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← HOUSTON VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROGRAM INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by HOUSTON VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROGRAM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,428,090
Total expenses
$3,517,571
Contributions and grants received
$4,428,090
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,116,001
Total liabilities, end of year
$370,516
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,745,485
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,951,824
Management and general expenses
$528,153
Fundraising expenses
$37,594
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,951,824

Program services were 83.9% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $1,270,609

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,146,334

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,011,147

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $5,444

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $157,550 · program services $135,151 · management and general $20,824 · fundraising $1,575

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,134,880 · program services $1,831,340 · management and general $282,191 · fundraising $21,349

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $312,760 · program services $268,291 · management and general $41,341 · fundraising $3,128

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $182,785 · program services $156,796 · management and general $24,161 · fundraising $1,828

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $58,201 · management and general $58,201

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $81,753 · program services $53,050 · management and general $28,367 · fundraising $336

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,965 · fundraising $3,965

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,219 · program services $10,287 · management and general $866 · fundraising $66

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $83,250 · program services $71,431 · management and general $10,988 · fundraising $831

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $357,162 · program services $306,380 · management and general $47,210 · fundraising $3,572

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,190 · program services $6,104 · management and general $80 · fundraising $6

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,945 · program services $5,100 · management and general $786 · fundraising $59

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $49,215 · program services $42,218 · management and general $6,505 · fundraising $492

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,093 · program services $7,800 · management and general $1,202 · fundraising $91

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $23,332 · program services $21,643 · management and general $1,677 · fundraising $12

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $20,941 · program services $17,964 · management and general $2,768 · fundraising $209

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $19,330 · program services $18,269 · management and general $986 · fundraising $75

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,643,769 · end of year $1,981,695

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $362 · end of year $885

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,508,606 · end of year $1,974,476

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $84,004 · end of year $104,907

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

    $774,745

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

    $760,913

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $63,047 · end of year $13,832

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $144,607 · end of year $40,206

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $90,877 · end of year $110,616

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $321,497 · end of year $211,549

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $197,055 · end of year $48,351

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,438,245 · end of year $2,087,622

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,396,721 · end of year $1,657,863

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROMOTE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR INDIVIDUALS IN THE HOUSTON AREA BY ASSISTING THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN CIVIL MATTERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDES FREE LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS OF HOUSTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

  • HVL PROVIDES FREE LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA WHO ARE FACING CIVIL LEGAL PROBLEMS (E.G., FAMILY LAW, PROBATE, LANDLORD/TENANT) SERVING DIVERSE POPULATIONS (E.G., U.S. VETERANS, IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, ETC.) HVL HAS A SCREENING PROCESS FOR EXTENDED REPRESENTATION SERVICES THROUGH WHICH APPLICANTS ARE CONNECTED WITH A PRO BONO LAWYER IN PRIVATE PRACTICE FOR THE LIFE OF THEIR LEGAL PROBLEM. HVLP PLACED AN ESTIMATED 925 CLIENT MATTERS WITH PRO BONO ATTORNEYS FOR LEGAL REPRESENTATION DURING 2024. IN ADDITION, IN 2024, HVL PROVIDED ON-ON-ONE LEGAL ADVICE OR BRIEF SERVICES TO AN ESTIMATED 4,870 CLIENTS DELIVERING LEGAL ADVICE AND BRIEF SERVICES TO THESE INDIVIDUALS. OVERALL, IN 2024 VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS DONATED PRO BONO SERVICES WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF $16,214,155.

    Expenses $2,951,824

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • GREG MOORE

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • KAYLAN DUNN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT PAINTER

    CHAIR-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • COLLIN COX

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • AARON REIMER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREW YEH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AUDREY MOMANAEE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CASSANDRA MCGARVEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EMMA DOINEAU

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • JACQUELINE FURLOW

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMIE LEADER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFF OLDHAM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JERRY SIMONEAUX

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PETER LOWY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SCOTT ELLIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GREG ULMER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHERINE BAEHL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TRAMAINE SINGLETON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JESSICA HOOWTON

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $132,902
    From this org
    $132,902
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • MARILYN BROWN

    DIRECTOR OF GRANTS

    Total calculated
    $119,160
    From this org
    $119,160
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • BARBARA COCHRAN

    STAFF ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $118,451
    From this org
    $118,451
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • ELIZABETH TRAN

    LEGAL SERVICES DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $119,776
    From this org
    $119,776
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • BARBARA URDIALES

    STAFF ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $105,419
    From this org
    $105,419
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • STEPHANIE SOMMERLATTE

    SUPERVISING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $103,666
    From this org
    $103,666
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

No itemized grants to organizations 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
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349303647

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