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To provide a safe-haven for abused and neglected children until such time as authorities or State agencies provide a placement.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 20-4615896) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 5 volunteers and 29 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
0 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $100K a year · 16% of revenue · last 6 filings
A surplus in 0 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
80% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$56K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
0.9 mo
of spending, in cash
0.9 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $33
1 funder names it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$215K
24% of total assets
Liabilities are 24% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
6 of 6 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$796K
+17% vs prior year
Spent
$859K
To programs
80%
Net assets
$676K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$796K
FY2025▲ +17%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$543K
FY2021$398K
FY2022$520K
FY2023$727K
FY2024$682K
FY2025$796K
Expenses
$859K
FY2025▲ +2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$724K
FY2021$414K
FY2022$673K
FY2023$752K
FY2024$844K
FY2025$859K
Net assets
$676K
FY2025▼ -9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$926K
FY2023$901K
FY2024$739K
FY2025$676K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 2006.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $691K Management & general 19% · $167K Fundraising 0% · $2K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

9 people listed on the 990; $56K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$55,841Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Dane Johnslindsay Jennings’s $56K as Executive Director is at the 46th percentile of top reported officer pay among 851 $100K–1M housing nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Dane Johnslindsay Jennings$55,841—————
Dana Johns—$50,832————
Dane Johns——$45,392$43,844$46,266$48,343

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Shelters abused and neglected children until they find a permanent home.

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1 program · $691K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

To provide a safe-haven for abused and neglected children until such time as authorities or State agencies provide a placement.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 20-4615896) · Dispute this line
$691Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$33

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$796K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$793K
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Investment incomeLn 3$432
Money outPt IX
$859K
Ln 25
Programscol B$691K
Managementcol C$167K
Fundraisingcol D$2K
Owns and owesPt X
$676K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$64K
Total assetsLn 16$891K
LiabilitiesLn 26$215K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$793K
Government grantsLn 1e$663K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$5K
Investment incomeLn 3$432
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Gains on assetsLn 7$390
Total revenueLn 12$796K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$64K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$64K
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$13K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$7K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$789K
Other assetsLn 15$19K
Total assetsLn 16$891K
LiabilitiesLn 26$215K
Net assetsLn 32$676K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 529
VolunteersI 65
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$23K$64K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$824K$789K
Total assetsLn 16$861K$891K
LiabilitiesLn 26$121K$215K
Net assetsLn 32$739K$676K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$53K$0$53K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$439K$401K$38K$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$92K$69K$23K$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$36K$29K$7K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$14K$0$14K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$372$0$372$0
OccupancyLn 16$58K$58K$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$3K$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$48K$48K$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$30K$30K$0$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$54K$49K$5K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$33K$5K$26K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$859K$691K$167K$2K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 29, 2026 $796K$859K−$63K$676K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Jun 27, 2025 $682K$844K−$162K$739K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Oct 21, 2024 $727K$752K−$25K$901K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Feb 27, 2024 $520K$673K−$153K$926K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Aug 19, 2022 $398K$414K−$15K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 23, 2021 $543K$724K−$180K$1.1M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support B · Donors D · Assets and endowments O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990
Part I · Summary $796,488 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $677,093$793,055
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $58$432
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $5,013$3,001
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $682,164$796,488
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $633,683$620,339
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $210,741$239,070
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $844,424$859,409
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$162,260−$62,921
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $796,488 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$5,025
VIII-1e Government grants$662,567
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$125,463
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$793,055
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$42
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $390 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$390
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $3,001 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$3,001
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $3,433 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$796,488
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $859,409 across 12 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $0 · Management $53,254 · Fundraising $0$53,254
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $401,306 · Management $37,522 · Fundraising $0$438,828
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $68,603 · Management $23,214 · Fundraising $0$91,817
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $29,370 · Management $7,070 · Fundraising $0$36,440
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $14,000 · Fundraising $0$14,000
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $372 · Fundraising $0$372
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $58,291 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$58,291
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,730 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,730
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $47,844 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$47,844
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $29,591 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$29,591
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $48,646 · Management $4,947 · Fundraising $0$53,593
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $4,742 · Management $26,194 · Fundraising $1,713$32,649
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $691,123 · Management $166,573 · Fundraising $1,713$859,409
Part X · Balance sheet $890,775 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $23,081$63,530
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $8,542$13,306
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $4,541$6,561
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $824,499$788,813
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$18,565
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $860,663$890,775
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $49,944$62,931
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $28,115$148,109
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,435$3,487
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $121,494$214,527
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $386,869$676,248
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $352,300$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $739,169$676,248
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $860,663$890,775
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $676,248 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$796,488
XI-2 Total expenses$859,409
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$62,921
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$739,169
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$676,248

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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