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American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter
American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter (Texas) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,133,218 to it, the largest being THE UNDERWOOD FOUNDATION ($250,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $3.8M
What American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter does
Mission
American Leadership Forum (ALF) brings together, in classes, leaders with diverse perspectives so they can build relationships, learn to dialogue and respectfully differ, and work together for the good of our community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Core Fellows Program: ALF provides monthly educational seminars and an outdoor training program designed to join and strengthen diverse leaders to better serve the public good. This is done through an intense year-long program that fosters learning and trust among experienced leaders from every sector of the community. The result is a unique forum where barriers between people are removed, issues are openly discussed, and solutions emerge that benefit the entire community. More than 1,500 fellows have participated in this program over 40 years.
$520,847 spentof which $88,610 as grants$636,984 earned by the program57% of program spendingALF provides activities for graduates of the Fellows Programs. These periodic activities include continuing education opportunities and community dialogue designed to further the joining and strengthening of Fellows.
$342,617 spent$25,461 earned by the program38% of program spendingCommunity Engagement: ALF provides educational seminars designed to join and strengthen diverse leaders representing every perspective found in Houston, i.e. Adapative Leadership. The goal is to form new relationships that foster new collaborations.
$46,530 spent$37,225 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $909,994.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $3.0M to $3.4M (+12%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 7% · 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Tina Peterman
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $23k → $209k.
6 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
38% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 23% · 2019 43% · 2020 26% · 2021 20% · 2022 58% · 2023 24% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
45% of American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
99% of American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $279k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
52% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- American Leadership Forum-National · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter?
- American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter (Texas) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,133,218 to it, the largest being THE UNDERWOOD FOUNDATION ($250,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $1,133,218 in grants to American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter?
- THE UNDERWOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 34 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing