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SOMEBODY CARES AMERICA INC

EIN 31-1703150 HOUSTON, TX

Revenue 2024
$1,000,061
Expenses 2024
$778,303

Program services were 79.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P20
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 570007

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

Mission

WE AT SOMEBODY CARES BELIEVE IN UNITY WITH A PURPOSE TO FACILIATE THIS, SOMEBODY CARES AMERICA/INTERNATIONAL (SCA/I) LEADS, EQUIPS, EMPOWERS AND ENCOURAGES THE CHURCH TO BECOME A UNIFIED AND TANGIBLE EXPRESSION OF CHRIST TO THE WORLD FOR LASTING IMPACT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

COORDINATING AND UNITING CHURCHES AND MINISTRIES TO PROVIDE TANGIBLE HELP AND HOPE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

  • SOMEBODY CARES AMERICA (SCA) PROVIDES RESOURCES FOR RELIEF OF VICTIMS OF PERSONAL CRISIS AND NATURAL DISASTERS. DURING 2024, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED:HURRICANE BERYL RESPONDED TO DEVASTATION BROUGHT BY BERYL IN BOTH THE CARRIBEAN AND BRAZORIA COUNTY, TX. SCA PARTNERED WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICAL CHURCHES ST. VINCENT GRENADINES TO PROVIDE GROCERIES, HYGIENE AND OTHER ESSENTIAL ITEMS TO FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE STORM AND SUPPORTED CLEAN UP EFFORTS ON THE ISLAND OF MAYREAU WITH PARTNER CRI. THE SCA NETWORK ALSO SERVED 1,750 HOT MEALS IN BRAZORIA COUNTY IN COMMUNITIES WITHOUT POWER, DISTRIBUTED 1.5K IN GIFT CARDS AND 96 COMFORT BEARS TO FAMILIES AND HELPED 2 AFFECTED FAMILIES WITH HOME REPAIRS. HURRICANE HELENE PARTNERED WITH CHURCHES AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS IN FL, GA, NC AND TN TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE RELIEF AND ON-GOING ASSISTANCE IN COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY HELENE. IN 2024 ALONE SCA AND NETWORK PARTNERS RECEIVED, SENT AND HELPED DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 120 TRUCKLOADS OF RELIEF AND RECOVERY SUPPLIES FILLED WITH EVERYTHING FROM FOOD, WATER, HYGIENE ITEMS AND CLEANING SUPPLIES TO GENERATOR, AND BUILDING SUPPLIES; SERVED 23,000 HOT MEALS; PROVIDED OVER 10K IN GIFT CARDS; SUPPORTED VOLUNTEER TEAM BASES TO ACQUIRE A FORKLIFT, HOUSING AND GENERATORS FOR EXTENDED OPERATIONS. PROVIDED GRANTS TO CHURCHES UNDERTAKING RELIEF OPERATIONS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO HELP WITH RESPONSE EXPENSES. HURRICANE MILTON SUPPORTED A NETWORK OF CHURCHES IN CENTRAL FLORIDA PROVIDE RELIEF AND RECOVERY SERVICES IN COMMUNITES IMPACTED BY MILTON. THIS INCLUDED HELPING PROCURE AND DISTRIBUTE 9+ TRUCKLOADS OF FOOD, DRINKS, CLEANING AND HYGIENE SUPPLIES, GENERATORS AND OTHER ESSENTIAL ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES RECOVERING, DISTRIBUTING 1.75K WORTH OF GIFT CARDS; SERVING OVER 11,000 HOT MEALS, AND HELPING CHURCHES WITH RESPONSE EXPENSES. VARIOUS OTHER RESPONSE EFFORTS -SHIPPED 50 UKRAINIAN AUDIO BIBLE TO UKRAINE FOR DISTRIBUTION TO SOLDIERS AND DISPLACED PEOPLE. -PROVIDED 3K IN GIFT CARDS FOR DISTRIBUTION THROUGH OUR HIGH PLAINS CHAPTER TO FAMILIES IMPACTED BY THE WILDFIRES. -PROVIDED 500 IN GIFT CARDS FOR DISTRIBUTION THROUGH A PARTNER CHURCH TO FAMILIES IMPACTED BY THE TORNADOS THAT RIPPED THROUGH PORT ARTHUR, TX. -PARTNERED WITH OUR JASPER NEWTON COUNTY CHAPTER TO RESPOND TO FLOODING IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS; DISTRIBUTING GIFT CARDS (2K), SOCKS AND CLEANING SUPPLIES AS WELL AS PROVIDE FUNDS (18K) TO ASSIST WITH REPAIRS TO HOMES THAT SUSTAINED WATER DAMAGE. -CONTINUED HELPING FAMILIES IN PINE ISLAND, FL RECOVER FROM HURRICANE IAN BY PROVIDING OVER 28K IN GRANTS TO 16 FAMILIES TO ACQUIRE APPLIANCES AND ESSENTIAL FURNITURE SO THEY CAN MOVE BACK INTO REPAIRED HOMES. -GRANTED CHRIST CHURCH ROSWELL WITH A 1K GRANT TO PROVIDE FOOD, WATER AND OTHER ESSENTIALS TO THOSE FORCED TO FLEE ARIZONA WILDFIRES.

    Expenses $404,958 · Grants $284,028

  • SOMEBODY CARES AMERICA EQUIPS AND EMPOWERS CHAPTERS AND AFFILIATE MINISTRIES WITH RESOURCE, TRAINING, AND NETWORK REFERRALS TO EFFECTIVELY MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITY THROUGH EVENTS AND ONGOING PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $75,423

  • ONGOING SUPPORT FOR SOMEBODY CARES CHAPTERS AND CENTER CONSISTED OF PHONE AND ZOOM CONFERENCES AS WELL AS SITE VISITS TO MULTIPLE US AND INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS. WE ALSO ADDED A CHAPTER IN THE HIGH PLAINS OF TEXAS REGION. SOMEBODY CARES CURRENTLY HAS 2 ACTIVE INTERNATIONAL CHAPTERS, 13 ACTIVE US CHAPTERS AND 1 ACTIVE US CENTER.

    Expenses $72,783

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $68,115 · Revenue $6,400

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

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.

  • JODIE CHIRICOSTA

    SECRETARY/DI

    Total calculated
    $103,975
    From this org
    $103,975
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

  • J DOUG STRINGER

    PRESIDENT/CH

    Total calculated
    $96,043
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $46,043
    Other
    $50,000
    Hours/week
    40

  • STEVE ARIZPE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALLEN HICKMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAY MINCKS

    VP/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RUSSELL NAISBITT

    TREASURER/DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LONNY ROBBINS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SCOTT SEAMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAUL TAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $1,000,061
    Expenses
    $778,303
    Contributions
    $982,201
    Grants paid
    $284,028
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $729,572
    Expenses
    $655,503
    Contributions
    $728,877
    Grants paid
    $201,671
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $636,995
    Expenses
    $619,468
    Contributions
    $636,995
    Grants paid
    $206,078

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
    $818,996
    Expenses
    $793,152
    Assets (EOY)
    $187,164

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,049,361
    Expenses
    $1,064,101
    Assets (EOY)
    $126,006

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $859,541
    Expenses
    $1,034,159
    Assets (EOY)
    $154,090

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $857,807
    Expenses
    $799,751
    Assets (EOY)
    $316,409

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,240,485
    Expenses
    $1,020,935
    Assets (EOY)
    $276,684

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $463,963
    Expenses
    $500,674
    Assets (EOY)
    $46,017

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $371,385
    Expenses
    $375,255
    Assets (EOY)
    $65,690

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $411,238
    Expenses
    $468,434
    Assets (EOY)
    $65,672

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.

Grants made

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

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Grants received

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.

Declared on its 2024 return

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

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.