Texas · Nonprofit
JULIA C HESTER HOUSE INC
JULIA C HESTER HOUSE INC (Texas) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,109,737 to it, the largest being United Way of Greater Houston ($863,558). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $6.5M
What Julia C Hester House Inc does
Mission
The agency provides social services to residents of houston texas' historic fifth ward.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Early childhood: the overall goal of this program is to foster a postive, healthy learning environment for the children of the fifth ward community and to empower individual families. Based on head start performance standards and texas early learning standards, the program encourages each child to explore the environment in a positive way with strong emphasis on early literacy and strong family support. Hester house's staff and families meet together to build relationships of respect and quality.
$306,762 spent$9,862 earned by the program44% of program spendingFamily and social service: through supportive and case management services, the family and social services program addresses immediate client needs while assessing root causes impacted the client's ability to maintain and/or achieve self-sufficieny. The elimination of these obstacles allows familes to achieve personal, educational, and economic independence which ultimately enhances the quality of life in the fifth ward and surrounding communities.
$211,882 spent$2,206 earned by the program30% of program spendingSenior services: the senior service program empowers seniors to live independently and with dignity. Critical services for the elderly are provided in a community-based environment promoting health and nutrition, social activities, recreation, and supportive services. The program seeks to decrease loneliness and isolation, improve and maintain health conditions, and provide linkage to critical resources to help sustain at-risk seniors within their homes. Ultimately, the impact will result in an increase in lifestyle changes, which support hester house's mission of promotion quality of living in the fifth ward community.
$182,445 spent$540 earned by the program26% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $701,089.
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 2023 to 2024, from $4.0M to $6.6M (+64%).
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: 2017 78% · 2018 79% · 2019 65% · 2020 68% · 2021 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
Jeremy Brown
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $50k → $122.
3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 JULIA C HESTER HOUSE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 10 of 11 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
JULIA C HESTER HOUSE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
81% 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 JULIA C HESTER HOUSE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 89% · 2021 58% · 2022 90% · 2023 61% — 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
33% of JULIA C HESTER HOUSE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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 JULIA C HESTER HOUSE INC's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
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In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for JULIA C HESTER HOUSE 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 JULIA C HESTER HOUSE INC?
- JULIA C HESTER HOUSE INC (Texas) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,109,737 to it, the largest being United Way of Greater Houston ($863,558). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JULIA C HESTER HOUSE INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $1,109,737 in grants to JULIA C HESTER HOUSE INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JULIA C HESTER HOUSE INC?
- United Way of Greater Houston is the largest funder on record, with $863,558 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JULIA C HESTER HOUSE 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.
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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 11 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