Houston Responds

Analysis

Houston Responds is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. 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, Houston Responds reported income of $389k and spending of $382k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.7m to $389k (-77%), an average of -31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Houston Responds sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 71st percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fritz Institute ($389k), North Washington Volunteer Fire Department ($390k) and Galway Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($389k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $207k. At year end it held assets of $115k against liabilities of $5,231, net assets of $110k. It reported 3 employees.