2018-11-20T06:13:31-08:00 2018-06-30 760269860 Blazek & Vetterling 2900 Weslayan Suite 200 Houston TX 770275132 990 2017-07-01 760450397 Project GRAD Houston PROJ 7138320325 3000 Richmond Avenue Houston TX 77098 Ann B Stiles CEO & President 2018-11-20 true Jody Blazek P00072674 7134395739 X 2017 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z Ann B Stiles 3000 Richmond Avenue Houston TX 77098 3164199 false false X www.projectgradhouston.org X 1994 TX The mission of Project GRAD Houston is to increase high school and college graduation rates. Project GRAD improves lives in low income communities by helping individuals develop and achieve their educational aspirations. 18 18 28 100 0 2930910 2638608 696388 525520 71 0 3627298 3164199 829919 497769 0 1707855 1413926 2078 0 213980 511335 493583 3051187 2405278 576111 758921 2005524 2786002 886895 908452 1118629 1877550 Project GRAD improves lives in low income communities by helping individuals develop and achieve their educational aspirations. false false 1368563 436520 College Access & College Success Programs: Project GRAD reached individuals and families from low-income communities with relevant information and programming to guide their college and career planning and ultimate success. GRAD staff were available through school-based collaborations and through an open access community-based delivery of services, the GRADCAFE model. Programming included college access and enrollment support, financial aid applications, career investigations, and enrollment in GRAD's summer college and career institutes. This multi-day programming allowed individuals to tour college campuses, receive information about college applications and financial aid, connect high demand career options, and experience college classroom instruction related to college certification and degrees. 497769 497769 89000 Scholarships: Project GRAD provided community college and university scholarships for the benefit of high school graduating classes of 2017 and prior years from Northside, Yates, Wheatley, Heights and Sam Houston high schools who met specified criteria prior to graduation from high school and who maintain specified levels of achievement while enrolled in community college or university. The goal of the GRAD scholarship was the successful ongoing community college or university enrollment and the ultimate completion of postsecondary credentials or degrees. 1866332 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 35 0 true 28 true false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 18 18 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false X X X Ann B Stiles 8323250467 3000 Richmond Ave Ste 400 Houston TX 77098 X Kathryn Ketelsen Chair / Co-Fdr 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ann Kaufman Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Alberto Antenangeli Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Shannon Bryan Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Emily Cole Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 John Godbold Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dennis L Greer Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jennifer Hancock Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Greg Hassell Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Scott Hochberg Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jonathan Howard Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ed Hugetz Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Mark Montgomery Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Graciela Saenz Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 David Sanders Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MA Shute Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Gigi Valera Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 John Whisnant Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ann B Stiles CEO & President 40.00 0.00 X 152000 0 22587 Anne K Sung VP & CSO 40.00 0.00 X 91000 0 6311 243000 28898 1 false true false 0 63781 2574827 2638608 Service contracts 611710 525520 525520 525520 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3164199 525520 71 0 497769 497769 0 0 213420 69939 108512 34969 0 1003433 818033 57277 128123 0 99440 85812 4615 9013 97633 74578 10654 12401 0 0 24888 24888 0 0 0 155536 84065 70424 1047 0 49234 30924 12568 5742 17184 16573 155 456 0 120697 97106 6035 17556 28846 26395 1995 456 0 40443 37892 1245 1306 24911 24911 0 0 8712 7009 436 1267 Dues & subscriptions 23132 20237 1251 1644 0 2405278 1866332 324966 213980 247914 773724 0 1703395 1958274 45701 42714 0 0 0 0 8514 11290 26411 26411 0 0 0 0 0 0 2005524 2786002 86895 185452 800000 723000 886895 908452 X -717756 340069 1836385 1537481 1118629 1877550 2005524 2786002 758921 X false true X true false X 2544230 2258672 2158490 4839335 2638608 14439335 0 0 2544230 2258672 2158490 4839335 2638608 14439335 4749302 9690033 71 71 0 0 14439406 4582477 0.67110 0.82430 X 26411 26411 3184199 20000 20000 3164199 3164199 2425278 20000 20000 2405278 2405278 true 0 0 Scholarships 478 497769 Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used Project GRAD Houston provides scholarship awards to qualifying graduates of the Houston Independent School District high schools of Northside, Yates, Wheatley, Heights and Sam Houston. Qualifications are monitored annually. Payments are made directly to the college or university for which the student is enrolled and may be used for tuition, books, and on-campus living costs. For students that have graduated, earned scholarships are paid directly to loan providers to retire student college debt. X X X X false false false false false false false false false false Ann B Stiles CEO & President 152000 10336 12251 174587 Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process Form 990 information is provided to the organization's tax accountants for return preparation and compliance. A draft of the form 990 is reviewed and approved by the finance committee prior to issuance. Once approved, the form 990 is distributed to each board member prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts Disclosures are required annually and interim compliance is reviewed on a case by case basis. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management Board compensation committee members recommend salary and benefits of the President & CEO for full board approval based on research and reviews of third party information. Committee members will also report to the board any recommendations for other executive level positions. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees Board compensation committee members also report to the board any salary and benefits recommendations for other executive level positions,based on research and reviews of third party information. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Financial statements and form 990 are provided to potential donors and others as requested and are also available on the company's website.