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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW FOUNDATION (EIN 74-1732551)
Tax period
2014-09-01 to 2015-08-31
Filed
2016-03-03
IRS object ID
201600639349300420
Schema version
2014v6.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

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Return2016-03-03T11:38:33-08:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2015-08-31TaxPeriodEndDt

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Address Line12900 Weslayan Suite 200AddressLine1Txt
CityHoustonCityNm
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PersonMr Tom KirkendallPersonNm
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Form 990 IRS990

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Principal OfficerHelen WangPrincipalOfficerNm
Gross Receipts$12,405,540GrossReceiptsAmt
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Legal Domicile StateTXLegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or MissionThe Foundation receives and administers funds for the benefit of the UH Law Center. The Foundation maintains endowments for various scholarship funds and student activities, endowed faculty positions, academic program support, and general unrestricted gifts.ActivityOrMissionDesc
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DescThe Foundation administers funds received through gifts, donations, and grants in order to benefit and improve the degree and non-degree educational functions of the UH Law Center and establish student loan functions of the UH Law Center and establish student loan funds, scholarships and professorships at the Center.Desc

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DescInstitutes and Special Programs: Research support as well as education of J.D. and L.L.M. students in specialized areas of legal practice. The areas of practice include Intellectual Property, Health Law, Computer Law, Mexican legal studies, International Law, Tax Law and Consumer Law.Desc

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Upon RequestYes (X)UponRequestInd

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Ms Patrice Ferguson
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Mr Dan Fontaine
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Mr William Jackson
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Mr Gregory C King
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Mr Stephen Koch
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Mr James Roach
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Mr Robert Schick
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Mr Brad Tucker
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Mr John Unger
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Mr William Wood
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Ms Kathy Brannon
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Ms Mybao Nguyen
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Insurance InsuranceGrp

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Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
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Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$3,643,259CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$2,728,930CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$2,058,103CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,497,529CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,911,488CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$12,839,309TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$3,643,259CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$2,728,930CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$2,058,103CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,497,529CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,911,488CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$12,839,309TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$741,839SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$12,097,470PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$518,844CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$584,176CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$524,360CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$534,421CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$545,586CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$2,707,387TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$15,546,696TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$1,494,292GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.77810PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.79200PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$19,532,641BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$110,139ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses-$1,107,389InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$335,622OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$18,199,769EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$17,164,699BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$221,411ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$2,477,884InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$331,353OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$19,532,641EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$16,291,182BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$134,773ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$1,008,747InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$270,003OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$17,164,699EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$15,798,934BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$257,374ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$741,783InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$506,909OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$16,291,182EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$13,694,864BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$1,199,841ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$1,024,747InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships$40,394GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures$80,124OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance$15,798,934EndYearBalanceAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY0.80620PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY0.19380TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated OrgfalseEndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related OrgfalseEndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch RfalseRelatedOrgListSchRInd

Land LandGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$13,246InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$13,246BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$13,246TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$1,426,269TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst-$2,322,124NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported-$2,322,124RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$3,748,393RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld$157,612InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$157,612RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$3,906,005TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$2,753,837TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal$2,753,837ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2$157,612InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$157,612ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$2,911,449TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund.FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationEarnings from endowment funds are intended to be used to support the University of Houston Law Center's programs, scholarships, and faculty at appropriate levels today and to ensure the institution's ability to maintain that level into the future.ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Agrmt Prof Fundraising ActyfalseAgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1Annual GalaEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$437,560GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1$365,890CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$71,670GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1$67,034FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1$57,458EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$16,165OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total$437,560GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot$365,890CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$71,670GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events$67,034FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events$57,458EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$16,165OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$140,657DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary-$68,987NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (true)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1University of HoustonBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line14800 Calhoun RoadAddressLine1Txt
CityHoustonCityNm
State AbbreviationTXStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP77004ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Recipient EIN746001399RecipientEIN
IRC Section170 (c)(1)IRCSectionDesc
Cash Grant$750,273CashGrantAmt
Non Cash Assistance$0NonCashAssistanceAmt
Purpose Of GrantFaculty stipends/salary assistancePurposeOfGrantTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org1Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org0TotalOtherOrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant TypeScholarshipsGrantTypeTxt
Cash Grant$265,837CashGrantAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceGrantmaker's Description of How Grants are UsedFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationThe University of Houston Law Foundation makes grants to individuals for scholarships as directed by the UH Law Center, who determines the recipients in an objective and non-discriminatory fashion.The Foundation also makes grants to the University of Houston to support the UH Law Center by defraying the cost of providing stipends/salaries to some of its personnel. The close affiliation between the organizations serves to monitor the use of the funds.ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution1ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$60,690NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining RevenuesNYSEMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be HeldfalseAnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC GiftsYes (true)ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties UsedfalseThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services DescriptionOTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Faculty Services: Provides support for the research and scholarly endeavors of tenured and non-tenured faculty members of the UH Law Center. Support includes stipends from endowments, secretarial support and research assistance.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessThe 990 is reviewed by management prior to providing a copy of the return to the board and filing with the IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsThe Foundation annually sends out a questionnaire to its board members that requests information about family and business relationships and other potential conflicts of interest.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top ManagementThe Foundation follows the University of Houston guidelines for determining compensation. The Foundation CFO receives a modest stipend ($10,561 in 2014) for services performed for the Foundation.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableUpon request.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1University of HoustonBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line14800 Calhoun RoadAddressLine1Txt
CityHoustonCityNm
State AbbreviationTXStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP77004ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN746001399EIN
Primary ActivitiesEducationPrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile StateTXLegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section170(c)(1)ExemptCodeSectionTxt
Public Charity Status170b1(A)(v)PublicCharityStatusTxt
Direct Controlling NAN/ADirectControllingNACd
Controlled OrganizationfalseControlledOrganizationInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts RyltsfalseReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth OrgYes (true)GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth OrgfalseGiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other OrgfalseLoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth OrgfalseLoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related OrganizationfalseDivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other OrgfalseAssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other OrgfalseAssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset ExchangefalseAssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth OrgfalseRentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth OrgfalseRentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth OrgfalsePerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other OrgfalsePerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of FacilitiesYes (true)SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees SharingYes (true)PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other OrgYes (true)ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other OrgfalseReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other OrgfalseTransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other OrgfalseTransferFromOtherOrgInd