Nonprofit · EIN 74-1146781
LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND OF HOUSTON
Tax-exempt · HOUSTON, TX 77019
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $13,983,679 | $15,747,385 | -$1,763,706 | $23,054,894 | $933,952 | $22,120,942 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $4,162,481 | $5,267,494 | -$1,105,013 | $24,458,338 | $573,690 | $23,884,648 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $3,659,282 | $5,211,110 | -$1,551,828 | $25,583,329 | $593,668 | $24,989,661 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $10,477,059
- Program service revenue
- $3,037,405
- Investment income
- $53,699
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $17,949
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$66,098
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $481,614
- Other revenue
- $415,516
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $9,916,789
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $556,348
- Other salaries and wages
- $2,521,962
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $3,857,579
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $3,643
- Accounting fees
- $22,605
- Occupancy
- $542,002
- Depreciation
- $414,598
- Program services (functional)
- $14,344,006
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,133,437
- Fundraising (functional)
- $269,942
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $24,458,338
- Total assets, end of year
- $23,054,894
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $933,952
- Net assets, end of year
- $22,120,942
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $11,276,343
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $22,110,942
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $10,000
- Gross receipts
- $14,744,629
- Employees
- 111
- Volunteers
- 17
- Year formed
- 1939
- State of legal domicile
- TX
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenna Dhayer | President Officer | 40 | $207,308 | $12,401 |
| Terry Vaughn Jr | VP Operations Officer | 40 | $143,435 | $21,006 |
| Chelean Zander | VP Programs Officer | 40 | $144,058 | $17,196 |
| Kim Colburn | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeffrey Smith | Chair-Elect, Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Vivecca Hartman | Finance Chair, Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Erin Applegate | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Cope Bailey | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Caitlin Bakhtiary | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Cody Biller | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| David Donat | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Stephen Duffy | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Lonnie Knowles | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Omer Malik | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael McCulloch | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
5 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swati Modi OD | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Aamir Nagaria | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Mazher Poonawala | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Christine Stevenson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Doug Yeager | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 24 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenna Dhayer | President Officer | 40 | $184,439 | $16,316 |
| Chelean Zander | VP Programs Officer | 40 | $144,546 | $8,100 |
| Daniel Williams | VP Operations (thru 10/23) Officer | 40 | $119,840 | $17,149 |
| Terry Vaughn Jr | VP Operations (as of 11/23) Officer | 40 | $15,058 | $0 |
| David Donat | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kim Colburn | Chair-Elect, Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Chris Reinecker | Finance Chair, Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Erin Applegate | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Cope Bailey | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Caitlin Bakhtiary | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Cody Biller | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Bruce Gourd | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Vivecca Hartman | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Lonnie Knowles | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Omer Malik | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael McCulloch | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Merle Petty | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mazher Poonawala | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeffrey Smith | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Alexis Smith | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ruhi Soni | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Christine Stevenson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Twa | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Doug Yeager | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 24 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenna Dhayer | President Officer | 40 | $168,447 | $24,213 |
| Chelean Zander | Vice President Officer | 40 | $129,104 | $16,426 |
| Daniel Williams | VP Operations Officer | 40 | $103,925 | $20,393 |
| David Donat | Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kim Colburn | Vice Chair, Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Chris Reinecker | Finance Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Erin Applegate | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Cope Bailey | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Caitlin Bakhtiary | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LA Beck | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Cody Biller | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ashok K Garg | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Bruce Gourd | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Vivecca Hartman | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Victoria Hillard | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Lonnie Knowles | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael McCulloch | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Merle Petty | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mazher Poonawala | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeffrey Smith | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ruhi Soni | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Christine Stevenson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Twa | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Doug Yeager | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 3602 W DALLAS ST, HOUSTON, TX 77019-1704
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Jenna Dhayer, 3602 W Dallas St, Houston, TX 77019
- Signed the 990
- Jenna Dhayer, President
- Phone
- (713) 527-9561
- Website
- www.houstonlighthouse.org
- Return prepared by
- Blazek & Vetterling
Mission
The Lighthouse of Houston provides services that identify and develop the individual strengths and needs of each person with visual disabilities so they may reach their full potential, becoming independent members of society.
Program accomplishments
- Community Programs and Health Services provided over 20,000 services to blind or low vision clients. These programs and services included a low vision rehabilitation clinic, behavioral health, multi-care day center activities, youth programs, volunteers/client services, technology evaluation and education, diabetes education, apartment living, and information and referral services. These programs and services help clients identify and develop individual strengths and needs to assist in each client reaching their full emotional, social and educational potential.Expenses $11,736,071 · grants $9,916,789 · revenue $1,055,088
- The Lighthouse of Houston offers three premium business service lines, call/contact centers, document management and kitting/packaging that focuses on creating jobs for people who are blind or low vision. Service contracts are secured from Federal, State, and commercial opportunities. On-the-job training and employment includes customer service representatives, switchboard operators, document management clerks, mail sorting, virtual mailroom clerks, medical transcriptionists and kitting, packaging and fulfillment jobs. Fifty-three percent of the workforce is blind or low vision and provides direct labor to the contracts secured.Expenses $2,607,935 · revenue $2,463,931
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 74-1146781
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1956
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Voluntary health associations and medical disciplines (G41Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $23,054,894
- Income (IRS master file)
- $14,744,629
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $13,983,679 | $15,747,385 | $23,054,894 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $4,162,481 | $5,267,494 | $24,458,338 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $3,659,282 | $5,211,110 | $25,583,329 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $5,211,128 | $4,918,432 | $28,755,418 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2017 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 74-1146781).
Questions about LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND OF HOUSTON
- What is the EIN of LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND OF HOUSTON?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND OF HOUSTON is 74-1146781.
- Is LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND OF HOUSTON tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1956.
- Are donations to LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND OF HOUSTON tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND OF HOUSTON file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND OF HOUSTON due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND OF HOUSTON last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND OF HOUSTON?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names Jenna Dhayer.
- Who are the officers and directors of LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND OF HOUSTON?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 20 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $207,308 (Jenna Dhayer, President).
- How much revenue does LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND OF HOUSTON have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $13,983,679, expenses of $15,747,385 and total assets of $23,054,894 at year end.
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