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To help stabilize children, youth, teens, young adults, and families in crisis, promoting family reunification and strengthening family dynamics.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
67¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 959 volunteers and 151 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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FY2022 · 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
FY2022
latest Form 990
Worth a look: the latest return is for FY2022, 4 tax years back; more than 3 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $285K a year · 5% of revenue · last 3 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Spent on programs
67%
of spending
Fine: 67% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$398K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.4 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
$1.6M
77% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 77% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$4.9M
-27% vs prior year
Spent
$5.9M
To programs
67%
Net assets
$467K
By yearFY2020–FY2022
Revenue
$4.9M
FY2022▼ -27%
Tap a bar for its year
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$6.7M
FY2021$6.7M
FY2022$4.9M
Expenses
$5.9M
FY2022▼ -12%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$6.4M
FY2021$6.7M
FY2022$5.9M
Net assets
$467K
FY2022▼ -79%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.3M
FY2021$2.2M
FY2022$467K

From the FY2022 Form 990 (year ending August 2022) · 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: FY2022. IRS ruling in Aug 1987.

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

Where the money goes

67 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 67% · $4.0M Management & general 24% · $1.4M Fundraising 10% · $568K

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

17 people listed on the 990; $398K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2021); the FY2022 filing did not itemize Part VII
Chief Executive Officer
$170,671Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Program Officer
$113,819Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Philanthropy Officer
$113,492Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Charles M Wolford’s $171K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 78th 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 · 7 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2022FY2021FY2020
Charles M Wolford$170,671$168,423—
Charles M Wolford II—$168,423$168,423
Decobia Gray-Lambert$113,492$115,418$115,418
Regina Levine$113,819$113,091—
Regina Levina——$113,091
Judith Marshall—$112,200$112,200
Judy Wright——$57,707

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

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2 programs · $4.0M · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Emergency youth shelter program provides a temporary sanctuary for homeless, runaway and abandoned youth.

$2.6Mprogram expense
02

Transitional living services for young adults providing stabilization, independent living instruction and self-sufficiency.

$1.3Mprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K
Grants paid · 1 grant · $9K · 2020–2020
Unitemized GrantFY2020$8,597

Federal money

Single Audit · Federal Audit Clearinghouse · money spent from federal programs
Year ending Aug 2021 · $1.4M federal money spent
Transitional Living for Homeless YouthDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.550 · Direct$487K
Continuum of Care ProgramDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · ALN 14.267 · Direct$247K
Basic Center GrantDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.623 · Direct$200K
Crime Victim AssistanceDepartment of Justice · ALN 16.575 · Through Texas Office of the Governor$138K
Education and Prevention Grants to Reduce Sexual Abuse of Runaway, Homeless and Street YouthDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.557 · Direct$138K

Plus 2 smaller programs.

The auditor reported 17 findings: doubt the group can keep going, a material weakness in money controls, questioned costs.

Year ending Aug 2020 · $1.6M federal money spent
Transitional Living for Homeless YouthDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.550 · Direct$494K
Continuum of Care ProgramDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · ALN 14.267 · Direct$329K
Crime Victim AssistanceDepartment of Justice · ALN 16.575 · Through Texas Office of the Governor$291K
Basic Center GrantDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.623 · Direct$200K
Education and Prevention Grants to Reduce Sexual Abuse of Runaway, Homeless and Street YouthDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.557 · Direct$138K

Plus 2 smaller programs.

The auditor reported 5 findings: a material weakness in money controls, questioned costs.

Year ending Aug 2019 · $1.6M federal money spent
Crime Victim AssistanceDepartment of Justice · ALN 16.575 · Through Texas Officer of the Governor and 1 more$480K
Transitional Living for Homeless YouthDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.550 · Direct$432K
Continuum of Care ProgramDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · ALN 14.267 · Direct$333K
Basic Center GrantDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.623 · Direct$217K
Emergency Solutions Grant ProgramDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · ALN 14.231 · Through Texas Dept. of Housing & Community Affairs$55K

Plus 1 smaller program.

The auditor reported no findings.

Year ending Aug 2018 · $1.5M federal money spent
Transitional Living for Homeless YouthDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.550 · Direct$512K
Supportive Housing ProgramDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · ALN 14.235 · Direct$335K
Crime Victim AssistanceDepartment of Justice · ALN 16.575 · Through Texas Governors Officer (voca) and 1 more$324K
Basic Center GrantDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.623 · Direct$217K
Emergency Solutions Grant ProgramDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · ALN 14.231 · Through Texas Dept. of Housing & Comm. Affairs$43K

Plus 1 smaller program.

The auditor reported no findings.

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.8M
Other incomeLn 4–11$17K
Investment incomeLn 3$10K
Money outPt IX
$5.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.0M
Managementcol C$1.4M
Fundraisingcol D$568K
Owns and owesPt X
$467K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$706K
Total assetsLn 16$2.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.6M
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$3.0M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$118K
Investment incomeLn 3$10K
Other incomeLn 4–11$17K
Total revenueLn 12$4.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$238K
SavingsLn 2$469K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$706K
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$340K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$27K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$946K
Total assetsLn 16$2.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.6M
Net assetsLn 32$467K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5151
VolunteersI 6959
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 FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$918K$706K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.1M$946K
Total assetsLn 16$2.3M$2.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$786K$1.6M
Net assetsLn 32$1.6M$467K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$431K$124K$182K$124K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.0M$2.3M$580K$121K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$40K$34K$6K$584
Other employee benefitsLn 9$543K$409K$107K$27K
Payroll taxesLn 10$273K$203K$54K$16K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$272K$92K$65K$115K
Office expensesLn 13$99K$30K$58K$11K
Information technologyLn 14$106K$61K$25K$20K
OccupancyLn 16$311K$266K$34K$11K
TravelLn 17$28K$25K$3K$494
InterestLn 20$12K$132$12K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$187K$63K$124K
InsuranceLn 23$126K$94K$26K$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$413K$297K$2K$114K
All other expensesLn 24e$140K$2K$137K$669
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.9M$4.0M$1.4M$568K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2022 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Jul 17, 2023 $4.9M$5.9M−$1.1M$467K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Jul 15, 2022 $6.7M$6.7M−$63K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Feb 1, 2022 $6.7M$6.4M$301K$2.3M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $4,850,103 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $6,092,657$4,822,863
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $960$10,218
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $21,179$17,022
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $6,114,796$4,850,103
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $4,971,604$4,249,641
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,845,305$1,694,308
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $6,816,909$5,943,949
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$702,113−$1,093,846
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members14
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 $4,850,103 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$117,517
VIII-1e Government grants$3,016,855
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,688,491
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,822,863
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $10,218$10,218
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $17,022$17,022
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $27,240 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$4,850,103
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,943,949 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $124,371 · Management $182,377 · Fundraising $124,190$430,938
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,261,335 · Management $579,987 · Fundraising $120,833$2,962,155
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $33,597 · Management $6,074 · Fundraising $584$40,255
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $408,721 · Management $107,367 · Fundraising $27,119$543,207
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $202,615 · Management $54,020 · Fundraising $16,451$273,086
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $91,530 · Management $65,118 · Fundraising $115,324$271,972
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $29,668 · Management $58,090 · Fundraising $11,183$98,941
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $60,678 · Management $25,166 · Fundraising $20,289$106,133
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $265,898 · Management $34,464 · Fundraising $10,692$311,054
IX-17 TravelPrograms $25,145 · Management $2,559 · Fundraising $494$28,198
IX-20 InterestPrograms $132 · Management $12,128$12,260
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $63,386 · Management $123,660$187,046
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $94,459 · Management $25,740 · Fundraising $5,989$126,188
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $296,842 · Management $1,901 · Fundraising $114,181$412,924
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,605 · Management $137,318 · Fundraising $669$139,592
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,959,982 · Management $1,415,969 · Fundraising $567,998$5,943,949
Part X · Balance sheet $2,019,995 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $403,465$237,599
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $514,060$468,658
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $317,195$340,359
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $15,269$27,223
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,086,708$946,156
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,346,447$2,019,995
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $216,413$246,443
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $22,388$22,388
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $546,798$1,284,162
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $785,599$1,552,993
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $141,438−$952,408
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,419,410$1,419,410
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,560,848$467,002
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,346,447$2,019,995
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $467,002 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,850,103
XI-2 Total expenses$5,943,949
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,093,846
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,560,848
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$467,002

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