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Board chair
CHAIR · TERM ENDS 2027
Founding volunteer, pastor of a partner congregation, and the person who signs off on every deployment that crosses a church boundary.
HOUSTON · SERVING SINCE 2019
LEADERSHIP & GOVERNANCE
The people accountable for every dollar and every decision.
A working board, not a letterhead board. Members serve staggered three-year terms, approve the budget line by line, and none of them are compensated by SWAT.
BOARD SIZE
7 members
TERM LENGTH
3 years
COMPENSATED BOARD SEATS
None
FULL BOARD MEETS
Quarterly
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Seven people, one city, no honorary seats.
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Vice chair
VICE CHAIR · TERM ENDS 2028
Runs a construction firm and leads the trades network behind SWIFT and the Hotel Project renovation.
TRADES · SWIFT LEAD
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Treasurer
TREASURER · CPA · TERM ENDS 2027
Certified public accountant who prepares the monthly statements the full board reads before it approves anything.
FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR
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Secretary
SECRETARY · TERM ENDS 2029
Keeps the minutes, the conflict-of-interest disclosures, and the consent files for every published story.
GOVERNANCE · RECORDS
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Director
DIRECTOR · CLINICAL · TERM ENDS 2028
Registered nurse who wrote the hospital visitation training and reviews every clinical partnership.
HOSPITAL VISITATION · AM-06
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Director
DIRECTOR · LEGAL · TERM ENDS 2029
Attorney advising on fiscal sponsorship agreements, safeguarding policy, and government partnerships.
FISCAL SPONSORSHIP · FS-01
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Director
DIRECTOR · HISPANIC MINISTRY · TERM ENDS 2027
Pastor who leads the Spanish Church Leadership cohort and represents Hispanic congregations on the board.
LIDERAZGO · HL-01
CANDIDSealTRANSPARENCY
[ BADGE ASSET ]CREDIBILITY & DISCLOSURE
Verified by people who do not work for us.
Our Candid (formerly GuideStar) profile carries a transparency seal, our IRS determination letter is on file, and our Form 990 is posted the week it is filed — not on request.
501(C)(3) STATUS
Determination letter on file
EIN
00-0000000
LATEST 990
FY2025 · filed
SAFEGUARDING
Background checks required
STAFF & STATION LEADS
A very small payroll on purpose.
Executive director
FULL TIME
Operations coordinator
FULL TIME
Volunteer & intake coordinator
PART TIME
Films & media lead
PART TIME · HL-02
Nineteen station leads
VOLUNTEER
PASTORAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
Pastors who can tell us no.
Nine Houston pastors — Baptist, Pentecostal, non-denominational, and Hispanic congregations — who review our work in their neighborhoods twice a year and have standing authority to ask us to stand down.
BAPTISTPENTECOSTALNON-DENOMINATIONALHISPANIC CONGREGATIONSTHIRD WARDNORTHSIDEEAST ENDGULFTONACRES HOMES