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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF METROPOLITAN HOUSTON EDUCATIONAL F.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,842,069
Total expenses
$1,712,382
Contributions and grants received
$1,840,782
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$44,930
Other revenue
-$43,643
Total assets, end of year
$1,658,041
Total liabilities, end of year
$163,755
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,494,286
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,164,762
Management and general expenses
$295,986
Fundraising expenses
$251,634
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,164,762

Program services were 68.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $185,479

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,655,303

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $8,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $44,930 · excluded $44,930

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $44,961

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

    $185,479

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $88,604

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$43,643 · excluded -$43,643

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $185,387 · program services $109,153 · management and general $53,042 · fundraising $23,192

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $372,992 · program services $219,612 · management and general $106,718 · fundraising $46,662

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $103,473 · program services $60,923 · management and general $29,605 · fundraising $12,945

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,672 · management and general $12,672

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $406,905 · program services $335,823 · management and general $57,404 · fundraising $13,678

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $279,931 · program services $150,066 · fundraising $129,865

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $217,703 · program services $178,940 · management and general $22,515 · fundraising $16,248

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $88,573 · program services $71,003 · management and general $14,030 · fundraising $3,540

  • 17 · Travel

    total $34,803 · program services $34,803

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,827 · program services $3,827

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE

    total $6,116 · program services $612 · fundraising $5,504

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $910,059 · end of year $897,862

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $548,613 · end of year $577,361

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,940 · end of year $172,818

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $10,000

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

    $115,026

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

    $115,026

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $71,872 · end of year $86,450

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $28,141 · end of year $77,305

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,364,599 · end of year $1,494,286

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO INFORM, EDUCATE AND ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF CONSUMERS AND BUSINESSES IN OUR SERVICE AREA BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, COUNSELING AND EDUCATION IN AN EFFORT TO COMBAT UNETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICES AND PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM FRAUDULENT SCHEMES THROUGH PROGRAMS, SEMINARS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION UTILIZING AND PROMOTING VOLUNTEERS EDUCATED IN CONSUMER AWARENESS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO BE THE LEADER IN ADVANCING MARKETPLACE TRUST.

  • THE TEXAS SENIOR MEDICARE PATROL PROGRAM (SMP) IS FUNDED THROUGH A FEDERAL GRANT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION ON AGING. THIS PROGRAM USES VOLUNTEERS TO TRAIN MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES ABOUT MEDICARE FRAUD, ABUSE AND WASTE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF REPORTING INCIDENTS TO MEDICARE. 1,917 PRESENTATIONS WERE MADE TO MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES AND PROFESSIONALS REACHING 92,520 PEOPLE.

    Expenses $1,164,762

  • SILVER SLEUTH PROGRAM - EDUCATING OLDER ADULTS ABOUT SCHEMES AND SCAMS TARGETING THIS VULNERABLE POPULATION AND PROVIDING INFORMATION ON HOW TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND PROVIDING ONE-ON-ONE ASSISTANCE IN RESOLVING PROBLEMS DUE TO FRAUDULENT BUSINESS ACTIVITIES. 373 PRESENTATIONS WERE MADE REACHING MORE THAN 13,743 OLDER ADULTS. YOUNG CONSUMER ADVOCATE PROGRAM (YCAP) - YOUTH AGED 16 TO 22 ARE EDUCATED ON THEIR CONSUMER RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND FRAUDULENT SCHEMES, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON GAINING THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO BECOME CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. 4 PRESENTATIONS WERE MADE TO YOUNG CONSUMERS REACHING OVER 1,200 STUDENTS.

  • THE BBB AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE RECOGNIZES BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AND COMMITMENT TO OVERALL EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE. PROCEEDS FROM THE EVENT HELP FUND THE BBB EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, WHICH EDUCATES CONSUMERS ABOUT SCAMS AND FRAUDULENT BUSINESS PRACTICES IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES OF $43,644 WERE INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE EVENT, OF WHICH $8,000 WERE IN-KIND DONATIONS.

  • CONSUMER AWARENESS 101: CONSUMERS LIVING ON LOWER INCOMES ARE AT HIGHER RISK FOR BEING TRAPPED IN A CYCLE OF DEBT DUE TO THEIR LACK OF CONSUMER SOCIALIZATION SKILLS. THROUGH A SERIES OF PRESENTATIONS, INDIVIDUALS LEARN: A) HOW TO AVOID SCAMS AND FRAUDULENT BUSINESS PRACTICES; B) CONSUMER RIGHTS AND MISCONCEPTIONS: C) HOW TO HANDLE DEBT PROBLEMS, AND D) THE REAL COST OF DOING BUSINESS THROUGH CASH-ADVANCE LOANS OR RENT-TO-OWN COMPANIES. 40 PRESENTATIONS WERE MADE TO LOW INCOME ADULTS REACHING 1,990 PEOPLE.

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Alvin Gee

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Edna Thompsen

    TREASURER/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Dan Bawden

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Judy Budnik

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Carter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bery Crispin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Lori Farris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Gaze

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bill Graff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steven Lufburrow

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH 02/28/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Cheryl McClure

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Schoen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristyn Stillwell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Darren Tompkins

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH 04/9/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Wakeland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Glenn Woo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Pamela Wright

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dan Parsons

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $268,601
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $251,373
    Other
    $17,228
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $251,373 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $15,082 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $2,146 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $268,601 related
  • Jennifer Salazar

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $185,387
    From this org
    $170,897
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,490
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,897
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,224
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,266
    Filer's total
    $185,387

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 · 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
COMPENSATION REPORTED IS COMPENSATION FROM A RELATED ORGANIZATION. THEIR PROCESS FOR DETERMINING COMPENSATION IS AS FOLLOWS: THE PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE COMPENSATION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S OTHER OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES. THE PRESIDENT SETS ANNUAL GOALS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL. EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS' GOALS ARE THEN RATED IN ITS IMPORTANCE TOWARD THE ORGANIZATION'S PURPOSE. COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED ON HOW WELL THE INDIVIDUAL COMPLETED EACH ASSIGNED GOAL. THIS PROCESS IS PERFORMED ANNUALLY. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE COMPENSATION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE USES COMPARABILITY DATA FROM OTHER SIMILARLY SIZED BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU'S FORMS 990, AND PRODUCES CONTEMPORANEOUS SUBSTANTIATION OF THE DELIBERATION AND THE DECISION. THE LAST REVIEW WAS PREPARED IN AUGUST 2023.

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
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503209349301550

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