Sarah's House

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Pasadena, TX501(c)(3)Since 2000Human ServicesEIN 76-0695546Revenue $1.1M in FY2025

On file with the IRS711 Perla Rd, 77502-4801 · Pasadena, TXTax-exempt since Mar 2002Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Provide food, shelter, and clothing for at least 30 days, assist with job training and job search for homeless and abused women and children, as well as other resources that will bring these individuals towards self sufficiency.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 229 volunteers and 29 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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $6K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$242K
to officers and key staff · 20% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 56% of similar orgs
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 20% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.2 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $37K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$40K
10% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 10% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.1M
+7% vs prior year
Spent
$1.2M
To programs
86%
Net assets
$376K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.1M
FY2025▲ +7%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$299K
FY2021$475K
FY2022$748K
FY2023$989K
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$1.1M
Expenses
$1.2M
FY2025▲ +9%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$256K
FY2021$351K
FY2022$752K
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$1.2M
Net assets
$376K
FY2025▼ -22%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$297K
FY2021$420K
FY2022$416K
FY2023$400K
FY2024$481K
FY2025$376K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 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 Mar 2002.

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

Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $1.1M Management & general 12% · $150K Fundraising 2% · $27K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $242K 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
$122,995Pt VII · Sec A
Program Director
$60,375Pt VII · Sec A
Deputy Director
$58,817Pt VII · Sec A
Member at Large
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member at Large
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Bonnie Martin’s $123K as Executive Director is at the 56th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M human services 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

NameFY2025FY2024
Bonnie Martin$122,995$132,000
Tish Hinojosa$58,817$63,000
Tiffani Garza-Guidry$60,375$63,000
Tina Tucker—$60,000

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Offers food, shelter, clothing, and job help to homeless and abused women and children.

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1 program · $1.1M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Provided food, training, and shelter for more women and children. Expanded the job training resources and succeeded in finding women jobs, as well as permanent housing and other resources such as transportation, medical and mental health services.

$1.1Mprogram 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 2 funders$37K
Grants paid · 1 grant · $31K · 2024–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$30,823

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$76K
Investment incomeLn 3$414
Money outPt IX
$1.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$150K
Fundraisingcol D$27K
Owns and owesPt X
$376K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$23K
Total assetsLn 16$417K
LiabilitiesLn 26$40K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$794K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$31K
Investment incomeLn 3$414
Other incomeLn 4–11$76K
Total revenueLn 12$1.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$23K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$23K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$237K
Total assetsLn 16$417K
LiabilitiesLn 26$40K
Net assetsLn 32$376K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 529
VolunteersI 6229
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
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$154K$23K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$301K$237K
Total assetsLn 16$534K$417K
LiabilitiesLn 26$53K$40K
Net assetsLn 32$481K$376K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$31K$31K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$883K$781K$79K$23K
Payroll taxesLn 10$56K$50K$5K$1K
Management feesLn 11a$37K$18K$18K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$18K$2K$16K
OccupancyLn 16$29K$24K$5K
TravelLn 17$2K$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$89K$74K$15K
InsuranceLn 23$11K$7K$2K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$73K$64K$10K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.2M$1.1M$150K$27K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.1M$1.2M−$105K$376K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.1M$1.1M−$78K$481K 990 PDF
FY2023 $989K$1.0M−$16K$400K 990 PDF
FY2022 $748K$752K−$4K$416K 990 PDF
FY2021 $475K$351K$123K$420K 990 PDF
FY2020 $299K$256K$43K$297K 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 $1,123,693 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $981,088$1,047,568
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,609$414
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $67,550$75,711
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,051,247$1,123,693
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $127,959$30,823
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $802,358$939,312
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $198,886$258,265
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,129,203$1,228,400
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$77,956−$104,707
Part VI · Governance 5 of 6 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,123,693 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $30,185 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$794,082
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$253,486
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$30,823
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,047,568
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $414$414
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $26,883$26,883
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $18,643$18,643
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $49,242 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $26,883$1,123,693
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,228,400 across 10 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $30,823$30,823
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $781,027 · Management $79,056 · Fundraising $22,734$882,817
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $49,981 · Management $5,056 · Fundraising $1,458$56,495
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $17,521 · Management $17,893 · Fundraising $1,864$37,278
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,797 · Management $15,898$17,695
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $23,821 · Management $4,900$28,721
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,919$1,919
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $73,554 · Management $15,023$88,577
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $7,495 · Management $1,927 · Fundraising $1,285$10,707
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $63,568 · Management $9,800$73,368
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,051,506 · Management $149,553 · Fundraising $27,341$1,228,400
Part X · Balance sheet $416,695 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $153,697$22,878
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $60,564$147,231
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $19,155$9,403
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $301,016$237,183
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $534,432$416,695
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,416$2,830
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $49,016$37,572
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $53,432$40,402
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $481,000$376,293
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $481,000$376,293
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $534,432$416,695
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $376,293 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,123,693
XI-2 Total expenses$1,228,400
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$104,707
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$481,000
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$376,293

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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