The Blake House INC

Tax-deductible

Bremen, GA501(c)(3)Mental HealthEIN 47-4600795Revenue $1.3M in FY2024

On file with the IRStheblakehouse.net60 Waco School Rd, 30110-4614 · Bremen, GATax-exempt since Mar 2016Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The Blake House exists to provide a place of refuge for men struggling with addiction and to allow Christ to regenerate them physically, spirtually and mentally

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
64¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$82K 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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FY2024 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $126K a year · 12% 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
64%
of spending
Worth a look: 64% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$82K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 85% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $65K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$12K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.3M
+26% vs prior year
Spent
$1.2M
To programs
64%
Net assets
$952K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.3M
FY2024▲ +26%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$880K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$970K
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$1.3M
Expenses
$1.2M
FY2024▲ +21%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$795K
FY2021$851K
FY2022$956K
FY2023$956K
FY2024$1.2M
Net assets
$952K
FY2024▲ +20%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$405K
FY2021$694K
FY2022$708K
FY2023$793K
FY2024$952K

From the FY2024 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 2016.

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

Where the money goes

64 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 64% · $738K Management & general 34% · $397K Fundraising 2% · $23K

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

5 people listed on the 990; $82K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$82,500Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Nate Stephens’s $82K as Member is at the 15th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1683 $1–10M mental health 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Nate Stephens$82,500$74,542$66,000$55,958$56,998
Shane Sauls———$49,833$52,000
Andrew Spurlock———$40,500$33,917

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

Offers refuge and spiritual regeneration for men battling addiction.

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2 programs · $738K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

The regeneration program at the Blake House is a 10-month, in-patient regeneration process to help men overcome addictions.

$730Kprogram expense
02

Operated the Blake House Woodshop to let regenerated men repurpose old, worn out, unwanted wood and metal and turn them into something beautiful.

$8Kprogram 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 1 funder$65K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.3M
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$854K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$319K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$140K
Money outPt IX
$1.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$738K
Managementcol C$397K
Fundraisingcol D$23K
Owns and owesPt X
$952K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$425K
Total assetsLn 16$964K
LiabilitiesLn 26$12K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$319K
Government grantsLn 1e$15K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$140K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Other incomeLn 4–11$854K
Gains on assetsLn 7$1K
Total revenueLn 12$1.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$425K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$425K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$539K
Other assetsLn 15$1
Total assetsLn 16$964K
LiabilitiesLn 26$12K
Net assetsLn 32$952K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 530
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$386K$425K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$424K$539K
Total assetsLn 16$810K$964K
LiabilitiesLn 26$16K$12K
Net assetsLn 32$793K$952K
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$82K$82K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$387K$222K$165K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$38K$18K$19K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$23K$23K
Office expensesLn 13$8K$6K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$244K$244K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$26K$26K
InsuranceLn 23$58K$58K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$200K$200K
All other expensesLn 24e$92K$23K$70K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.2M$738K$397K$23K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $1.3M$1.2M$159K$952K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.0M$956K$86K$793K 990 PDF
FY2022 $970K$956K$13K$708K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.1M$851K$289K$694K 990 PDF
FY2020 $880K$795K$85K$405K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,316,007 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $169,106$318,907
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $233,463$140,368
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $7,352$2,336
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $631,317$854,396
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,041,238$1,316,007
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $441,667$507,131
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $513,889$650,176
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $955,556$1,157,307
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $85,682$158,700
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,316,007 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $705,956 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$15,275
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$303,632
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$318,907
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $140,368$140,368
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $907$907
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $1,429$1,429
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$148,440
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $847,753 · Excluded from tax $907$1,316,007
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,157,307 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 staffManagement $82,500$82,500
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $221,984 · Management $165,058$387,042
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $18,097 · Management $19,492$37,589
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $22,533$22,533
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,843 · Management $1,750$7,593
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $243,939$243,939
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $25,536$25,536
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $57,904$57,904
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $200,199$200,199
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $22,546 · Management $69,926$92,472
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $738,144 · Management $396,630 · Fundraising $22,533$1,157,307
Part X · Balance sheet $964,282 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $385,663$425,178
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $423,956$539,103
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 $2$1
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $809,621$964,282
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $16,407$12,168
X-25 Other liabilities$200
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $16,407$12,368
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $793,214$951,914
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $793,214$951,914
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $809,621$964,282
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $951,914 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,316,007
XI-2 Total expenses$1,157,307
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$158,700
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$793,214
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$951,914

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