Houston Bar Foundation

Analysis

Houston Bar Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover crime and legal-related, which this site groups under human rights and equality. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Houston Bar Foundation reported income of $2.1m and spending of $1.9m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $2.8m to $2.1m (-25%), an average of -7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Houston Bar Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include N C a Philip Randolph Institute Inc ($2.1m), Truly Reaching You ($2.1m) and Legal Hand Inc ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 66% of the total. At year end it held assets of $21.3m against liabilities of $1.4m, net assets of $19.9m.