Texas · Nonprofit
EVOLVE HOUSTON
EVOLVE HOUSTON (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $372,500 to it, the largest being CENTERPOINT ENERGY FOUNDATION INC ($200,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $373k
- Net assets
- $487k
What Evolve Houston does
Mission
Improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by supporting and enabling the greater houston area to increase ev adoption.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The organization began providing an all-electric (ev) microtransit pilot service to the city of houston
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Evolve Houston's microtransit program is responsible for accelerating ev solutions in houston's public and private transportation technologies by providing ev microtransit services and, therefore, reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The program helped meet first and last mile transportation needs in specific zones, leading to increased mobility and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
$627,959 spent$550,352 earned by the program40% of program spendingEvolve Houston's grants program is responsible for accelerating ev solutions in houston by investigating in community-based projects and, therefore, reduced greenhouse gas emissions in partnership with communities. The program helped public and private organizations navigate the challenges of ev adoption by providing capital for ev and evse-related projects, leading to increased ev adoption and public and private evse deployment.
$623,018 spentof which $555,146 as grants40% of program spendingEvolve Houston's marketing program is responsible for effectively publicizing Evolve Houston efforts across all programs and increasing ev awareness through experiential activities, digital efforts, and strategic partnerships.
$263,481 spent$4,250 earned by the program17% of program spendingOther programs
$49,890 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,564,348.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $971k to $1.7M (+78%).
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.
65% of EVOLVE HOUSTON’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Andrey Shuvalov
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $50k → $222k.
From the IRS filings of EVOLVE HOUSTON’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.
How concentrated its funding is
EVOLVE HOUSTON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
46% 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 EVOLVE HOUSTON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 98% · 2023 90% — 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.
Where its funders are
54% of EVOLVE HOUSTON's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
EVOLVE HOUSTON is better cushioned than half of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like EVOLVE HOUSTON
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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EVOLVE HOUSTON: 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 EVOLVE HOUSTON?
- EVOLVE HOUSTON (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $372,500 to it, the largest being CENTERPOINT ENERGY FOUNDATION INC ($200,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EVOLVE HOUSTON have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $372,500 in grants to EVOLVE HOUSTON, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EVOLVE HOUSTON?
- CENTERPOINT ENERGY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EVOLVE HOUSTON 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 4 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