Houston Health Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272920745
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Phone
8323933714
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,446,787
Expenses
$1,678,926
Assets
$3,110,800
Liabilities
$173,915

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBIN MANSUR (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROBIN MANSUR (PRESIDENT & CEO): $153,061 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Houston health foundation (hhf) has the mission of creating private/public partnerships for sustainable health and wellness initiatives and programs in our communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Houston health foundation (hhf) supports a variety of community health, education, and collaborative initiatives that improve outcomes for vulnerable populations across the greater houston area.hhf collaborates with local agencies and community coalitions to address the physical, emotional, and social needs of underserved populations throughout the greater houston area. These collaborations include: area agency on aging - connects approximately 65,000 senior citizens in the greater houston area to essential resources and services that support healthy aging and independent living. Hire houston youth - connects youth ages 16-24 with paid summer jobs and internship opportunities across public, private, and philanthropic sectors throughout houston. Nurse-family partnership - supports an evidence-based maternal and child health program serving first-time mothers living in poverty. Specially trained nurses provide ongoing home visitation services beginning during pregnancy and continuing through the child's second birthday. The program primarily serves mothers in the sunnyside and acres homes communities and throughout harris county. Project saving smiles - provides free dental screenings, dental sealants, fluoride varnish treatments, and oral health education to at-risk second-grade students. Hhf also provides fiscal management and administrative support services for community health initiatives, including: anti-human trafficking (aht) - supports education and training for healthcare providers, services for victims and survivors of human trafficking, and research efforts to improve clinical care and inform public policy. Houston recovery initiative (hri) - hhf serves as fiscal agent for multiple funding sources supporting this community-based consortium of more than 50 recovery-focused organizations working collaboratively to improve access to recovery resources and outcomes for individuals overcoming addiction.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 69% for direct work, and 31% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.1%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 74.3%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.58 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 51st 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -16%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.85; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.1%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.7% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.1% of revenue deployed · 74.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $153K · 16 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 43/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 40/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.