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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by HOUSTON BAR FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,616,674
Total expenses
$2,133,165
Contributions and grants received
$1,107,568
Grants paid
$1,864,208
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,263,047
Other revenue
$246,059
Total assets, end of year
$26,263,580
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,084,341
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$25,179,239
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,888,467
Management and general expenses
$226,150
Fundraising expenses
$18,548
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,888,467

Program services were 88.5% 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

    $865,691

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $116,451

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $125,426

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $654,769 · excluded $654,769

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,352,740

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

    securities $1,744,462

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $608,278

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $608,278 · excluded $608,278

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $709,765

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

    $865,691

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $463,706

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $246,059 · excluded $246,059

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,864,208 · program services $1,864,208

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $83,372 · management and general $83,372

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,628 · management and general $6,628

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,192 · management and general $15,192

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $113,433 · management and general $113,433

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $35 · management and general $35

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,481 · program services $407 · fundraising $10,074

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,490 · management and general $7,490

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $32,326 · program services $23,852 · fundraising $8,474

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $218,843 · end of year $325,341

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $323,941 · end of year $32,435

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $473,804 · end of year $507,989

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $15,823

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $15,428

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $23,240,120 · end of year $25,381,992

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $121,012

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $383,932 · end of year $63,288

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $3,045 · end of year $2,513

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $733,870 · end of year $897,528

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $20,174,332 · end of year $22,439,907

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,976,957 · end of year $2,739,332

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The Houston Bar Foundation supports programs that help provide legal representation to the indigent, promote community understanding of our legal system, and foster the administration of justice.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The Houston Bar Foundation is the charitable arm of the Houston Bar Association. The Foundation supports pro bono legal services to the community and promotes community understanding of our legal system.

  • The primary beneficiary of the Houston Bar Foundation is Houston Volunteer Lawyers, the pro bono service arm of the Houston Bar Association. The Houston Bar Foundation also supports the Houston Bar Association's programming, which is consistent with its HBA's mission to serve Houston lawyers and foster the administration of justice.

    Expenses $1,888,467 · Grants $1,864,208

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sara Keith

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Benny Agosto Jr

    Chair Elect

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alistair Dawson

    Vice Chair thru 2/2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Hasley

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher Northcutt

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Whiteley

    Treasurer thru 2/2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda Hester

    Immediate Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Monica Karuturi

    Past Chair thru 2/2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sejal Brahmbhatt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mindy Davidson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Edelman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Hon Mike Engelhart

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Holly Chastain Nini

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephanie Noble

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Denise Scofield

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Krisina Zuniga

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vinh Ho

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $143,024
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $131,777
    Other
    $11,247
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

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.

Grants 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
22 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202641129349302064

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