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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by HOUSTON BAR FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,427,176
Total expenses
$1,521,836
Contributions and grants received
$1,675,363
Grants paid
$1,227,071
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$608,208
Other revenue
$143,605
Total assets, end of year
$24,272,136
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,120,847
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$23,151,289
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,263,010
Management and general expenses
$223,091
Fundraising expenses
$35,735
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,263,010

Program services were 83.0% 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

    $936,411

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $50,900

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $688,052

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $11,929

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $603,789 · excluded $603,789

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,162,387

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

    securities $3,157,968

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $4,419

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $4,419 · excluded $4,419

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $564,862

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

    $936,411

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $421,257

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $143,605 · excluded $143,605

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,227,071 · program services $1,227,071

  • 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 $17,500 · management and general $17,500

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $103,498 · management and general $103,498

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $6,130 · management and general $6,130

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $31,707 · program services $10,313 · fundraising $21,394

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,963 · management and general $5,963

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $39,967 · program services $25,626 · fundraising $14,341

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $302,784 · end of year $218,843

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $10,932 · end of year $323,941

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $522,211 · end of year $473,804

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,700 · end of year $15,428

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $20,473,956 · end of year $23,240,120

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,574

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $865,000 · end of year $600,000

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $353,040 · end of year $383,932

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $3,382 · end of year $3,045

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $179,049 · end of year $133,870

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $17,651,464 · end of year $20,174,332

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,262,074 · end of year $2,976,957

Mission and programs · 2023

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 $1,263,010 · Grants $1,227,071

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Linda Hester

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Sara Keith

    Chair Elect

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Alistair Dawson

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Sejal Brahmbhatt

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Quentin Smith

    Vice Chair thru 2/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Richard Whiteley

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Hillary Holmes

    Treasurer thru 2/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Monica Karuturi

    Immediate Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Christian Garza

    Past Chair thru 2/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andrew Gratz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jennifer Hasley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Benny Agosto Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Holly Chastain Nini

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Stephanie Noble

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Christopher Northcutt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Krisina Zuniga

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mindy Davidson

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

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
The Personnel Committee of the Houston Bar Association Board of Directors annually reviews the performance and compensation of the Executive Director. It documents its decisions based on appropriate data surrounding the Executive Director's training, expertise, scope of duties, and time to be expended.

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

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
2023
Filed
9 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501299349301100

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