Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 2017.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
8 people listed on the 990; $115K paid to officers and key staff.
Barbara Duffield’s $223K as Executive Director is at the 87th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3395 $1–10M education 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
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Duffield | $223,125 | $178,750 | $148,542 | $115,000 | $115,000 |
| Rodd Monts | $112,748 | — | — | — | — |
| Erin Patterson | $110,793 | $101,988 | — | — | — |
| Jordyn Roark | $109,762 | $101,681 | — | — | — |
| Kevin Spears | $107,858 | — | — | — | — |
| Leconte Lee | $105,519 | — | — | — | — |
| Rodd Motts | — | $104,458 | — | — | — |
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.
See Schoolhouse Connection executive salaries →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
Educates people to end homelessness.
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Education Leads Home
Program goal: to increase participation in early childhood programs, high school graduation, and post-secondary completion for children and youth experiencing HOMELESSNESS.PROGRAM activities: equity-focused activities, including original research on the negative effects of homelessness on students of color and LGBTQ youth and…
Advocacy and Public Policy
Program goal: SHC takes a grassroots approach to advancing education, housing, and income policy for children and youth experiencing homelessness, with a focus on EQUITY.PROGRAM activities: in 2021, we led successful advocacy on a bipartisan amendment that provided an unprecedented $800 million in dedicated education funding for children…
Building Teams for Change
Program goal: to reform state laws and policies to improve the lives of youth experiencing homelessness, driven by young people and local COMMUNITIES.PROGRAM activities: in 2021 alone, we obtained 14 state policy reforms, including 12 through the legislative process and 2 through administrative agencies.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2021 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY21 | End FY21 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $1.1M | $1.6M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $1.3M | $2.1M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $226K | $90K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $1.1M | $2.0M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $38K | $38K | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $29K | $29K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $115K | $94K | $12K | $9K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $391K | $388K | $3K | $242 |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $25K | $24K | $712 | $471 |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $51K | $48K | $1K | $942 |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $31K | $31K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $395K | $356K | $21K | $17K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $4K | $775 | $3K | $199 |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $365 | $365 | ||
| Information technologyLn 14 | $12K | $7K | $5K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $1K | $1K | $279 | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $17K | $17K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $4K | $3K | $2K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $17K | $10K | $7K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $1.1M | $1.0M | $87K | $28K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Sep 23, 2025 | $5.5M | $3.7M | $1.7M | $5.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Aug 23, 2024 | $3.7M | $2.8M | $843K | $3.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Oct 2, 2023 | $2.2M | $1.9M | $244K | $2.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Oct 26, 2022 | $2.0M | $1.1M | $887K | $2.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Aug 16, 2021 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $206K | $1.1M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,018,071 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,018,071 across 4 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,131,105 across 15 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $2,093,205 assets, 12 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,003,080 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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