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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$865,691
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1d · Related organizations
$116,451
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$125,426
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3 · Investment income
total $654,769 · excluded $654,769
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $2,352,740
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $1,744,462
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $608,278
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $608,278 · excluded $608,278
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$709,765
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$865,691
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$463,706
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $246,059 · excluded $246,059
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $1,864,208 · program services $1,864,208
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $83,372 · management and general $83,372
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $6,628 · management and general $6,628
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $15,192 · management and general $15,192
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $113,433 · management and general $113,433
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11g · Fees: other
total $35 · management and general $35
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $10,481 · program services $407 · fundraising $10,074
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13 · Office expenses
total $7,490 · management and general $7,490
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $32,326 · program services $23,852 · fundraising $8,474
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $218,843 · end of year $325,341
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $323,941 · end of year $32,435
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $473,804 · end of year $507,989
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $15,823
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $15,428
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $23,240,120 · end of year $25,381,992
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
end of year $121,012
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $383,932 · end of year $63,288
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21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $3,045 · end of year $2,513
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $733,870 · end of year $897,528
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $20,174,332 · end of year $22,439,907
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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.
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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
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Sara Keith
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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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
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Denise Scofield
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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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
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Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program
$1,645,000
Pro bono legal services
-
$128,751
Program support
-
$51,238
Program support
-
Harris County Jury Assembly
$24,500
Jury assembly room improvements
-
$10,000
Program support
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.
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501(c)(6) · Furtherance of the legal profession · TX
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Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program
501(c)(3) · Free legal services for low income individuals · TX
Directly controlled by Houston Bar Association
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Houston Lawyer Referral Service
501(c)(6) · Refer general public to lawyers · TX
Directly controlled by Houston Bar Association
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HBA Alternative Dispute Resolution
501(c)(3) · Free dispute resolution services to Harris County Residents · TX
Directly controlled by Houston Bar Association
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 22 April 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202641129349302064
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