Nonprofit · EIN 74-2050245
THE MONTROSE CENTER
Tax-exempt · HOUSTON, TX 77006
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 31, 2025 | 990 | $11,987,702 | $11,480,058 | $507,644 | $18,505,329 | $7,773,313 | $10,732,016 |
| August 31, 2024 | 990 | $10,924,612 | $10,978,592 | -$53,980 | $18,554,989 | $8,330,617 | $10,224,372 |
| August 31, 2023 | 990 | $10,725,380 | $9,358,374 | $1,367,006 | $19,004,479 | $3,310,126 | $15,694,353 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $10,897,104
- of which government grants
- $6,619,225
- Program service revenue
- $1,088,082
- Investment income
- $32,400
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$29,884
- Other revenue
- -$29,884
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $2,830,429
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $464,333
- Other salaries and wages
- $5,157,770
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $6,593,852
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $118,454
- Occupancy
- $569,173
- Travel
- $55,891
- Depreciation
- $14,654
- Program services (functional)
- $9,384,609
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,431,769
- Fundraising (functional)
- $663,680
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $18,554,989
- Total assets, end of year
- $18,505,329
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $7,773,313
- Net assets, end of year
- $10,732,016
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $25,816
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $7,443,227
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $3,288,789
- Gross receipts
- $12,313,148
- Employees
- 107
- Volunteers
- 779
- Year formed
- 1978
- State of legal domicile
- TX
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avery Belyeu | CEO Officer | 40 | $205,345 | $6,173 |
| William Batts | Chief Operating Officer Highest-paid employee | 40 | $133,333 | $4,270 |
| Russell Leisher | Chief Behavioral Health Officer Highest-paid employee | 40 | $113,667 | $3,112 |
| Meleah Jones | Director Of Development Highest-paid employee | 40 | $100,662 | $9,459 |
| Hawk Owsley | LIFE Counseling Program Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $104,700 | $4,505 |
| Jaymie Mielke Quiroz | Chief Programs Officer Highest-paid employee | 40 | $103,317 | $1,683 |
| Gary J Powers CMA | Finance Director Officer | 40 | $92,178 | $3,062 |
| Amir Yunus | Chief Financial Officer Officer | 40 | $86,667 | $90 |
| Gary Wood CPC CTS | President Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| Clark Caperton MPA | Vice-President Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Marvin Fuentes | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Christopher Delphinn JD | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Kimberly Butler-White | Director Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Karen Carlson MS | Director Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeff Falk | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fermeen Fazal | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
990 for the year ended August 31, 2024: 19 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | From related orgs | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann J Robison PhD | Executive Director to 4/24 Officer | 40 | $209,048 | $23,228 | $14,755 |
| Marshall Loftin | Chief Development Officer Highest-paid employee | 40 | $135,911 | $0 | $14,710 |
| William Batts | Chief Operating Officer Highest-paid employee | 40 | $108,333 | $0 | $3,048 |
| Russell Leisher | Chief Behavioral Health Officer Highest-paid employee | 40 | $102,246 | $0 | $2,595 |
| Gary J Powers CMA | Finance Director Officer | 40 | $78,062 | $8,074 | $2,653 |
| Gary Wood CPC CTS | President Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jane Robinson JD | Vice-President Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Clark Caperton MPA | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Christopher Delphin JD | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| David Ramirez | At-Large Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Tina Burgos | Director Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Karen Carlson MS | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Bryan Cotton | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Marvin Fuentes | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Paul Guillory | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Tara Kelly | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jani Lopez | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Nancy Sims MLA | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Avery Belyeu | CEO from 2/24 Officer | 40 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended August 31, 2023: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann J Robison PhD | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $222,550 | $11,597 |
| Marshall Loftin | Chief Development Officer Highest-paid employee | 40 | $143,247 | $7,061 |
| Gary J Powers CMA | Finance Director Officer | 40 | $82,035 | $1,760 |
| Tara Kelly | President Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| Gary Wood CPC CTS | Vice-President Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Paul Guillory | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Mark Jacobs MBA | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Tina Burgos | At-Large Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Jude Anderson MUP | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Clark Caperton | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Bryan Cotton | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Christopher Delphin JD | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Jani Lopez | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| David Ramirez | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Jane Robinson JD | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Nancy Sims MLA | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 401 BRANARD 2ND FLOOR, HOUSTON, TX 77006-5015
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Avery Belyeu, 401 Branard 2nd Floor, Houston, TX 77006
- Signed the 990
- Michael McIntyre, Chief Administrative Officer
- Phone
- (713) 529-0037
- Website
- www.montrosecenter.org
- Return prepared by
- Blazek & Vetterling
Mission
The Montrose Center (TMC) empowers our community, primarily gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals and their families, to enjoy healthier and more fulfilling lives by providing culturally affirming and affordable behavioral health and prevention services.
Program accomplishments
- Case management provided services to clients and outreach participants to promote continuity of care, enabling clients to function independently using government, private, and community resources. To support this intention, we provide services to help clients address challenges to living a healthy life, including access to mental and psychosocial services in a timely and coordinated manner. These services include assistance with completing and submitting government forms, as well as locating transportation, housing, and other resources. In addition to case management services for those living with HIV disease, specialized case management services are available to deaf/hard of hearing and survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, or a bias/hate crime.Expenses $4,674,457 · grants $2,830,429 · revenue $243,894
- The Montrose Center's counseling services are part of the Living Insightfully for Empowerment (LIFE) program, a psychotherapy and counseling program designed to empower clients' self-sufficiency in recovery without fear of encountering prejudice, ignorance, homophobia, or heterosexism in an LGBT-affirming environment. LIFE serves special populations of the LGBT community through Anti-Violence, HIV/AIDS, and Chemical Dependency programming. Anti-Violence staff provide counseling services to address issues related to domestic violence, sexual assault, hate crimes, and childhood sexual abuse. HIV/AIDS staff provide individual and group counseling to people affected by or infected with HIV or AIDS.See Schedule OChemical Dependency counselors offer a combination of education, therapy, and counseling as a state-licensed outpatient treatment program designed primarily for the LGBT community. All programs above are LGBT affirming to provide the best service and outcomes for the target population. All phases of the program offer services to family members and others significant in the lives of clients participating in the program. Counseling services were provided in-kind by student interns. The value of the in-kind services was $72,772.Expenses $3,425,474 · revenue $736,392
- The senior program provides counseling, case management services, social and recreational activities, and health wellness education to LGBT people 60 and over. The Youth program provides adolescents and young adults who identify as LGBTQ with outreach, counseling, role models, and peer support to help prevent homelessness among youth. The Women's program supports lesbian women, breaking down barriers that lesbians face when accessing health and social services through advocacy, professional and community education, and case management. The program also hosts an annual celebration dance in support of women and their friends.Expenses $658,092
- The Montrose Center's education programs provide current and accessible information on HIV, sexually transmitted infections, chemical dependency, hepatitis, and tuberculosis by offering seminars on homophobia, heterosexism, and cultural sensitivity. The Montrose Center also provides anti-violence education that includes violence dynamics in the LGBT community. Educational services offer information and training not only to LGBT people but to the greater Houston metropolitan area as a whole to create LGBT cultural sensitivity. Seminars and outreach conversations are provided in prisons, halfway houses, inpatient and outpatient recovery centers, schools, social organizations, businesses and corporations, community and neighborhood groups, health care and legal professionals, churches, and families.Expenses $626,586 · revenue $107,796
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in August, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | August 31, 2026 | January 15, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | August 31, 2025 | January 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | August 31, 2024 | January 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 74-2050245
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1980
- Accounting year ends
- August
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Mental health and crisis intervention (F300)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $18,505,329
- Income (IRS master file)
- $12,313,148
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | August 2025 | $11,987,702 | $11,480,058 | $18,505,329 | XML |
| 990 | August 2024 | $10,924,612 | $10,978,592 | $18,554,989 | XML |
| 990 | August 2023 | $10,725,380 | $9,358,374 | $19,004,479 | XML |
| 990 | August 2022 | $8,619,176 | $8,102,630 | $14,608,136 | IRS |
| 990 | August 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 74-2050245).
Questions about THE MONTROSE CENTER
- What is the EIN of THE MONTROSE CENTER?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of THE MONTROSE CENTER is 74-2050245.
- Is THE MONTROSE CENTER tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1980.
- Are donations to THE MONTROSE CENTER tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does THE MONTROSE CENTER file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of THE MONTROSE CENTER due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending August 31, 2026) is due January 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did THE MONTROSE CENTER last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended August 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of THE MONTROSE CENTER?
- The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 names Avery Belyeu.
- Who are the officers and directors of THE MONTROSE CENTER?
- The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 lists 16 people; 8 received compensation from the organization, the highest $205,345 (Avery Belyeu, CEO).
- How much revenue does THE MONTROSE CENTER have?
- On its 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $11,987,702, expenses of $11,480,058 and total assets of $18,505,329 at year end.
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