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Name:	Center for Hearing and Speech
Address:	3636 W. Dallas
	Houston, TX 77019
Phone:	713-523-3633
Web Address:	www.centerhearingandspeech.org

Center for Hearing and Speech meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

The Center for Hearing & Speech maintains and develops the following programs: Melinda Webb School, Audiology Clinic, Speech-Language Pathology Clinic, and Cochlear Implant Program. Please read the program descriptions outlined below. Melinda Webb School (for children aged 18 months to 7 years): Provides auditory-oral education for children. Staff members work to enable children with hearing impairments and deafness to reach their potential by facilitating listening, speaking and literacy skills. The primary goal of oral-deaf education is to prepare students for successful transitions into mainstream, traditional school programs. Audiology Clinic (for infants, children, and young adults up to 18 years old): Offers comprehensive hearing, hearing aid and cochlear implant services to children birth to 18 years. Speech-Language Pathology Clinic (for infants, children, and young adults up to 18 years old): The Speech-Language Pathologists help each individual child with a hearing impairment learn to listen and talk to their maximum potential. Speech-Language Pathology Clinic offers hearing assessments, consultations for treatment plans, a Parent-Infant Program and Auditory-Verbal Therapy, Individual Therapy, Aural Rehabilitation, Bilingual Services, a Transitions program for those children with very little or no previous auditory and spoken language intervention, and School Support. Cochlear Implant Program: Provides a full range of cochlear implant services for children who wear Cochlear Corp. and Med-El cochlear implant devices. In 2011, CHS served 4,264 children from 283 ZIP Codes and 27 counties throughout Houston and Southeast Texas.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2011, Center for Hearing and Speech's program expenses were:

Audiology	873,403
Education and daycare	674,931
Speech pathology	565,268
Community relations	204,066
Social worker	110,612
Total Program Expenses:	$2,428,280

Chief Executive : Renee S. Davis, Executive Director

Compensation*:

$128,340

Chair of the Board: Mr. Clay Carrell
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Sr. Vice President chief Engineer, El Paso Exploration & Production

Board Size: 21

Paid Staff Size: 41

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

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, invitations to fund raising events, grant proposals, internet

Fund raising costs were 15% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $1,736,825, 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 Center for Hearing and Speech's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2011.

Source of Funds
Tuition and fees for services	989,290
Special events, net of costs of direct benefit to donor $45,399	695,380
Donor contributions	607,694
Net realized and unrealized gains on investments	546,518
Received from United Way	433,751
Other income	20,643
Investment income	1,441
Total Income	$3,294,717

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 79%  Fund Raising: 9%  Administrative: 8%  Other Expenses: 4%

Total income				$3,294,717
	Program expenses			$2,428,280
	Fund raising expenses			261,458
	Administrative expenses			248,224
	Other Expenses			123,547
Total expenses				$3,061,509
Income in Excess of Expenses				233,208
Beginning net assets				10,757,702
Ending net assets				10,990,910
Total liabilities				100,516
Total assets				$11,091,426