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← HOUSTON LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by HOUSTON LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$751,394
Total expenses
$465,462
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$42,500
Program service revenue
$659,156
Investment income
$92,238
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,941,695
Total liabilities, end of year
$31,764
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,909,931
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$428,221
Management and general expenses
$37,241
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$428,219

Program services were 92.0% 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.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ASSESSMENTS / REFERRAL

    total $635,697 · related or exempt $635,697

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBER DUES

    total $23,459 · related or exempt $23,459

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $64,889 · excluded $64,889

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $27,349

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $27,349

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $27,349 · excluded $27,349

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $42,500 · program services $42,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $110,650 · program services $102,376 · management and general $8,274

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $117,152 · program services $108,392 · management and general $8,760

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $9,001 · program services $8,328 · management and general $673

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $32,170 · program services $29,768 · management and general $2,402

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $17,622 · program services $16,305 · management and general $1,317

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,500 · program services $16,194 · management and general $1,306

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $48,331 · program services $44,718 · management and general $3,613

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $851 · program services $787 · management and general $64

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $20,167 · program services $18,661 · management and general $1,506

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,618 · program services $1,497 · management and general $121

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $10,113 · program services $9,357 · management and general $756

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,430 · program services $1,323 · management and general $107

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL & MAIN

    total $14,181 · program services $13,123 · management and general $1,058

  • 24b · Other expenses: INVESTMENT EXPENSE

    total $6,074 · management and general $6,074

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $5,526 · program services $5,113 · management and general $413

  • 24d · Other expenses: PARKING

    total $4,168 · program services $3,856 · management and general $312

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,408 · program services $5,923 · management and general $485

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $125,912 · end of year $210,249

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

    $135,540

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

    $104,522

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $41,131 · end of year $31,018

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,418,770 · end of year $1,700,428

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $738 · end of year $1,364

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $25,571 · end of year $30,400

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,559,504 · end of year $1,909,931

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Refer general public to lawyers

Activities or mission (Part I)

REFER GENERAL PUBLIC TO LAWYERS.

  • Assisting the general public who are seeking help in solving their legal problems and to facilitate public accesss to lawyers for legal information. Approximately 100,000 individuals are assisted each year.

    Expenses $428,219 · Revenue $659,156

  • Revenue $92,238

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Hon Cheryl Elliott Thornton

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Quentin Smith

    PRESIDENT - ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Ciara Perritano

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Robert Painter

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Heath Novosad

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • CARTER DUGAN

    BOD-TERM EXPIRING 06.30.25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • DAVID DORRIS

    BOD-TERM EXPIRING 06.30.25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • SAMANTHA TORRES

    BOD-TERM EXPIRING 06.30.25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • DOMINIQUE VARNER

    BOD-TERM EXPIRING 06.30.26

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • THAISON HUA

    BOD-TERM EXPIRING 06.30.25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Jose Lopez

    BOD-TERM EXPIRING 06.30.25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Monica Alvarado

    BOD-TERM EXPIRING 06.30.25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Traci Gibson

    BOD-TERM EXPIRING 06.30.25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Nelson Ocampo

    BOD-TERM EXPIRING 06.30.25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Mike Lowenberg

    BOD-TERM EXPIRING 06.30.25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Thomas Frashier

    BOD-TERM EXPIRING 06.30.25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Rosa Reyes

    BOD-TERM EXPIRING 06.30.25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Brandon Cofield

    BOD-TERM EXPIRING 06.30.26

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Altagracia McDonald

    BOD-TERM EXPIRING 06.30.26

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Karen Ramsey

    HLRS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $110,650
    From this org
    $110,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • David E Harrell Jr

    HBA - PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Vinh Ho

    HBA - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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.

Grants on this return

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
20 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202620519349300047

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