Activating the potential of working families to revitalize their neighborhoods through homeownership, education and savings programs.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$102K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · 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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $477K a year · 19% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$102K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $424K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$886K
52% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 52% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.5M
+2% vs prior year
Spent
$1.6M
To programs
86%
Net assets
$806K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.5M
FY2021▲ +2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$2.1M
FY2023$2.3M
FY2024$4.3M
FY2025$3.6M
Expenses
$1.6M
FY2021▲ +26%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$2.2M
FY2024$2.6M
FY2025$2.9M
Net assets
$806K
FY2021▼ -9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$890K
FY2021$806K
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$988K
FY2024$2.7M
FY2025$3.5M

From the FY2021 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 Mar 1991.

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Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $1.3M Management & general 10% · $150K Fundraising 4% · $69K

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

14 people listed on the 990; $102K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$102,297Pt VII · Sec A
Past President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Rick Guzman’s $115K as Executive Dir. is at the 47th 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Rick Guzman$114,850$107,898$106,375$104,343$102,297$100,046

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

Programs and updates

Empowers working families to improve neighborhoods through homeownership, education, and savings.

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3 programs · $1.3M · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Provided housing and financial counseling services to low to moderate income people to assist as necessary in avoiding foreclosure AND/OR acquiring safe, good quality affordable housing.

$675Kprogram expense
02

Managed AND/OR obtained existing homes and vacant lots to provide affordable housing and savings opportunities to properly screened low to moderate income families.

$629Kprogram expense
03

Help low to moderate income homeowners stay in their homes by managing significant home repair projects on behalf of the homeowner: in 2021 nearly 20 households received over $266,000 in pass through GRANTS/FORGIVABLE loans for repairs that included roof replacements, major plumbing repairs, upgrading of dangerous electrical, furnace…

$34Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$424K
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$278K
Other incomeLn 4–11$127K
Money outPt IX
$1.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.3M
Managementcol C$150K
Fundraisingcol D$69K
Owns and owesPt X
$806K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$416K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$886K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$842K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$278K
Investment incomeLn 3$32
Other incomeLn 4–11$127K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$1.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$416K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$416K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.2M
Other assetsLn 15$20K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$886K
Net assetsLn 32$806K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 520
VolunteersI 6100
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$514K$416K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$960K$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$667K$886K
Net assetsLn 32$890K$806K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
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$102K$82K$13K$7K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$624K$499K$81K$44K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$96K$79K$14K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$67K$54K$9K$5K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$8K$6K$2K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$25K$20K$5K
Office expensesLn 13$12K$9K$2K$825
Information technologyLn 14$27K$22K$4K$2K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$77K$75K$895$482
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$7K$6K$1K
InterestLn 20$34K$27K$4K$2K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$23K$19K$3K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$11K$9K$1K$802
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$427K$421K$4K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$17K$11K$6K$807
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.6M$1.3M$150K$69K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $3.6M$2.9M$694K$3.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $4.3M$2.6M$1.8M$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.3M$2.2M$72K$988K 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.1M$1.9M$211K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $1.5M$1.6M−$84K$806K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.4M$1.2M$206K$890K 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 FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,472,778 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,088,435$1,067,870
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $202,486$277,865
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $41$32
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $146,288$127,011
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,437,250$1,472,778
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $729,720$888,769
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $501,380$668,116
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,231,100$1,556,885
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $206,150−$84,107
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members14
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 $1,472,778 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$4,392
VIII-1e Government grants$841,739
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$221,739
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,067,870
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $277,865$277,865
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $32$32
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 eventsExcluded from tax $127,011$127,011
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $277,865 · Excluded from tax $127,043$1,472,778
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,556,885 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
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 $81,838 · Management $13,298 · Fundraising $7,161$102,297
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $498,990 · Management $81,086 · Fundraising $43,662$623,738
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $79,439 · Management $14,356 · Fundraising $1,914$95,709
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $53,620 · Management $8,713 · Fundraising $4,692$67,025
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $6,327 · Management $1,582$7,909
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $19,661 · Management $4,915$24,576
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $9,425 · Management $1,531 · Fundraising $825$11,781
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $21,673 · Management $3,522 · Fundraising $1,896$27,091
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $75,257 · Management $895 · Fundraising $482$76,634
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $5,702 · Management $1,426$7,128
IX-20 InterestPrograms $26,818 · Management $4,358 · Fundraising $2,347$33,523
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $18,569 · Management $2,785 · Fundraising $1,857$23,211
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $9,167 · Management $1,490 · Fundraising $802$11,459
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $421,325 · Management $3,995 · Fundraising $2,151$427,471
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $10,695 · Management $5,831 · Fundraising $807$17,333
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,338,506 · Management $149,783 · Fundraising $68,596$1,556,885
Part X · Balance sheet $1,691,321 assets, 19 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $30,330; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $514,209$416,487
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $29,019$5,263
X-4 Accounts receivable$10,000
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,849$2,588
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $960,064$1,206,652
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 assetsStart of year $20,000$20,001
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,556,471$1,691,321
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $13,037$15,083
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $22,544$27,699
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $666,657$885,614
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $889,814$805,707
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $889,814$805,707
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,556,471$1,691,321
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $805,707 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,472,778
XI-2 Total expenses$1,556,885
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$84,107
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$889,814
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$805,707

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