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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MY CONNECT COMMUNITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,656,192
Total expenses
$2,014,196
Contributions and grants received
$4,259,938
Grants paid
$44,652
Program service revenue
$179,991
Investment income
$80,417
Other revenue
$135,846
Total assets, end of year
$20,699,556
Total liabilities, end of year
$15,520,922
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,178,634
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,383,248
Management and general expenses
$312,695
Fundraising expenses
$318,253
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,383,248

Program services were 68.7% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $445,899

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,814,039

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $20,805

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Job training program

    total $179,991 · related or exempt $179,991

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $80,417 · excluded $80,417

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $12,040

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

    $445,899

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $21,176

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$9,136 · excluded -$9,136

  • 11a · Other revenue: Developer fee revenue

    total $144,982 · excluded $144,982

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $144,982

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $44,026 · program services $44,026

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $626 · program services $626

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $171,402 · program services $85,701 · management and general $34,281 · fundraising $51,420

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $453,624 · program services $340,094 · management and general $56,653 · fundraising $56,877

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $12,465 · program services $8,546 · management and general $1,792 · fundraising $2,127

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $11,564 · program services $7,929 · management and general $1,662 · fundraising $1,973

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $45,893 · program services $34,203 · management and general $5,516 · fundraising $6,174

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,030 · management and general $5,030

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $119,124 · management and general $119,124

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $183,590 · program services $13,166 · management and general $30,706 · fundraising $139,718

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $778 · program services $388 · management and general $390

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $82,193 · program services $45,747 · management and general $18,816 · fundraising $17,630

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $12,883 · program services $8,833 · management and general $1,852 · fundraising $2,198

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $72,340 · program services $48,170 · management and general $13,658 · fundraising $10,512

  • 17 · Travel

    total $845 · program services $546 · management and general $134 · fundraising $165

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $24,723 · program services $17,060 · management and general $3,162 · fundraising $4,501

  • 20 · Interest

    total $9,661 · management and general $9,661

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $15,033 · program services $9,765 · management and general $2,268 · fundraising $3,000

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,155 · management and general $2,155

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program consultants

    total $408,232 · program services $408,232

  • 24b · Other expenses: Program supplies

    total $310,216 · program services $310,216

  • 24c · Other expenses: Professional services

    total $27,793 · management and general $5,835 · fundraising $21,958

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $84,654 · end of year $49,062

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,485,644 · end of year $4,560,934

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $65,789 · end of year $147,966

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,390 · end of year $102,600

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $7,536,782 · end of year $10,710,000

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $4,901 · end of year $4,901

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,858 · end of year $12,557

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

    $3,773,085

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

    $39,158

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,388,488 · end of year $3,733,927

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,000,128 · end of year $1,377,609

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $119,842 · end of year $147,856

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $101,265

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $300,000 · end of year $300,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $11,519,889 · end of year $15,073,066

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,525,232 · end of year $2,323,656

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,011,406 · end of year $2,854,978

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

My Connect Community ensures that "Every child and adult in Sharpstown/Gulfton will lead a healthy, prosperous life in a safe and vibrant neighborhood where residents choose to live, learn, work, worship, and play."

Activities or mission (Part I)

To provide community programs supporting healthy, prosperous lifestyles in safe neighborhoods.

  • Impacting at-risk students - We serve at-risk youth in the Gulfton/Sharpstown area by integrating social and emotional learning (SEL) and behavioral health in schools to enhance the well-being of vulnerable adolescents. Our work focuses on preventing and early intervention of behavioral and mental health disorders through school-wide SEL programs, behavioral health supports, and collaboration. Through grants, we transform classrooms and schools into supportive communities where young people can be confident, compassionate, and empowered to succeed in school and life.

    Expenses $650,789 · Revenue $68,016

  • Job Creation - Live and Work in the Gulfton/Sharpstown area. In 2020, Connect launched a program mobilizing the talents of local seamstresses and tailors to make masks to sell to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. Allowing Gulfton area residents to earn extra income while helping protect all of Houston. Connect now runs a 9-month training program for industrial sewing with ESL, digital literacy, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship. In addition, Connect has HTX Sewn Goods, which is a white-label production arm of Connect, providing prototyping and labor for designers/inventors seeking to have their products fabricated in Houston.

    Expenses $240,304 · Revenue $111,975

  • Communities of Care - Through grants, we make efforts to transform the environments where people live, learn, work, play, and pray, bringing a population health approach to support community resilience, mental health, and well-being with a focus on children and youth of color and their families.

    Expenses $235,323 · Grants $44,026

  • Community Health & Well-being: We serve our neighborhood by bringing together the residents, local leaders, and vital components necessary for a holistic, healthy community that includes health, after-school, and recreation program services.

    Expenses $182,137

  • Affordable Housing - We strive to create affordable housing within the Gulton/Sharpstown neighborhood so families can remain in the area and new families can migrate to the area.

    Expenses $74,695 · Grants $626

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Armando Orduna

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Suzane Abedi

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Beatriz Aguirre

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Detra Alton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • David Ambrus

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Walter Bratic

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Jerry Callaway

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Sam Dike

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie Ellerbrock

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Dr Catherine Horn

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Jose Lopez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Felicia Martin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Joseph Martin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Emina Masic

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Shannon Prince

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Ann Scott

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Anne Whitlock

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $171,402
    From this org
    $164,233
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,169
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,233
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,569
    Nontaxable benefits
    $600
    Filer's total
    $171,402

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

  • St Luke's United Methodist Church

    $44,026

    Support the Garden Community youth center

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • MCC Highstar GL Family LLC

    Low income support · TX · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by My Connect Community

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • Connect South GP LLC

    Low income housing and services · TX · 51% owned · share of income -$44 · share of assets $4,192,152

    Directly controlled by MCC Highstar Family MP LLC

  • Connect South Development LLC

    Multi-family affordable housing development · TX · 25% owned · share of income $33,727

    Directly controlled by RJS Real Estate Services Inc

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • MCC Highstar Family MP LLC

    C · Low income housing and services · TX · 100% owned · share of income -$44 · share of assets $4,192,152 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by My Connect Community

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
5 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523099349302952

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