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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$936,411
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1d · Related organizations
$50,900
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$688,052
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$11,929
-
3 · Investment income
total $603,789 · excluded $603,789
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $3,162,387
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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
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$564,862
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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.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $1,227,071 · program services $1,227,071
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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 $17,500 · management and general $17,500
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $103,498 · management and general $103,498
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11g · Fees: other
total $6,130 · management and general $6,130
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $31,707 · program services $10,313 · fundraising $21,394
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13 · Office expenses
total $5,963 · management and general $5,963
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $39,967 · program services $25,626 · fundraising $14,341
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $302,784 · end of year $218,843
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $10,932 · end of year $323,941
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $522,211 · end of year $473,804
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $5,700 · end of year $15,428
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $20,473,956 · end of year $23,240,120
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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
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21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $3,382 · end of year $3,045
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $179,049 · end of year $133,870
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $17,651,464 · end of year $20,174,332
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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.
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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 $1,263,010 · 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
-
Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program
$1,007,375
Pro bono legal services
-
$86,145
Program support
-
Harris County Civil Courthouse
$33,000
Program support
-
Harris County Criminal Justice Center
$33,000
Program support
-
Harris County Jury Assembly
$33,000
Program support
-
$10,000
Program support
-
$7,747
Program support
-
$6,469
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
- 2023
- Filed
- 9 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202501299349301100
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