WEST HOUSTON ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

7000

Street

10501 MEADOWGLEN LN

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

• WEST HOUSTON ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES PROVIDES LIFE-CHANGING WRAP-AROUND PROGRAMS THAT HELP THOSE IN NEED DURING THEIR IMMEDIATE CRISIS, WITH THE GOAL OF HELPING THEM GET BACK ON THEIR FEET TO ACHIEVE SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN THE INTERMEDIATE TO LONGER TERM. WE PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR RENT/MORTGAGE TO PREVENT EVICTIONS AND HOMELESSNESS; HELP WITH UTILITIES TO AVOID DISCONNECTIONS THAT MAY BE LIFE-THREATENING; PROVIDE CLOTHING AND OTHER ITEMS DEPENDING ON THE NEED; AS WELL AS SEASONAL PROGRAMS PROVIDING SCHOOL SUPPLIES, HOLIDAY TOYS/GIFT CARDS FOR CHILDREN, AND HOLIDAY MEALS FOR FAMILIES; SPIRITUAL COUNSELING (WHEN REQUESTED); AND ONSITE SERVICES BY PARTNER AGENCIES (PUBLIC BENEFIT ENROLLMENT, INSURANCE, ETC.), AS WELL AS REFERRALS TO OUTSIDE PROGRAMS NOT OFFERED BY WHAM. (CONTINUED ON PG. 60)(CONTINUED FROM PG. 2) WE HELP HOUSEHOLDS AFTER COMPASSIONATE, ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS WHERE WE LEARN HOW TO BEST MEET THEIR SHORT-TERM BASIC NEEDS AND ESTABLISH A PATH FOR LONGER-TERM FINANCIAL STABILITY. TO THIS PURPOSE, WE PROVIDE EDUCATION AND JOB TRAINING TO PROMOTE INDEPENDENCE AND CONNECT CLIENTS TO TOOLS THAT WILL IMPROVE THEIR LIVES. CLIENTS HAVE ACCESS TO JOB LEADS, WORKSHOPS, RESUME BUILDING, MOCK INTERVIEWS, OFFICE SUPPORT, CLASSES IN COMPUTING, FINANCIAL LITERACY, ESL, GED, AND CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL CLINICS, JOB FAIRS, TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE, AND INTERVIEW-APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE. WE HELPED OVER 5,513 CLIENTS IN FY2025 WITH THESE VARIOUS SERVICES.

  Expenses $1,973,876

• PROVIDES GROCERIES FOR FAMILIES AND THEIR PETS, AND NONPERISHABLE FOOD TO HOMELESS CLIENTS IN BOTH A DRIVE-THRU AND A GROCERY STORE SETTING THAT ALLOWS CLIENTS TO SELECT THEIR OWN FOOD FROM THE WIDE ASSORTMENT AVAILABLE. WE ALSO OFFER FOOD IN A SAFE, DRIVE-THRU SETTING WHERE FOOD AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS ARE LOADED INTO CAR TRUNKS IN AN EFFICIENT, CONTACTLESS, MANNER. WE OFFER EXTENDED HOURS FOR WORKING CLIENTS, DEDICATED HOURS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AND THE DISABLED, MONTHLY COMMUNITY FOOD FAIRS, COOKING CLASSES, REFERRALS TO HEALTHCARE AND OTHER SERVICES TO FAMILIES, AS WELL AS PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE FOOD TO COLLEGE STUDENTS, SENIOR CITIZENS, FAMILIES WITH SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN, AND SUMMER LUNCHES TO CHILDREN WHO LOSE ACCESS TO SCHOOL-PROVIDED MEALS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. WHAM'S PLATINUM-RATED (CONTINUED ON PG. 60)(CONTINUED FROM PG. 2) FOOD PANTRY IS THE LARGEST IN WEST HOUSTON, AND HAS BEEN DESIGNATED BY THE HOUSTON FOOD BANK AS ONE OF A FEW TRUSTED HUB AGENCIES DISTRIBUTING FOOD TO SMALLER AGENCIES. OVER 126,285 PEOPLE RECEIVED FOOD ASSISTANCE FROM US IN FY2025, WITH 1,981,546 POUNDS OF FOOD DISTRIBUTED.

  Expenses $4,312,465 · Grants $4,864,036

• PART OF THE ORGANIZATION, AND DEPENDENT ON COMMUNITY MEMBERS' DONATIONS OF GENTLY WORN CLOTHING, FURNITURE, BOOKS, ARTWORK, ETC., OUR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE BENEFITS THE LOCAL ECONOMY BY HAVING ITS SALES REVENUE GOING RIGHT BACK INTO THE ORGANIZATION TO INVEST ON THE OPERATION OF OUR PROGRAMS TO HELP FAMILIES IN NEED. EVERY DOLLAR STAYS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HELPS THOSE SUFFERING IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA. OUR STORE ALSO MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO DISTRIBUTE CLOTHING AND SHOES TO CLIENTS IN NEED AND PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE TO THOSE SEEKING EMPLOYMENT THROUGH OUR EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS. IT ALSO BENEFITS THE ENVIRONMENT BY REDUCING WASTE, AND ENCOURAGING REUSE AND RECYCLING. OVERALL, THE STORE SAVED ABOUT 499,082 POUNDS OF CONSUMABLES FROM GOING TO AREA LANDFILLS AND FUNDED 5% OF OUR PROGRAMS IN FY 2025.

  Expenses $398,890 · Revenue $310,436

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. 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

• 2024

  Revenue

  $7,881,439

  Expenses

  $7,710,344

  Contributions

  $6,423,682

  Grants paid

  $4,864,036

• 2023

  Revenue

  $6,888,872

  Expenses

  $7,263,824

  Contributions

  $6,546,308

  Grants paid

  $4,541,483

• 2022

  Revenue

  $7,790,738

  Expenses

  $8,147,518

  Contributions

  $7,365,013

  Grants paid

  $5,192,725

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

  $8,103,253

  Expenses

  $8,534,672

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,429,919

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,204,113

  Expenses

  $7,498,051

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,828,529

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,868,977

  Expenses

  $7,438,054

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,233,719

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,868,977

  Expenses

  $2,845,373

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,233,719

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,787,684

  Expenses

  $4,833,312

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,527,891

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,056,480

  Expenses

  $4,097,293

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,547,127

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,998,505

  Expenses

  $2,941,291

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,636,674

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,569,768

  Expenses

  $2,535,499

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,540,533

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,351,792

  Expenses

  $1,984,784

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,431,055

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,225,940

  Expenses

  $1,165,418

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,067,551

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

• UNITED WAY OF GREATER HOUSTON

  $383,250

  2023 · Basic Needs

• UNITED WAY OF GREATER HOUSTON

  $323,000

  2024 · Basic Needs

• UNITED WAY OF GREATER HOUSTON

  $320,000

  2022 · Basic Needs

• ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC

  $258,131

  2023 · HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION

• THE METHODIST HOSPITAL

  $188,667

  2024 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• THE METHODIST HOSPITAL

  $151,000

  2023 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC

  $134,777

  2025 · HOUSING STABILITY

• ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC

  $121,096

  2024 · HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION HOUSING STABILITY

• GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $106,100

  2022 · HUMAN SERVICES

• UNITED WAY OF GREATER HOUSTON

  $100,000

  2024 · Disaster - Beryl

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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