Houston Law Review

Analysis

Houston Law Review is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover social science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a organisation supporting a government-owned college or university under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending August 2023, Houston Law Review reported income of $116k and spending of $132k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $82k to $116k (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2020, when income rose by 177%. Over the whole period it spent 52% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Houston Law Review sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile, and in the 44th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include X-Quest Inc ($116k), Henry County Historical Society ($116k) and Travelers Rest Preservation and Heritage Association ($116k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 22% and program service revenue 58% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $127, net assets of $1.4m.