Boys and Girls Country of Houston 
The information on this page was last updated 5/13/2025. If you see errors or omissions, please email: [email protected]
Summary
Founded in 1971, Boys and Girls Country has been serving children for over 50 years! As a licensed residential home, we use a trauma-informed care approach.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Boys and Girls Country of Houston
18806 Roberts Road
Hockley, TX 77447
Website: boysandgirlscountry.org
Phone: 281-351-4976
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 746026198
CEO/President: Vince Duran
Chairman: Chuck Scianna
Board size: 39
Founder: Tommy Robinson
Ruling year: 1963
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 09/30
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 2025
Purpose
That every child has a place to grow up and a sense of being home.
Mission statement
Boys and Girls Country of Houston's mission is to change the lives of children from families in crisis by loving and nurturing them in a Christian home environment, raising them to become self-sustaining and contributing adults
Statement of faith
Donor confidence score
Transparency grade
A
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Adoption/Foster Care
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 910 of 1134 | 35 of 43 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 790 of 1134 | 31 of 43 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 405 of 1134 | 21 of 43 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 1106 of 1134 | 41 of 43 |
According to the organization's Form 990, it received $752,078 in government grants in 2022.
Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 11% | 13% | 10% | 19% | 14% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 6% | 10% | 7% | 13% | 10% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 72% | 77% | 64% | 68% | 71% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 7% | 12% | 10% | 11% | 9% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 28% | 23% | 36% | 32% | 29% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 81% | 82% | 83% | 82% | 84% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 96% | 83% | 67% | 121% | 111% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 76% | 69% | 56% | 100% | 93% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 4% | 17% | 33% | -21% | -11% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 3% | 4% | 7% | -4% | -2% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 11% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 7% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 0.82 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.19 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.49 | 5.99 | 7.24 | 21.69 | 14.48 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 1.54 | 1.02 | 1.02 | 3.98 | 2.79 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 10.29 | 3.08 | 3.00 | 1.82 | 1.39 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.10 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.55 | 0.72 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 7.16 | 7.98 | 7.84 | 1.36 | 1.20 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 10% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 103% | 545% | 651% | 501% | 476% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | ||||
| Assets | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Cash | $799,177 | $1,185,326 | $138,837 | $288,910 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $2,472,678 | $2,801,937 | $1,221,549 | $1,936,217 |
| Short-term investments | $3,261,499 | $1,839,841 | $213,070 | $64,960 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $6,533,354 | $5,827,104 | $1,573,456 | $2,290,087 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $9,099,252 | $9,132,546 | $9,227,012 | $9,376,621 |
| Other long-term assets | $23,485,604 | $27,207,091 | $23,324,062 | $21,489,792 |
| Total long-term assets | $32,584,856 | $36,339,637 | $32,551,074 | $30,866,413 |
| Total assets | $39,118,210 | $42,166,741 | $34,124,530 | $33,156,500 |
| Liabilities | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $498,228 | $467,992 | $415,909 | $515,982 |
| Other current liabilities | $1,622,868 | $1,475,188 | $449,401 | $1,133,208 |
| Total current liabilities | $2,121,096 | $1,943,180 | $865,310 | $1,649,190 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $814,073 | $1,549,596 | $1,864,682 | $1,064,626 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $814,073 | $1,549,596 | $1,864,682 | $1,064,626 |
| Total liabilities | $2,935,169 | $3,492,776 | $2,729,992 | $2,713,816 |
| Net assets | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Without donor restrictions | $10,069,453 | $11,179,127 | $9,550,304 | $9,443,436 |
| With donor restrictions | $26,113,588 | $27,494,838 | $21,844,234 | $20,999,248 |
| Net assets | $36,183,041 | $38,673,965 | $31,394,538 | $30,442,684 |
| Revenues and expenses | ||||
| Revenue | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Total contributions | $6,141,727 | $5,627,271 | $3,526,500 | $4,087,485 |
| Program service revenue | $213,773 | $182,061 | $212,975 | $215,651 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $55,038 | $1,743,662 | $7,616 | $13,168 |
| Other revenue | $1,547,013 | $1,262,443 | $1,412,596 | $1,444,317 |
| Total other revenue | $1,815,824 | $3,188,166 | $1,633,187 | $1,673,136 |
| Total revenue | $7,957,551 | $8,815,437 | $5,159,687 | $5,760,621 |
| Expenses | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Program services | $5,461,625 | $4,949,760 | $5,155,436 | $5,367,986 |
| Management and general | $396,599 | $405,925 | $441,088 | $437,043 |
| Fundraising | $774,876 | $586,135 | $669,645 | $591,508 |
| Total expenses | $6,633,100 | $5,941,820 | $6,266,169 | $6,396,537 |
| Change in net assets | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Surplus (deficit) | $1,324,451 | $2,873,617 | ($1,106,482) | ($635,916) |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | $1,324,451 | $2,873,617 | ($1,106,482) | ($635,916) |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Duran Vincent | Executive Director | $174,467 |
| Notarainni Scott | Chief Financial Officer | $116,218 |
Compensation data as of: 9/30/2022
Response from ministry
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History
1971- Tom "Tommy" Robinson founds a 501(c)(3) Christian home for boys with the help of Houston area friends and colleagues. He also donates 10 acres of land in Hockley, Texas. His wife, Mrs. Tom Robinson names the organization "Boys Country." The initial campus includes three mobile buildings, a metallic building and its first dormitory under construction.
1980 - Construction begins on a nearby 40-acre campus that will serve as the future home of Girls Country.
1996 - Plans are initiated to pilot an Independent Living Skills Program for older youth who have completed their adolescent years at Boys and Girls Country. The Independent Living Skills Program is renamed the College and Career program the following year. Thanks to generous continuing scholarships, all students who graduate from high school at Boys and Girls Country will now have the opportunity to be sponsored through trade school or college and into a first job.
1998 - Boys Country and Girls Country are combined on the Roberts Road campus and the organization is renamed Boys and Girls Country of Houston, Inc. The College and Career program moves to the former Girls Country campus.
1999 - Boys and Girls Country establishes a $6 million endowment campaign to facilitate capital improvements to the campus and strengthen our future-a vitally important step in securing the financial well-being of our mission.
2006 - The capital campaign concludes with the dedication of the Operations Center in February. The College and Career Campus is renovated in June and July to add housing for 17 new graduates from the class of 2006.
2009 - The Penny Loyd Student Life Center opens in August, serving as a hub for campus activities - from education to recreation.
2011 - New playgrounds are constructed, security lighting is installed, half-court basketball courts are installed and campus irrigation and landscaping are completed.
2012 - The Joe H. and Sue S. Reynolds Foundation Chapel is dedicated as a mark of our faith and a place for prayer and reflection.
2014 - The first Master's Degree earned by a BGC student through our College and Career program is celebrated when Amy receives her MS from Sam Houston State University.
2015 - Ground is broken on the first of 11 re-built cottages on campus in order to provide new, energy efficient cottages with the improvements we desperately need for our children and our houseparents.
2016 - The 45th Anniversary celebration included the dedication of a memorial to the founders, Tommy and Jean Robinson
2017 - The Tilman & Peggy Pool Cottage is and opened with generous funding from the Kelly Gene Cook, Sr. Foundation.
2018 - The Hamill Foundation Cottage is opened with funding provided by the Hamill Foundation.
2020 - The Woodforest Cottage is opened with financial support from the Woodforest Charitable Foundation.
2021 - Boys and Girls Country celebrated it's 50th Anniversary. The College and Career Campus on 2920 was sold and the College and Career residents moved onto the main campus located on Roberts Road Campus.
2022 - The Executive Director's House was built by Caldwell Builders and funded by the Hamill Foundation.
2023 - New staff housing is opened on campus with support from HomeAid Houston, Trinity Signature Homes and Greater Houston Builders Association.
Program accomplishments
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