Posts Tagged ‘tax’
Land Speculation and TOD
Houston Tomorrow linked to a report on TOD that I found pretty interesting. The report basically broke down the impact of transit on property values as measured across the country for the last ten years or so. They found that the majority of the value of the transit line actually accumulates prior to the transit [...]
Houston Non-Profits and Guidestar.org
A friend of mine who works as a Director of Development at a private elementary school in Houston told me about an interesting site for researching non-profit organizations in the United States called Guidestar.org, and I thought it was worth sharing here. Guidestar.org is basically a website that indexes non-profit organizations through their annual IRS Form 990 filing. The IRS form 990 is basically a document that describes the financial state of a tax-exempt organization every year, and they are all made available to the public at some point after being processed by the IRS.
Anyways, after learning a little about form 990, I decided to research a couple of notable Houston non-profits to see what kind of relative scale they operate at, and of course, how much the top guys are raking in. This list is in no particular order, and if you think of any other good ones to add, feel free to write in the comments (you’ll have to register for a free account at guidestar.org in order to get access to the search function).
Should oil be cheap?
Update: An alternative take on this issue, in light on the financial crisis now looming over our nation, appeared on CNN a few days ago. There was a great article on Business Week, published July 23. The article is called, “Should Oil Be Cheap?“. Basically, the article argues that there is a case to be [...]