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 0.08 related
  • Juliet N Gilliam

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.29 + 0.05 related
  • Lanlan Xu

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.23 + 0.05 related
  • Lisa Pearson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.34 + 0.09 related
  • Mark Cissell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.42 + 0.07 related
  • Nicolette 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
  • Sekou Murphy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.22 + 0.02 related
  • Sharon Hoover

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.13 + 0.11 related
  • Yvonne Commodore-Mensah

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 0.11 related
  • Anne 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
  • Glenn 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
  • Cat Harmon

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $142,891
    From this org
    $128,736
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,155
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kenitra 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

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
2024
Filed
31 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523049349300222

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