Small Public Charity

HOUSTON IN ACTION

HOUSTON IN ACTION is a Small Public Charity headquartered in HOUSTON, TX. IRS filings disclose 61 grants awarded by this foundation, totaling roughly $7.3M.

EIN: 830940984 HOUSTON, TX Private Independent Foundations NTEE: T22 Latest filing: 2025
Grants Given61
Grant Total$7.3M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS

Where $100 goes at Houston in Action

How Houston in Action divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990-EZ filings, averaged across 6 years.

$96 Programs the work itself
$4 Everything else operations and overhead

Form 990-EZ reports program spending but doesn't separate management from fundraising, so those are shown together.

Inside the $96 for programs

$96
Provide support to 501(c)(3) organizations
All program spending
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Source: Form 990-EZ filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Before you apply to Houston in Action

Often funds new orgs 83% of recent recipients were first-time grantees (2018–2022).

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Officers & Directors

TREASURER Andrea Mayes
SECRETARY Nadia Valliani
PRESIDENT Rebecca Hove

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Top Grant Purposes

Human & Social Services
$295,000 5 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$191,584 16 grants
General Support
$146,100 6 grants
Education
$107,500 3 grants
Religion & Spirituality
$100,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 — — —
2024 $173 $4K —
2023 $604 $5K $9K
2022 $12.1M $14.7M $8K
2020 $5.1M $3.4M $3.0M

Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue declined from $5.1M to $173 (-100%).

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Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in AZ, CA, DC, IL, IN, TX.

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