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Housing Link FY2020 filing

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Saint Paul, MN501(c)(3)Since 1997Housing EIN 41-1873314Revenue $2.4M in FY2020Latest return filed Jun 17, 2026

On file with the IRShousinglink.orgSaint Paul, MNTax-exempt since Jun 1998Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Connecting people to affordable rental homes, increasing choice and access for all.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2020. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 41-1873314) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
95¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$214K 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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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $86K a year · 7% of revenue · last 6 filings
A surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
95%
of spending
95% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$214K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
Cash reserves
4.3 mo
of spending, in cash
4.3 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $148K
1 funder names it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$283K
17% of total assets
Liabilities are 17% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
15 of 15 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
In line with peersDifferent from peersFar from peersNo peer rangeNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$2.4M
Spent
$2.0M
To programs
95%
Net assets
$1.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.4M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.4M
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$887K
FY2023$961K
FY2024$866K
FY2025$960K
Expenses
$2.0M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.0M
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.0M
FY2025$988K
Net assets
$1.3M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$981K
FY2023$617K
FY2024$461K
FY2025$433K

From the FY2020 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 1998.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

95 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 95% · $1.9M Management & general 4% · $73K Fundraising 2% · $33K

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

17 people listed on the 990; $214K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$108,794Pt VII · Sec A
Richard Galster
Technology Manager
$105,172Pt VII · Sec A
Wes Johnson
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
James Farstad
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Ellen Sahli
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Dave Baker
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Michael Grover
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Susan Speakman-Gomez’s $140K as President is at the 94th percentile of top reported officer pay among 851 $100K–1M 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Susan Speakman-Gomez$139,831$134,453$120,084$122,230$114,234$108,794
Joshua Dye$115,763$110,250$109,176———
Richard Galster———$110,498$107,275$105,172

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 affordable rental housing information for low-to-moderate income renters.

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2 programs · $1.9M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Housinglink has been providing affordable rental housing information in the twin cities for twenty years and is recognized as the primary place to access housing options for low-to-moderate income renters.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2020. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 41-1873314) · Dispute this line
$1.0Mprogram expense
02

Housinglink created the COVID-19 housing assistance program application. An online application form for minnesotans to apply for emergency housing assistance issued to minnesota under the cares act. The application was open aug 24 - dec 7, 2020 to accept applications. 63,164 applicants submitted 70.553 assistance requests for the funds.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2020. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 41-1873314) · Dispute this line
$868Kprogram 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
Family Housing FundFY2025$148K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$148K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$203K
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Money outPt IX
$2.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.9M
Managementcol C$73K
Fundraisingcol D$33K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$720K
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$283K
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.6M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$203K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Total revenueLn 12$2.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$720K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$720K
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$50K
Accounts receivableLn 4$365K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$2K
Intangible assetsLn 14$487K
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$283K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 617
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$241K$720K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$990K$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$48K$283K
Net assetsLn 32$942K$1.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Accounting feesLn 11c$28K$25K$3K$543
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.8M$1.7M$58K$30K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1K$565$528
Office expensesLn 13$72K$70K$499$1K
Information technologyLn 14$31K$29K$2K$398
OccupancyLn 16$26K$24K$2K$523
TravelLn 17$254$254
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$493$113$380
InsuranceLn 23$3K$3K$185$51
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$13K$5K$7K$212
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.0M$1.9M$73K$33K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Jun 17, 2026 $960K$988K−$28K$433K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Jun 10, 2025 $866K$1.0M−$155K$461K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Jul 1, 2024 $961K$1.3M−$373K$617K 990 PDF
FY2022 $887K$1.3M−$367K$981K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Jun 10, 2022 $1.7M$1.7M$7K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS Jul 1, 2021 $2.4M$2.0M$399K$1.3M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support I · Grants O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $2,396,113 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $947,199$2,187,898
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $141,437$203,005
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,637$2,157
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$3,053
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,090,273$2,396,113
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $912,877$1,997,143
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $912,877$1,997,143
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $177,396$398,970
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
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 $2,396,113 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$1,560,024
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$627,874
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,187,898
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $200,191 · Unrelated business $2,814$203,005
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,157$2,157
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $3,053$3,053
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $203,244 · Unrelated business $2,814 · Excluded from tax $2,157$2,396,113
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,997,143 across 10 lines filed
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $25,134 · Management $2,679 · Fundraising $543$28,356
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,734,448 · Management $58,215 · Fundraising $29,784$1,822,447
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $565 · Fundraising $528$1,093
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $70,491 · Management $499 · Fundraising $1,014$72,004
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $28,567 · Management $1,611 · Fundraising $398$30,576
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $23,778 · Management $1,759 · Fundraising $523$26,060
IX-17 TravelPrograms $254$254
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $113 · Management $380$493
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,571 · Management $185 · Fundraising $51$2,807
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $5,401 · Management $7,440 · Fundraising $212$13,053
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,891,322 · Management $72,768 · Fundraising $33,053$1,997,143
Part X · Balance sheet $1,624,228 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $240,968$720,108
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $200,000$50,000
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $58,986$364,639
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $3,035$2,297
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $487,184$487,184
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $990,173$1,624,228
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $47,110$156,822
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,055$17,128
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payable$109,300
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $48,165$283,250
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $312,770$842,872
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $629,238$498,106
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $942,008$1,340,978
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $990,173$1,624,228
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,340,978 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,396,113
XI-2 Total expenses$1,997,143
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$398,970
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$942,008
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,340,978

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