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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: September 2025 Expires: September 2027

Bo's Place

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(713) 942-8339
10050 Buffalo Speedway
Houston, TX, 77054
https://bosplace.org/en/
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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

Bo's Place meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:

 
Bo's Place exists to enhance the lives of those who have experienced the death of a loved one.
 
 

Year, State Incorporated:
1990, TX

 
A non-profit, free-of-charge bereavement center, Bos Place offers multiple grief support services for adults, children, and families, and provides education and resources for those who assist people in grief.Bos Place operates on the belief that it is helpful and healing for grieving children and adults to share their stories, memories, experiences, thoughts, and feelings with those who can understand their journey. Bos Place offers the only free on-going grief support program in the greater Houston area for children and their families.
 
 

For the year ended June 30, 2025, Bo's Place's program expenses were:

Prgram expenses $1,672,972
Total Program Expenses $1,672,972

Chief Executive
Mary Beth Staine, Executive Director

Board Size
30

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Invitations to fund raising events, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Television, Grant proposals, Planned giving arrangements, Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.)

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 Bo's Place's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2025.

Source of Funds
Special events: Cash and other financial assets $1,297,670
Contributions- Cash and other financial assets $1,224,169
Net investment return $86,925
Special events: Proceeds from donated auction items $32,425
Contributions- Nonfinancial assets $26,452
Other income $20,130
Special events: Nonfinancial Assets $7,000
Cost of direct donor benefits of special events $-260,678
Total Income $2,434,093

Programs: 67% Fundraising: 20% Administrative: 14%

Total Income $2,434,093
Total expenses: $2,514,254
  Program expenses $1,672,972
  Fundraising expenses $501,473
  Administrative expenses $339,809
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-80,161
Beginning Net Assets $5,701,126
Other Changes In Net Assets $250,062
Ending Net Assets $5,871,027
Total Liabilities $30,076
Total Assets $5,901,103

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Report completed by:
BBB of Greater Houston and South Texas