Better Housing Coalition

Tax-deductible

Richmond, VA501(c)(3)Since 1988HousingEIN 54-1479059Revenue $20.1M in FY2025

On file with the IRSbetterhousingcoalition.org2108 W Laburnum Ave Ste 200, 23227-4300 · Richmond, VATax-exempt since Dec 1988Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To develop affordable Housing communities in the richmond, virginia metropolitan area.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 25 volunteers and 101 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
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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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $4.2M a year · 40% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 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
$1.1M
to officers and key staff · 9% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 88% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 9% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
11 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 11.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
24
named funders · $3.9M
Looks good: 24 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$19.5M
31% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 31% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
19
of 19 voting members
Looks good: 19 of 19 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$20.1M
+67% vs prior year
Spent
$12.7M
To programs
92%
Net assets
$42.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$20.1M
FY2025▲ +67%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$7.0M
FY2021$8.8M
FY2022$7.4M
FY2023$7.4M
FY2024$12.0M
FY2025$20.1M
Expenses
$12.7M
FY2025▲ +40%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.2M
FY2021$3.9M
FY2022$3.7M
FY2023$5.2M
FY2024$9.0M
FY2025$12.7M
Net assets
$42.7M
FY2025▲ +25%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$18.6M
FY2021$23.5M
FY2022$27.9M
FY2023$31.1M
FY2024$34.2M
FY2025$42.7M

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 Dec 1988.

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

Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $11.7M Management & general 6% · $790K Fundraising 2% · $197K

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; $1.1M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President & CEO
$374,232Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$236,233Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President & CFO
$231,560Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Multi-Family Devel
$144,135Pt VII · Sec A
Property Controller
$113,348Pt VII · Sec A
Immediate Past Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Greta Harris’s $374K as President & CEO is at the 88th percentile of top reported officer pay among 676 $10–100M 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Greta Harris$374,232$355,493$339,050$311,491$272,356$260,490
Alana Gonzalez$236,233$217,382————
Julie Hovermale$231,560$211,748$199,285$187,481$167,740$157,060
Lee Alford$144,135$132,613$98,911$105,937——
Matt Scaparro—$132,547$137,539$126,916$121,816$120,374
Monique Johnson————$126,576$87,837
John Bolton—————$116,897
Kathie Fors$113,348—————

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

Develops and renovates affordable housing communities and supports local housing organizations in the Richmond, Virginia metropolitan area.

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1 program · $11.7M · in their own filed words · FY2025
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Development AND/OR renovation for affordable housing and assistance of community housing organization.

$11.7Mprogram expense

Funders

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 · FY2024
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Grants paid · 8 grants · $9.4M · 2020–2025
Richmond Affordable HousingVA · FY2025$8,692,400
Richmond Affordable HousingVA · FY2022$237,133
Unitemized GrantFY2022$211,300
Unitemized GrantFY2022$24,485
Unitemized GrantFY2022$5,047
Richmond Affordable HousingVA · FY2021$68,891
Unitemized GrantFY2021$5,928
Richmond Affordable HousingVA · FY2020$128,885

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$20.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$18.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$714K
Other incomeLn 4–11$657K
Money outPt IX
$12.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$11.7M
Managementcol C$790K
Fundraisingcol D$197K
Owns and owesPt X
$42.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$11.9M
Total assetsLn 16$62.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$19.5M
PeoplePt VI, VII
23
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a19
IndependentVI 1b19
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$18.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$12.6M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$241K
Investment incomeLn 3$714K
Other incomeLn 4–11$657K
Gains on assetsLn 7$360K
Total revenueLn 12$20.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$9.0M
SavingsLn 2$2.9M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$11.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$653K
Other assetsLn 15$45.5M
Total assetsLn 16$62.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$19.5M
Net assetsLn 32$42.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5101
VolunteersI 625
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$9.0M$11.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.7M$3.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.2M$653K
Total assetsLn 16$53.4M$62.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$19.3M$19.5M
Net assetsLn 32$34.2M$42.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$8.7M$8.7M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$5K$5K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.2M$1.6M$436K$109K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$155K$117K$31K$8K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$170K$127K$34K$8K
Payroll taxesLn 10$141K$106K$28K$7K
Legal feesLn 11b$6K$4K$1K$277
Accounting feesLn 11c$43K$33K$9K$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$260K$195K$52K$13K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$140K$105K$28K$7K
Office expensesLn 13$69K$52K$14K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$23K$17K$5K$1K
OccupancyLn 16$134K$101K$27K$7K
TravelLn 17$14K$10K$3K$698
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$21K$16K$4K$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$113K$85K$23K$6K
InsuranceLn 23$35K$27K$7K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$341K$258K$67K$17K
All other expensesLn 24e$112K$84K$22K$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$12.7M$11.7M$790K$197K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $20.1M$12.7M$7.4M$42.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $12.0M$9.0M$2.9M$34.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $7.4M$5.2M$2.2M$31.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $7.4M$3.7M$3.7M$27.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $8.8M$3.9M$4.9M$23.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 $7.0M$3.2M$3.8M$18.6M 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $20,053,468 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $11,336,792$18,442,632
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $170,688$240,688
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $202,692$713,611
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $276,894$656,537
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $11,987,066$20,053,468
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $5,254,264$8,697,025
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,565,345$2,644,178
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,218,666$1,312,597
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $9,038,275$12,653,800
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $2,948,791$7,399,668
Part VI · Governance 19 of 19 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body19
VI-1b Independent voting members19
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 $20,053,468 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1d Related organizations$1,998,256
VIII-1e Government grants$12,608,723
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,835,653
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$18,442,632
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$240,688
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$353,603
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $360,008 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$360,008
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $133,561$133,561
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $522,976 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$522,976
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,477,275 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $133,561$20,053,468
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $12,653,800 across 19 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $8,692,400$8,692,400
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $4,625$4,625
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,633,571 · Management $435,619 · Fundraising $108,905$2,178,095
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $116,551 · Management $31,080 · Fundraising $7,770$155,401
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $127,133 · Management $33,902 · Fundraising $8,476$169,511
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $105,878 · Management $28,234 · Fundraising $7,059$141,171
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $4,152 · Management $1,107 · Fundraising $277$5,536
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $32,531 · Management $8,675 · Fundraising $2,169$43,375
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $195,311 · Management $52,083 · Fundraising $13,021$260,415
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $104,805 · Management $27,948 · Fundraising $6,987$139,740
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $51,827 · Management $13,820 · Fundraising $3,455$69,102
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $17,483 · Management $4,662 · Fundraising $1,166$23,311
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $100,868 · Management $26,898 · Fundraising $6,725$134,491
IX-17 TravelPrograms $10,468 · Management $2,792 · Fundraising $698$13,958
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $15,640 · Management $4,171 · Fundraising $1,043$20,854
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $84,516 · Management $22,538 · Fundraising $5,634$112,688
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $26,565 · Management $7,084 · Fundraising $1,771$35,420
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $258,003 · Management $66,754 · Fundraising $16,688$341,445
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $84,198 · Management $22,453 · Fundraising $5,611$112,262
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $11,666,525 · Management $789,820 · Fundraising $197,455$12,653,800
Part X · Balance sheet $62,253,713 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $6,214,913$9,036,781
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,796,782$2,905,826
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $79,500$50,000
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $34,350$367,857
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $62,246$99,808
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,182,260$652,731
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $3,663,604$3,678,388
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $39,378,145$45,462,322
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $53,411,800$62,253,713
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $108,300$119,224
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $296,673$225,382
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $16,667,060$16,883,727
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,181,398$2,312,964
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $19,253,431$19,541,297
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $29,062,666$41,802,987
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $5,095,703$909,429
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $34,158,369$42,712,416
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $53,411,800$62,253,713
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $42,712,416 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$20,053,468
XI-2 Total expenses$12,653,800
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$7,399,668
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$34,158,369
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$1,154,379
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$42,712,416

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