Our House provides homeless and near-homeless families and individuals with housing, children's programs, job training and more so they may achieve self-sufficiency.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$148K 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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FY2020 · 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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.4M a year · 15% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
79%
of spending
Looks good: 79% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$148K
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
16 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 16.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $20K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$545K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
24
of 24 voting members
Looks good: 24 of 24 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.0M
Spent
$4.4M
To programs
79%
Net assets
$12.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$5.0M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$5.0M
FY2021$11.2M
FY2022$9.6M
FY2023$10.2M
FY2024$10.3M
FY2025$9.5M
Expenses
$4.4M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.4M
FY2021$8.3M
FY2022$11.6M
FY2023$7.9M
FY2024$6.6M
FY2025$8.7M
Net assets
$12.8M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$12.8M
FY2021$15.7M
FY2022$13.7M
FY2023$15.9M
FY2024$19.7M
FY2025$20.4M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · 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 Feb 1988.

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Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $3.5M Management & general 15% · $679K Fundraising 5% · $225K

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

25 people listed on the 990; $148K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Di
$148,495Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Ben Goodwin$192,398$171,104$163,653$152,752$139,422$148,495
Rachael Borne$100,042—————

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, job training, and children's programs to help families and individuals become self-sufficient.

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1 program · $3.5M · in their own filed words · FY2019
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Our house provides comprehensive, integrated services to help homeless and near-homeless families and individuals achieve lasting independence. These include housing, quality children's programs, job training, case management, and much more.

$3.5Mprogram expense

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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 2 funders$20K
Grants paid · 9 grants · $9.0M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$215,472
Unitemized GrantFY2024$85,552
Unitemized GrantFY2023$109,110
Unitemized GrantFY2023$58,817
Unitemized GrantFY2019$15,000
Unitemized GrantFY2019$9,500

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.3M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$331K
Other incomeLn 4–11$285K
Money outPt IX
$4.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.5M
Managementcol C$679K
Fundraisingcol D$225K
Owns and owesPt X
$12.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$6.1M
Total assetsLn 16$13.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$545K
PeoplePt VI, VII
25
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a24
IndependentVI 1b24
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.4M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$132K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$657K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$331K
Investment incomeLn 3$106K
Other incomeLn 4–11$285K
Total revenueLn 12$5.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$4.1M
SavingsLn 2$2.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$6.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.3M
Other assetsLn 15$8K
Total assetsLn 16$13.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$545K
Net assetsLn 32$12.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5209
VolunteersI 62,089
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.9M$6.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.3M$2.3M
Total assetsLn 16$12.3M$13.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$129K$545K
Net assetsLn 32$12.1M$12.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$26K$26K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$101K$101K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$156K$78K$47K$31K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.5M$2.1M$313K$143K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$36K$30K$4K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$202K$167K$25K$11K
Payroll taxesLn 10$196K$158K$26K$12K
Accounting feesLn 11c$23K$23K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$35K$25K$8K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$7K$1K$5K$933
Office expensesLn 13$78K$59K$17K$1K
Information technologyLn 14$55K$16K$34K$5K
OccupancyLn 16$410K$316K$92K$1K
TravelLn 17$44K$32K$11K$147
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$19K$11K$8K$120
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$172K$165K$4K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$63K$60K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$255K$192K$60K$3K
All other expensesLn 24e$16K$7K$53$10K
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.4M$3.5M$679K$225K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $9.5M$8.7M$739K$20.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $10.3M$6.6M$3.8M$19.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $10.2M$7.9M$2.3M$15.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $9.6M$11.6M−$2.0M$13.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $11.2M$8.3M$2.9M$15.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $5.0M$4.4M$617K$12.8M 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 $5,027,618 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,284,980$4,306,051
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $423,340$330,526
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $85,526$105,913
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $142,910$285,128
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,936,756$5,027,618
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $42,873$126,576
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,649,400$3,107,381
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,153,656$1,176,533
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,845,929$4,410,490
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,090,827$617,128
Part VI · Governance 24 of 24 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body24
VI-1b Independent voting members24
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 $5,027,618 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $306,143 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$656,924
VIII-1e Government grants$1,387,523
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,261,604
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$132,192
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,306,051
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $330,526$330,526
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $105,913$105,913
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$41,987−$41,987
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $20,972$20,972
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $636,669 · Excluded from tax $84,898$5,027,618
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,410,490 across 19 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $26,041$26,041
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $100,535$100,535
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $77,888 · Management $46,733 · Fundraising $31,155$155,776
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,061,693 · Management $312,594 · Fundraising $142,777$2,517,064
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $30,251 · Management $3,872 · Fundraising $1,574$35,697
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $167,110 · Management $24,518 · Fundraising $10,854$202,482
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $157,980 · Management $25,922 · Fundraising $12,460$196,362
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $22,698$22,698
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $25,440 · Management $7,998 · Fundraising $2,060$35,498
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,138 · Management $5,057 · Fundraising $933$7,128
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $59,018 · Management $17,413 · Fundraising $1,193$77,624
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $16,201 · Management $34,138 · Fundraising $4,527$54,866
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $316,107 · Management $92,125 · Fundraising $1,307$409,539
IX-17 TravelPrograms $32,351 · Management $11,462 · Fundraising $147$43,960
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $10,829 · Management $8,118 · Fundraising $120$19,067
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $164,796 · Management $3,585 · Fundraising $3,748$172,129
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $60,210 · Management $2,593$62,803
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $192,010 · Management $60,256 · Fundraising $2,742$255,008
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $6,560 · Management $53 · Fundraising $9,600$16,213
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,506,158 · Management $679,135 · Fundraising $225,197$4,410,490
Part X · Balance sheet $13,307,094 assets, 17 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $3,651,900; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,674,337$4,096,673
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,230,046$1,973,010
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,176,832$974,686
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $51,518$102,220
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $149,402$221,461
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $13,730$12,834
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,338,822$2,266,550
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $7,760$7,760
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $12,273,947$13,307,094
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $128,520$144,788
X-19 Deferred revenue$1,151
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$398,600
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $128,520$544,539
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $11,511,322$11,595,460
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $634,105$1,167,095
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $12,145,427$12,762,555
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $12,273,947$13,307,094
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $12,762,555 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,027,618
XI-2 Total expenses$4,410,490
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$617,128
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$12,145,427
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$12,762,555

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