Junior League of Houston Foundation

Analysis

Junior League of Houston Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending May 2023, Junior League of Houston Foundation reported income of $1.2m and spending of $657k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2019 to May 2023, income fell from $2.3m to $1.2m (-47%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2021, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 46% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Junior League of Houston Foundation sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 85th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Seattle Youth Soccer Association ($1.2m), Go St Louis ($1.2m) and Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.0% of the total. At year end it held assets of $24.2m against liabilities of $547k, net assets of $23.7m.