Houston Regional Monitoring Corporation

Analysis

Houston Regional Monitoring Corporation is a registered charity in United States, based in Baytown, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2022, Houston Regional Monitoring Corporation reported income of $2.2m and spending of $3.3m, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income fell from $2.3m to $2.2m (-2.6%), an average of -0.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Houston Regional Monitoring Corporation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clark Fork Coalition ($2.2m), New Canaan Nature Center Association Inc ($2.2m) and Glen Helen Association ($2.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $215k, net assets of $1.6m.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.