2024-04-02T14:34:31-05:00 2023-12-31 760269860 Blazek & Vetterling 2900 Weslayan Suite 200 Houston TX 77027 990 2023-01-01 760040419 Italian Cultural & Community Center of Houston ITAL 7135244222 1101 Milford Houston TX 77006 Claudia Sims President 7135244222 2024-04-02 1 Claudia Sims 999009999 0 Barbara Murphy P01386215 7134395739 2024-04-02 2 AAL1 IAL1 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Claudia Sims 1101 Milford Houston TX 77006 664427 0 X www.iccchouston.com X 1970 TX The Italian Cultural & Community Center (ICCC) celebrates and preserves Italian culture and heritage. 11 11 6 85 0 0 265695 279260 283863 288729 2847 16764 12081 13554 564486 598307 13000 18000 0 0 201885 233598 0 0 45021 279535 343631 494420 595229 70066 3078 1661566 1692785 28113 56254 1633453 1636531 X To advance, celebrate, and preserve Italian culture and heritage. We share our rich culture with everyone in our community by promoting the Italian language, history, art, music, and cuisine. We support deserving students with scholarships each year. 0 0 386947 256687 Italian Language School: The ICCC considers the Italian Language School and its related activities essential to its mission. The Italian Language School has existed at the Cultural Center since 1989. The school offers 7-week sessions throughout the year for adults, kindergarten and children's classes, teen classes, and ongoing private & semi-private classes. Classes include grammar, conversation, a tourist guide to the basic Italian Language, and a look at Italy's contemporary life. The school also offers cultural Art History, Architecture, and Opera courses. Classes are in-person and online at the Italian Cultural & Community Center. The Language School serves approximately 340 students a year. 63891 32042 Cultural Events: Since 1988, the public has enjoyed continuous events highlighting Italy and Italians' vast global contributions. During 2023, programs were conducted to highlight Italy's cultural, historical, educational, and traditions. The programs included wine lectures and tasting series that focused on regional wines and the history of the wine-growing regions in Italy, a contemporary Italian Film Series during which films were shown monthly for eight months, educational lecture workshops, and cultural classes. Total attendance for all the Cultural Events exceeded 1750 people. Other events focus on Italian tradition, such as La Befana for the children. 18000 18000 Scholarship Program: Since 2000, the organization has granted over $281,000 scholarships. In 2023, ICCC awarded $18,000 scholarships to deserving young men and women. Since 1982, the ICCC has awarded $1,000 each for new and renewing annual scholarships to high school seniors based on merit & financial need. In 2023, two new scholarships were awarded to high school seniors, and six were renewed. See Schedule O for further Scholarship Program details.Since its inception, we have awarded four scholarships to eligible undergraduate, MBA, or Ph.D. students for study abroad programs in Italy, totaling $10,000. The program began in 2020 (overseas travel was unavailable in 2020/2021 due to Covid). We awarded one (1) one-time non-renewable $5,000 scholarship to college students currently enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate, or Ph.D. program, majoring or minoring in Italian Studies, Concentrating in Italian History and Culture. La Voce - Initially named "II Domani," the newspaper began publication in 1989 to inform the public and Italian-American community of events at the Italian Cultural & Community Center and report the member clubs' news. In 2020, the publication went electronic and was emailed bi-monthly to approximately 4,500 followers. It can be downloaded free from our website, as can prior issues. Library: The Library houses books in Italian for our Language School students & the community at large for research & study. Additionally, the library collection includes books about Italian-American history and authors of Italian-American descent. Heritage Book: To record history and preserve the memory of Italian-American life in the greater Houston area from the late 1800s until now, the organization has underwritten the publication of two large, glossy-paged volumes of Houstonians of Italian-American Descent: Volumes I & II. The project was from 2001 to 2006. During that time, 100% of Vol. I printed books and 99% of the Vol. IIs were sold or donated to libraries and heritage organizations requests for Vol. II continue to be filled, albeit only a few copies are left. 8544 Italian Mass: For most Italian immigrants to America, Sunday recalls morning Mass in Italian, followed by a family gathering for lunch. Since 1989, the organization has sought to preserve this tradition with a Mass in Italian once a month followed by an equally well-attended pasta lunch. Mass is generally attended by about 30-50 people, many of whom may be visitors from Italy or those whose native language is Italian and members of the Italian-American Community. 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The Scholarship Committee chooses recipients based on scholarship, leadership, and financial need. Additional details and applications are available on the website - www.iccchouston.com. Students must show proof of being enrolled full-time and send updated transcripts each semester to prove a 3.0 grade point average to remain eligible for renewed scholarship payments to be sent to their school. X Supplies 891 31559 FMV X Raffle items 32 22101 FMV X Auction items 94 10177 Sale proceeds 0 1 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 While there is only one class of members (general memberships), there is a designation of "member organizations," which refers to an original group of clubs that started the organization. They have no voting rights, but they may veto the general membership in matters of dissolution of the organization or its property at 1101 Milford, Houston, TX 77006. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a Members elect the Board and vote on changes to the By-Laws. Per the corporate documents, the organization may not dissolve or dispose of real property without the consent of the membership. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b Members elect the Board and vote on changes to the By-Laws. Per the corporate documents, the organization may not dissolve or dispose of property without the consent of the membership. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The President and Treasurer review Form 990. Final copies are emailed to the Board for discussion and review before filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c The Board discusses the situation and determines whether or not there is a conflict. If a conflict of interest arises, the Director in question shall be allowed to participate in discussions on the matter but shall not be allowed to vote. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a The Board of Directors reviews the performance of the Executive Director, and compensation is decided based on performance, comparable positions with other similar non-profits in the greater Houston area, and budget constraints. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Available upon request.