Elevate Hope House

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Ramsey, MN501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 81-5282491Revenue $424K in FY2025

On file with the IRSelevatehopehouse.org7533 Sunwood Dr Nw Ste 216, 55303-4973 · Ramsey, MNTax-exempt since Jul 2017Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To provide a safe home and support system for young single moms and their children in crisis to renew, restore, and regain self-worth

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
44¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 20 volunteers and 8 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
Spent on programs
44%
of spending
Concern: 44% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$10K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 95% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
23 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 22.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $2K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$641
0.2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$424K
+640% vs prior year
Spent
$152K
To programs
44%
Net assets
$389K
By yearFY2023–FY2025
Revenue
$424K
FY2025▲ +640%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2023$106K
FY2024$57K
FY2025$424K
Net assets
$389K
FY2025▲ +233%
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2023$147K
FY2024$117K
FY2025$389K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending January 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 2017.

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

Where the money goes

44 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 44% · $67K Management & general 50% · $75K Fundraising 6% · $10K

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

7 people listed on the 990; $10K 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
$10,000Pt VII · Sec A
Engmt Dir &
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director of
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Engmt Dir &
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Dir of Engag
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Engmt Dir/Se
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Dir of Engag
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Melinda M McDermott’s $10K as President Fo is at the 5th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023
Melinda M McDermott$10,000$30,000$7,200
Jay Carlson——$5,000

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Offers safe housing and support for young single mothers and children in crisis.

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1 program · $67K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Elevate hope house had a good year by providing a safe home and support system for five single moms and their children in crisis to renew, restore, and regain self-worth. With plans of expansion, a second home was built by spring lake park hight school in the summer of 2024, and it will be placed on a plot of donated land in hame lake in…

$67Kprogram 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$2K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$424K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$412K
Other incomeLn 4–11$11K
Investment incomeLn 3$832
Money outPt IX
$152K
Ln 25
Programscol B$67K
Managementcol C$75K
Fundraisingcol D$10K
Owns and owesPt X
$389K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$290K
Total assetsLn 16$389K
LiabilitiesLn 26$641
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$412K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$10K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$32K
Investment incomeLn 3$832
Other incomeLn 4–11$11K
Total revenueLn 12$424K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$290K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$290K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$30K
Other assetsLn 15$69K
Total assetsLn 16$389K
LiabilitiesLn 26$641
Net assetsLn 32$389K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 620
Fiscal year endsHeaderJanuary
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$90K$290K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$35K$30K
Total assetsLn 16$124K$389K
LiabilitiesLn 26$8K$641
Net assetsLn 32$117K$389K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$15K$2K$13K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$36K$3K$32K
Payroll taxesLn 10$5K$484$4K
Legal feesLn 11b$3K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$7K$782$6K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$4K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$10K$3K$7K
OccupancyLn 16$9K$5K$4K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$4K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$3K$755$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$45K$35K$118$10K
All other expensesLn 24e$9K$9K$185
Total functional expensesLn 25$152K$67K$75K$10K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $424K$152K$272K$389K 990 PDF
FY2024 $57K$117K 990 PDF
FY2023 $106K$147K 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 $424,123 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $33,311$411,798
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $14,081$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $210$832
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $9,681$11,493
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $57,283$424,123
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $42,754$55,377
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $44,761$96,627
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $87,515$152,004
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$30,232$272,119
Part VI · Governance 6 of 7 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members6
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 $424,123 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $5,346 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$31,855
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$379,943
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$9,847
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$411,798
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $832$832
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $6,147$6,147
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $832 · Excluded from tax $11,493$424,123
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $152,004 across 13 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $2,250 · Management $12,750$15,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,414 · Management $32,306$35,720
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $484 · Management $4,173$4,657
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $3,028$3,028
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $1,945$1,945
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $782 · Management $6,181$6,963
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $3,744$3,744
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,924 · Management $7,123$10,047
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $5,042 · Management $4,133$9,175
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $4,354$4,354
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $755 · Management $2,630$3,385
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $34,693 · Management $118 · Fundraising $9,847$44,658
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $9,143 · Management $185$9,328
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $66,869 · Management $75,288 · Fundraising $9,847$152,004
Part X · Balance sheet $389,338 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $89,608$289,976
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $34,632$30,278
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $102$69,084
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $124,342$389,338
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $7,764$641
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $7,764$641
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $116,578$388,697
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $116,578$388,697
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $124,342$389,338
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $388,697 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$424,123
XI-2 Total expenses$152,004
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$272,119
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$116,578
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$388,697

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

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