TOTAL REVENUE - FISCAL 2025
$32,520,743
Down 2.5% from $33,365,368 in fiscal 2024.
Houston Jewish Community Foundation
Houston, Texas - EIN 76-0187329 - Latest filing: fiscal 2025 (Sep 1, 2024 - Aug 31, 2025)
HOW TO READ THIS PAGE
How to read this page: every figure below is from the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed Jul 15, 2026. People named below are shown as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed Jul 15, 2026 - the filing is a snapshot of that fiscal year, not a list of current officeholders.
THE FILING IN ONE PARAGRAPH
Houston Jewish Community Foundation reported $32,520,743 in revenue and $30,363,068 in expenses in fiscal 2025, a surplus of $2,157,675 for the year. Program services took $28,830,626 of expenses, or 95.0%. The organization closed the year with $174,197,215 in net assets - about 68.8 months of expenses at the fiscal-2025 spending level.
At a Glance - Fiscal 2025
All values are fiscal 2025 unless a tile says otherwise.
TOTAL EXPENSES - FISCAL 2025
$30,363,068
Revenue minus expenses: $2,157,675 in fiscal 2025.
PROGRAM EXPENSE SHARE - FISCAL 2025
95.0%
$28,830,626 of $30,363,068 went to program services.
NET ASSETS - END OF FISCAL 2025
$174,197,215
Total assets $179,861,943 minus total liabilities $5,664,728.
TOP EXECUTIVE PAY - FISCAL 2025
$196,410
Roberta Herman-Dietrich, Executive Director, as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed Jul 15, 2026. Total across all compensation columns.
PEOPLE REPORTED - FISCAL 2025
6 Employees
Plus 30 volunteers reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990.
Money In, Money Out - Fiscal 2025
Revenue and expenses as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed Jul 15, 2026. Donated goods are separated from cash so food and supply donations do not read as cash income.
Where the Money Went - Fiscal 2025
Management and general is the figure reported on the filing (Part IX total); where a filing does not carry it, it is computed as the residual of total expenses minus program and fundraising expenses. Cost to raise a dollar in fiscal 2025: $0.01 - $281,342 in fundraising expenses divided by $25,382,762 in total contributions. On cash contributions only: $0.02.
Where the Money Came From - Fiscal 2025
| Source | Fiscal 2025 |
|---|---|
| Total Contributions | $25,382,762 |
| Of Which Cash Contributions | $15,630,197 |
| Of Which Donated Goods (Noncash) | $9,752,565 |
| Related Organizations | $5,626,951 |
| All Other Contributions | $19,755,811 |
| Program Service Revenue | $337,512 |
| Investment Income | $6,602,609 |
| Other Revenue | $197,860 |
| Total Revenue (All Sources) | $32,520,743 |
Government Grants - Not Broken Out
The fiscal-2025 Form 990 does not break out government grants as a separate line for this organization. This page shows Not Broken Out instead of estimating a figure.
The fiscal-2025 Form 990 does not break out government grants as a separate line for this organization. This page shows Not Broken Out instead of estimating a figure.
Donated Goods Are a Large Share Here
For this organization, donated goods were $9,752,565 of $25,382,762 in contributions in fiscal 2025 - a large share of reported contributions is goods valued in dollars, not cash. The cash and noncash split is shown above, and any cost-to-raise-a-dollar figure is shown both ways.
Reserves and Balance Sheet - Fiscal 2025
Reserves and Runway
68.8 Months
of reserves - $174,197,215 in net assets at the end of fiscal 2025, divided by average monthly expenses of about $2,530,255 in fiscal 2025.
Net assets can include donor-restricted funds, buildings and other assets that cannot be spent like cash. Treat months of reserves as a scale measure, not as cash in the bank.
Balance Sheet - End of Fiscal 2025
| Total Assets | $179,861,943 |
| Total Liabilities | $5,664,728 |
| Liabilities as Share of Assets | 3.1% |
| Net Assets | $174,197,215 |
Leadership Pay - Fiscal 2025
Pay is the summed total across all compensation columns on the Form 990 - pay from the organization, pay from related organizations, and other compensation. People are shown as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed Jul 15, 2026.
| Name and Title, as Reported | Total Pay - Fiscal 2025 | Share of Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| Roberta Herman-Dietrich - Executive Director | $196,410 | 0.65% |
| Paul Weaver - CFO | $160,166 | 0.53% |
The full Part VII table lists every officer, director, trustee and key employee named on the filing, with hours and the same summed total. Compensation is reported for the calendar year ending within the fiscal year, per the Form 990.
Board and Governance - Fiscal 2025
Board and policy answers as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed Jul 15, 2026.
Board Roster - as Reported on the Fiscal-2025 Form 990
29 voting members, 29 independent - independence count as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990.
| Name, as Reported | Role, as Reported |
|---|---|
| Roberta Herman-Dietrich | Executive Director |
| Paul Weaver | CFO |
| Ann Baker Ronn | Chair |
| Jacob Leon | Vice Chair, Secretary |
| Brad Brookner | Treasurer |
| Brian Cororve | Trustee |
| Jennifer Costa | Trustee |
| Linda P Davis | Trustee |
| Carol Desenberg | Trustee |
| Jason Feldman | Trustee |
| Les Fox | Trustee |
| Emily Freedman | Trustee |
| Courtney Garson | Trustee |
| Jeffrey Gilbert | Trustee |
| Dan Gordon | Trustee |
| Jason Gordon | Trustee |
| David Hoodis | Trustee |
| Lewis Kalmans | Trustee |
| Jay Kaplan | Trustee |
| Eve Lapin | Trustee |
| Mike Levy | Trustee |
| Etan Mirwis | Trustee |
| David Morris | Trustee |
| Alan Orkin | Trustee |
| Hy Penn | Trustee |
| Esther Polland | Non-voting Trustee |
| Mark Rauch | Trustee |
| Tom Samuels | Trustee |
| Rick Stein | Trustee |
| Kevin Steinhart | Trustee |
| Eugene Tunitsky | Trustee |
| Ronnie Yambra | Trustee |
Governance Policy Flags - Fiscal 2025
Conflict of Interest PolicyYes - Reported
Whistleblower PolicyYes - Reported
Document Retention PolicyYes - Reported
Audited Financial StatementsYes - Reported
Audit CommitteeYes - Reported
Board Size and Independence29 voting / 29 independent
Flags report what the organization answered on the Form 990. A Yes means the policy was reported on the filing; it is not an outside review of how the policy works in practice.
Grants - Fiscal 2025
Grants Made - Fiscal 2025
This organization reported $28,785,084 in grants paid in fiscal 2025.
| Recipient, as Reported | Amount |
|---|---|
| 100 Club Inc General Support | $6,100 |
| ACLU Foundation General Support | $10,000 |
| Adam J Lewis Academy General Support | $15,000 |
| Adirei HaTorah General Support | $10,000 |
| Anti-Defamation League General Support | $90,330 |
| Aishel House Inc General Support | $48,530 |
| American Jewish Committee General Support | $67,700 |
| Alley Theatre General Support | $16,860 |
| Alpha Epsilon Pi Foundation General Support | $10,600 |
| American Committee for Shaare Zedek Med Ctr General Support | $50,360 |
| American Friends of Chabad of Thailand General Support | $10,000 |
| American Friends of Kolot General Support | $60,000 |
| American Friends of Leket Israel General Support | $15,510 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom General Support | $12,603 |
| American Friends of Ogen General Support | $10,000 |
| American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ General Support | $12,500 |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee General Support | $247,760 |
| American Red Cross General Support | $45,530 |
| American Society for Technion General Support | $25,250 |
| Americans for Ben-Gurion University General Support | $146,930 |
| Amigos de las Americas General Support | $20,500 |
| Ann Richards School Foundation General Support | $8,100 |
| Art in the Heart General Support | $10,000 |
| Asia Society Texas General Support | $15,000 |
| ATIME-A Torah Infertility Medium of Exchange General Support | $10,000 |
| Auschwitz Institute General Support | $43,000 |
| Austin Street Center General Support | $6,000 |
| Aware Ct General Support | $10,000 |
| Baby2Baby General Support | $9,500 |
| Barrio Dogs Inc General Support | $10,000 |
| Baylor College of Medicine General Support | $3,792,500 |
| BBYO - Lonestar Region General Support | $11,690 |
| Bellaire Jewish Center General Support | $12,560 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation General Support | $90,030 |
| Boca Jewish Center General Support | $15,072 |
| Brandeis University General Support | $17,000 |
| Bridgeport Caribe Youth Leaders General Support | $10,000 |
| Cafe Azul TX General Support | $8,000 |
| Camp for All Foundation General Support | $5,778 |
| Camp Ramah - California General Support | $14,500 |
| Camp Shield General Support | $10,000 |
| Camp Young Judaea General Support | $123,443 |
| CASA of Oklahoma County General Support | $10,000 |
| Catch a Lift Fund General Support | $15,000 |
| Central Conference of American Rabbis General Support | $104,300 |
| Central Synagogue General Support | $5,800 |
| Chabad at Rice General Support | $6,500 |
| Chabad Israeli Center Houston General Support | $6,000 |
| Chabad of Austin General Support | $11,000 |
| Chabad of Cypress General Support | $5,500 |
| Chabad of the West Side General Support | $60,000 |
| Chabad of West Houston General Support | $12,363 |
| Christ Memorial Lutheran Church General Support | $12,000 |
| Circle of Care General Support | $15,000 |
| Collaborative for Children General Support | $13,500 |
| Community Kollel of Houston General Support | $100,500 |
| Congregation Agudas Achim General Support | $7,036 |
| Congregation Beth Israel General Support | $375,975 |
| Congregation Beth Jacob General Support | $13,395 |
| Congregation Beth Shalom Woodlands General Support | $5,560 |
| Congregation Beth Yeshurun General Support | $162,503 |
| Congregation B'nai Butte General Support | $6,000 |
| Congregation Brith Shalom General Support | $272,597 |
| Congregation Chaim Vachesed General Support | $17,000 |
| Congregation Emanu El General Support | $558,107 |
| Congregation Or Ami General Support | $32,800 |
| Congregation Shma Koleinu General Support | $11,200 |
| Converse Animal Shelter General Support | $10,000 |
| Cornerstone Assistance Network General Support | $8,000 |
| Crested Butte Land Trust General Support | $5,100 |
| Crisis Intervention of Houston General Support | $7,363 |
| Crowdsource Rescue General Support | $10,000 |
| DAAR Charitable Foundation General Support | $10,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders General Support | $5,500 |
| Dream Big Books General Support | $6,000 |
| Emery-Weiner Center for Jewish Education General Support | $702,940 |
| Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center General Support | $231,432 |
| Evelyn's Park Conservancy General Support | $5,518 |
| FamilyTime Crisis and Counseling Center General Support | $10,000 |
| Feeding the Lone Star General Support | $27,950 |
| Fiver Children's Foundation General Support | $55,100 |
| Florida's Children First General Support | $7,000 |
| Foundation for Defense of Democracies General Support | $20,500 |
| Friends of IDF Texas Chapter General Support | $281,120 |
| Friends of Lubavitch General Support | $5,540 |
| Friends of Seminario Rabinico Latinamericano General Support | $10,000 |
| Friends of Yashar LaChayal General Support | $8,000 |
| Give Us Paws General Support | $11,000 |
| Goodwill Industries of Central Texas General Support | $6,000 |
| Greater Houston Community Fndn General Support | $22,000 |
| Greater Miami Jewish Federation General Support | $34,662 |
| Guardians of the Children General Support | $15,000 |
| Hadassah Womens Zionist Org of America General Support | $41,662 |
| Hand in Hand Center for Jewish-Arab Education General Support | $367,068 |
| Hands of Justice General Support | $10,000 |
| Harold Grinspoon Foundation General Support | $88,914 |
| Hatzalah of Houston General Support | $8,400 |
| Healthcare for the Homeless Houston General Support | $15,100 |
| Hebrew Order of David Foundation General Support | $7,000 |
| Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion General Support | $10,606 |
| Hias General Support | $14,140 |
| Highland Park Education Foundation General Support | $10,000 |
| Hillel International General Support | $10,630 |
| Holocaust Museum Houston General Support | $1,151,490 |
| Homes with Hope General Support | $23,000 |
| Honest Reporting General Support | $25,930 |
| Housed Working and Healthy General Support | $10,000 |
| Houston Area Women's Center General Support | $18,700 |
| Houston Audubon Society General Support | $9,000 |
| Houston Ballet Foundation General Support | $37,750 |
| Houston Botanic Garden General Support | $28,500 |
| Houston Christian University General Support | $32,000 |
| Houston Congregation for Reform Judaism General Support | $94,851 |
| Houston Dept of Transformation General Support | $10,000 |
| Houston Food Bank General Support | $47,810 |
| Houston Friendship Circle General Support | $88,000 |
| Houston Grand Opera General Support | $26,645 |
| Houston Hillel General Support | $62,172 |
| Houston Jewish Family Foundation General Support | $263,141 |
| Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo General Support | $48,443 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation General Support | $245,266 |
| Houston Museum of Natural Science General Support | $25,500 |
| Houston Pets Alive General Support | $10,000 |
| Houston Public Media Foundation General Support | $51,810 |
| Houston Symphony Society General Support | $28,000 |
| Houston Zoo Inc General Support | $6,553 |
| Huntington's Disease Society of America General Support | $20,000 |
| Huntsman Cancer Foundation General Support | $10,000 |
| Ikar General Support | $7,760 |
| Impact Israel General Support | $20,000 |
| Institute of Southern Jewish Life General Support | $10,960 |
| Irvin M Shlenker School of Cong Beth Israel General Support | $202,845 |
| J Street Education Fund General Support | $83,500 |
| Jack Segal Academy of Beth Yeshurun General Support | $128,375 |
| Jewish Childrens Regional Service General Support | $17,282 |
| Jewish Community Center Assoc North America General Support | $104,333 |
| Jewish Community Center Endowment Fund General Support | $100,000 |
| Jewish Community Center of South Bay General Support | $10,000 |
| Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles General Support | $10,000 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta General Support | $25,400 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Houston General Support | $3,454,832 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles General Support | $44,180 |
| Jewish Federations of North America General Support | $477,500 |
| Jewish National Fund General Support | $6,730 |
| JEWISHcolorado General Support | $8,080 |
| JGive-Friends of Asor Fund USA General Support | $6,000 |
| Joan and Stanford Alexander Jewish Family Service General Support | $1,598,679 |
| John 3-16 Mission General Support | $15,000 |
| Johns Hopkins University General Support | $10,000 |
| Julie Rogers Gift of Life General Support | $10,150 |
| K9s 4 COPs General Support | $25,000 |
| Keren Or Inc General Support | $6,500 |
| Kesher Israel Synagogue General Support | $100,875 |
| Kids Meals General Support | $44,645 |
| Kinkaid School Inc General Support | $76,180 |
| KIPP Texas Fundraising Houston General Support | $5,500 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society General Support | $15,868 |
| Life First General Support | $8,000 |
| Lilith Publications Inc General Support | $65,000 |
| May Institute General Support | $27,000 |
| McGivney Community Center General Support | $10,000 |
| Media Cares Foundation General Support | $7,000 |
| Mem Global General Support | $44,600 |
| Memorial Hermann Foundation General Support | $7,000 |
| Menil Foundation General Support | $111,750 |
| Mental Health America of Greater Houston General Support | $7,363 |
| Michael M Boone Elementary PTO General Support | $10,000 |
| Mid Coast Health Net General Support | $34,550 |
| Miracle League of Southlake General Support | $7,500 |
| Mobile Loaves & Fishes General Support | $15,000 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Houston General Support | $38,281 |
| Museum of Jewish Heritage General Support | $50,000 |
| Ne'eman Foundation USA General Support | $5,500 |
| New Israel Fund General Support | $9,150 |
| New Jewish Narrative General Support | $8,600 |
| Noah's House General Support | $20,000 |
| Northwestern Univ Feinberg School of Medicine General Support | $14,000 |
| One Man's Treasure General Support | $6,000 |
| Ovarcome General Support | $10,000 |
| Palm Valley Animal Society General Support | $10,000 |
| Parkland Foundation General Support | $30,000 |
| PEF Israel Endowment Fund General Support | $270,700 |
| Pin Oak Charity Horse Show Assoc General Support | $10,000 |
| Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast General Support | $157,680 |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas General Support | $6,000 |
| Planned Parenthood South Texas General Support | $300,000 |
| PREA Foundation General Support | $25,000 |
| Prizmah Center for Jewish Day Schools General Support | $12,500 |
| Project Inspire General Support | $6,000 |
| Protect Democracy Project General Support | $35,000 |
| Raices General Support | $20,000 |
| Rebecca's Wish General Support | $12,500 |
| Robert M Beren Academy General Support | $189,278 |
| Rutherford BH Yates Museum General Support | $10,000 |
| Salt & Pepper Gang General Support | $10,000 |
| Salvation Army General Support | $6,300 |
| Segundo Barrio Childrens Chorus General Support | $10,000 |
| Sephardic Gan Torat Emet General Support | $25,638 |
| Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services General Support | $416,747 |
| Shaarei Tikvah General Support | $9,115 |
| Shalom Austin General Support | $135,928 |
| Shelter to Soldier General Support | $10,000 |
| Shelters Right Hand General Support | $9,000 |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children General Support | $37,280 |
| Shul of Bellaire - Chabad Lubavitch General Support | $72,588 |
| Society for Welfare of Israeli Underprivileged Gifted Children General Support | $6,000 |
| Soldiers Angels General Support | $12,500 |
| Sorek General Support | $60,000 |
| St John's School General Support | $24,600 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital General Support | $22,430 |
| Teach for America General Support | $25,500 |
| Temple Beth Sholom General Support | $10,250 |
| Temple Beth Torah General Support | $30,280 |
| Temple Sinai General Support | $8,128 |
| Tetractys New Music General Support | $17,000 |
| Texas Children's Hospital General Support | $31,995 |
| Texas Civil Rights Project General Support | $15,000 |
| Texas EquuSearch General Support | $17,000 |
| Texas Hillel Foundation General Support | $101,350 |
| The Arc of DFW General Support | $7,500 |
| The Binyamin Fund General Support | $15,000 |
| The Christmas Box International General Support | $7,500 |
| The Code Academy General Support | $10,000 |
| The Faris Foundation General Support | $12,500 |
| The Heights Chabad General Support | $17,000 |
| The Houston Mesivta General Support | $10,510 |
| The University of Virginia Health Foundation General Support | $200,000 |
| Tieer General Support | $97,000 |
| TIKVA Children's Home General Support | $5,500 |
| Tikvah Fund General Support | $15,000 |
| TLC Learning Center General Support | $10,000 |
| Torah Girls Academy of Texas General Support | $7,980 |
| Torch General Support | $14,300 |
| T'ruah General Support | $10,000 |
| Trustees of Amherst College General Support | $142,000 |
| Tulane University General Support | $27,000 |
| UC San Diego Foundation General Support | $10,000 |
| Union for Reform Judaism General Support | $21,500 |
| Union of Orthodox Jewish Congreg of America General Support | $14,000 |
| United Hebrew Congregation General Support | $6,380 |
| United Orthodox Synagogues General Support | $138,592 |
| United Professional Horsemen's Assoc Fndn General Support | $12,500 |
| United Way of Greater Houston General Support | $100,860 |
| University of Florida Foundation General Support | $10,000 |
| University of Houston Law Foundation General Support | $5,600 |
| University of Illinois Foundation General Support | $7,500 |
| University of Texas at Austin General Support | $130,000 |
| University of Texas Foundation General Support | $31,150 |
| University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston General Support | $20,000 |
| Ursinus College General Support | $19,369 |
| Ursinus Mens Lacrosse Booster Club General Support | $10,500 |
| UT Chabad House General Support | $6,000 |
| UT Health Houston General Support | $9,500 |
| Utah Domestic Violence Coalition General Support | $9,000 |
| Utah Youth Village General Support | $7,500 |
| Uvalde CISD Moving Forward Foundation General Support | $10,000 |
| Verified Voting Foundation General Support | $10,000 |
| Volunteers for Veterans Foundation General Support | $10,000 |
| Washington and Jefferson College General Support | $2,500,000 |
| Washington Institute for Near East Policy General Support | $8,900 |
| Wellesley College General Support | $10,250 |
| West Texas Gifts of Hope General Support | $14,500 |
| Western Wall Heritage Foundation General Support | $10,000 |
| William Marsh Rice University General Support | $46,528 |
| Women Donors Network General Support | $10,000 |
| World Central Kitchen General Support | $6,060 |
| World Savvy General Support | $10,000 |
| Young Israel of Houston General Support | $15,911 |
| Zaka Tel Aviv Inc General Support | $5,360 |
Trend - Revenue
Years are shown only where a filing is held. Missing years are absent, never filled in.
| Fiscal Year | Revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Fiscal 2024 (Prior-Year Column on the Fiscal-2025 Filing) | $33,365,368 | - |
| Fiscal 2025 | $32,520,743 | -2.5% |
This table grows to a 10-year view (revenue, expenses, net assets and top pay) as earlier filings for this organization are added to the record. Missing years are absent, never filled in.
Filings on Record
| Tax Period | Form | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2024 - Aug 31, 2025 | Form 990 | In Force - Filed Jul 15, 2026 | Original Filing at the IRS |
If an amended return is filed, the newest amended return supersedes the earlier one and the table marks which filing is in force.