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← HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,594,267
Total expenses
$3,425,237
Contributions and grants received
$2,386,606
Grants paid
$639,942
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$269,367
Other revenue
-$61,706
Total assets, end of year
$7,362,447
Total liabilities, end of year
$36,120
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,326,327
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,965,501
Management and general expenses
$308,976
Fundraising expenses
$150,760
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,965,501

Program services were 86.6% 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

    $402,893

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,983,713

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $32,341

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $269,367 · excluded $269,367

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $85,170

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

    $402,893

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $146,876

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$61,706 · excluded -$61,706

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $446,382 · program services $446,382

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $193,560 · program services $193,560

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $205,091 · program services $20,509 · management and general $143,564 · fundraising $41,018

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $164,000 · program services $118,296 · management and general $19,976 · fundraising $25,728

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $24,371 · program services $16,589 · management and general $3,890 · fundraising $3,892

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $27,064 · program services $15,106 · management and general $7,406 · fundraising $4,552

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $23,819 · program services $9,657 · management and general $9,903 · fundraising $4,259

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $69,500 · management and general $69,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $80,441 · program services $41,395 · management and general $8,000 · fundraising $31,046

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $29,311 · program services $19,600 · management and general $2,428 · fundraising $7,283

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $64,011 · management and general $31,029 · fundraising $32,982

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $49,942 · program services $49,942

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,295 · management and general $1,295

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $7,950 · management and general $7,950

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,035 · management and general $4,035

  • 24a · Other expenses: Student enrichment

    total $1,445,232 · program services $1,445,232

  • 24b · Other expenses: Supplies & materials

    total $589,233 · program services $589,233

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $487,520 · end of year $499,565

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,164,427 · end of year $5,341,650

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,488,056 · end of year $939,100

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $73,738 · end of year $582,132

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

    $14,750

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

    $14,750

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $160,712 · end of year $32,149

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $3,971

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $789,884 · end of year $895,009

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,263,145 · end of year $6,431,318

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The HISD Foundation is dedicated to mobilizing the local community to support innovative priorities in HISD to improve outcomes for all students in the district. Our mission is to fund projects and programs of merit that fall outside of the district's operating budget.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The HISD Foundation supports Houston Independent School District's schools and programs.

  • The HISD Foundation (Foundation) supports the Houston Independent School District (HISD) and its mission of providing every student with a consistently rigorous education in a safe environment. Established in 1993, the Foundation is governed by a volunteer board of directors that includes local businesses, industry, and community leaders. The Foundation works with the Superintendent of Schools, HISD Board of Education, and Houston's business leaders and philanthropic community to raise funds for the district, provide support for teachers, students, and parents, and raise awareness of the district's commitment to providing every student with a quality education.See Schedule O for further details.The Foundation supports HISD and school-based programs and initiatives to increase academic achievement, eliminate the minority achievement gap, and develop and retain effective educators in every classroom.The Foundation believes equity, literacy, innovation, college access, and great people can prepare students for college and the workforce.

    Expenses $2,965,501 · Grants $639,942

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Andrea Young

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • John Weatherly

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lawson Massey

    Secretary (thru 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Noll

    Secretary (from 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Juliet Breeze

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kerri Briggs

    HISD Superintendent Representative

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kate Burton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DeRae Crane

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frances Dyess

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janette Garza-Lindner

    HISD Board of Govenors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rodrigo Herrera

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Freda Lee

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ross Margraves

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Marshall

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gerald Merfish

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robin Phillips

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Rice

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Rodriguez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daria Russell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lina Sabouni

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wilbur Suggs

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bridget Wade

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katherine Smith

    Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $214,177
    From this org
    $187,639
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,538
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,339
    Bonus
    $17,300
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,480
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,058
    Filer's total
    $214,177
  • Jennifer Tweeton

    Associate Director

    Total calculated
    $129,897
    From this org
    $106,115
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,782
    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. 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 · Compensation survey or study

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 II, Officers Compensation
Bonuses are determined based on performance vs. budgetand current market employment conditions.The Finance & Operations committee approves all bonuses and salary increases.

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

  • Houston Independent School District

    $446,382

    Program support

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
25 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531159349300313

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