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← CRIME STOPPERS OF HOUSTON INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CRIME STOPPERS OF HOUSTON INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,231,818
Total expenses
$3,810,934
Contributions and grants received
$3,920,987
Grants paid
$3,585
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$152,754
Other revenue
$158,077
Total assets, end of year
$15,286,493
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,064,642
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,221,851
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,078,987
Management and general expenses
$307,134
Fundraising expenses
$424,813
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,078,987

Program services were 80.8% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $325

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $812,916

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,199,945

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,907,801

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $163,114

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $146,338 · excluded $146,338

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $789,001 · other assets $1,600

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

    securities $779,933 · other assets $4,252

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $9,068 · other assets -$2,652

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $6,416 · excluded $6,416

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $508,065

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $812,916

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $349,988

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $158,077 · excluded $158,077

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,585 · program services $3,585

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $295,917 · program services $236,734 · fundraising $59,183

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,570,622 · program services $1,249,083 · management and general $135,712 · fundraising $185,827

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $171,800 · program services $136,716 · management and general $13,246 · fundraising $21,838

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $134,765 · program services $107,274 · management and general $9,848 · fundraising $17,643

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $13,950 · management and general $13,950

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,676 · management and general $26,676

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,000 · management and general $2,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $129,728 · program services $129,170 · management and general $558

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $187,423 · program services $149,588 · management and general $7,188 · fundraising $30,647

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $255,674 · program services $215,176 · management and general $39,007 · fundraising $1,491

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $90,717 · program services $79,795 · management and general $10,922

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $169,683 · program services $135,069 · management and general $12,400 · fundraising $22,214

  • 17 · Travel

    total $83,363 · program services $83,323 · management and general $40

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $92,601 · program services $80,012 · management and general $12,005 · fundraising $584

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $264,032 · program services $210,171 · management and general $19,295 · fundraising $34,566

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $49,119 · program services $39,100 · management and general $3,590 · fundraising $6,429

  • 24a · Other expenses: Anonymous cash rewards

    total $218,850 · program services $218,850

  • 24b · Other expenses: Event expenses

    total $44,071 · fundraising $44,071

  • 24c · Other expenses: Dues & subscriptions

    total $6,358 · program services $5,341 · management and general $697 · fundraising $320

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $908,865 · end of year $879,403

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,489,057 · end of year $4,085,724

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $351,798 · end of year $531,013

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,448 · end of year $5,023

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,826 · end of year $58,153

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

    $10,122,221

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

    $2,390,350

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,984,888 · end of year $7,731,871

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,901,354 · end of year $1,820,459

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $178,107 · end of year $174,847

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $59,130 · end of year $29,776

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $20,400

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $828,979 · end of year $860,019

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $178,107 · end of year $174,847

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,668,032 · end of year $12,174,765

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,065,695 · end of year $2,047,086

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Crime Stoppers of Houston's mission is to solve and prevent crime in the Greater Houston area in partnership with citizens, media and the criminal justice system.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To solve and prevent crimes in partnership with the community & the criminal justice system.

  • Tip Line Program: CSOH operates 713-222-TIPS, a telephone tip line. Information about criminal activity is received and transferred to law enforcement for immediate action. Callers are promised anonymity and cash rewards of up to $5,000 in exchange for accurate crime tips. Our organization provides a safe forum for citizens to report crime in their neighborhoods and schools without the fear of retaliation. We are the eyes and ears of law enforcement in the community.Continued on Schedule O.In 2024, the Tip Line received 10,872 tips which assisted law enforcement in solving 362 cases ranging from Capital Murder to Fugitive Warrants that led to 215 suspects being charged and/or arrested. These tips resulted in the seizure of 7 weapons and $105,115 in illegal drugs seized plus $1,174,207 in stolen property/cash recovered. The approved Reward payout to 199 men, women and students, totaled $210,550. CSOH received $51,210 of restricted cash from court fines to help pay tipster rewards and three area law enforcement agencies donated services valued at $1,859,088 to process and investigate the anonymous tips.

    Expenses $1,421,899 · Grants $3,585

  • Safe School Institute: The Crime Stoppers of Houston (CSOH) Safe School Institute (SSI) met and exceeded many goals in 2024. The Safe School team reached 178,933 students and 9,451 educators/school law enforcement in just Harris County. Statewide, our partnership with the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has proven to be extremely helpful in expanding and building partnerships with school safety personnel across Texas. Outside of Harris County, our team reached 115,096 students and 13,962 educators/school law enforcement in our second year of expansion. Program leads continue to attend monthly meetings on Human Trafficking and Educator Resources and CAPC meetings with Child Advocates of Fort Bend. Continued on Schedule O.Over the past year, we have made significant strides in expanding our educational initiatives. We created the Trusted Adult resource to help tweens identify supportive mentors, developed a comprehensive resource catalog, and produced a Tip Line awareness video to increase student engagement. Additionally, we hosted our first Back to School Poster Contest, with 33 schools participating, and revamped our Resource Center to be more user-friendly, ensuring all safety materials are accessible in one place. At the state level, we continued to grow our newsletter with over 600 school safety contacts from all over Texas, reaching 106 new schools. CSOH and SSI hosted virtual quarterly trainings for school safety personnel and the weekly SAVE webinar series via the CSOH website, covering trending safety topics. Through our partnership with TEA, we've built strong relationships with all 20 regional ESCs and look forward to expanding these in 2025.

    Expenses $1,052,245

  • The Safe Community Institute met and exceeded many goals in 2024. Throughout the year, the program, which includes the Safe Community Program, Victim Services Program, The Glenda Gordy Research Center, and The Balanced Voice Podcast, reached 2,658,953 community members through prevention education and reached a projected 2,397,832 community members through community outreach events. We reached 243,686 community members and parents through our Safe Community Program, served 1750 victims through our Victim Services Program, reached 2.06 million people though our podcast The Balanced Voice, and provided 355,267 people with crime statistical data through The Glenda Gordy Research Center. Continued on Schedule O.We also launched the NEEDS program which sought to provide valuable crime prevention education to those who serve the special needs community in the hope of preventing crimes against this vulnerable population. Through our Victim Services Program we continued our Victim Impact Statement Video Project in which we provide victims of violent crime with the opportunity to record their story of victimization to be submitted to their victim portal and viewed by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles regardless of their ability or willingness to attend parole board hearings for years to come. We added 15 victim impact statement videos bringing the total count to 47 total videos. We used 3 videos in active parole hearings where parole was denied in all 3 occasions. Our Victim Services Team attended, and spoke at, multiple statewide and national conferences about this project and the program has received state and national accolades for this innovative approach to post-conviction advocacy.

    Expenses $604,843

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lindsay Aronstein

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Chris Massey

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Travis Dorroh

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Crapitto

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Vanessa Ames

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.3

  • Taseer Badar

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.01

  • Wendy Baimbridge

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Jennifer Hohman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.23

  • Shana Jones

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.23

  • Brigitte Kalai

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.01

  • Maha Khan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.08

  • Patricia King-Ritter

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.31

  • Logan Leal

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.15

  • Linda Schaefer Levy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.46

  • Matt Mackey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.08

  • Oscar Martinez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.31

  • Akash Patel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.54

  • Ryan Patrick

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.15

  • Ted Poe

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.15

  • Cora Robinson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.38

  • Jordan Seff

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.3

  • Alicia Smith

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.08

  • Jeff Stearns

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.31

  • Sean Stewart

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.23

  • Jill Talisman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.23

  • Jeff Vaden

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.23

  • Justin Vickrey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.12

  • Sheridan Williams

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.23

  • Len Wright

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.01

  • Jonathan Zadok

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.01

  • Rania Mankarious

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $295,917
    From this org
    $286,462
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,455
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $249,462
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $12,000
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,455
    Filer's total
    $295,917

  • Nichole Christoph

    COO

    Total calculated
    $116,269
    From this org
    $106,814
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,455
    Hours/week
    50

  • Cabell Wood

    Sr. Dev & Programs Mgmt Director

    Total calculated
    $132,126
    From this org
    $122,671
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,455
    Hours/week
    50

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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
The CEO received a bonus of $25,000 in 2024 based on personal and organizational performance. This amount was approved by the Board of Directors. The CEO also received a taxable stipend of $12,000 to cover various unreimbursed expenses incurred throughout the year.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
7 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202541279349302574

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