HAP Mission Statement
To help children and their care-providers
(teachers, parents, foster parents, other adults)
learn the skills, and develop the relationships
for success at home, school and in life.

HAP was founded in 1974 to serve children.
The HAP motto is the HAP commitment.
Kids Come First!

Annual Board Approved Operating Budget:
$4,057,532 for 2009

$4,103,809 for 2010
For IRS Form 990
For Certified Annual Audit

For Current Operating Budget

For 2008
87% Program Expenses

(64% Foster Care)

(23% Project CLASS)
11% Management Expenses
2% Fund-raising Expenses

Year Ending Net Assets $3,201,322

For 2009
86% Program Expenses

(62% Foster Care)

(24% Project CLASS)
11% Management Expenses
3% Fund-raising Expenses

Budget for 2010

86% Program Expenses

(62% Foster Care)

(24% Project CLASS)

11% Management Expenses

3% Fund-raising Expenses

Personnel
40 full-time staff
105 Foster Care teaching-parents
in 50 foster homes

Nationally Recognized
Teaching-Family Training Site

Foster Care & Adoption Services
Helps children 2-17 years old
victimized by abuse and neglect.
110 children in daily care and
180 served annually.

Project CLASS Training Services

Executive Director
Paul Gilford, LCSW
713-868-1943
pgilford@hapkids.org

Program Directors
Betty Pyykola
Jaclyn Schertle

Boards of Directors
Voting Board of Directors
Advisory Board of Directors
Board President, A.Y. Noojin, III

Norma Acker, Social Worker

Madeleine Appel, City of Houston
W. Clifford Atherton, Jr., GulfStar Group, Inc.
John R. Breeding, Uptown Houston
Barbara Carroll, Rowan Companies
Glenn Clements, Stewart Title
Chad Deaton, Baker Hughes, Inc.

Keith Ellison, U.S. District Judge
Bryan Emerson, Starlight Capital
Gina Harrell, The Houstonian Hotel Club & Spa
John Hartman, Entrepreneur
Barbara Henley, Henley Foundation
Brook Ingraham, Entrepreneur
Carolyn Johnson, Experienced Volunteer
John Kajander, Texas Medical Center
Wayne Kinsey, Benchmark Performance Group
William L. Kreps, Experienced Volunteer
Scott Lemond, Lemond & Lemond, LLC
Bruce Levy, Rice Epicurean Markets
Carol Lewis, Texas Southern University

Linda J. Messner, Experienced Volunteer
Linda L. Murphy, Experienced Volunteer
A.Y. Noojin, III, Shell Oil (retired)
Nathaniel Richards, Entrance Software
Carolyn Roch, Schirmeister Diaz-Arrastia

Mark Russell, D.M. Best Company, Inc.
J. Victor Samuels, Victory Packaging
Chris Seger, Entrepreneur

Martha Seng, Jackson & Ryan Architects
Dave Steitz, Steitz Partners
Joe Tolbert, Amerada Hess Corporation

Monica Triplett, Power Plus Personnel
Karen Tripp, Tripp Law
Margaret Tucker, Reading Specialist/Educator
Grant Woodard, Entrepreneur

Privacy Policy

Houston Achievement Place is committed to honoring the privacy and the preferences of its donors and contributors. Houston Achievement Place provides donors and contributors with the choice for donor recognition and listing, or for donor privacy and non-listing. In accordance with donor and contributor recognition or privacy preference, HAP responds accordingly, enacting this preference. The Executive Director is the contact source for privacy requests and communications.  No further information is being collected on donors.

Conflict of Interest Policy

Any duality of interest or possible conflict of interest on the part of any Board member shall be disclosed to the Board and made a matter of record, especially when the interest becomes a matter of Board action. Any Board member having a duality of interest or possible conflict of interest on any matter shall not vote or use his personal influence on the matter and he shall not be counted in determining the quorum of the meeting to permit the vote on the matter when permitted by law. The minutes of the meeting shall reflect that a disclosure was made, the abstention from the voting and the quorum situation. This policy shall not be construed as preventing the Board member from briefly stating his position on the matter, nor from answering pertinent questions of other Board members since his knowledge may be of assistance.

HAP Performance Assessment

Houston Achievement Place is committed to regular and on-going organizational performance assessment. Performance assessment is reported to the Board of Directors at least at two year intervals.  The Executive Committee of the HAP Board of Directors and designated additional members of the Board and Advisory Board comprise the strategic planning committee, chaired by the President of the Board of Directors. The strategic planning committee reviews HAP programs on a regular basis, with frequency no less than every two years. Focused on are: agency performance; operating environment; program strengths and areas needing further development; program priorities; and program opportunities. An important part of the HAP strategic planning process involves funding analysis and resource development. Strategic planning activities and reports are communicated to the Board of Directors as part of the HAP committee structure at the monthly meetings of the HAP Board of Directors.

Foundation for Houston Achievement Place

The Foundation for Houston Achievement Place is administered solely for the purpose of carrying out the services of Houston Achievement Place.  The Conflict of Interest Policy for the Foundation is the same Conflict of Interest Policy described above for Houston Achievement Place.  Governing documents and financial statements for the Foundation for Houston Achievement Place are provided upon request.