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HOUSTON IN ACTION NETWORK

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $8.6M · expenses $10.6M · assets $9.8M

EIN
87-3022489
Address
5300 CAROLINE ST, HOUSTON, TX 77004-6803
Website
www.houstoninaction.org
NTEE code
R40
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
January 2022 (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
Frances Valdez (its 2021 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2021 (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 promote civic engagement through education, development, outreach and grant-making.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

4 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Frances E Valdez Executive Director2022-2024 $248,515$588,849 1
Christopher Valdez Communications Director2023-2024 $167,419$317,351 1
Ana Mac Naught Placed Base Program Director2024 $155,417$155,417 1
Veronica Carbajal Climate, Civil Rights Organizer2024 $128,608$128,608 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

9 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
Oni Blair Chair (thru 01/24)2022-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Joy Green Chair (as of 6/24)2024 1 $0 reported 1
Melissa Marschall Secretary2022-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Fred Lazare Treasurer2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Veronica Garcia Director2024 1 $0 reported 1
Magda Herrera Director2024 1 $0 reported 1
Yasmin Yavar Director2024 1 $0 reported 1
Sacha Lazarre (former) Director2023 1 $0 reported 1
Jen Powis (former) Treasurer2022 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 11 people listed · 4 paid, $700K · 27 employees · 6 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Frances E Valdez Executive Director40 $186,000$0$62,515 $248,5151
Christopher Valdez Communications Director40 $131,346$0$36,073 $167,4191
Ana Mac Naught Placed Base Program Director40 $133,654$0$21,763 $155,4171
Veronica Carbajal Climate, Civil Rights Organizer40 $109,039$0$19,569 $128,6081
Oni Blair Chair (thru 01/24)1 $0$0$0 $01
Joy Green Chair (as of 6/24)1 $0$0$0 $01
Melissa Marschall Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
Fred Lazare Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $01
Veronica Garcia Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Magda Herrera Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Yasmin Yavar Director1 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 6 people listed · 2 paid, $386K · 19 employees · 4 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Frances E Valdez Executive Director40 $190,000$0$46,005 $236,0051
Christopher Valdez Director of Communications40 $115,000$0$34,932 $149,9321
Oni Blair Chair1 $0$0$0 $01
Melissa Marschall Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
Fred Lazare Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $01
Sacha Lazarre Director1 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $104K · 19 employees · 3 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Frances E Valdez Executive Director40 $87,693$0$16,636 $104,3291
Oni Blair Chair1 $0$0$0 $01
Melissa Marschall Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
Jen Powis Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

2024 · 3 contractors · $746K
NameLocationServicePaid
Backbone Digital Leaders LLCRaleigh, NCConsulting, advertising$392,303
Impactive Solutions IncSomerville, MADatabase consulting$201,055
Rare Bird AdvisorsHouston, TXConsulting$152,831
2022 · 2 contractors · $388K
NameLocationServicePaid
Backbone Digital LeadersWake Forest, NCDigital advertising, marketing services$238,000
Texas Tool BeltHouston, TXData consulting services$149,982

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2024 · 74 grants to organizations · $6.1M

Listed grants add up to $6,130,476; the return's “grants paid” expense line says $6,269,267. Returns can differ here (grants paid vs. accrued, items listed elsewhere); check the filing.

2023 · 58 grants to organizations · $2.9M

Listed grants add up to $2,930,706; the return's “grants paid” expense line says $3,123,729. Returns can differ here (grants paid vs. accrued, items listed elsewhere); check the filing.

2022 · 64 grants to organizations · $2.5M

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

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
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$8,565,629$10,568,871 $9,798,403$9,518,889 $8,553,057$0 $248,515276
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$4,072,330$5,798,395 $11,829,365$11,522,131 $4,065,238$0 $236,006194
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$5,298,202$4,181,566 $13,703,100$13,655,410 $5,297,010$0 $104,329193

Funders of this organization

19 grantors reported grants to this organization, $36,174,843 in all, tax years 2022 to 2024. 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
HOUSTON IN ACTION Public charity Exact 2022 1$12,948,853 2022$12,948,853
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HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “Houston in Action Network” 2022-2024 15$11,748,000 2024$4,550,000
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WINDWARD FUND Public charity Exact 2022, 2024 2$2,800,500 2024$1,200,500
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FORD FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “HOUSTON IN ACTION NETWORK” 2022-2024 4$1,975,000 2024$675,000
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THE HEISING-SIMONS FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “HOUSTON IN ACTION NETWORK” 2022-2024 5$1,700,000 2024$700,000
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TIDES FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2022-2024 3$1,180,900 2024$772,500
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SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2024 1$1,000,000 2024$1,000,000
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EPISCOPAL HEALTH FOUNDATION Public charity Exact 2022-2023 2$750,000 2023$500,000
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UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION Public charity Exact 2023-2024 2$500,000 2024$250,000
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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2022-2023 2$472,790 2023$395,500
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DAYTON FOUNDATION PLUS INC DAF sponsor Exact 2022-2023 2$300,000 2023$200,000
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NEO PHILANTHROPY INC Public charity Exact 2023-2024 2$275,000 2024$175,000
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VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM DAF sponsor Exact 2023 1$137,500 2023$137,500
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JACOB & TERESE HERSHEY FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “Houston in Action Network”, “Houston In Action Network” 2022-2024 3$120,750 2024$50,000
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NEW VENTURE FUND Public charity Exact 2024 1$100,550 2024$100,550
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TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT Public charity Exact 2022, 2024 2$90,000 2024$40,000
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CENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS EDUCATION FUND Public charity Exact 2024 1$50,000 2024$50,000
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ALL HANDS ON DECK NETWORK INC Public charity Exact 2022 1$15,000 2022$15,000
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ASSETS UNDER MOVEMENT DAF sponsor Exact 2023 1$10,000 2023$10,000
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Who funds organizations like this

Grantors that funded the 100 most similar organizations. Ranked by total given to them. Foundations (990-PF) and donor-advised fund sponsors only. Same matching as Funders above (by EIN, or by name for foundations).

GrantorTypeTotal givenGrantsOrganizations fundedYearsWhich ones
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND funds this one DAF sponsor$217,689,030276 552016–2024 ACCOUNTABLE US; VOTER REGISTRATION PROJECT EDUCATION FUND; ALL AMERICANS VOTE; ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ORGANIZING and 51 more
SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION funds this one DAF sponsor$106,215,379114 422010–2024 CENTER FOR ELECTION INNOVATION AND RESEARCH INC; CALMATTERS; CALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND; ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ORGANIZING and 38 more
TIDES FOUNDATION funds this one DAF sponsor$51,774,921244 642018–2024 FLORIDA RISING TOGETHER INC; ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ORGANIZING; ONE ARIZONA; ORGANIZING EMPOWERMENT PROJECT INC and 60 more
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM funds this one DAF sponsor$34,869,271121 462020–2024 GUARANTEE OUR VOTES PROJECT; VOTER PROJECT FUND; MICHIGAN CIVIC EDUCATION FUND; ALL AMERICANS VOTE and 42 more
THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT Private foundation$34,577,305124 62009–2024 CALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND; CALIFORNIANS FOR JUSTICE EDUCATION FUND INC; EQUALITY ALLIANCE OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY; YOUNG INVINCIBLES and 2 more
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FORD FOUNDATION funds this one Private foundation$28,733,19887 192009–2024 ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ORGANIZING; FLORIDA RISING TOGETHER INC; PROGEORGIA STATE TABLE INC; EQUALITY ALLIANCE OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY and 15 more
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TELESCOPE FUND DAF sponsor$15,415,00018 102022–2023 ONE ARIZONA; FLORIDA RISING TOGETHER INC; ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ORGANIZING; PROGEORGIA STATE TABLE INC and 6 more
THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION Private foundation$14,971,53938 72016–2025 NEW ERA COLORADO FOUNDATION; ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ORGANIZING; FLORIDA RISING TOGETHER INC; MICHIGAN VOICES and 3 more
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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.

2024 · Form 990 · $10,568,871 spent · pay $2,307,901 · grants $6,269,267 · events $70,763
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $6,098,863$6,098,863-- 57.7%
Other salaries and wages $1,541,756$1,081,809$337,688$122,259 14.6%
Other (as described)Consulting fees $450,399$369,200$81,199- 4.3%
Advertising and promotion $390,726$390,726-- 3.7%
Information technology $364,710$271,778$92,932- 3.5%
Fees: other services $361,695$248,417$113,278- 3.4%
Other employee benefits $311,977$225,659$66,729$19,589 3.0%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $248,515$37,277$86,980$124,258 2.4%
Grants to US individuals $170,404$170,404-- 1.6%
Payroll taxes $149,995$96,339$34,968$18,688 1.4%
Other (as described)Professional developmt. $99,373$825$98,548- 0.9%
Fees: accounting $75,273-$75,273- 0.7%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $70,763$19,314$46,001$5,448 0.7%
Pension plan contributions $55,658$41,242$11,671$2,745 0.5%
Travel $55,611$15,177$36,150$4,284 0.5%
Other (as described)Equipment and supplies $42,357$2,091$40,266- 0.4%
Office expenses $37,638-$37,638- 0.4%
Occupancy $24,000-$24,000- 0.2%
Other (as described)Dues and subscriptions $7,824-$7,824- 0.1%
Insurance $7,774-$7,774- 0.1%
Fees: legal $3,560-$3,560- 0.0%
Total$10,568,871100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $5,798,395 spent · pay $1,767,388 · grants $3,123,729 · events $32,121
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $2,991,779$2,991,779-- 51.6%
Other salaries and wages $1,164,901$883,393$158,075$123,433 20.1%
Fees: other services $305,976$251,900$54,076- 5.3%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $236,006$35,401$82,602$118,003 4.1%
Other employee benefits $209,142$159,173$28,179$21,790 3.6%
Other (as described)Consulting fees $176,662$76,843$99,819- 3.0%
Information technology $175,694$122,875$52,819- 3.0%
Grants to US individuals $131,950$131,950-- 2.3%
Payroll taxes $113,928$76,677$18,884$18,367 2.0%
Advertising and promotion $70,538$51,510$19,028- 1.2%
Pension plan contributions $43,411$34,867$5,204$3,340 0.7%
Fees: accounting $38,848-$38,848- 0.7%
Office expenses $34,593$4,005$30,588- 0.6%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $32,121$17,885$14,236- 0.6%
Occupancy $24,670$670$24,000- 0.4%
Travel $19,443$1,848$17,595- 0.3%
Other (as described)Dues and subscriptions $11,125-$11,125- 0.2%
Fees: legal $10,160-$10,160- 0.2%
Other (as described)Equipment and supplies $3,068$365$2,703- 0.1%
Insurance $2,841-$2,841- 0.0%
Other (as described)Professional developmt. $1,539$450$1,089- 0.0%
Total$5,798,395100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $4,181,566 spent · pay $738,193 · grants $2,508,667 · events $9,270
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $2,508,667$2,508,667-- 60.0%
Other salaries and wages $503,881$496,459$7,422- 12.1%
Other (as described)Consulting fees $375,356$375,356-- 9.0%
Advertising and promotion $197,150$197,150-- 4.7%
Fees: other services $185,694$183,332$2,362- 4.4%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $104,329$73,030$31,299- 2.5%
Office expenses $101,282$86,796$14,486- 2.4%
Other employee benefits $76,989$72,088$4,901- 1.8%
Payroll taxes $46,889$43,904$2,985- 1.1%
Fees: accounting $21,719-$21,719- 0.5%
Information technology $12,258$12,258-- 0.3%
Occupancy $12,000$11,236$764- 0.3%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $9,270$9,270-- 0.2%
Insurance $6,290$6,290-- 0.2%
Pension plan contributions $6,105$5,716$389- 0.1%
Travel $4,945$4,945-- 0.1%
Fees: legal $4,162-$4,162- 0.1%
Other (as described)Program supplies $2,530$2,530-- 0.1%
Other (as described)Professional developmen $2,050$2,050-- 0.0%
Total$4,181,566100%

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