Better Business Bureau Report for
LIFE/Houston

Better Business Bureau Report issued November 2012
Better Business Bureau Report expires November 2013


This BBB Accredited charity meets all 20 Standards for Charity Accountability and is a Seal Holder. Find out more...


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Charity Contact Information

Name: LIFE/Houston
Address: 2002 S. Wayside, Ste. 113
  Houston, TX 77023
Phone: 713-528-
Web Address: www.lifehouston.org
Also known as:Local Infant Formula for Emergencies
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Better Business Bureau Comments

Year, State Incorporated: 1993, Texas
Affiliates: None
Stated Purpose: To provide emergency formula and food to hungry babies and information on infant nutrition.

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Evaluation Conclusions

               

LIFE/Houston meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
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Programs

               

This organization has one major program, Food for Hungry Babies. Through this program, LIFE/Houston provides a free one-week supply of baby formula and age appropriate baby food on an emergency basis. Families in a financial crisis may access LIFE's services six times before their infant is 12 months old or until their crisis has ended. To accompany this service, LIFE provides educational literature and instructions on proper formula preparation, infant nutrition, breastfeeding, basic parenting skills, baby care, and baby development. In 2010, their distributions included 22,707 feedings of formula, baby food, juice, fruit, meat and vegetables.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, LIFE/Houston's program expenses were:

  
Formula and food assistance 196,334
Depreciation 666
Total Program Expenses: $197,000
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Governance

               

Chief Executive : Catalina Flores-Rau, Interim Executive Director
Compensation*: 

Chair of the Board: Catalina Flores-Rau
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Community Volunteer

Board Size: 12

Paid Staff Size:

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

               

Method(s) Used:

invitations to fund raising events, grant proposals
Fund raising costs were 12% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $294,972, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)
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Tax Status

               

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.
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Financial

               


Source of Funds  
Contributions 294,972
Interest income 23
Total Income $294,995


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Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 63%  Fund Raising: 12%  Administrative: 25% 

Total income $294,995
Program expenses $197,000
Fund raising expenses 36,122
Administrative expenses 75,697
Total expenses $308,819
Expenses in Excess of Income (13,824)
Beginning net assets 134,856
Ending net assets 121,032
Total liabilities
Total assets $121,032


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Complaints

               

The BBB has processed no complaints about this organization in the past 36 months, our standard reporting period.

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