CHOICE FOUNDATION INC

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $33K · expenses $49K · assets $61K

EIN
80-0154677
Address
PO BOX 971, HOUSTON, TX 77001-0971
NTEE code
B90
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
June 2008 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
Principal officer
Sharon Owens (its 2020 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2020 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

To support youth and families in the Hou

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 4 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

4 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Gaylon B Cunningham Treasurer2021-2025 2 $0 reported 1
Sharon M Owens President2021-2025 2 $0 reported 1
Monica Fontenot-Poindexter Secretary2021-2025 2 $0 reported 1
Argentina James Vice President2024-2025 2 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Gaylon B Cunningham Treasurer2 $0-$0 $01
Sharon M Owens President2 $0-$0 $01
Monica Fontenot-Poindexter Secretary2 $0-$0 $01
Argentina James Vice President2 $0-$0 $01
2024 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Gaylon B Cunningham Treasurer2 $0-$0 $01
Sharon M Owens President2 $0-$0 $01
Monica Fontenot-Poindexter Secretary2 $0-$0 $01
Argentina James Vice President2 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Gaylon B Cunningham Treasurer2 $0-$0 $01
Sharon M Owens President2 $0-$0 $01
Monica Fontenot-Poindexter Secretary2 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Gaylon B Cunningham Treasurer2 $0-$0 $01
Sharon M Owens President2 $0-$0 $01
Monica Fontenot-Poindexter Secretary2 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Gaylon B Cunningham Treasurer2 $0-$0 $01
Sharon M Owens President2 $0-$0 $01
Monica Fontenot-Poindexter Secretary2 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

State business registration

The same business name in the same state, from the state’s official registry data.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2026-04-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$33,006$49,496 $60,635$60,635 $17,011- ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-04-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$40,282$22,300 $77,125$77,125 $414- ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-04-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$11,113$15,265 $59,143$59,143 $10,073- ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-04-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$61,201$42,546 $63,295$63,295 $60,376- ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-04-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$70,360$62,267 $44,640$44,640 $70,290- ---

Funders of this organization

3 grantors reported grants to this organization, $38,303 in all, tax years 2013 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
TMF HEALTH QUALITY INSTITUTE Public charity Exact 2013-2015, 2018 4$37,272 2018$10,400
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NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2015 1$1,000 2015$1,000
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “CHOICE FOUNDATION INC” 2022-2023 2$31 2023$18
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DELTA ACADEMIC ARTISTIC AND PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONTXB90 $38,992$59,230 CHAIRMAN$0 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
GILLESPIE EXTENSION INCTXB90 $39,312$29,706 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
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LUKE 16 PROJECT INCTXB90 $36,785$20,195 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
KALEIDOSCOPE TFBCTXB90 $29,036$55,661 PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
FIESTA FOR THE MINDTXB90 $28,067$27,280 Board Vice President$0 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
RESTORING THE COMMUNITY INCTXB90 $27,518$21,531 President$0 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
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SAPPHIRE FOUNDATION INC Private foundation$105,0003 12021–2022 WEZMORE PROJECT INC
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990EZ · $49,496 spent · pay $0 · grants $46,500 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $46,500 93.9%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $2,766 5.6%
Printing, publications, postage $230 0.5%
Total$49,496100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $22,300 spent · pay $0 · grants $19,500 · events $39,719
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $19,500 87.4%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $2,574 11.5%
Printing, publications, postage $226 1.0%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$39,719reported apart
Total$22,300100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $15,265 spent · pay $0 · grants $15,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $15,000 98.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $185 1.2%
Fees to independent contractors $80 0.5%
Total$15,265100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $42,546 spent · pay $0 · grants $42,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $42,000 98.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $546 1.3%
Total$42,546100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $62,267 spent · pay $0 · grants $61,679 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $61,679 99.1%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $347 0.6%
Printing, publications, postage $166 0.3%
Fees to independent contractors $75 0.1%
Total$62,267100%

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