Houston Heights Association

Analysis

Houston Heights Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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 Heights Association reported income of $794k and spending of $853k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income fell from $979k to $794k (-19%), an average of -6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 Heights Association sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Guam Humanities Council Inc ($794k), Craft Lake City ($794k) and National Association of Veterans Research and Education Foundations ($794k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 31% and program service revenue 62% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $82k. At year end it held assets of $3.1m against liabilities of $87k, net assets of $3.0m. It reported 1 employees.