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Texas Hotel & Lodging Association

501(c)(6) organization Austin, TX EIN: 74-0940600 Website

To promote the interests of the hotel and motel industry and to provide government relations, support and information resources to the industry.

Texas Hotel & Lodging Association at a glance

In short: Texas Hotel & Lodging Association gave $141K across 3 grants in 2024 (avg $47K), mostly in Texas. Source: 2024 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2024)
$141,198
+17.7% vs 2023
Grants made (2024)
3
+0.0% vs 2023
Average grant
$47,066
+17.7% vs 2023
Median grant
$10,000
Total assets
$4,681,369
+3.9% vs 2023
Primary geography
Texas (95% of itemized 2024 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2024 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2024; updated September 2026.

How to apply to Texas Hotel & Lodging Association

Who Texas Hotel & Lodging Association funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 3 recipients in 2024

Educational Foundation of THLA: $125KEducational Foundation of THLA$125KTexas Association of Convention & Visitors Bureau: $10KTexas Association ofConvention & Visitors Bureau$10KBusinesses Ending Slavery & Trafficking: $7KBusinesses Ending Slavery &Trafficking$7K

The largest 2024 recipient was Educational Foundation of THLA ($125K). Together the top 3 received $141K.

Grant Size Distribution

10 grants across all recorded years

7<$50K1$50–100K2$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 7 grants of 10 (70%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2024 grant dollars across all 3 itemized grants.

Cities

AustinSeattleDallas

How Texas Hotel & Lodging Association gives

  • Giving grew 606% from 2021 to 2024. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150K1 grant2020 1 grant2021 2 grants2022 3 grants2023 3 grants2024

From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $20K (2021) to $141K (2024). In 2024 it made 3 grants totaling $141K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Educational Foundation of THLA Austin, TXGeneral Support$124,698
Texas Association of Convention & Visitors Bureau Dallas, TXGeneral Support$10,000
Businesses Ending Slavery & Trafficking Seattle, WAGeneral Support$6,500
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2024$4,681,369$2,922,690$3,074,463$141,1983$105,944
2023$4,504,584$2,787,833$2,874,511$119,9713$15,934
2022$3,835,182$2,652,394$2,606,043$83,1632$109,674
2021$4,325,151$2,675,354$2,244,446$20,0001$121,870
2020$3,591,162$2,187,119$2,035,598$29,0381$84,125

About Texas Hotel & Lodging Association

Based on IRS filings

Texas Hotel & Lodging Association is a public charity, based in Austin, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2024. As of 2024, the organization holds $4.7M in total assets. In 2024, it awarded 3 grants totaling $141K. Net investment income was $106K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Texas Hotel & Lodging Association is led by Michelle Madson, Director, San Antonio President & CEO since 2024 (on filings since 2020); 9 of 91 officers listed in 2024 are compensated.

Officers on the 2024 filing

  • Michelle Madson

    Director, San Antonio President & CEO

    Director → Director, San Antonio President & CEO, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $110K (2024)

  • Scott Joslove

    President & CEO

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $443K (2020) → $750K (2024)

  • Elie Khoury

    Chairman

    2nd Vice President → 1st Vice President, 2022

    1st Vice President → Chairman, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Deborah Wieland

    Education Outreach & Foundation Director

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $103K (2023) → $105K (2024)

  • Ajai Patel

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Barron Hobbs

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ben Baker

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ben Villarreal

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bj Patel

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brian Collins

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carlos Gonzalez

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ceto Desai

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Christina Hultquist

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Danny Padilla

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Darpan Bhakta

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dean Dennis Reynolds

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Denise Eisman

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Deven Bhakta

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dhiren Masters

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Doug Horn

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gabriel Ayub

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Grace Jacobson

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Greg White

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Hershal Patel

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jags Patel

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Janardan Laxmidas

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joe Bolash

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Julie Faver-Dylla

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Matthew Newton

    Director

    Immediate Past Chair → Director, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mayur Patel

    Director

    1st Vice President → Chairman, 2022

    Chairman → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Paul Schultz

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Pete Ells

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Pratik Patel

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rob Meyer

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ross Burtwell

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rusty Wallace

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Scott Blalock

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Scott Zaruba

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Shailesh Babu

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephanie Haynes

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Traci Mayer

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tushar Patel

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Yogi Patel

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chuck Pacioni

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Craig Davis

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Burton

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Henry Patel

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Hiren Govind

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Larry Woods

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mehnaz Zaidi

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Miraj Patel

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rakesh Patel

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tejal Patel

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Darryl Jett

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Faisal Kamal

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jc Stone

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeff Patton

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jennifer Gohagen

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kathleen Davis

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kevin Jones

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kristin Assad

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lavada Lusk

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lynn Sexton

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Magali Rodriguez

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nour Laasri

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sean Kennerty

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Shailesh Bhakta

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sumit J. Dalwadi

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Alex Patel

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bhavik Patel

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Damien O'Connor

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Karlie Hamilton

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Vikash Patel

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brook Kaufman

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Greg Henington

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Irby Morvant

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ramon Guzman Ventura

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ric Mussiett

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ritesh Agarwal

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Scott Nowak

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Shellie Arnold

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephen Cummings

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steve Kalbaugh

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carolyn McCall-Squires

    Vice President of Partnerships

    Director of Membership → Vice President of Partnerships, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $110K (2020) → $145K (2024)

  • Justin Bragiel

    General Counsel

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $164K (2020) → $238K (2024)

  • T. Jay Adams

    Controller

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $135K (2020) → $159K (2024)

  • Christy Gwynn

    Associate Vice President of Partnerships

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $108K (2023) → $113K (2024)

  • Garrett Coppedge

    Associate General Counsel

    New on the 2024 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $115K (2024)

  • Monica Whitlock

    Project Manager

    New on the 2024 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $100K (2024)

  • Carolyn Dent

    1st Vice President

    Director → 1st Vice President, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Thrailkill

    2nd Vice President

    Director → 2nd Vice President, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (43)
  • Former: Amita Patel (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Joe Frandina Cha (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Keith Dial (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Phil Stamm (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Theresa Elliott Cha (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Tina Burrnett (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Valynda Henington (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Brett Oetting (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: John Schafer (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Juan Laginia (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Reginald Woolridge (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Aly El-Bassuni (2023) — Director
  • Former: Joe Pagone (2023) — Director
  • Former: Kim Williams (2023) — Director
  • Former: Patrick Bonner (2023) — Director
  • Former: Ailesh Mulji (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Kiran Patel (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Tim Sullivan (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: John Yeung (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Michael Rosen (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Faheem Khan (2022) — Director
  • Former: Greg Williams (2022) — Director
  • Former: Patrick Volz (2022) — Director
  • Former: Beth Fulton (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Brian Depalma (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Brian Hill (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Fred Domenick (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Kathleen Frankford (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Kevin Gilbert (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Michael Miller (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Scott Halket (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Steve Cunningham (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Zach Glenn (2020–2021) — Chairman
  • Former: Khan Faheem (2021) — Director
  • Former: Scot Cotton (2021) — Director
  • Former: Madhi Nair (2020) — Director
  • Former: Maggie Rosa (2020) — Director
  • Former: Nancy Sorrells (2020) — Director
  • Former: Rich Cane (2020) — Director
  • Former: Rick Patel (2020) — Director
  • Former: Robert Watson (2020) — 2nd Vice President
  • Former: Robin Clinker (2020) — Director of Marketing
  • Former: Tom Loughlin (2020) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2024 IRS filing

Scott Joslove — President & CEO: $750KScott JoslovePresident & CEO$750KJustin Bragiel — General Counsel: $238KJustin BragielGeneral Counsel$238KT Jay Adams — Controller: $159KT Jay AdamsController$159KCarolyn McCall-Squires — VP of Partnerships: $145KCarolyn McCall-SquiresVP of Partnerships$145KGarrett Coppedge — Associate General Counsel: $115KGarrett CoppedgeAssociate General Counsel$115KChristy Gwynn — Associate VP of Partnerships: $113KChristy GwynnAssociate VP of Partnerships$113KMichelle Madson — San Antonio President & CEO: $110KMichelle MadsonSan Antonio President & CEO$110KDeborah Wieland — Education Outreach & Foundation Director: $105KDeborah WielandEducation Outreach & Foundation…$105KMonica Whitlock — Project Manager: $100KMonica WhitlockProject Manager$100K

The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $750K, to Scott Joslove (President & CEO). 9 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Texas Hotel & Lodging Association

How much does Texas Hotel & Lodging Association give each year?

Texas Hotel & Lodging Association gave $141K across 3 grants in 2024, according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. In 2023 it gave $120K across 3 grants.

What is Texas Hotel & Lodging Association's typical grant size?

Texas Hotel & Lodging Association's median grant in 2024 was $10,000, and its average grant was $47,066, across 3 grants on its 2024 IRS Form 990.

Where does Texas Hotel & Lodging Association give grants?

Texas Hotel & Lodging Association gives mostly in Texas: 95% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2024 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there.

Does Texas Hotel & Lodging Association give general operating support?

Yes: 100% of Texas Hotel & Lodging Association's 2024 grants with a stated purpose (3 of 3) were for general or operating support, per its 2024 IRS Form 990.

How large is Texas Hotel & Lodging Association?

Texas Hotel & Lodging Association reported $4.7M in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.9M.

What is Texas Hotel & Lodging Association's EIN?

Texas Hotel & Lodging Association's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 74-0940600. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2024.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS October 22, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS September 14, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS October 24, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 12, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 13, 2025)
  6. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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