The Beacon Of Downtown Houston
The Beacon Of Downtown Houston
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About this organization
Mission
Providing essential and next-step services to restore hope and help end homelessness in Houston.
About
The Beacon Day Center offers hot meals, private showers and lavatory facilities, laundry services, case management, and pastoral outreach and care to Houston's homeless community. These services are offered Thursday through Monday, including weekends when other homeless service providers tend to be closed. The Day Center also provides intake and registration for The Beacon's other programs as well as the nonprofit agencies also located in the John S. Dunn Outreach Center. Over 2,600 volunteers as well as six Day Center staff served more than 300 clients daily.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The non-profit's mission, as described in the filing, is “Our mission is to provide essential and next-step services to restore hope and help end homelessness in houston.”.
When describing its duties, they were characterized as: “The beacon of downtown houston, formerly known as cathedral health & outreach ministries (chom), provides social and health services to poor and homeless men, women, children and youth living in the houston area.”.
- The non-profit has complied with legal regulations by reporting their state of operation as TX.
- The filing shows that the non-profit's address as of 2019 is 1117 Texas Avenue, Houston, TX, 77002.
- As of 2019, the non-profit has reported a total of 35 employees on their form.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Does not have foreign activities.
- Is not a donor-advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$233,989.
- The compensation of the CEO of the organization is subject to review and approval by an independent body.
- The organization elects its board members.
- The organization has a written policy that describes how long it will retain documents.
- The organization has 22 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2002.
- The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule J.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization pays $1,815,633 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $277,265 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
- The organization pays grants to individuals.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
- The organization has a written whistleblower policy.
- The organization has fundraising events.
- The organization's financial statements were reviewed by an accountant.