East End Maker Hub Qalicb Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842743887
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Phone
8324985803
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Business and Industry

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$337,290
Expenses
$1,508,275
Assets
$33,993,825
Liabilities
$30,945,710

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PATRICK EZZELL (BOARD MEMBER/PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • PATRICK EZZELL (BOARD MEMBER/PRESIDENT): $257,252 total reported compensation
  • KEITH SHORT (BOARD MEMBER/TREASURER): $22,875 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the organization is to 1) acquire and hold title to property located at 6501 navigation boulevard, houston, Texas, (project) 2) borrow low-interest rate funds from third-party lenders, 3) lease a portion of the project to upcdc (who shall sublease such portion to txrx to operate or lease as office, retail, and other ancillary uses in furtherance of its stated charitable purposes) and 4) lease the remaining portion of the project to east end maker hub sponsor llc, a Texas limited liability company which shall further sublease the facility in accordance with the stated charitable purposes of upcdc and txrx. The purposes for organizing the corporation are to perform charitable purposes within the meaning of internal revenue code 501c3 supporting the charitable purpose of urban partnership community development coproration and/or transmit receive labs, inc

What it reported doing in 2024

The hub is intended to provide txrx and other houston innovators with a state-of-the-art makerspace and manufacturing center, the opportunity to expand and scale operations and to create positive economic impact for houston's east end residents. Construction on the hub was completed in 2021. The east end maker hub will generate an estimated $153 million in annual economic impact. Investing in innovation and manufacturing will diversify houston's economy, decreasing dependency on a single industry like oil and gas. The maker hub will strengthen houston's east end community by creating 400+ local jobs directly along with 200 induced jobs annually, providing the area with long-term employment, business and retail opportunities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 59
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 97.3%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -347.2%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 22.54; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.91; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 40.5% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -19.6% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $257K · 7 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 17 of 18 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.