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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: June 2025 Expires: June 2027

Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, Inc.

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
4600 Gulf Fwy
Houston, TX, 77023
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-gulf-coast
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, Inc. meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:

 

Mission:
"To ensure the right and ability of all individuals to manage their sexual and reproductive health by providing health services, education and advocacy."

 

Year, State Incorporated:
1936, TX

Also Known As:
Planned Parenthood of Houston & Southeast Texas

 
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast (PPGC) is the 3rd largest health safety net organization in Harris County and the most trusted provider of reproductive health care. As the only provider in the Gulf Coast region specializing in reproductive health care for economically disadvantaged and medically underserved individuals for 83 years, PPGCs goal is to build healthy communities by providing high quality, affordable health care services with a strong focus on the prevention of unintended pregnancy and infection. PPGCs essential services are vital to the health of our community, including preventive exams; intimate partner violence screening; STI testing and treatment; contraception; HPV vaccines; and rapid results HIV testing and same-day treatment in the form of PrEP. PPGC currently operates six health centers in the Greater Houston area and two in Louisiana; these health centers serve nearly 50,000 patients on an annual basis.  
 

For the year ended June 30, 2023, Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, Inc.'s program expenses were:

Total Program services $24,856,053
Total Program Expenses $24,856,053

Chief Executive
Melaney Linton, President & CEO

Chair of the Board
Robin O'Neil

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Fogler, Brar, Ford, O’Neil & Gray, LLP

Board Size
27

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Television, Grant proposals, Internet, Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.), Membership appeals

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.

The following information is based on Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, Inc.'s audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2023.

Source of Funds
General Contributions $9,094,652
Patient Service Revenue $7,841,934
Contributed services $3,411,971
Research contracts $1,855,298
Special events $1,748,099
Net assets released for program expenditures $924,439
Government grants $429,255
Other income $137,126
Cost of direct donor benefits $-212,890
Total Income $25,229,884

Programs: 67% Fundraising: 3% Administrative: 30%

Total Income $25,229,884
Total expenses: $36,909,850
  Program expenses $24,856,053
  Fundraising expenses $1,013,588
  Administrative expenses $11,040,209
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-11,679,966
Beginning Net Assets $50,559,153
Other Changes In Net Assets $2,201,299
Ending Net Assets $41,080,486
Total Liabilities $11,376,521
Total Assets $61,935,674

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Report completed by:
BBB of Greater Houston and South Texas