From survival to success providing resources, opportunity and shelter for the homeless through developing community partnerships.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
100¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 100 volunteers and 24 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 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $55K a year · 10% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$20K
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.1 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $12K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$403K
60% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 60% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$510K
-49% vs prior year
Spent
$593K
To programs
100%
Net assets
$269K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$510K
FY2025▼ -49%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$458K
FY2021$378K
FY2022$503K
FY2023$440K
FY2024$1.0M
FY2025$510K
Expenses
$593K
FY2025▼ -30%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$314K
FY2021$345K
FY2022$492K
FY2023$369K
FY2024$849K
FY2025$593K
Net assets
$269K
FY2025▼ -16%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$131K
FY2021$104K
FY2022$100K
FY2023$71K
FY2024$319K
FY2025$269K

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 2012.

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

Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $593K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990; $20K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Board Member
$19,691Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Steve Clay’s $20K as Board Member is at the 2nd 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2022FY2021FY2020
Steve Clay$19,691$9,222—$4,940—
James Sims——$13,520$14,040—
Jim Sims————$14,040
Toni Tiano-Kno——$12,000——
Steven Clay————$10,920

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Offers shelter, food, and recovery services to the homeless.

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1 program · in their own filed words · FY2025
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Homeless shelter with dorm style housing, emergency and over night. Churches deliver 75 percent of evening meals. Bathroom and laundry facility available. Showers available we service an average of 50 to 80 residents per night.

Pt IX · col B

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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$12K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$510K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$458K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$51K
Investment incomeLn 3$676
Money outPt IX
$593K
Ln 25
Programscol B$593K
Owns and owesPt X
$269K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$55K
Total assetsLn 16$672K
LiabilitiesLn 26$403K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$458K
Government grantsLn 1e$135K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$51K
Investment incomeLn 3$676
Total revenueLn 12$510K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$55K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$55K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$616K
Total assetsLn 16$672K
LiabilitiesLn 26$403K
Net assetsLn 32$269K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 524
VolunteersI 6100
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$98K$55K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$641K$616K
Total assetsLn 16$739K$672K
LiabilitiesLn 26$420K$403K
Net assetsLn 32$319K$269K
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$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$291K$291K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$42K$42K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$436$436
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$32K$32K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$81K$81K
TravelLn 17$6K$6K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$21K$21K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$25K$25K
InsuranceLn 23$25K$25K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$59K$59K
All other expensesLn 24e$11K$11K
Total functional expensesLn 25$593K$593K$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $510K$593K−$84K$269K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.0M$849K$156K$319K 990 PDF
FY2023 $440K$369K$71K$71K 990 PDF
FY2022 $503K$492K$11K$100K 990 PDF
FY2021 $378K$345K$33K$104K 990 PDF
FY2020 $458K$314K$144K$131K 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 $509,560 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $930,903$457,931
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $74,441$50,953
I-10 Investment income$676
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,005,344$509,560
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $231,780$332,900
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $617,507$260,345
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $849,287$593,245
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $156,057−$83,685
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $509,560 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$134,740
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$323,191
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$457,931
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $50,953$50,953
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $676$676
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $51,629$509,560
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $593,245 across 30 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 staff$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $291,244$291,244
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $41,656$41,656
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $436$436
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $32,053$32,053
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $80,898$80,898
IX-17 TravelPrograms $5,850$5,850
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $20,928$20,928
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $24,718$24,718
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $25,308$25,308
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $59,447$59,447
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $10,707$10,707
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $593,245 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$593,245
Part X · Balance sheet $671,748 assets, 8 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $98,354$55,407
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $641,059$616,341
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $739,413$671,748
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $296$3,618
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $420,329$403,093
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $319,084$268,655
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $319,084$268,655
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $739,413$671,748
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $268,655 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$509,560
XI-2 Total expenses$593,245
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$83,685
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$319,084
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$33,256
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$268,655

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