Alpha Houston
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 223949134
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2015
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2015
- Location
- Houston, TX, USA
- Phone
- 7138542606
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Student Sororities, Fraternities
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $41,300
- Expenses
- $35,324
- Assets
- $7,428
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- MICHAEL YOUNG (CHAIRMAN)
- NATHAN SCHULTHEISS (DIRECTOR)
- REV REAGAN COCKE (DIRECTOR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To train, equip and encourage christian communities to effectively utilize the Alpha course as their evangelism tool to make diciples of Christ. This is done in prisons, churches and business.
What it reported doing in 2015
Support and equip organizations running the Alpha Course or seeking to run the Alpha Course in accessing available online and printed resources.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.5%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 14.5%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 85.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $35K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.