- Revenue 2025
- $1,441,735
- Expenses 2025
- $1,439,853
Program services were 78.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 4545 POST OAK PLACE DR STE 201
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).
Group exemption
A subordinate covered by the group exemption of NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (EIN 58-1493949). matched by us
The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
As the Houston affiliate of the National Christian Foundation (NCF), our mission is to serve and encourage givers to grow as faithful stewards who give wisely to further the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Houston Christian Foundation (HCF), an affiliate of the National Christian Foundation (NCF), was created to facilitate Christian giving by offering the convenience and efficiency of donor-advised funds through NCF. HCF provides educational programs for Houston donors on philanthropic topics.
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Since 1982, NFC has granted more than $25 billion to over 90,000 Charities and Christian Churches. HCF offers expert counsel and information about innovative, flexible giving solutions to help:1) Individuals and families make a greater impact with charitable giving and balance their giving with income needs. 2) Churches and ministries can offer their supporters creative ways of giving, which can lead to significant new funding for their organization. 3) Professional advisors present their clients with charitable giving expertise, which turns their practice into a ministry and builds stronger relationships.
Expenses $1,135,895 · Grants $4,800 · Revenue $1,040,105
As filed on the 2025 return.
Officers and directors · 2025
As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Vince Elliott
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Julie Applegate
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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George Clark
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lucas Cooper
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Arnold Gacita
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Matt Morris
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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David Oelfke
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Elizabeth Shaw
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jeff Thomas
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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William Wareing
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Trey Little
President
- Total calculated
- $268,438
- From this org
- $245,583
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $22,855
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $215,583
- Bonus
- $30,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $269
- Nontaxable benefits
- $22,586
- Filer's total
- $268,438
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Albert Smith
President Emeritus
- Total calculated
- $191,165
- From this org
- $162,700
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $28,465
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $137,700
- Bonus
- $25,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $4,881
- Nontaxable benefits
- $23,584
- Filer's total
- $191,165
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Richard Lackey
Relationship Manager
- Total calculated
- $171,882
- From this org
- $145,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $26,882
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $130,000
- Bonus
- $15,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $4,350
- Nontaxable benefits
- $22,532
- Filer's total
- $171,882
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2025
- Revenue
- $1,441,735
- Expenses
- $1,439,853
- Contributions
- $337,854
- Grants paid
- $4,800
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2024
- Revenue
- $1,677,438
- Expenses
- $1,257,467
- Contributions
- $568,678
- Grants paid
- $13,000
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2023
- Revenue
- $1,207,672
- Expenses
- $1,171,069
- Contributions
- $222,920
- Grants paid
- $5,863
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2022
- Revenue
- $915,007
- Expenses
- $1,017,701
- Contributions
- $43,374
- Grants paid
- $13,750
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $998,297
- Expenses
- $750,697
- Assets (EOY)
- $829,974
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $806,124
- Expenses
- $685,304
- Assets (EOY)
- $639,147
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $730,342
- Expenses
- $799,262
- Assets (EOY)
- $431,151
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $732,919
- Expenses
- $639,139
- Assets (EOY)
- $557,108
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,084,095
- Expenses
- $921,004
- Assets (EOY)
- $468,660
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $905,625
- Expenses
- $840,784
- Assets (EOY)
- $317,718
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $815,953
- Expenses
- $885,875
- Assets (EOY)
- $238,702
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $598,659
- Expenses
- $824,739
- Assets (EOY)
- $312,094
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $819,920
- Expenses
- $730,595
- Assets (EOY)
- $536,632
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $608,302
- Assets (EOY)
- $445,741
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
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$13,750
2022 General support
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$12,500
2024 The Houston Sunshine Fund
Grants received
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GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$8,750,936
2022 PUBLIC BENEFIT
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NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$1,145,062
2023 SUPPORT
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NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$1,116,615
2024 GIVING AND GENEROSITY
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2022 SUPPORT
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$708,544
2023 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
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$623,600
2023 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$295,852
2024 PUBLIC BENEFIT
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$171,500
2023 PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$135,819
2022 PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$113,265
2024 PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Not present in the most recent drop.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.