Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1988.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
83 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
12 people listed on the 990; $69K paid to officers and key staff.
Duncan Ward’s $107K as Executive Dir. is at the 41st percentile of top reported officer pay among 2036 $1–10M 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
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan Ward | $107,061 | $103,761 | — | — | — |
| Laura Michalski | — | — | $99,677 | $68,632 | — |
| Nicole Bahena | — | — | — | — | $52,000 |
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 North Side Housing and Supportive Services 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
Offers housing and complete support services to individuals.
Questions for North Side Housing and Supportive Services
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Permanent Housing and Supportive Services
North side housing provides 196 individual units of housing dedicated to people experiencing homelessness, including veterans and people who have chronic health issues. North side housing's units are scattered across the city, which further enhances the model, allowing participants to choose where they live, integrate more fully into the…
Michael Segoviano Emergency Shelter
Located in uptown, north side housing's emergency shelter provides inclusive, life-saving, and person-centered services for over 300 men annually. North side housing has one of the few shelters in chicago that operates 24 hours a day for 365 days a year to meet the immediate needs of men experiencing homelessness.
Day Support Services Center
In addition to offering emergency shelter and permanent housing, north side housing also opens the doors of its main location in ravenswood on weekdays to serve individuals experiencing homelessness, those who are facing imminent eviction, or those fleeing domestic violence.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
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By the numbers
The FY2021 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY21 | End FY21 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $434K | $153K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $24K | $16K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $684K | $322K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $583K | $154K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $101K | $168K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $592K | $592K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $103K | $88K | $11K | $5K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $152K | $67K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $136K | $108K | $19K | $9K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $135K | $108K | $19K | $8K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $11K | $6K | $5K | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $253K | $194K | $59K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $7K | $6K | $258 | |
| InterestLn 20 | $1K | $1K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $8K | $7K | $788 | $197 |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $14K | $7K | $6K | $364 |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $303K | $151K | $82K | $70K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $23K | $19K | $3K | $769 |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $3.1M | $2.6M | $357K | $161K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 15, 2026 | $3.0M | $3.1M | −$39K | $74K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS May 12, 2025 | $3.0M | $0 | $3.0M | $0 | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS May 15, 2024 | $2.6M | $2.8M | −$146K | $62K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS May 15, 2023 | $2.9M | $2.8M | $88K | $268K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS May 11, 2022 | $3.1M | $3.1M | $67K | $168K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Mar 18, 2021 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $26K | $101K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $3,141,268 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,141,268 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,074,354 across 13 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $321,963 assets, 13 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $168,283 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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