2026-03-30T13:27:58-05:00 2025-12-31 760269860 Blazek & Vetterling 2900 Weslayan Suite 200 Houston TX 77027 990 2025-01-01 760040419 Italian Cultural & Community Center of Houston ITAL 7135244222 1101 Milford Houston TX 77006 Lorenzo Renda President 7135244222 2026-03-30 1 Barbara Murphy P01386215 7134395739 2026-03-30 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Lorenzo Renda 1101 Milford Houston TX 77006 977095 0 X www.iccchouston.com X 1970 TX The Italian Cultural & Community Center (ICCC) celebrates and preserves Italian culture and heritage. 12 12 6 100 0 0 389109 420989 399264 465712 19086 21562 3477 -33556 810936 874707 37000 32291 0 0 247341 267192 0 0 51740 360509 404338 644850 703821 166086 170886 1834877 2014401 32260 40898 1802617 1973503 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 1 504696 434332 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 basic Italian, and a look at contemporary Italian life. The school also offers cultural education classes, including Art History, Italian History, Architecture, Mosaic workshops, and Opera courses. Classes are in-person and online at the Italian Cultural & Community Center. The Language School serves approximately 550 students a year. 32291 32291 Scholarship Program: In 2025, the Italian Cultural & Community Center awarded $32,291 in scholarships to deserving young men and women. Since 1982, the ICCC has awarded $1,000 in annual scholarships to high school seniors, both new and renewing, based on merit and financial need. In 2025, two new scholarships were awarded to high school seniors, and five scholarships were renewed. After the 2025 high school senior-based merit and financial need scholarships were granted, this portion of the scholarship program was eliminated going forward. All previously awarded scholarships under this program will continue to be honored. See Schedule O.Since the inception of the Study Abroad program in 2020, we have awarded ten scholarships to eligible undergraduate, MBA, or Ph.D. students for study abroad programs in Italy, totaling $25,000. The program began in 2020 (overseas travel was unavailable in 2020/2021 due to COVID).Thanks to a donor, since 2023, we have awarded three one-time non-renewable $5,000 scholarships to college students currently enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate, or Ph.D. program, majoring or minoring in Italian Studies, concentrating in Italian History and/or Culture.Thanks to a donor, we were able to offer two additional scholarships in 2024/2025 totaling $30,291 to college-bound high school students.Since 1986, the organization has granted over $525,000 in scholarships. 47165 31380 Cultural Events: Since 1988, the public has enjoyed continuous events highlighting Italy and Italians' vast global contributions. During 2025, programs were conducted to highlight Italy's culture, history, education, and traditions. The programs included wine lectures and tasting series 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 five months, educational lecture workshops, and cultural classes. Total attendance for all the Cultural Events exceeded 2,750 people. Other events focus on Italian tradition, such as La Befana for the children. 13604 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 20-50 people, many of whom are visitors from Italy or those whose native language is Italian and members of the Italian-American Community. Heritage Book: To record history and preserve the memory of Italian-American life in the greater Houston area from the late 1800s to the present, the organization has underwritten the publication of two large, glossy-paged volumes, 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 in response to requests for Vol. II continues to be filled, albeit with only a few copies left. 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. 13604 597756 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 12 12 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 X X Alessandra Pistone 7135244222 1101 Milford Houston TX 77006 Claudia Sims President 7.70 X X 0 0 0 Kip Mankenberg Vice President 2.30 X X 0 0 0 Lorenzo Renda Vice President 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Trudy Nix Treasurer 1.70 X X 0 0 0 Julie Mastroianni Assistant Treasurer 2.60 X X 0 0 0 Flavio Andrea Zannin Secretary 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Maria Angela Capello De Passalacqua Assistant Secretary 1.60 X X 0 0 0 Lauren Fisher Director 2.40 X 0 0 0 Robert Gerace Director 0.80 X 0 0 0 Gina Gusemano Leck Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Diane Nizza Director 0.70 X 0 0 0 Rosalyn Pactor Director 1.30 X 0 0 0 Luisa Patoni Director 0.30 X 0 0 0 Erika Myers Executive Director 40.00 X 79290 0 0 79290 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35700 226560 158729 50951 420989 Language school 611600 434332 434332 Cultural events 711130 31380 31380 465712 21562 21562 22425 1882 20543 20543 20543 46407 226560 100506 -54099 -54099 874707 465712 0 -11994 32291 32291 79290 63432 11894 3964 168673 134938 25301 8434 19229 15383 2884 962 3300 3300 45361 9007 390 35964 26068 22650 2968 450 6962 5570 1044 348 32348 25878 4852 1618 1514 1514 54289 52597 1692 Language teacher fees 168495 168495 Equip purchase, repairs 31719 31719 Food & beverages 17977 17977 Cultural expenses 16305 16305 703821 597756 54325 51740 109718 105576 700477 835202 3138 2728 29328 33958 1036937 992216 1036937 1834877 2014401 31760 17377 23521 500 0 32260 40898 X 1720261 1871815 82356 101688 1802617 1973503 1834877 2014401 170886 0 X 1 X 0 1 0 X 295134 265695 279260 389109 420989 1650187 272020 283863 288729 399264 465712 1709588 2790 810 230 3830 569944 550368 568219 788373 886701 3363605 22132 15252 17966 14468 18225 88043 0 22132 15252 17966 14468 18225 88043 3275562 27168 24374 35941 50709 42105 180297 27168 24374 35941 50709 42105 180297 597112 574742 604160 839082 928806 3543902 0.92430 0.93430 0.05090 0.03710 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 788728 788728 248209 248209 1036937 Luncheon 250425 215708 34717 4150 26880 59199 Golf Outing 22542 10852 11690 2600 2552 5125 272967 226560 46407 6750 29432 64324 100506 -54099 1 Scholarships 7 7000 Study abroad scholarships 4 10000 Italian studies scholarship 1 5000 Other scholarships 2 10291 Part I, Line 2: The Italian Cultural & Community Center of Houston (ICCC) awards annual renewable scholarships to graduating high school seniors of Italian descent to any degree on either side of parentage, Study Abroad Programs in Italy, Italian Studies Concentrating in Italian History and/or Culture, and additional scholarships to college bound high school students all of which must submit complete applications by the specified deadline. The Scholarship Committee reviews all eligible applications and chooses recipients based on scholarship, leadership, and financial need. Additional details and applications are available on the website - www.iccchouston.com. For any scholarships that offer renewals, the students must show proof of being enrolled full-time and send updated transcripts to prove the required grade point average to remain eligible for renewed scholarship payments to be sent to their school. X Supplies 1097 32997 FMV X Auction items 103 13602 Sale proceeds X Raffle items 34 4352 FMV 0 1 0 Form 990, Part III, line 3 La Voce was eliminated in 2025 primarily due to a lack of readership and, secondarily, to the time and cost of producing the product. Pertinent information historically contained in LaVoce is being distributed through email blasts and social media platforms. 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 concerning the dissolution of the organization or the sale of 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 President, with input from the Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee, reviews the Executive Director's performance, and compensation is determined based on performance, comparable positions at other similar non-profits in the greater Houston area, and budget constraints. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Available upon request.