THE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

E30

Classification

1000

Street

1117 TEXAS 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 · 2023

• THE BEACON'S DAY CENTER OFFERS ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE HOT MEALS, ASSESS TO SHOWERS, LAUNDRY SERVICES, AND INFORMATION AND REFERRAL. THESE SERVICES ARE OFFERED THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY INCLUDING WEEKENDS. THE DAY CENTER ALSO COMPLETES INTAKE FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES OFFERED IN THE JOHN S. DUNN OUTREACH CENTER.

  Expenses $1,326,652 · Grants $124,713

• THE BEACON OPERATES ONE OF THE COORDINATED ACCESS CENTERS FOR THE GREATER HOUSTON HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, THE CONTINUUM OF CARE COLLABORATIVE KNOWN AS THE WAY HOME. HOMELESS MEN AND WOMEN ACCESS COORDINATED ACCESS AT THE BEACON TO COMPLETE A HOUSING ASSESSMENT AND GET ON THE WAIT LIST FOR HOUSING ACROSS HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY. HOUSING ASSESSMENTS ARE PROVIDED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ADDITIONALLY, HOUSING NAVIGATION SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO ASSIST CLIENTS WITH THE PROCESS OF LEASING A HOUSING UNIT.

  Expenses $1,151,847 · Grants $884

• BEACON LAW OFFERS CIVIL LEGAL AID TO INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR HOUSING. BEACON LAW STRIVES TO BRING JUSTICE BY PROVIDING INDIVIDUALS WITH PRO-BONO LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP RESOLVE LEGAL ISSUES WHICH STAND IN THE WAY OF EMPLOYMENT OR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. THE BEACON'S ATTORNEY AND PARALEGAL STAFF TEAM IS AUGMENTED BY VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS AND PARALEGALS, CREATING ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO SERVE MORE PEOPLE.

  Expenses $929,339 · Grants $3,602

• BRIGID'S HOPE PROVIDES TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND SUPPORT FOR WOMEN THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AND ARE IN TRANSITION FROM TEXAS PRISONS AND JAILS. BRIGID'S HOPE WORKS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF WOMEN RETURNING TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM BY GIVING CLIENTS TOOLS THEY NEED TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT AND SECURE A SAFE AND PRODUCTIVE LIFE. THIS INTENSIVE YEAR-LONG PROGRAM INCLUDES RENTAL ASSISTANCE, COUNSELING, CASE MANAGEMENT, LIFE SKILLS TRAINING, AND MENTORSHIP THROUGH VOLUNTEER MENTORS. THE MENTOR RELATIONSHIP CREATES A CONNECTION AND AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE HEALING AND RESTORATION CAN TAKE PLACE FOR THE PARTICIPANTS.

  Expenses $424,234 · Grants $155,063 · Revenue $5,125

• THE COMPASS PROGRAM PROVIDES MAILBOX PRIVILEGES, TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE, ID ASSISTANCE, AND CASE MANAGEMENT.

  Expenses $146,991 · Grants $2,088

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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

• 2023

  Revenue

  $5,605,233

  Expenses

  $4,990,721

  Contributions

  $5,571,785

  Grants paid

  $286,350

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,967,376

  Expenses

  $4,444,710

  Contributions

  $3,944,052

  Grants paid

  $305,702

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

  $5,045,842

  Expenses

  $3,859,523

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,533,551

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,895,463

  Expenses

  $3,755,759

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,599,644

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,726,650

  Expenses

  $3,283,958

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,089,867

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,620,909

  Expenses

  $2,854,898

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,626,394

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,841,357

  Expenses

  $2,518,064

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,833,104

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,267,966

  Expenses

  $2,296,609

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,509,980

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,560,502

  Expenses

  $2,256,548

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,837,414

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,706,409

  Expenses

  $2,110,677

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,250,223

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,519,293

  Expenses

  $1,606,653

  Assets (EOY)

  $626,938

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,588,472

  Assets (EOY)

  $714,962

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

• COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS OF HOUSTON/HARRIS COUNTY

  $1,395,674

  2023 · See Part IV

• COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS OF HOUSTON/HARRIS COUNTY

  $985,877

  2022 · HOUSING COORDINATION

• NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT

  $185,000

  2022 · ADVANCING NELP'S MISSION THROUGH PARTNERS

• TEXAS ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION

  $168,193

  2023

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $165,400

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• TEXAS ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION

  $139,622

  2024

• GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $87,478

  2023 · HUMAN SERVICES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $79,200

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT

  $75,000

  2023 · ADVANCING NELP'S MISSION THROUGH PARTNERS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $64,500

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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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