9. EITC claimed: $14,062,307 Average EITC: $1,801 % eligible for EITC: 32% Earned Income Tax Credit 20% increase in EITC = more support for children & working families
10. Who We Serve 25% Single Parents Avg AGI $19,591 Avg Net Rfd $3,156 27% Married Households Avg AGI $27,466 Avg Net Refund $2,365 48% Single Adults Avg AGI $16,082 Avg Net Rfd $408 Hispanic/Latino 51% ~ African-American 32% ~ Asian 7% ~ Caucasian 7%
14. 427 active volunteers 21,121 volunteer hours Volunteers 27% increase in volunteer hours
15. On average, each volunteer donated 49.5 hours over 13 weeks.
16. Volunteers 47 volunteers received The President’s Volunteer Service Award for volunteering more than 100 hours. 47 volunteers received The President’s Volunteer Service Award
17. Top Corporate Volunteers Hours Volunteers 4 140 JP Morgan Chase 6 184 Bank of America 5 204 ExxonMobil 5 276 AIG 5 326 Amegy Bank 16 981 IRS
24. Promoting Financial Well-Being 243 opened accounts with Promise Credit Union 232 received assistance obtaining public benefits and managing finances through partnership with Family Services 671 applied for Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITIN) 40 learned about Individual Development Accounts through partnership with Covenant Community Capital
26. 28,000 returns in 2011 31,000 returns in 2012 Open more credit union accounts Connect refunds to matched savings accounts Focus on Financial Success Initiatives What’s Next?
Editor's Notes
$ 91,464,110 = Net number
Secured interviews and coverage from all network affiliates (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CW, Univision and Telemundo) Most notable content: A live interview segment on KHOU’s Great Day Houston with Deborah Duncan Seven live interviews on Univision and Telemundo A Fox 26 Emily Aiken investigative report on “when’s free really free?” in relation to paid preparers versus Neighborhood Tax Centers truly free service