Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston

Analysis

Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 December 2023, Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston reported income of $7.2m and spending of $8.3m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $7.2m to $7.2m (-0.7%), an average of -0.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Interfaith Food Pantry Inc ($7.2m), Society of St Vincent de Paul Archdiocese of Chicago ($7.2m) and Community Action of Orleans and Genesee Inc ($7.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 3.4% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $4.6m. It paid $450 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $8.3m against liabilities of $2.1m, net assets of $6.2m. It reported 27 employees.

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.