Houston Cougars Foundation Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$1.4m
year to 31 August 2025
Expenses
$1.8m
year to 31 August 2025
Total assets
$5.7m
$1.5m liabilities
Net assets
$4.2m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
11
6.3 years on average
Staff
0
employees, year to 31 August 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
3
named in Part VII
Houston Cougars Foundation Inc's network
11 people3 organisationsi11 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (11). Violet dotted lines (3) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
11 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 in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 11 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Saxenian | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| James Hong | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Jerry Portele | Vice President | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Kevin Bates | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| LES Haulbrook | Treasurer | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Matthew Houston | President | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Phillip Dailey | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Scott Zamir | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Steve Saxenian | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Thomas Ebner | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Trey Wilkinson | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
3 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| James Hong | Company secretary | since 2019 |
| LES Haulbrook | Treasurer | since 2019 |
| Matthew Houston | Treasurer | since 2019 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 August 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.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Bates | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Phillip Dailey | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Thomas Ebner | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Jerry Portele | Vice President | 5 | $0 | ||
| Brian Saxenian | Director | 3 | $0 | ||
| Steve Saxenian | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Trey Wilkinson | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Scott Zamir | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Les Haulbrook | Treasurer | 5 | $0 | ||
| James Hong | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Matthew Houston | President | 5 | $0 |
No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.
About
- Legal name
- Houston Cougars Foundation Inc
- EIN
- 760489432
- Address
- Po Box 131886, Houston, TX, 77219-1886
- State
- Texas
- Mission
- As a support organization for the university of houston, the foundation promotes education through athletics, helps the university of houston department of intercollegiate athletics attain fiscal stability, helps to attain a reduction in the athletics budget subsidy by the university, promotes recognition of former student-athletes and promotes future participation in the university of... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- N41Z Recreation and sports
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Recreation & Sports
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1995
- Principal officer
- Matthew Houston (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 June 1997
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsBrian Saxenian
≥7years on the filingsJerry Portele
≥7years on the filingsKevin Bates
≥7years on the filingsPhillip Dailey
Latest return
year to 31 August 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 August 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $5.7m
- Total liabilities
- $1.5m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $4.2m
- Contributions and grants received
- $1.1m
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Grants and similar paid out
- $1.8m
- Employees
- 0
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $627k | $318k | $309k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
Grants paid
2 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| University of Houston Athl | Athletics support | $1.3m |
| University of Houston Athl | Athletics support | $0 |
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Houston Cougars Foundation, Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, entity data (data.texas.gov 9cir-efmm). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Texas
- Entity type
- nonprofit corporation
- Status
- Not stated
- Formed
- 15 December 1995
- Registered agent
- Not stated
This register does not publish officers or directors.