Better Business Bureau Report for
Women's Home

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


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Charity Contact Information

Name: Women's Home
Address: 607 Westheimer
  Houston, TX 77006
Phone: 713-521-3150
Web Address: www.thewomenshome.org
Also known as:The Women's Home Partnership
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Better Business Bureau Comments

Formerly known as:The Women's Christian Mission
The Women's Christian Home

Year, State Incorporated: 1957, Texas
Affiliates: None
Stated Purpose: The purposes for which The Home is organized and is to be operated are exclusively religious, charitable and educational within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Mission: The mission of The Home is to help women in crisis regain their self-esteem and dignity, empowering them to return to society as productive, self-sufficient individuals.

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Evaluation Conclusions

               

Women's Home meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
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Programs

               

Since 1957, The Women's Home has helped women in crisis regain their self-esteem and dignity, empowering them to return to society as productive, self-sufficient individuals. Through The Home's WholeLife Program, women receive long-term residential care as well as psychiatric, psychotherapy, vocational, spiritual, nurse practitioner and chemical dependency services. Their new development, Jane Cizik Garden Place, offers safe, permanent housing to our graduates and other women like them in the Houston community. The Women's home served 284 clients in 2009.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, Women's Home's program expenses were:

  
Residential rehabilitation 714,487
Clinical counseling 404,677
Vocational 375,191
Thrift shop 153,029
Jane Cizik garden place 127,058
Total Program Expenses: $1,774,442
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Governance

               

Chief Executive : Paula Paust, Executive Director
Compensation*:
 $115,969

Chair of the Board: Jim Drew, President of the Board of Directors
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Senior VP at Bowen, Miclett and Britt, Inc.

Board Size: 26

Paid Staff Size: 31

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

               

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, invitations to fund raising events, grant proposals, internet
Fund raising costs were 5% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $5,206,513, 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 Women's Home's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.

Source of Funds  
Government grants 3,357,907
Contributions 1,196,965
Special events 482,024
Sales to public 386,234
United Way contributions 169,617
Net investment income 91,169
Program service fees 86,283
Other income 15,623
Cost of goods sold -51,271
Direct donor benefits for special event -214,901
Total Income $5,519,650


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Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 77%  Fund Raising: 12%  Administrative: 11% 

Total income   $5,519,650
  Program expenses $1,774,442
  Fund raising expenses 276,873
  Administrative expenses 264,041
 
Total expenses   $2,315,356
Income in Excess of Expenses   3,204,294
Beginning net assets   13,142,994
Ending net assets   16,347,288
Total liabilities   2,115,050
Total assets   $18,462,338


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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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