The East End Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742078417
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Phone
7139263305
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$96,737
Expenses
$77,427
Assets
$101,470

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

People named in this filing

  • PAULA MENDOZA (BOARD PRESID)
  • KRISTOFER J SCHRODER (TREASURER)
  • DOREEN ANDERSON (SECRETARY)

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

Committed to serving the educational and communal needs of houston's east end by partnering with public officials, chamber members, and the community to offer workforce development, monetary support and guidance to local students.

What it reported doing in 2024

East end youth leadership program - employability skill & career exploration program designed to meet the needs of employers by empowering students with the critical skills necessary to excel in the workforce while providing hands-on, career discovery. 26 10th grade students from raul yzaguirre schools for success (ryss) have been selected to participate in 4 field trips to businesses in the east end and 4 lunch & learn sessions focused on the workability skills identified by our east end works committee and ryss faculty.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.3%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 97.8%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.31; rating input score 54; 54th 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: -13.2% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.3% of revenue deployed · 97.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $76K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.