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Name:	SHAPE Community Center, Inc.
Address:	3815 Live Oak
	Houston, TX 77004
Phone:	713-521-0629
Web Address:	www.shape.org
Also known as: S H A P E Community Center, Inc.

SHAPE Community Center, Inc. meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Family Strengthening & Empowerment Programs - Included in this area of program services are the After School and Summer Enrichment Programs for Children and Youth ages 5-15, providing tutorial assistance, life skills, computer technology education, cultural and academic enrichment. Additionally SHAPE provides PUMP UP THE Power (Teen Youth Leadership), Freedom School (Cultural / Enrichment Activities), Kazi Shule Alternative Education and the Freedom Tour, an educational tour to historically significant Civil Rights sites. All activities include a Parenting Support Group component with parenting skills training, parent networking, information and referral, and children and family counseling as needed. These programs and activities operate on average 48 weeks of the year serving an average of 45 youth and 25 parents during the school year, and 90 to 100 youth and 60 parents during the summer sessions. Community Programs & Activities - Included in this area are 1) Fruit & Vegetable COOP, held monthly, 2) Youth & Adult Computer Classes, 3) Legal Assistance Clinics, 4) Adult Education Classes, 5) Elders Institute of Wisdom (twice weekly), 6) Alternative Wholistic Health Education - Food & Nutrition (monthly), 7) Annual Pan African Cultural Festival, 8) Annual Kwanzaa Celebrations and 9) Forums for Community Issues such as Tobacco Prevention, Voter Registration / Mobilization and others. These programs/activities provide and educate community members on healthy lifestyles and issues of importance to strengthening the community, as with our philosophy --- STRONG FAMILY; STRONG NATION. Through these programs and activities SHAPE directly serves over 10,000 people annually and impacts significantly more.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009, SHAPE Community Center, Inc.'s program expenses were:

Children youth & family services	203,027
Community service events	143,125
Total Program Expenses:	$346,152

Chief Executive : Deloyd T. Parker, Jr., Executive Director

Compensation*:

$25,844

Chair of the Board: Barbara T.S. Marshall
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Texas Southern University, Instructor

Board Size: 4

Paid Staff Size: 9

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

grant proposals

Fund raising costs were 1% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $300,453, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on SHAPE Community Center, Inc.'s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009.

Source of Funds
Contributions	220,138
Program fees	66,095
Government grants	60,890
Fundraising	19,425
Other	3,523
Gain on sale of property	2,010
Total Income	$372,081

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 84%  Fund Raising: 1%  Administrative: 15%

Total income				$372,081
	Program expenses			$346,152
	Fund raising expenses			3,444
	Administrative expenses			60,105
Total expenses				$409,701
Expenses in Excess of Income				(37,620)
Beginning net assets				648,337
Ending net assets				610,717
Total liabilities				232,468
Total assets				$884,792