Teaching homeless working families with children life skills for attaining independent living, while providing short-term housing and support services.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
75¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 1,300 volunteers and 12 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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.2M a year · 64% 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
75%
of spending
Looks good: 75% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$112K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
37 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 36.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $5K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$240K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
20
of 20 voting members
Looks good: 20 of 20 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.8M
+258% vs prior year
Spent
$982K
To programs
75%
Net assets
$9.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$5.8M
FY2025▲ +258%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$572K
FY2021$950K
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$980K
FY2024$1.6M
FY2025$5.8M
Expenses
$982K
FY2025▲ +26%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$348K
FY2021$538K
FY2022$810K
FY2023$732K
FY2024$780K
FY2025$982K
Net assets
$9.3M
FY2025▲ +113%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.2M
FY2021$2.7M
FY2022$3.4M
FY2023$3.2M
FY2024$4.4M
FY2025$9.3M

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 Jan 1999.

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Where the money goes

75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 75% · $737K Management & general 11% · $110K Fundraising 14% · $135K

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

21 people listed on the 990; $112K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$111,531Pt VII · Sec A
Board Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Secretaty
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Directors
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Directors
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Directors
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Directors
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Leslie Covington’s $112K as Executive Director is at the 44th 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Carolyn Hendricks——$7,615$124,117$118,150—
Leslie Covington$111,531$101,998$89,400$95,152$76,780$67,556

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

Provides housing and life skills to homeless families to help them live independently.

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1 program · $737K · in their own filed words · FY2025
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The caring place's (TCP) 16-WEEK life skills and short-term transitional housing program helps homeless, working families make the transition to adequate permanent housing and self-sufficiency. We serve about 36 families a year in our housing, with an average of 2 to 3 children per family.

$737Kprogram 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$5K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$55K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$13K
Money outPt IX
$982K
Ln 25
Programscol B$737K
Managementcol C$110K
Fundraisingcol D$135K
Owns and owesPt X
$9.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.0M
Total assetsLn 16$9.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$240K
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a20
IndependentVI 1b20
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$386K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$356K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$565K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$13K
Investment incomeLn 3$55K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$7K
Total revenueLn 12$5.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$10K
SavingsLn 2$3.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.5M
Other assetsLn 15$61K
Total assetsLn 16$9.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$240K
Net assetsLn 32$9.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 512
VolunteersI 61,300
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$1.2M$3.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$881K$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.9M$2.5M
Total assetsLn 16$5.0M$9.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$579K$240K
Net assetsLn 32$4.4M$9.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$112K$79K$10K$22K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$408K$290K$37K$82K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$5K$4K$446$990
Other employee benefitsLn 9$17K$12K$2K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$43K$31K$4K$9K
Accounting feesLn 11c$4K$4K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$37K$37K
Office expensesLn 13$13K$10K$1K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$105K$105K
InterestLn 20$12K$12K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$69K$69K$48$111
InsuranceLn 23$35K$28K$5K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$120K$98K$9K$13K
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$982K$737K$110K$135K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $5.8M$982K$4.8M$9.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.6M$780K$837K$4.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $980K$732K$248K$3.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.6M$810K$783K$3.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $950K$538K$412K$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $572K$348K$224K$2.2M 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $5,783,767 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,524,054$5,774,294
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $4,834$13,372
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $50,756$55,402
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $37,601−$59,301
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,617,245$5,783,767
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 $534,528$584,696
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $245,398$397,111
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $779,926$981,807
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $837,319$4,801,960
Part VI · Governance 20 of 20 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body20
VI-1b Independent voting members20
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 $5,783,767 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$25,000
VIII-1c Fundraising events$564,639
VIII-1e Government grants$386,439
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,798,216
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$355,576
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$5,774,294
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $13,372$13,372
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $62,641$62,641
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $10,542$10,542
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$7,239−$7,239
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$69,843−$69,843
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $13,372 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$3,899$5,783,767
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $981,807 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $79,187 · Management $10,038 · Fundraising $22,306$111,531
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $289,794 · Management $36,734 · Fundraising $81,632$408,160
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $3,515 · Management $446 · Fundraising $990$4,951
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $12,191 · Management $1,545 · Fundraising $3,434$17,170
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $30,521 · Management $3,730 · Fundraising $8,633$42,884
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $3,600$3,600
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $36,568$36,568
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $9,520 · Management $1,207 · Fundraising $2,682$13,409
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $105,087$105,087
IX-20 InterestPrograms $12,461$12,461
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $68,558 · Management $48 · Fundraising $111$68,717
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $27,919 · Management $4,532 · Fundraising $2,137$34,588
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $98,345 · Management $8,762 · Fundraising $13,264$120,371
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $2,310$2,310
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $737,098 · Management $109,520 · Fundraising $135,189$981,807
Part X · Balance sheet $9,539,177 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $810,969$10,407
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $410,647$2,980,582
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $274,780$2,918,543
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $322,334$25,244
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $7,175$8,680
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,916,674$2,527,984
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $881,275$1,007,137
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $305,854$60,600
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,951,376$9,539,177
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $57,484$53,426
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $307,494$1,211
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $579,200$239,768
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,136,956$3,823,584
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,235,220$5,475,825
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,372,176$9,299,409
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,951,376$9,539,177
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $9,299,409 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,783,767
XI-2 Total expenses$981,807
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$4,801,960
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,372,176
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$125,273
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$9,299,409

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