Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 1983.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
74 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
32 people listed on the 990; $521K paid to officers and key staff.
Leslie Bourne’s $257K as Former CEO, Ch-TX is at the 65th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3122 $10–100M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie Bourne | $256,918 | $236,170 | $226,326 | $214,672 | $214,918 | $211,530 |
| Scurry Richardson | — | — | — | $158,405 | — | — |
| Latricia Bailey | $147,551 | $34,726 | — | — | — | — |
| Delesha Jones | $139,519 | $133,332 | — | — | — | — |
| Felicia Broussard | $135,101 | $124,223 | $120,386 | $106,585 | — | — |
| Calvin Tang | — | — | $122,136 | $122,347 | $120,667 | $32,948 |
| Eugene Hall | $104,733 | $108,112 | — | — | — | — |
| Sharon Samuel | — | $67,703 | — | — | — | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See Covenant House Texas executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Provides shelter, medical care, and advocacy for homeless, trafficked, and exploited youth, offering drop-in day services and residential programs to support their recovery.
Questions for Covenant House Texas
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Safe haven (which includes crisis care and young parents program) provides shelter, food, clothing, counseling, primary and secondary education, life skills, job preparation, employment skills, and legal advice for an average of 34 youth per night.
Rights of passage provides transitional living housing services for young adults aging from 18 to 24 for up to 24 months. Services include individual counseling, help with completing their education, finding jobs, and permanent housing.
The youth engagement center (yec) program is a drop-in center that provides comprehensive services to youth in the residential programs and to other youth in the community. This program offers youth ages 18-24 meals, laundry services, clothing, showers, recreational activities, and vocational education.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
Plus 2 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 1 smaller program.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 3 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
The auditor reported no findings.
By the numbers
The FY2023 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY23 | End FY23 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $13.0M | $15.3M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $138K | $188K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $5.7M | $9.0M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $26.2M | $33.1M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $1.8M | $3.0M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $24.4M | $30.2M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $382K | $382K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $445K | $361K | $62K | $22K |
| Pay of disqualified personsLn 6 | $57K | $57K | ||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $3.2M | $2.6M | $427K | $140K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $214K | $176K | $27K | $11K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $320K | $263K | $41K | $16K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $295K | $247K | $36K | $13K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $60K | $20K | $39K | $1K |
| Professional fundraising feesLn 11e | $287K | $287K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $849K | $366K | $221K | $262K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $101K | $79K | $10K | $12K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $352K | $239K | $75K | $38K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $27K | $23K | $4K | $329 |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $949K | $861K | $84K | $5K |
| TravelLn 17 | $66K | $58K | $7K | $79 |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $14K | $12K | $1K | $17 |
| InterestLn 20 | $35K | $35K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $178K | $158K | $16K | $4K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $79K | $32K | $46K | $1K |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $153K | $78K | $59K | $15K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $8.1M | $6.0M | $1.2M | $829K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 15, 2026 | $10.6M | $9.9M | $673K | $50.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS May 15, 2025 | $28.2M | $8.5M | $19.6M | $49.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 ViewingFiled with the IRS May 15, 2024 | $14.1M | $8.1M | $6.1M | $30.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $12.5M | $7.4M | $5.1M | $24.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 11, 2022 | $14.6M | $6.5M | $8.1M | $21.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS May 17, 2021 | $8.7M | $6.5M | $2.1M | $13.2M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $14,125,688 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 23 of 23 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $14,125,688 across 13 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $8,052,693 across 20 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $33,132,900 assets, 17 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $30,162,921 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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