Nicholas House INC

Tax-deductible

Atlanta, GA501(c)(3)HousingEIN 58-1762614Revenue $3.5M in FY2025

On file with the IRSnicholashouse.org830 Boulevard Se, 30312-3653 · Atlanta, GATax-exempt since Apr 1988Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The Nicholas House mission is to help homeless families achieve self-sufficiency. We do so by providing a temporary place to live while addressing the roots causes of why a family is homeless so they may never be homeless again.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 2,000 volunteers and 28 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 $61K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$261K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 72% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.5 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$160K
11% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 11% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
18
of 18 voting members
Looks good: 18 of 18 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.5M
+44% vs prior year
Spent
$3.4M
To programs
80%
Net assets
$1.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$3.5M
FY2025▲ +44%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.7M
FY2021$4.2M
FY2022$2.6M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$2.4M
FY2025$3.5M
Expenses
$3.4M
FY2025▲ +33%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.5M
FY2021$4.1M
FY2022$2.5M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$2.6M
FY2025$3.4M
Net assets
$1.3M
FY2025▲ +6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$1.3M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending August 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 Apr 1988.

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

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $2.8M Management & general 7% · $248K Fundraising 13% · $444K

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

20 people listed on the 990; $261K 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
Executive Director
$154,217Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Finance
$106,829Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Past President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jannan Thomas’s $154K as Executive Director is at the 72nd 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jannan Thomas$154,217$143,250$97,245———
Dennis Bowman————$133,239$116,616
Shelly Hinckson$106,829$105,050————
Mindy Schweitzer-Rawls———$25,900——

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

Helps homeless families find stable housing and overcome challenges to achieve lasting independence.

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1 program · $2.8M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

During the 2024-2025 fiscal year, Nicholas House continued serving homeless families by providing housing and services to 600 people (homeless children and parents). We currently provide housing and services to nearly 300 people each night through a variety of programs that assist families experiencing homelessness at various stages of…

$2.8Mprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K
Grants paid · 4 grants · $3.6M · 2021–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,350,737
Unitemized GrantFY2023$911,311
Unitemized GrantFY2022$690,958
Unitemized GrantFY2021$675,886

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$11K
Money outPt IX
$3.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.8M
Managementcol C$248K
Fundraisingcol D$444K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$726K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$160K
PeoplePt VI, VII
20
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a18
IndependentVI 1b18
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$337K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$145K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$44K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$11K
Total revenueLn 12$3.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$462K
SavingsLn 2$264K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$726K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$190K
Other assetsLn 15$6K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$160K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 528
VolunteersI 62,000
Fiscal year endsHeaderAugust
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$728K$726K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$186K$190K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$153K$160K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M$1.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$1.5M$1.5M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$269K$104K$96K$69K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.1M$852K$20K$204K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$51K$7K$24K$20K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$52K$35K$8K$9K
Payroll taxesLn 10$102K$71K$9K$22K
Accounting feesLn 11c$29K$29K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$63K$63K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$23K$16K$989$7K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$315$53$3K
Office expensesLn 13$43K$24K$13K$6K
OccupancyLn 16$74K$74K$31$210
TravelLn 17$8K$7K$118$895
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$13K$2K$408$11K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$35K$35K
InsuranceLn 23$56K$42K$6K$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$61K$34K$5K$22K
All other expensesLn 24e$7K$7K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.4M$2.8M$248K$444K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $3.5M$3.4M$74K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.4M$2.6M−$153K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.1M$2.1M$55K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.6M$2.5M$105K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.2M$4.1M$107K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.7M$2.5M$176K$1.1M 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 $3,522,317 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,733,235$1,973,067
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $691,269$1,540,572
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$4,324$10,633
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $22,630−$1,955
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,442,810$3,522,317
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $993,963$1,483,172
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,115,382$1,549,436
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $47,145$62,947
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $439,403$352,372
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,595,893$3,447,927
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$153,083$74,390
Part VI · Governance 18 of 18 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body18
VI-1b Independent voting members18
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 $3,522,317 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$43,762
VIII-1e Government grants$337,325
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,591,980
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$145,453
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,973,067
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,540,572$1,540,572
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $10,633$10,633
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$1,955−$1,955
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,540,572 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $8,678$3,522,317
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,447,927 across 18 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $1,483,172$1,483,172
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $103,532 · Management $95,833 · Fundraising $69,292$268,657
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $852,215 · Management $19,798 · Fundraising $204,277$1,076,290
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $7,142 · Management $24,289 · Fundraising $19,753$51,184
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $34,681 · Management $8,442 · Fundraising $8,530$51,653
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $70,966 · Management $9,045 · Fundraising $21,641$101,652
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $29,050$29,050
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $62,947$62,947
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $15,837 · Management $989 · Fundraising $6,572$23,398
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $315 · Management $53 · Fundraising $2,591$2,959
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $24,091 · Management $13,000 · Fundraising $6,132$43,223
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $73,510 · Management $31 · Fundraising $210$73,751
IX-17 TravelPrograms $6,882 · Management $118 · Fundraising $895$7,895
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,889 · Management $408 · Fundraising $10,992$13,289
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $35,451$35,451
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $41,768 · Management $5,883 · Fundraising $7,943$55,594
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $34,030 · Management $5,163 · Fundraising $21,812$61,005
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $6,757 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$6,757
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,756,787 · Management $247,553 · Fundraising $443,587$3,447,927
Part X · Balance sheet $1,496,752 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $473,683$461,894
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $254,443$264,374
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $477,385$560,931
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $7,249$13,534
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $186,221$189,647
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $16,116$6,372
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,415,097$1,496,752
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $135,988$153,058
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $16,782$6,977
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $152,770$160,035
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $945,956$1,013,267
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $316,371$323,450
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,262,327$1,336,717
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,415,097$1,496,752
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,336,717 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,522,317
XI-2 Total expenses$3,447,927
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$74,390
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,262,327
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,336,717

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