Houston Forward Fund
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 990707211
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Houston, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8328158919
- Rating
- 45
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $25,000
- Expenses
- $929
- Assets
- $126,671
- Liabilities
- $146,854
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Diana Patino (President)
People named in this filing
- Jaime Mercado (Secretary)
- Diana Patino (President)
- Gigi Lee (Treasurer)
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
Houston Forward Fund, Inc. will engage in educating the community. To this end, Houston Forward Fund will conduct research, seminars, forums, and other educational programs for the public on issues of public concern. It will also engage in activities promoting social welfare, such as advancing civic pride, promoting economic advancement and opportunities, and educating the public on issues crucial to citizens of the City of Houston, Texas. It may engage in substantial lobbying activities. Its activities are under the direction of a Board of Directors consisting of prominent individuals with backgrounds in academics and/or government. While Houston Forward Fund, Inc.'s philosophy on issues may be generally consistent with that of a major political party, it will conduct its activities in a non-partisan manner and will not be affiliated in any way with the political party.
What it reported doing in 2025
Party On The Plaza Inauguration funds.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 83
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
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: 96.3%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 136.35; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.16; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -121.6% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 21% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.