Holocaust Museum Houston

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Houston, TX501(c)(3)Since 1991Arts & CultureEIN 76-0331398Revenue $12.7M in FY2025

On file with the IRShmh.org5401 Caroline St, 77004-6804 · Houston, TXTax-exempt since Oct 1991Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The organization is a Museum, education center, and memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
63¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 126 volunteers and 71 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $737K a year · 10% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
63%
of spending
Worth a look: 63% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$699K
to officers and key staff · 9% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 89% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 9% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.1 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $14K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3.0M
8% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 8% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
30
of 30 voting members
Looks good: 30 of 30 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$12.7M
+131% vs prior year
Spent
$7.4M
To programs
63%
Net assets
$36.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$12.7M
FY2025▲ +131%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$6.2M
FY2021$6.5M
FY2022$7.3M
FY2023$6.6M
FY2024$5.5M
FY2025$12.7M
Expenses
$7.4M
FY2025▼ -9%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$8.9M
FY2021$7.5M
FY2022$8.7M
FY2023$8.7M
FY2024$8.1M
FY2025$7.4M
Net assets
$36.2M
FY2025▲ +17%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$37.9M
FY2021$36.9M
FY2022$35.6M
FY2023$33.5M
FY2024$30.9M
FY2025$36.2M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1991.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

63 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 63% · $4.7M Management & general 17% · $1.3M Fundraising 20% · $1.4M

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

35 people listed on the 990; $699K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Chief Financial Officer
$172,798Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Marketing Officer (thru 11/30/24)
$145,921Pt VII · Sec A
Interim CEO
$141,751Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$125,033Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Director of Development
$113,060Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kristin Albers’s $173K as Chief Financial Officer is at the 11th percentile of top reported officer pay among 749 $10–100M arts & culture 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kelly Zuniga—$122,186$242,005$191,654$183,603$283,677
Kristin Albers Lamm—$179,077$165,900$146,818$135,400$175,498
Kristin Albers$172,798—————
Robin Cavanaugh$145,921$159,547$156,713$135,475$123,185$143,032
Connie Boyd—————$157,079
Linda Burger$141,751—————
Karen Parker——$140,729———
Debbye Crofoot-Morley—————$130,010

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.

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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

Educates the public about the Holocaust and modern genocide through museum exhibits, memorial services, lectures, film screenings, and community workshops.

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3 programs · $4.7M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Exhibitions

Holocaust museum houston's permanent exhibit, "bearing witness: a community remembers" is personalized with testimony of holocaust survivors who later settled in the houston area. The gallery features artifacts donated by holocaust survivors, their descendants, liberators, and other collectors and was expanded to incorporate two of the…

$2.4Mprogram expense
02

Education holocaust museum houston reached over 22,900 students and 750 teachers using a variety of bilingual educational programs to support holocaust instruction in k-12 classrooms. The museum developed a corps of educators to effectively teach about the holocaust and other genocides by hosting various fellowships where eminent…

$1.1Mprogram expense
03

Public programming holocaust museum houston reached nearly 8,000 community members through educational programming such as lectures, panel discussions, film viewings, workshops, and professional trainings.

$1.1Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$12.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$12.5M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$293K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Money outPt IX
$7.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.7M
Managementcol C$1.3M
Fundraisingcol D$1.4M
Owns and owesPt X
$36.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.3M
Total assetsLn 16$39.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
35
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a30
IndependentVI 1b30
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$12.5M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$57K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$1.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$293K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Total revenueLn 12$12.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$32.6M
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$39.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.0M
Net assetsLn 32$36.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 571
VolunteersI 6126
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$155K$1.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$33.9M$32.6M
Total assetsLn 16$35.3M$39.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.4M$3.0M
Net assetsLn 32$30.9M$36.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$554K$306K$91K$157K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.1M$1.2M$332K$596K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$50K$17K$19K$14K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$230K$148K$27K$55K
Payroll taxesLn 10$208K$117K$32K$59K
Accounting feesLn 11c$29K$29K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$774K$492K$93K$189K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$146K$118K$26K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$217K$86K$31K$100K
Information technologyLn 14$252K$119K$46K$86K
OccupancyLn 16$337K$288K$35K$14K
TravelLn 17$178K$160K$13K$5K
InterestLn 20$214K$214K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1.3M$1.2M$96K$36K
InsuranceLn 23$236K$173K$52K$10K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$316K$193K$91K$31K
All other expensesLn 24e$210K$81K$34K$95K
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.4M$4.7M$1.3M$1.4M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $12.7M$7.4M$5.3M$36.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 $5.5M$8.1M−$2.6M$30.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $6.6M$8.7M−$2.1M$33.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $7.3M$8.7M−$1.3M$35.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $6.5M$7.5M−$983K$36.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 $6.2M$8.9M−$2.7M$37.9M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $12,703,476 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $5,145,578$12,493,807
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $439,726$292,596
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $5,801$4,606
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$100,457−$87,533
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $5,490,648$12,703,476
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,106,159$3,129,518
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $4,976,538$4,245,086
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $8,082,697$7,374,604
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$2,592,049$5,328,872
Part VI · Governance 30 of 30 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body30
VI-1b Independent voting members30
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $12,703,476 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $25,728 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$485,159
VIII-1c Fundraising events$1,369,893
VIII-1d Related organizations$638,763
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$9,999,992
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$56,572
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$12,493,807
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $292,596$292,596
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $4,606$4,606
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $97,333$97,333
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$215,176−$215,176
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $4,582$4,582
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $318,324 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$108,655$12,703,476
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,374,604 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $306,075 · Management $90,529 · Fundraising $157,403$554,007
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,159,573 · Management $331,625 · Fundraising $595,805$2,087,003
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $17,050 · Management $19,209 · Fundraising $13,913$50,172
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $148,223 · Management $26,664 · Fundraising $55,130$230,017
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $116,834 · Management $32,139 · Fundraising $59,346$208,319
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $29,046$29,046
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $491,903 · Management $92,966 · Fundraising $189,068$773,937
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $118,154 · Management $26,467 · Fundraising $1,442$146,063
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $86,485 · Management $31,247 · Fundraising $99,653$217,385
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $119,274 · Management $46,125 · Fundraising $86,222$251,621
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $288,392 · Management $35,265 · Fundraising $13,559$337,216
IX-17 TravelPrograms $159,716 · Management $12,948 · Fundraising $5,328$177,992
IX-20 InterestManagement $214,051$214,051
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,204,002 · Management $96,164 · Fundraising $36,357$1,336,523
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $173,088 · Management $52,211 · Fundraising $10,472$235,771
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $193,169 · Management $91,338 · Fundraising $31,160$315,667
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $80,858 · Management $34,278 · Fundraising $94,678$209,814
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,662,796 · Management $1,262,272 · Fundraising $1,449,536$7,374,604
Part X · Balance sheet $39,167,014 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $154,735$1,297,551
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $622,876$4,768,711
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $299,855$307,358
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $32,959$26,246
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $218,482$147,977
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $33,906,426$32,579,756
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $49,268$39,415
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $3,759$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $35,288,360$39,167,014
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $248,030$239,869
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $251,266$219,523
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $314$20,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $4,429,610$2,979,392
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $30,463,427$31,237,049
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $395,323$4,950,573
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $30,858,750$36,187,622
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $35,288,360$39,167,014
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $36,187,622 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$12,703,476
XI-2 Total expenses$7,374,604
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$5,328,872
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$30,858,750
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$36,187,622

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