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US nonprofit · EIN 455041941 · Houston, TXiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 455041941) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Houseccon's network

4 peoplei4 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

4 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 4 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Gary LeibowitzCompany secretary2023
3 yrs
Lauren LynchProgram Director2023
3 yrs
Michael FarnumPresident2018
8 yrs
Sam Van RyderTreasurer2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

3 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Gary LeibowitzCompany secretarysince 2021
Michael FarnumPresident2021
Sam Van RyderTreasurer2021

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Lauren LynchVice President Operations40$39k
Michael FarnumPresident10$0
Sam Van RyderTreasurer10$0
Gary LeibowitzSecretary10$0

About

Legal name
Houseccon
EIN
455041941
Address
6711 Stella Link Road Ste 484, Houston, TX, 77005-4342
State
Texas
Mission
HouSecCon - Our exempt purpose is to conduct conferences for security professionals and expert attendees, with each attendee receiving approximately 16 hours of education. Continued Schedule O Item 6 (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
B99 Education
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Education
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2012
IRS ruling date
1 June 2014
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
5, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsMichael Farnum
≥8years on the filingsSam Van Ryder
≥3years on the filingsGary Leibowitz
≥3years on the filingsLauren Lynch

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$120k
Total liabilities
$5k
Net assets or fund balances
$115k
Contributions and grants received
$5k
Program service revenue
$2.5m
Grants and similar paid out
$3k
Employees
2
Volunteers
25