Houston Delta Gamma Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237259903
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Phone
2815468161
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Service Clubs

Reported finances

Revenue
$43,028
Expenses
$44,307
Assets
$447,763

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NANCY WEBB (Vice President)
  • VIRGINIA GOBLE (Vice President)
  • MARTHA LURIE (President)
  • SARA MCALLISTER (Vice President)
  • PENNY HORTON (Vice President)
  • SUSAN MATHEWS (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • NANCY WEBB (Vice President)
  • VIRGINIA GOBLE (Vice President)
  • SIDNEY TAYLOR MCKENZIE (FOUNDATION REP)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Support of the houston lighthouse for the blind: the houston delta gamma foundation is dedicated to assisting the visually impaired in the greater houston area. The foundation helps fill the gaps in services benefiting the visually impaired through its own programs and in collaboration with a variety of service organizations to: help prevent blindness through education and medical interventions; help support counseling for low-vision patients and their families; provide cultural-enrichment programs for the visually impaired; make equipment available to aid blind and low-vision patients; provide scholarships and tuition assistance for the visually impaired, and; provide assistance to needy, visually impaired individuals for their general welfare.

What it reported doing in 2025

Community outreach - the foundation provides ongoing support for a number of organizations that benefit the visually impaired. For the year ended december 31, 2019, the foundation provided support for several publicly supported organizations providing assistance and programs for the visually impaired individuals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.3%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 92.5%; rating input score 93

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.11; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.3% of revenue deployed · 92.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $41K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.