The St Bernard Project INC

Tax-deductible

New Orleans, LA501(c)(3)Since 2008Public Safety & DisasterEIN 26-2189665Revenue $27.0M in FY2024

On file with the IRSsbpusa.org2645 Toulouse St, 70119-5045 · New Orleans, LATax-exempt since May 2008Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Shrinking time between disaster and recovery by creating housing opportunities so that disaster survivors can return to their homes and communities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 11,912 volunteers and 307 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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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2.0M a year · 6% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$2.0M
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 72% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $210K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$12.9M
27% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 27% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
20
of 21 voting members
Looks good: 20 of 21 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$27.0M
-23% vs prior year
Spent
$25.2M
To programs
91%
Net assets
$34.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$27.0M
FY2024▼ -23%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$34.0M
FY2021$37.7M
FY2022$36.3M
FY2023$35.3M
FY2024$27.0M
Expenses
$25.2M
FY2024▼ -29%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$30.7M
FY2021$32.5M
FY2022$36.0M
FY2023$35.8M
FY2024$25.2M
Net assets
$34.5M
FY2024▲ +7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$27.6M
FY2021$32.6M
FY2022$32.4M
FY2023$32.3M
FY2024$34.5M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in May 2008.

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

Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $23.0M Management & general 8% · $2.1M Fundraising 1% · $189K

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

29 people listed on the 990; $2.0M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Former Chief Executive Officer
$370,796Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$240,863Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Strategy Officer
$240,000Pt VII · Sec A
Former Chief Operating Officer
$228,225Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$215,516Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Director of Inst. Giving
$193,678Pt VII · Sec A
Interim CEO/Board Member
$187,500Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Comm. and Marketing Officer
$187,128Pt VII · Sec A

Zack Rosenburg’s $371K as Former Chief Executive Officer is at the 72nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 58 $10–100M public safety & disaster 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Zack Rosenburg$370,796$319,146$318,521$339,027$301,841
Keith McCulloch$240,863$243,896$224,318$212,845$191,444
Reese May$240,000$225,863$210,472$190,887$190,116
Elizabeth McCartney$228,225$209,705$204,221$172,683$173,130
Thomas Corley$215,516—$149,105$144,516$137,524
Elizabeth Egle$193,678$181,439$171,295$162,363$156,062
Tim Brady$187,500————
Elizabeth Wright$187,128————

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Rebuilds disaster-impacted communities by constructing affordable housing and training local governments and nonprofits to accelerate long-term recovery and preparedness efforts.

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3 programs · $23.0M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Rebuilding Program

SBP'S rebuilding program quickly rebuilds homes for disaster survivors, prioritizing those with limited income and people who are underinsured or uninsured.

$18.8Mprogram expense
02

Advise Program

SBP provides technical assistance, training, and capacity- strengthening programs to support local nonprofit and government partners to lead long-term recovery efforts, effectively navigate disaster response decisions, and advance solutions for mitigation and resilience.

$2.1Mprogram expense
03

Opportunity Housing

SBP'S opportunity housing program makes the dream of affordable homeownership a reality for low - to moderate - income families. We build high - quality homes for sale or rent at an affordable price, utilizing financial assistance from local government partners for down payments and closing costs.

$2.0Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$210K
Grants paid · 112 grants · $12.6M · 2020–2024
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$27.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$19.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$851K
Money outPt IX
$25.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$23.0M
Managementcol C$2.1M
Fundraisingcol D$189K
Owns and owesPt X
$34.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$13.8M
Total assetsLn 16$47.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
29
listed · VII A
PaidVII A9
Voting boardVI 1a21
IndependentVI 1b20
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$19.7M
Government grantsLn 1e$5.6M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$134K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$851K
Other incomeLn 4–11$114K
Gains on assetsLn 7$117K
Total revenueLn 12$27.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$5.1M
SavingsLn 2$8.7M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$13.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$13.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.9M
Other assetsLn 15$10.9M
Total assetsLn 16$47.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12.9M
Net assetsLn 32$34.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5307
VolunteersI 611,912
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$12.2M$13.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$11.6M$13.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.0M$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16$39.3M$47.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.0M$12.9M
Net assetsLn 32$32.3M$34.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$2.1M$2.1M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$6K$6K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$100K$100K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.9M$1.7M$195K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$8.5M$7.6M$888K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$111K$90K$21K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$848K$671K$177K
Payroll taxesLn 10$745K$625K$119K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.1M$568K$425K$73K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$25K$23K$234$2K
Office expensesLn 13$87K$64K$1K$22K
Information technologyLn 14$67K$67K$720$8
OccupancyLn 16$611K$511K$79K$21K
TravelLn 17$582K$484K$80K$18K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$38K$12K$22K$4K
InterestLn 20$61K$61K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$61K$41K$20K
InsuranceLn 23$707K$693K$14K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$7.5M$7.5M$11K$30K
All other expensesLn 24e$128K$78K$30K$20K
Total functional expensesLn 25$25.2M$23.0M$2.1M$189K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $27.0M$25.2M$1.8M$34.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $35.3M$35.8M−$487K$32.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $36.3M$36.0M$285K$32.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $37.7M$32.5M$5.1M$32.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $34.0M$30.7M$3.3M$27.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $27,048,609 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $29,180,398$19,681,920
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $2,852,914$6,402,377
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $531,940$850,729
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,698,648$113,583
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $35,263,900$27,048,609
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $2,705,582$2,196,500
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $12,028,431$12,071,400
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $21,016,914$10,956,809
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $35,750,927$25,224,709
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$487,027$1,823,900
Part VI · Governance 20 of 21 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body21
VI-1b Independent voting members20
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $27,048,609 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$5,621,154
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$14,060,766
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$133,676
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$19,681,920
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $6,402,377$6,402,377
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $733,535$733,535
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $117,194$117,194
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $113,583$113,583
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $6,515,960 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $850,729$27,048,609
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $25,224,709 across 20 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $2,090,000$2,090,000
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $6,500$6,500
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $100,000$100,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $1,669,016 · Management $194,690$1,863,706
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $7,615,245 · Management $888,315$8,503,560
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $89,826 · Management $21,401$111,227
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $670,951 · Management $177,424$848,375
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $625,162 · Management $119,370$744,532
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $567,701 · Management $425,181 · Fundraising $72,705$1,065,587
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $22,633 · Management $234 · Fundraising $1,828$24,695
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $64,390 · Management $1,422 · Fundraising $21,586$87,398
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $66,549 · Management $720 · Fundraising $8$67,277
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $510,935 · Management $79,031 · Fundraising $20,937$610,903
IX-17 TravelPrograms $483,576 · Management $80,028 · Fundraising $17,914$581,518
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $12,323 · Management $21,658 · Fundraising $4,182$38,163
IX-20 InterestPrograms $60,828$60,828
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $41,281 · Management $20,070$61,351
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $692,669 · Management $14,338$707,007
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $7,483,503 · Management $10,925 · Fundraising $29,705$7,524,133
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $77,962 · Management $30,079 · Fundraising $19,908$127,949
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $22,951,050 · Management $2,084,886 · Fundraising $188,773$25,224,709
Part X · Balance sheet $47,398,905 assets, 18 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $2,347,770; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $4,293,718$5,115,997
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $7,945,241$8,701,958
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $2,735,329$1,186,085
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $2,683,313$3,932,598
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $274,058$259,865
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,036,093$1,920,705
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $7,689,889$8,131,261
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $3,948,612$4,951,804
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $5,381,644$10,850,862
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $39,335,667$47,398,905
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,439,002$2,060,239
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $3,707,807$6,631,268
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $97,538$110,008
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $7,023,769$12,913,433
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $29,317,526$29,890,652
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,994,372$4,594,820
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $32,311,898$34,485,472
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $39,335,667$47,398,905
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $34,485,472 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$27,048,609
XI-2 Total expenses$25,224,709
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,823,900
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$32,311,898
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$349,674
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$34,485,472

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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