To provide shelter, food, and rent assistance to persons in our area who are homeless or in need.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 1,900 volunteers and 38 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
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $426K a year · 17% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
92%
of spending
Looks good: 92% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$268K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
16 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 16.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $37K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$119K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
17
of 17 voting members
Looks good: 17 of 17 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.7M
+9% vs prior year
Spent
$2.5M
To programs
92%
Net assets
$6.7M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$2.7M
FY2025▲ +9%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$2.7M
FY2022$2.4M
FY2023$2.3M
FY2024$2.5M
FY2025$2.7M
Expenses
$2.5M
FY2025▲ +8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$1.9M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$2.0M
FY2024$2.3M
FY2025$2.5M
Net assets
$6.7M
FY2025▲ +4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$5.3M
FY2022$5.9M
FY2023$6.1M
FY2024$6.4M
FY2025$6.7M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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 1998.

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Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $2.3M Management & general 4% · $92K Fundraising 4% · $106K

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

23 people listed on the 990; $268K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Associate Director
$91,466Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$91,306Pt VII · Sec A
Finance & Admin Manager
$52,928Pt VII · Sec A
Finance & Admin Manager
$31,801Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Wendy Gruber’s $91K as Associate Director is at the 27th 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Julie Purcell$91,306$95,285$92,700$79,409$71,400
Wendy Gruber$91,466$79,396$77,250$70,790$60,500
Sandy Falk$31,801$60,661$63,000$64,729$58,695
Tracy Nicholson$52,928————

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Offers shelter, food, and rent help to local homeless and needy individuals.

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3 programs · $2.2M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Providing charitable services for distressed and homeless persons, we are the only emergency shelter serving mid kane county that is open 365 days a year. This fiscal year lazarus house served 184 different persons with 19,154 nights of service, providing over 57,462 nourishing meals to our shelter guests and those at risk of…

$1.5Mprogram expense
02

Providing rental and utility subsidies for distressed and homeless persons through homeless prevention program, funded by grants, that provides rent and utility assistance to qualifying households.

$497Kprogram expense
03

Providing low cost transitional housing for distressed and homeless persons. We are the only transitional housing program (center for transitional living) in the tri-cities and western rural kane county area.

$267Kprogram 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 · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
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Grants paid · 13 grants · $1.4M · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$326,207
Unitemized GrantFY2024$25,960
Unitemized GrantFY2023$272,059
Unitemized GrantFY2023$24,165
Unitemized GrantFY2022$197,504
Unitemized GrantFY2022$24,511
Unitemized GrantFY2022$24,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$197,500
Unitemized GrantFY2021$19,337
Unitemized GrantFY2021$10,800
Unitemized GrantFY2020$217,027
Unitemized GrantFY2020$14,866
Unitemized GrantFY2020$2,800

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$547K
Investment incomeLn 3$110K
Money outPt IX
$2.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.3M
Managementcol C$92K
Fundraisingcol D$106K
Owns and owesPt X
$6.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.4M
Total assetsLn 16$6.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$119K
PeoplePt VI, VII
23
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a17
IndependentVI 1b17
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$521K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$46K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$102K
Investment incomeLn 3$110K
Other incomeLn 4–11$547K
Total revenueLn 12$2.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$536K
SavingsLn 2$2.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.2M
Total assetsLn 16$6.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$119K
Net assetsLn 32$6.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 538
VolunteersI 61,900
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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$2.9M$3.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.4M$3.2M
Total assetsLn 16$6.5M$6.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$121K$119K
Net assetsLn 32$6.4M$6.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$352K$352K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$277K$257K$11K$8K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$961K$896K$33K$31K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$92K$83K$3K$6K
Payroll taxesLn 10$104K$94K$4K$6K
Management feesLn 11a$14K$14K
Accounting feesLn 11c$23K$19K$1K$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$4K$4K$134$240
Office expensesLn 13$4K$4K$144$259
OccupancyLn 16$75K$68K$3K$5K
TravelLn 17$26K$655$26K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K$146
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$332K$323K$5K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$48K$39K$6K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$121K$81K$25K$14K
All other expensesLn 24e$22K$20K$1K$834
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.5M$2.3M$92K$106K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.7M$2.5M$274K$6.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.5M$2.3M$243K$6.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.3M$2.0M$254K$6.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.4M$1.8M$566K$5.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.7M$1.9M$793K$5.3M 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $2,730,120 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,943,531$1,971,763
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $65,424$101,624
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $136,707$110,151
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $362,760$546,582
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,508,422$2,730,120
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $296,224$352,167
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,347,183$1,433,172
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $621,743$671,143
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,265,150$2,456,482
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $243,272$273,638
Part VI · Governance 17 of 17 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body17
VI-1b Independent voting members17
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 $2,730,120 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$521,160
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,450,603
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$46,209
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,971,763
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $101,624$101,624
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $110,151$110,151
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $527,682$527,682
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $18,900$18,900
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $120,524 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $637,833$2,730,120
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,456,482 across 16 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $352,167$352,167
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $257,496 · Management $11,075 · Fundraising $8,307$276,878
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $896,487 · Management $33,008 · Fundraising $31,103$960,598
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $82,862 · Management $3,165 · Fundraising $5,678$91,705
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $93,964 · Management $3,589 · Fundraising $6,438$103,991
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $13,830$13,830
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $19,474 · Management $1,272 · Fundraising $2,282$23,028
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $3,504 · Management $134 · Fundraising $240$3,878
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,773 · Management $144 · Fundraising $259$4,176
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $67,907 · Management $2,594 · Fundraising $4,653$75,154
IX-17 TravelPrograms $655 · Fundraising $25,639$26,294
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,280 · Fundraising $146$2,426
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $322,888 · Management $5,007 · Fundraising $3,650$331,545
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $39,300 · Management $6,363 · Fundraising $2,417$48,080
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $81,418 · Management $24,939 · Fundraising $14,290$120,647
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $20,176 · Management $1,075 · Fundraising $834$22,085
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,258,181 · Management $92,365 · Fundraising $105,936$2,456,482
Part X · Balance sheet $6,770,383 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $377,905$535,650
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,562,459$2,845,066
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $127,014$134,486
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $57,217$73,528
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $21,873$6,390
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,352,001$3,175,263
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $6,498,469$6,770,383
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $108,004$112,428
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $9,003$6,380
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,525$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $120,532$118,808
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $6,229,125$6,502,357
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $148,812$149,218
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $6,377,937$6,651,575
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $6,498,469$6,770,383
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $6,651,575 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,730,120
XI-2 Total expenses$2,456,482
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$273,638
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$6,377,937
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$6,651,575

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