Texas · Nonprofit
CENTRAL HOUSTON INC
CENTRAL HOUSTON INC (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being KINDER FOUNDATION ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $955k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $15k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Central Houston Inc does
Mission
See schedule ocentral houston champions a thriving downtown by connecting influential leaders through initiatives that advance the future of business and community for all.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Economic development program-the economic development program is used as a reliable resource for investors, building owners and tenants serving as a clearinghouse for information, including internally generated data such as the downtown office story, development maps, and independent research. The goal of the program is to recruit and retain office tenants, encourage quality development, grow the innovation ecosystem, and ultimately bring employers and jobs to downtown.
Transportation access-transportation program advocacy is central to strong economic development in downtown. Central houston advocates on behalf of its downtown stakeholders to improve the quality of transportation options, priority access, effective commuting methods, and works with the city of houston and other agencies including txdot, metro, and h-gac to coordinate transportation projects that impact downtown. Contribution includes funding for a full time transportation program lead, educational opportunities, and research.
Civic leadership - a framework for responsible decisions regarding the civic opportunities associated with the north houston highway improvement project has been created through the mayor's office and steering committee of civic volunteers. Central houston serves as the coordinating entity to provide a deep resource of experienced urban planning, design, engineering, and economic development professionals, either through internal staff or through the engagement of consultants, to supplement the resources of the city and play an integral role with the city of houston and txdot to advance the overall quality of design for the highway project. Central houston has served and continues to serve as a leader in bringing similar civic opportunities to reality.
Urban placemaking-central houston works with the downtown community to create unique and vibrant places within downtown which attract workforce talent, residents, visitors and development investments.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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 2020 to 2021, from $2.1M to $4.3M (+102%).
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: 2021 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
Dilip Choudhuri
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of CENTRAL HOUSTON INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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.
Where its funders are
100% of CENTRAL HOUSTON INC's grant income comes from Texas funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 CENTRAL HOUSTON INC
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.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Central Houston Civic Improvement Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTRAL HOUSTON INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTRAL HOUSTON INC?
- CENTRAL HOUSTON INC (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being KINDER FOUNDATION ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTRAL HOUSTON INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $15,000 in grants to CENTRAL HOUSTON INC.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTRAL HOUSTON INC?
- KINDER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTRAL HOUSTON INC 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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