Nonprofit · EIN 76-0040419
ITALIAN CULTURAL & COMMUNITY CENTER OF HOUSTON
Tax-exempt · HOUSTON, TX 77006
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $874,707 | $703,821 | $170,886 | $2,014,401 | $40,898 | $1,973,503 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $810,936 | $644,850 | $166,086 | $1,834,877 | $32,260 | $1,802,617 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $598,307 | $595,229 | $3,078 | $1,692,785 | $56,254 | $1,636,531 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $420,989
- Membership dues
- $35,700
- Program service revenue
- $465,712
- Investment income
- $21,562
- Net rental income
- $20,543
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$54,099
- Other revenue
- -$33,556
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $32,291
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $79,290
- Other salaries and wages
- $168,673
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $267,192
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $3,300
- Occupancy
- $32,348
- Travel
- $1,514
- Program services (functional)
- $597,756
- Management and general (functional)
- $54,325
- Fundraising (functional)
- $51,740
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,834,877
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,014,401
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $40,898
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,973,503
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $1,036,937
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,871,815
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $101,688
- Gross receipts
- $977,095
- Employees
- 6
- Volunteers
- 100
- Year formed
- 1970
- 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 December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erika Myers | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $79,290 |
| Claudia Sims | President Trustee or director, Officer | 7.7 | $0 |
| Kip Mankenberg | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 2.3 | $0 |
| Lorenzo Renda | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Trudy Nix | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1.7 | $0 |
| Julie Mastroianni | Assistant Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2.6 | $0 |
| Flavio Andrea Zannin | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Maria Angela Capello De Passalacqua | Assistant Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1.6 | $0 |
| Lauren Fisher | Director Trustee or director | 2.4 | $0 |
| Robert Gerace | Director Trustee or director | 0.8 | $0 |
| Gina Gusemano Leck | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Diane Nizza | Director Trustee or director | 0.7 | $0 |
| Rosalyn Pactor | Director Trustee or director | 1.3 | $0 |
| Luisa Patoni | Director Trustee or director | 0.3 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erika Myers | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $73,090 |
| Claudia Sims | President Trustee or director, Officer | 6 | $0 |
| Monica Ercolani | 1st Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Julie Mastroianni | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| Kim Lammers | Assistant Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 0.4 | $0 |
| Flavio Andrea Zannin | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Robert Gerace | Assistant Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 0.6 | $0 |
| Laura Alessandra Ferro | Director Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 |
| Sandra Celli Harris | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Gina Gusemano Leck | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Kip Mankenberg | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Jesus Angelberto Munoz | Director Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| Diane Nizza | Director Trustee or director | 0.4 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erika Myers | Executive Director Officer | 48 | $69,231 |
| Claudia Sims | President Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| Monica Ercolani | 1st Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Julie Mastroianni | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 6 | $0 |
| Flavio Andrea Zannin | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Marguerite Edna Gabriele | Assistant Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Jerry Baiamonte | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Laura Alessandra Ferro | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Sandra Celli Harris | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Gina Gusemano Leck | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Jesus Angelberto Munoz | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Diane Nizza | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1101 MILFORD ST, HOUSTON, TX 77006-6520
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Lorenzo Renda, 1101 Milford, Houston, TX 77006
- Signed the 990
- Lorenzo Renda, President
- Phone
- (713) 524-4222
- Website
- www.iccchouston.com
- Return prepared by
- Blazek & Vetterling
Mission
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.
Program accomplishments
- 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.Expenses $504,696 · revenue $434,332
- 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.Expenses $32,291 · grants $32,291
- 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.Expenses $47,165 · revenue $31,380
- 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.Expenses $13,604
- 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.
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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 76-0040419
- 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
- 1983
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A230)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,014,401
- Income (IRS master file)
- $977,095
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $874,707 | $703,821 | $2,014,401 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $810,936 | $644,850 | $1,834,877 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $598,307 | $595,229 | $1,692,785 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $564,486 | $494,420 | $1,661,566 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | 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 76-0040419).
Questions about ITALIAN CULTURAL & COMMUNITY CENTER OF HOUSTON
- What is the EIN of ITALIAN CULTURAL & COMMUNITY CENTER OF HOUSTON?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ITALIAN CULTURAL & COMMUNITY CENTER OF HOUSTON is 76-0040419.
- Is ITALIAN CULTURAL & COMMUNITY CENTER OF HOUSTON tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1983.
- Are donations to ITALIAN CULTURAL & COMMUNITY CENTER OF HOUSTON tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ITALIAN CULTURAL & COMMUNITY CENTER OF HOUSTON 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 ITALIAN CULTURAL & COMMUNITY CENTER OF HOUSTON due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did ITALIAN CULTURAL & COMMUNITY CENTER OF HOUSTON last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of ITALIAN CULTURAL & COMMUNITY CENTER OF HOUSTON?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Lorenzo Renda.
- Who are the officers and directors of ITALIAN CULTURAL & COMMUNITY CENTER OF HOUSTON?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 14 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $79,290 (Erika Myers, Executive Director).
- How much revenue does ITALIAN CULTURAL & COMMUNITY CENTER OF HOUSTON have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $874,707, expenses of $703,821 and total assets of $2,014,401 at year end.
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