Houston Real Estate Council

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
760374063
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$77,243
Expenses
$74,983
Assets
$62,606

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHASE CRAWFORD (1ST V PRESIDENT)
  • JOHN RENTZ (President)
  • JULIE WARD (Past President)

People named in this filing

  • SUZY HARTGROVE (Executive Dir.)
  • MATT CAMP (Treasurer)
  • ROBERT COLLINS (OF COUNCIL)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The houston real estate council is an industry advocacy organization created to address public policies & regulatory issues affecting the real estate investment & development community. The council, thru members of its steering committee, is deeply involved in a wide range of issues that impact the ownership and development of real property.form 990, part 111, line 4d- all other accomplishmentsto assist the real estate investment & development communityform 990, part vi, line 11b - organszation's process to review form 990 the board reviews the return prior to filingform 990, part vi, line 19- governing documents disclosure explanation no documents available to the public

What it reported doing in 2024

To assist the real estate investment and development community

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
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. 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: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 57.7%; rating input score 58
  • Program expense ratio: 59.5%; rating input score 59

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.9%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.83; rating input score 41; 41st 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 57.7% of revenue deployed · 59.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $45K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.