Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
741802047
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Spring, TX, USA
Phone
2814404160
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$386,556
Expenses
$366,616
Assets
$437,744
Liabilities
$139,005

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERT A LIEB JR (PRESIDENT &)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROBERT A LIEB JR (PRESIDENT &): $102,877 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 mission of the houston northwest chamber of commerce is developing successful businesses and thriving community.

What it reported doing in 2025

The purpose of the houston northwest chamber of commerce is to promote area businesses and enhance member value through regular programs and events. Such activities include networking events, open to members and non-members alike, community luncheons involving an area leader to provide a keynote address, a table-top business expo, and several informational economic forums and business improvement seminars. The chamber also performs ribbon cuttings for new businesses and provides publicity and advertising opportunities for its members. The organizations key initiative is to recruit and retain membership. This was accomplished by implementing several marketing strategies such as same-day sign up discounts, first year member benefit communications, renewal anniversary resets for past due members, and dues increase delay for early renewals. The chamber also hired a business development director in february 2024 to assist with membership retention. The chamber advocates with local and state government for flood mitigation funding, increased law enforcement/crime reduction, and transportation funding. The houston northwest chamber of commerce also funds a local economic development program, which works with the other area economic development organizations and the state to attract new businesses to the area and retain existing businesses. Its other primary initiative is to create management district in the service areas main commercial corridor. This effort is intended to address crime, economically distressed properties and attract new businesses to the area. This is an ongoing effort. The chamber offers economic research and market data for existing and prospective businesses looking into the area.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 78% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.6%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 67%; rating input score 67
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.2%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.19; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 28.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.8% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.6% of revenue deployed · 67% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $246K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $103K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 37/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.