Houston Bar Association
Schedule OTo serve the needs of Houston-area lawyers and enhance the legal profession through promoting professionalism, access to justice, the rule of law, equality, and inclusion in the legal profession, legal education for the profession and the public, and service to the community for law-related high-impact and high-involvement projects.
Houston Bar Association at a glance
In short: Houston Bar Association gave $154K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $77K), mostly in Texas. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $154,451
- +166.3% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 2
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $77,226
- +166.3% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $77,226
- Total assets
- $10,715,001
- +47.2% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Texas (75% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to Houston Bar Association
Open Grants
6 open opportunities from Houston Bar Association
HBA Diversity Awards
Houston Bar Association
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
HBA President's Awards
Houston Bar Association
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
HBF Fellows Program
Houston Bar Association
Amount
$250/year for 10 years (or $2,500 one-time) for Fellowship tier; additional tiers available
Deadline
Deadline not published
Who Houston Bar Association funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 2 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Houston Bar Foundation ($116K). Together the top 2 received $154K.
Grant Size Distribution
7 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 7 (43%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.
Cities
How Houston Bar Association gives
- Giving grew 95% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $48K (2021) to $154K (2025). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $154K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Houston Bar Foundation Houston, TX | Program support | $116,451 |
| Federal Bar Association Arlington, VA | Program support | $38,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $10,715,001 | $2,961,723 | $2,906,631 | $154,451 | 2 | $134,630 |
| 2024 | $7,281,624 | $3,256,351 | $2,809,950 | $57,989 | 2 | $350,076 |
| 2023 | $6,879,114 | $2,916,641 | $2,647,759 | $102,020 | 1 | $175,267 |
| 2022 | $5,895,190 | $2,917,965 | $2,667,025 | $79,118 | 1 | $56,344 |
| 2021 | $6,229,031 | $2,533,712 | $2,140,862 | $47,620 | 1 | $53,630 |
| 2020 | $4,840,743 | $3,072,258 | $2,758,170 | $148,622 | 3 | $97,606 |
| 2019 | $4,930,063 | $3,070,616 | $3,072,456 | $70,000 | 1 | $460,905 |
About Houston Bar Association
Based on IRS filings
Houston Bar Association is a public charity, based in Houston, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $10.7M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $154K. Net investment income was $135K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Houston Bar Association is led by Vinh Ho, Executive Director since 2025 (on filings since 2024); 4 of 19 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Vinh Ho
Executive Director
Executive Director From → Executive Director, 2025
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$132K (2025)
Daniella Landers
President
Treasurer → President-Elect, 2024
President-Elect → President, 2025
On filings since 2019
20 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Maggie Martin
Marketing & Communications Director
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$101K (2025)
Ron Riojas
Membership & Technology Director
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$102K (2025)
Greg Moore
Director
Secretary → Second Vice President, 2022
Second Vice President → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Colin Pogge
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Keri Brown
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Samantha Torres
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Carter Dugan
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Seepan Parseghian
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stephanie Noble
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ashley Steininger
Associate Executive Director
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$115K (2024) → $126K (2025)
Collin Cox
First Vice President
Secretary → Second Vice President, 2024
Second Vice President → First Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Harrell
Immediate Past President
President-Elect → President, 2024
President → Immediate Past President, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Diana Gomez
Past President to
President → Immediate Past President, 2024
Immediate Past President → Past President to, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Greg Ulmer
President-Elect
Second Vice President → Treasurer, 2024
Treasurer → President-Elect, 2025
On filings since 2019
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robert Painter
Second Vice President
Director → Second Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kaylan Dunn
Treasurer
First Vice President → Secretary, 2024
Secretary → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2021
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Todd Frankfort
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (27)
- Former: Chris Popov (2019–2024) — Past President
- Former: Mindy Davidson (2020–2024) — Executive Director to
- Former: Jeff Oldham (2024) — First Vice President
- Former: Sarah Kole (2024) — Controller
- Former: Jennifer A Hasley (2019–2023) — Past President
- Former: Pamela A Medina (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Angela Crenwelge (2022–2023) — Controller
- Former: Christopher V Popov (2022–2023) — Immediate Past President
- Former: Jeffrey Oldham (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Bill Kroger (2019–2022) — Past President
- Former: Chandler Langham (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Yvonne Ho (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Ralph Rojas (2022) — Membership Director
- Former: Benny Agosto Jr. (2019–2021) — Past President
- Former: Erin Lunceford (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Tara Shockley (2019–2021) — Associate Executive Director
- Former: Mitch Reid (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Warren W Harris (2019–2020) — Past President · Filing note: Thru 52020
- Former: Diane Cervenka (2020) — Development Director
- Former: Alistair B Dawson (2019) — Past President
- Former: Amy Dunn Taylor (2019) — Delegate to Aba
- Former: Greg Griffin (2019) — Hba Auxiliary Liaison
- Former: John Furlow (2019) — Hyla President
- Former: Kay Sim (2019) — Executive Director Hba
- Former: Laura Gibson (2019) — State Bar of Texas Liaison
- Former: Lionel M Schooler (2019) — Director
- Former: Travis Sales (2019) — Executive Officio & Delegate to Aba
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $132K, to Vinh Ho (Executive Director). 4 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Houston Bar Association
How much does Houston Bar Association give each year?
Houston Bar Association gave $154K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $58K across 2 grants.
How large is Houston Bar Association?
Houston Bar Association reported $10.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $3.0M.
Where does Houston Bar Association operate?
Houston Bar Association has awarded grants in Texas, Virginia.
What is Houston Bar Association's EIN?
Houston Bar Association's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 74-0692895. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 10, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 28, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 25, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 26, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 13, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 13, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 24, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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