American Leadership Forum - Houston/Gulf Coast Chapter
Meets Standards
Standards For Charity Accountability
Governance
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Board Oversight
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Board Size
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Board Meetings
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Board Compensation
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Conflict of Interest
Measuring Effectiveness
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Effectiveness Policy
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Effectiveness Report
Finances
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Program Expenses
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Fundraising Expenses
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Accumulating Funds
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Audit Report
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Detailed Expense Breakdown
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Accurate Expense Reporting
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Budget Plan
Fundraising & Info
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Truthful Materials
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Annual Report
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Website Disclosures
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Donor Privacy
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Cause Marketing Disclosures
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Complaints
American Leadership Forum - Houston/Gulf Coast Chapter meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Stated Purpose:
The American Leadership Forum (ALF) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to join and strengthen diverse leaders to serve the common good.
Year, State Incorporated:
1980, TX
Program Fellows are selected each year, drawing from the arts, nonprofit corporate government and political media, education, philanthropic and religious sectors. Fellows are selected to represent the broad range of perspectives that exist within
sectors; such as, Criminal Justice, Community Development, Medical and Education.
The Fellowship Program graduates Senior Fellows who are empowered to serve as catalysts in their communities, bringing stakeholders from other sectors together to collaboratively address the most urgent public concerns. Through its Senior Fellow programs, ALF leverages the talent, commitment and connections that have been developed to create unique opportunities for leaders from different spheres to work together for a better community.
Today, American Leadership Forum has over 1,600 Senior Fellows in the Houston/Gulf Coast network; over 85 events were held to engage Senior Fellows in enhancing relationships, strengthening their capacity to collectively address public issues and to explore some of the most important issues facing our region; $58,500 worth of scholarships were awarded to insure that all deserving leaders were able to participate in our program and that all areas of our community were represented; and 50 new leaders joined our network and participated in more than 530 hours of the Fellows Program, in which they learned collaborative leadership skills, modeled servant leadership, and created opportunities to work together.
For the year ended December 31, 2023, American Leadership Forum - Houston/Gulf Coast Chapter's program expenses were:
| Program expenditures | $1,762,646 |
| Total Program Expenses | $1,762,646 |
Chair of the Board
Ms. Tina Peterman
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Board Size
Not disclosed
Paid Staff Size
4
Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Telemarketing, Door-to-door solicitation, Special events, Grant proposals
Tax status information not available.
The following information is based on American Leadership Forum - Houston/Gulf Coast Chapter's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023.
Source of Funds
| Costs of benefits provided to donors | $-88,931 |
| Nonfinancial contributions (Note 8) | $17,540 |
| Activity fees and other revenue | $37,810 |
| Adaptive leadership tuition | $61,600 |
| Special events | $345,591 |
| Financial contributions | $385,497 |
| Net investment return | $398,590 |
| Tuition, net of scholarships of $98400 | $604,949 |
| Total Income | $1,762,646 |
Programs: 47% Fundraising: 42% Administrative: 11%
| Total Income | $1,762,646 |
| Total expenses: | $3,770,902 |
| Program expenses | $1,762,646 |
| Fundraising expenses | $1,584,658 |
| Administrative expenses | $423,598 |
| Other expenses | $0 |
| Income in Excess of Expenses | $-2,008,256 |
| Beginning Net Assets | $3,069,932 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets | $0 |
| Ending Net Assets | $3,247,920 |
| Total Liabilities | $410,876 |
| Total Assets | $338,898 |
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