Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
760533828
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2009
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Phone
2814003680
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,763,310
Expenses
$14,581,341
Assets
$5,877,585
Liabilities
$3,823,160

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BARBIE BRASHEAR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • RONEL GOLDEN (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • ALLISON VOGT LMSW (INTERIM BOARD PRESIDENT/PAST PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • BARBIE BRASHEAR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $160,092 total reported compensation
  • ABEER MONEM (SR DIRECTOR OF INNOVATIVE SERVICES): $142,822 total reported compensation
  • THECIA JENKINS (DIRECTOR OF TRAINING & EDUCATION): $123,467 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization's mission is to coordinate and collaborate domestic violence services and systems to increase the safety of victims, hold perpetrators accountable, and prevent future domestic violence in harris county.

What it reported doing in 2025

Hcdvcc administers the early childhood resiliency fund (ecr), a collaborative initiative designed to improve outcomes for young children and families impacted by domestic violence and other adverse childhood experiences. Hcdvcc serves as the lead intermediary by administering funding, coordinating participating community organizations, providing technical assistance, monitoring performance, and facilitating collaborative learning across the network. The initiative strengthens access to trauma-informed services that promote child development, caregiver resilience, and long-term family stability.the initiative supported 14 community partners providing coordinated services to children and families throughout harris county.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 93% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 70% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.8%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 99%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.2%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.65; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.2%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 23.8% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 23.2% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 27.8% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.8% of revenue deployed · 99% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $14.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $160K · 15 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $138K reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 31 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 25 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.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.