2024-05-08T13:41:24-05:00 2023-12-31 760269860 Blazek & Vetterling 2900 Weslayan Suite 200 Houston TX 77027 990 2023-01-01 742137744 Crime Stoppers of Houston Inc CRIM 7135214600 PO Box 541654 Houston TX 772541654 Rania Mankarious CEO 7135214600 2024-05-08 1 Rania Mankarious 999009999 0 Barbara Murphy P01386215 7134395739 2024-05-08 3 AAL1 IAL1 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Rania Mankarious PO Box 541654 Houston TX 772541654 4303044 0 X www.crime-stoppers.org X 1981 TX To solve and prevent crimes in partnership with the community & the criminal justice system. 34 34 25 882 0 0 3112897 2883982 0 0 5415 112747 2332 61556 3120644 3058285 5024 4272 0 0 1554747 1886187 0 0 374385 1444067 1399774 3003838 3290233 116806 -231948 15038283 14820343 1158761 1086616 13879522 13733727 X Crime Stoppers of Houston's mission is to solve and prevent crime in the Greater Houston area in partnership with citizens, media and the criminal justice system. 0 0 1516882 See Schedule O 595327 4272 See Schedule O 572538 See Schedule O 2684747 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 1 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 34 34 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 X X Stuart Hudson 7135214600 PO Box 541654 Houston TX 77254 Lindsay Aronstein Chairman 4.00 X X 0 0 0 Christopher Massey Vice Chair 1.50 X X 0 0 0 Travis Dorroh Treasurer 1.15 X X 0 0 0 John Crapitto Secretary 0.44 X X 0 0 0 Hazem Ahmed Director 0.40 X 0 0 0 Taseer Badar Director 0.06 X 0 0 0 Wendy Baimbridge Director 0.44 X 0 0 0 Wendy Craven Director 0.23 X 0 0 0 Michelle Heinz Director 0.06 X 0 0 0 Jennifer Hohman Director 0.31 X 0 0 0 Shana Jones Director 0.40 X 0 0 0 Brigitte Kalai Director 0.06 X 0 0 0 Maha Khan Director 0.12 X 0 0 0 Patricia King-Ritter Director 0.58 X 0 0 0 Logan Leal Director 0.13 X 0 0 0 Linda Schaefer Levy Director 0.48 X 0 0 0 Matt Mackey Director 0.06 X 0 0 0 Oscar Martinez Director 0.46 X 0 0 0 Akash Patel Director 0.50 X 0 0 0 Ryan Patrick Director 0.06 X 0 0 0 Ted Poe Director 0.21 X 0 0 0 Cora Robinson Director 0.08 X 0 0 0 Jordan Seff Director 0.29 X 0 0 0 Alicia Smith Director 0.06 X 0 0 0 Jeff Stearns Director 0.19 X 0 0 0 Sean Stewart Director 0.27 X 0 0 0 Jill Talisman Director 0.27 X 0 0 0 Jeff Vaden Director 0.23 X 0 0 0 Justin Vickrey Director 0.54 X 0 0 0 Sheridan Williams Director 0.25 X 0 0 0 Don Woo Director 0.06 X 0 0 0 Len Wright Director 0.06 X 0 0 0 Jonathan Zadok Director 0.23 X 0 0 0 Rania Mankarious CEO 50.00 X 288026 0 10874 Cabell Wood Sr. Dev & Programs Mgmt Director 40.00 X 119907 0 10619 407933 0 21493 2 0 1 0 0 2266 1026002 1099443 756271 22210 2883982 126197 126197 1012945 1026395 -13450 -13450 -13450 279320 1026002 218082 61238 61238 600 282 318 318 3058285 318 0 173985 4272 4272 298900 254065 44835 1319056 1045723 95702 177631 152869 122248 9751 20870 115362 92640 6870 15852 6305 6305 24850 24850 4474 4474 140500 139586 914 98351 75397 6168 16786 254646 217380 32433 4833 76885 67874 9011 149867 120348 8925 20594 50751 50721 12 18 30480 18515 11965 264228 212190 15729 36309 54820 44022 3265 7533 Anonymous cash rewards 209700 209700 Event expenses 28804 28804 Dues & subscriptions 5113 3761 1032 320 3290233 2684747 231101 374385 1957025 908865 2224212 3489057 586915 351798 3927 3448 17860 2826 10119717 2134829 8249116 7984888 1817965 1901354 181263 178107 15038283 14820343 80419 59130 20400 897079 828979 181263 178107 1158761 1086616 X 12644438 12668032 1235084 1065695 13879522 13733727 15038283 14820343 X -231948 32953 53200 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1780462 1943556 4116567 3112897 2883982 13837464 1823579 1756177 1500350 1597221 1871428 8548755 3604041 3699733 5616917 4710118 4755410 22386219 90952 22295267 46917 20471 16328 35272 126197 245185 2332 61238 63570 22694974 0.98240 0.98170 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 1 X 1905620 1905620 7426425 1489604 5936821 787672 645225 142447 7984888 Lease liability 178107 178107 5008120 32953 1871428 53200 1957581 3050539 3474 4272 7746 3058285 5153915 1871428 1871428 3282487 3474 4272 7746 3290233 Part IV, Line 2b: Dedicated Funds - Money donated to supplement our $5,000 reward is held in escrow because a donor can request a refund if the crime they donated to is not solved within one year. All of these donations stay in escrow because they cannot be used for anything but a supplemental reward and can be returned to the donor at their request at any point in time after one year. Unclaimed Rewards - Each month, a committee meets, reviews the tips and approves the reward payout. Each tipster is given a number and goes to the bank to pick up an envelope with their cash reward in it. Each month there are rewards that are unclaimed, so if they are not picked up within two months, the money is returned to the account and put in escrow for six months. After six months, the unclaimed amounts are moved back into the Rewards Fund. Part XI, Line 2d - Other Adjustments: Reverted awards 53,200. Part XI, Line 4b - Other Adjustments: Apportionment of reward funds 4,272. Part XII, Line 4b - Other Adjustments: Apportionment of reward funds 4,272. Gala 1073677 825677 248000 81206 35216 70857 Luncheon 231645 200325 31320 18608 12195 1305322 1026002 279320 99814 35216 83052 218082 61238 X X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Rania Mankarious CEO 241026 0 35000 0 12000 0 0 0 10874 0 298900 0 0 0 Part I, Line 7 The CEO received a bonus of $35,000 in 2023 based on personal and organizational performance. The bonus amount was approved by the Board of Directors. The CEO also received a taxable stipend of $12,000 to cover various unreimbursed expenses incurred throughout the year. X Auction items 2 15000 FMV X Supplies 2 7210 FMV 0 0 0 Form 990, Part III, Line 4a The Safe Community Institute met and exceeded many goals in 2023. Throughout the year, the program, which includes the Safe Community Program, Victim Services Program, The Glenda Gordy Research Center, and The Balanced Voice Podcast, reached 2,045,955 community members through prevention education and reached a projected 2,755,822 community members through community outreach events. Specifically, we reached 209,024 community members and parents through our Safe Community Program, served 2,832 victims through our Victim Services Program, reached 1,727,725 people though our podcast The Balanced Voice, and provided 106,354 people with crime statistical data through The Glenda Gordy Research Center. We also expanded our volunteer program significantly to be able to better serve all communities across The Greater Houston Area in which we had 882 unique volunteers who spent 1,448 volunteer hours with us in 2023. Through our Victim Services Program we continued our Victim Impact Statement Video Project in which we provide victims of violent crime the opportunity to record their story of victimization to be submitted to their victim portal and viewed by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles regardless of their ability or willingness to attend parole board hearings for years to come. To date we have recorded 32 victim impact statement videos and used 4 videos in active parole hearings where parole was denied on all 4 occasions. Our Victim Services Team attended, and spoke at, multiple statewide and national conferences about this project and the program has received state and national accolades for its innovative approach to post-conviction advocacy. Form 990, Part III, Line 4b Tip Line Program: CSOH operates 713-222-TIPS, a telephone tip line. Information about criminal activity is received and transferred to law enforcement for immediate action. Callers are promised anonymity and cash rewards of up to $5,000 in exchange for their accurate crime tips. Our organization provides a safe forum for citizens to report crime in their neighborhoods and schools without the fear of retaliation. We are the eyes and ears of law enforcement in the community. In 2023, the Tip Line received 11,812 tips which assisted law enforcement in solving 371 cases ranging from Capital Murder to Fugitive Warrants that led to 189 suspects being charged and/or arrested. These tips resulted in 21 weapons and $222,514 in illegal drugs seized plus $69,302 in stolen property/cash recovered. The approved Reward payout to 182 men, women and students totaled $191,500. CSOH received $61,024 of restricted cash from court fines to help pay tipster rewards and three area law enforcement agencies donated services valued at $1,871,428 to process and investigate the anonymous tips. Form 990, Part III, Line 4c The Crime Stoppers of Houston (CSOH) Safe School Institute met and exceeded many goals in 2023. During the year, the Safe School team reached 128,145 students and 10,807 educators/school law enforcement in just Harris County. Statewide, the team reached 30,477 students and 8,257 educators/school law enforcement in just our first year of statewide expansion. In conjunction with the Safe Community Institute, we created a sextortion and pornography guide for parents and their children, designed topical safety posters for K-12 schools to be used in tandem with prevention education, and created a "drugs in a snap" resource guide for middle and high school students. On the state level, we created a newsletter with over 300 school safety contacts from all over Texas and reached 54 new schools. Our partnership with the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has proven to be extremely helpful in building partnerships and relationships with school safety personnel across Texas. Program leads continue to attend monthly meetings on Human Trafficking and Educator Resources. CSOH and SSI have continued to host a virtual quarterly statewide training. The SAVE webinar series is offered every Monday through the CSOH website to educate and provide resources on school safety topics. Lastly, because of our partnership with the TEA, we are creating strong partnerships with Education Service Centers (ESCs) in all 20 regions. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 1a The Board of Directors elects an Executive Committee from within its membership which has all powers of the Board of Directors between Board meetings. The Executive Committee consists of the officers of CSOH and seven Board members for a total of twelve members. Each non-officer member of the Executive Committee serves for a term of one year. The Nominating Committee prepares a slate of candidates for the seven non-officer members of the Executive Committee, and the Board of Directors votes on the slate at the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the Annual Meeting. The powers and duties of the Executive Committee are as follows: A. The Executive Committee has all powers of the Board of Directors between the meetings of the Board of Directors; B. The Chairperson of the Board is the Chairperson of the Executive Committee and presides over all meetings of the Executive Committee; C. The CEO of CSOH is an ex-officio member of the Executive Committee; D. A quorum consists of 50% of the membership of the Executive Committee; E. The Executive Committee meets when called by the Chairperson, with notice. In lieu of meeting in person, the members of the Executive Committee may be polled by telephone or by email on items affecting CSOH as determined by the Chairperson. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 Membership is available to those who meet the requirements as determined by the Board of Directors. Emeritus Membership consists of previously elected Directors or prominent members of the community who have exhibited extraordinary leadership in the community and dedication to the mission of CSOH. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The completed Form 990 is reviewed by the CEO and Board Treasurer. A copy of the Form is distributed to all Directors prior to filing with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c The conflict of interest policy is stated in the bylaws and is distributed to each Director at every Board meeting. Directors are asked to disclose any potential conflicts of interest on a form at every meeting. Any forms received are reviewed by the Strategic Operations Director. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a The CEO's compensation is reviewed annually by members of the Board using comparability data, and the deliberation and decision are documented. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Made available upon request. Form 990, Part XI, line 9: Reverted awards 53,200.