Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2009.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
15 people listed on the 990; $361K paid to officers and key staff.
Steven Christoforou’s $132K as Executive Director is at the 63rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3868 $1–10M human services 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 · 7 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Christoforou | $131,551 | $54,033 | — | — | — | — |
| David Smeltzer | $121,399 | $129,087 | $122,286 | $124,200 | $121,000 | — |
| Sarah Popovici | $108,331 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kenneth Kidd | — | $74,994 | $105,273 | $95,510 | $95,645 | — |
| Kenneth D Kidd | — | — | — | — | — | $89,146 |
| David C Smeltzer | — | — | — | — | — | $23,692 |
| Eugene Bokor | — | — | — | — | — | $8,856 |
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.
See Focus North America executive salaries →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
Provides food, clothing, shelter, and support to those in need.
Questions for Focus North America
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St. Herman's Focus Cleveland
This program of focus north america operates in and around the cleveland, oh area and provides: 1. Housing for homeless men as well as temporary housing for those transitioning from homelessness to self-sufficiency; 2. Three meals per day, 365 days per year for the men in their housing, as well as the surrounding community; 3.
Focus Minnesota
This program, operating in the twin cities area of MN, provides: 1. Lunches and meals to those in need in the community; 2. Distribution of food items; 3. Distribution of clothing and hygiene items; and 4. A food delivery program for those who are unable to get out of their homes.
Focus orange county (formerly, focus socal, which has since been broken into two centers in orange county and los angeles) operates in and around orange county, ca 1. Serves meals, 2. Distributes food through a food pantry, and 3. Receives bulk food, clothing, and household items and distributes them to those in need.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | FY25 | FY24 | FY23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| End of yearLn 1g | $130K | $109K | $81K |
| Given inLn 1b | $14K | $14K | $81K |
| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $3.2M | $3.3M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $100K | $130K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $4.2M | $4.7M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $7.7M | $8.4M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $215K | $324K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $7.4M | $8.0M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $2.4M | $2.4M | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $361K | $267K | $36K | $58K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $1.4M | $1.1M | $144K | $232K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $49K | $41K | $2K | $6K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $148K | $110K | $14K | $23K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $3K | $585 | $2K | |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $24K | $24K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $139K | $117K | $22K | |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $3K | $500 | $3K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $84K | $19K | $489 | $65K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $77K | $28K | $5K | $44K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $195K | $195K | ||
| TravelLn 17 | $102K | $67K | $13K | $21K |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $7K | $2K | $3K | $1K |
| InterestLn 20 | $828 | $828 | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $89K | $88K | $1K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $96K | $83K | $13K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $177K | $94K | $77K | $7K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $5.4M | $4.6M | $337K | $483K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS May 12, 2026 | $6.0M | $5.4M | $639K | $8.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Jun 4, 2025 | $5.5M | $4.3M | $1.2M | $7.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Jun 24, 2024 | $4.4M | $3.8M | $534K | $6.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Apr 24, 2023 | $6.5M | $3.5M | $3.1M | $5.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Apr 27, 2022 | $3.8M | $3.3M | $490K | $2.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 12, 2021 | $5.6M | $5.3M | $287K | $2.1M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $6,040,493 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $6,040,493 across 12 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,401,156 across 18 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $8,361,369 assets, 16 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $8,037,242 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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