Invisible People is dedicated to educating the public about homelessness through storytelling, journalism, and advocacy to influence policy change.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 6 volunteers and 2 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
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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $85K a year · 12% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$145K
to officers and key staff · 19% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 19% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
11 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 11.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $363K
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$209
0.03% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 4 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 4 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$910K
+25% vs prior year
Spent
$764K
To programs
83%
Net assets
$709K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$910K
FY2025▲ +25%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$458K
FY2021$629K
FY2022$812K
FY2023$618K
FY2024$731K
FY2025$910K
Expenses
$764K
FY2025▼ -4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$250K
FY2021$401K
FY2022$659K
FY2023$780K
FY2024$794K
FY2025$764K
Net assets
$709K
FY2025▲ +26%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$408K
FY2021$636K
FY2022$789K
FY2023$627K
FY2024$564K
FY2025$709K

From the FY2025 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 2010.

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Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $633K Management & general 13% · $100K Fundraising 4% · $31K

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

5 people listed on the 990; $145K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Founder and CEO
$144,953Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Mark Horvath’s $145K as Founder and CEO is at the 97th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2167 $100K–1M 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Mark Horvath$144,953$138,187$131,280$128,494$89,153

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

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

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1 program · $633K · in their own filed words · FY2025
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In 2025, invisible people reached nearly 200 million digital impressions, generated over 23.3 million engagements, and grew to a community of more than 3 million people. We produced high-impact documentaries used in legislative campaigns, operated the only nonprofit newsroom exclusively focused on homelessness, and published nearly 300…

$633Kprogram expense

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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 · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$910K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$876K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$28K
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Money outPt IX
$764K
Ln 25
Programscol B$633K
Managementcol C$100K
Fundraisingcol D$31K
Owns and owesPt X
$709K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$708K
Total assetsLn 16$709K
LiabilitiesLn 26$209
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$876K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$28K
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$910K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$205K
SavingsLn 2$503K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$708K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$847
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$709K
LiabilitiesLn 26$209
Net assetsLn 32$709K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 66
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$574K$708K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4K$847
Total assetsLn 16$578K$709K
LiabilitiesLn 26$14K$209
Net assetsLn 32$564K$709K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$3K$3K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$138K$104K$28K$7K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$46K$35K$9K$2K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$16K$12K$3K$813
Payroll taxesLn 10$14K$11K$3K$723
Management feesLn 11a$50K$50K
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$4K$4K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$17K$17K
Office expensesLn 13$5K$3K$904$226
Information technologyLn 14$27K$26K$798$266
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$76K$76K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$15K$11K$3K$739
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$350K$331K$314$19K
All other expensesLn 24e$1K$1K$276$69
Total functional expensesLn 25$764K$633K$100K$31K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $910K$764K$146K$709K 990 PDF
FY2024 $731K$794K−$63K$564K 990 PDF
FY2023 $618K$780K−$162K$627K 990 PDF
FY2022 $812K$659K$153K$789K 990 PDF
FY2021 $629K$401K$228K$636K 990 PDF
FY2020 $458K$250K$208K$408K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $910,412 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $712,523$876,344
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $15,000$28,071
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,040$5,997
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $730,563$910,412
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$2,667
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $222,617$215,233
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $571,010$546,421
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $793,627$764,321
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$63,064$146,091
Part VI · Governance 4 of 4 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members4
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 $910,412 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$876,344
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$876,344
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $28,071$28,071
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $5,997$5,997
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $28,071 · Excluded from tax $5,997$910,412
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $764,321 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $2,667$2,667
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $103,569 · Management $27,618 · Fundraising $6,905$138,092
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $34,807 · Management $9,282 · Fundraising $2,321$46,410
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $12,201 · Management $3,254 · Fundraising $813$16,268
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $10,847 · Management $2,893 · Fundraising $723$14,463
IX-11a Management feesManagement $50,019$50,019
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $4,456$4,456
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $17,107$17,107
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,387 · Management $904 · Fundraising $226$4,517
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $25,552 · Management $798 · Fundraising $266$26,616
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $75,693$75,693
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $2,069$2,069
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $11,081 · Management $2,955 · Fundraising $739$14,775
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $330,625 · Management $314 · Fundraising $18,850$349,789
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,035 · Management $276 · Fundraising $69$1,380
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $633,027 · Management $100,382 · Fundraising $30,912$764,321
Part X · Balance sheet $709,287 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $223,246$204,585
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $350,267$503,013
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$842
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $4,288$847
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $577,801$709,287
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $13,914$209
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $13,914$209
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $563,887$240,884
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$468,194
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $563,887$709,078
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $577,801$709,287
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $709,078 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$910,412
XI-2 Total expenses$764,321
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$146,091
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$563,887
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$900
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$709,078

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