Better Business Bureau Report for
Pasadena Habitat for Humanity

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


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Charity Contact Information

Name: Pasadena Habitat for Humanity
Address: 218 Pasadena Freeway West
  Pasadena, TX 77506
Phone: 713-534-6061
Web Address: www.pasadenahabitat.org
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Better Business Bureau Comments

Year, State Incorporated:
Affiliates: None
Stated Purpose: Seeking to put God's love into action, Habitat for Humanity Pasadena brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

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Evaluation Conclusions

               

Pasadena Habitat for Humanity meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
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Programs

               

To cooperate with other charitable organizations to develop a better human habitat for economically disadvantaged people. Habitat builds homes for qualifying low-income families. Homes are built by volunteers and with charitable donations to keep prices low and then sold with an interest free mortgage. Since the organization's inception in1994, they have established 20 new homeowners with no foreclosures. They were also recently awarded a $500,000 grant to begin the infrastructure on the first Habitat community in the Pasadena area.

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, Pasadena Habitat for Humanity's program expenses were:

  
Other program expenses 184,487
Cost of homes transferred and lots sold 145,846
Discounts on mortages issued 65,337
Total Program Expenses: $395,670
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Governance

               

Chief Executive : Leah McWhinnie, Executive Director
Compensation*:
 $28,162

Chair of the Board: Thomas Hoffman
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: retired from chemical plant

Board Size: 15

Paid Staff Size: 3

*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, television, radio, grant proposals, internet
Fund raising costs were 21% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $57,008, 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

               

The following information is based on Pasadena Habitat for Humanity's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011.

Source of Funds  
ReStore Sales 183,731
Transfers to Homeowners 134,179
Grants 28,535
Mortgage loan discount amortization 20,876
Contributions 17,001
Other 12,692
In-Kind Donations 8,587
Fundraising 2,885
Interest 935
Total Income $409,421


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Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 90%  Fund Raising: 3%  Administrative: 7% 

Total income   $409,421
  Program expenses $395,670
  Fund raising expenses 12,118
  Administrative expenses 31,814
 
Total expenses   $439,602
Expenses in Excess of Income   (30,181)
Beginning net assets   728,675
Ending net assets   698,494
Total liabilities   524,628
Total assets   $1,223,122


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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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