EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INSPIRING COMMUNITIES INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

J22

Classification

1000

Street

707 LEHMAN ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• H.E.A.R.T. (Housing, Entrepreneurship and Readiness Training) Vending and Concessions is a vocational training program that focuses on food service, vending machines, concessions, catering, and customer service. The most unique aspect of this program is the on-the-job training component, where H.E.A.R.T. transports participants to job sites located throughout the region and provides supported employment to participants. Participants also receive hands-on instruction in job-related tasks such as counting money, labeling product, inventory, and other activities. These activities will be conducted in small groups and 1-on-1 as needed. Trainees, clients with intellectual disabilities, get paychecks of at least $8 per hour once they have been trained.

  Expenses $1,026,404 · Revenue $206,693

• From August to May, H.E.A.R.T. collaborates with Houston Independent School District, Galena Park Independent School District, and Channelview Independent School District in vocational training programs designed to address gaps in the special education system. This self-contained program provides classroom education and vocational training to better prepare graduating seniors to enter the workforce after graduation. The school districts transport, provide meals, and administer the required standard classroom education for the students while H.E.A.R.T. implements the job skills and employment training in food service, food supply chain operations, vending, and concessions, to help these students be "job-ready and give them work experience before they graduate. Continued on Schedule O.Learning how to prepare hot meals, chop fruits and vegetables, and operate a pallet jack and forklift are just a few of the activities that H.E.A.R.T. students learn every weekday through the program. This program gives students experience in a wide variety of environments without having to coordinate transportation to different places or have many different supervisors.

  Revenue $60,220

• Through a partnership with CVS Health, EPIC offers a 10-week retail training program for adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities who are interested in working in a retail environment. The program is free for participants and offers the first "mock store" in the state of Texas. Trainees receive classroom instruction and hands-on training at the mock store before transitioning to an 80-hour externship at a local CVS. Upon completion of the program, participants are eligible for hire in a CVS store.

  Expenses $82,117

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,194,549

  Expenses

  $1,507,919

  Contributions

  $928,939

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,314,904

  Expenses

  $1,321,964

  Contributions

  $1,049,528

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,555,852

  Expenses

  $1,511,864

  Contributions

  $1,301,753

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,810,722

  Expenses

  $1,587,394

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,360,350

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,234,642

  Expenses

  $1,397,263

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,158,063

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,684,507

  Expenses

  $1,643,329

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,129,858

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,424,736

  Expenses

  $1,324,195

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,108,276

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,172,806

  Expenses

  $1,174,060

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,697,878

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,328,645

  Expenses

  $1,407,560

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,696,945

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,297,981

  Expenses

  $913,934

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,750,546

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,164,447

  Expenses

  $902,823

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,325,881

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,325,608

  Expenses

  $868,100

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,109,310

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $709,918

  Assets (EOY)

  $609,362

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO EDUCATIONAL FUND

  $50,000

  2023 · GRANTS

• TEXAS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

  $50,000

  2023 · Workforce Development & Safety Training

• HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO EDUCATIONAL FUND

  $50,000

  2022 · GRANTS

• HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO EDUCATIONAL FUND

  $50,000

  2024 · GRANTS

• THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES

  $22,500

  2022 · SEPTEMBER 11TH DAY OF SERVICE / INCLUSIVE VOLUNTEERING

• THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES

  $15,000

  2023 · INCLUSIVE VOLUNTEERING

• GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $11,100

  2023 · HUMAN SERVICES

• SIMPLE GENEROSITY FOUNDATION

  $5,056

  2024 · Operating Support

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