Homewise INC FY2021 filing

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The Homewise mission is to help create successful homeowners and strengthen neighborhoods so that individuals and families can improve their long-term financial well-being and quality of life.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.6M 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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FY2021 · 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
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $12.9M a year · 36% of revenue · last 4 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 4 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 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
$1.6M
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
13 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 12.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $25.9M
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$106.6M
60% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 60% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$34.4M
Spent
$21.1M
To programs
79%
Net assets
$70.7M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$34.4M
FY2021
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$34.4M
FY2023$25.2M
FY2024$30.5M
FY2025$54.4M
Expenses
$21.1M
FY2021
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$21.1M
FY2023$21.7M
FY2024$24.0M
FY2025$26.1M
Net assets
$70.7M
FY2021
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$70.7M
FY2023$81.2M
FY2024$87.6M
FY2025$115.9M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending March 2021) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $16.7M Management & general 17% · $3.7M Fundraising 3% · $669K

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

22 people listed on the 990; $1.6M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
$199,086Pt VII · Sec A
Operations Manager
$179,422Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Communications Officer
$175,999Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Dir., Real Estate Dev.
$156,743Pt VII · Sec A
Policy & Community Engagement
$137,731Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Director, Community Dev.
$136,527Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$126,080Pt VII · Sec A
Sales Dir., Qualifying Broker
$121,072Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2021
Michael Loftin$274,079$274,494$293,809$199,086
Laura Altomare——$213,507$175,999
Daniel Slavin$211,820$163,634—$156,743
Elena Gonzales$209,782$168,501$164,328—
Johanna Gilligan$201,985$161,110$147,369$136,527
Deloris Page—$198,501——
Clarence Simmons——$194,834—
Rathi Casey$180,776$170,302——

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
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

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1 program · $16.7M · in their own filed words · FY2020
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Homewise provides financial counseling, property development, government program administration, low-interest fixed rate mortgages, home improvement loans, refinance loans, mortgage loan servicing, and real estate sales.

$16.7Mprogram 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
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Grants paid · 1 grant · $418K · 2020–2020
Unitemized GrantFY2020$417,743

Federal money

Single Audit · Federal Audit Clearinghouse · money spent from federal programs
Year ending Mar 2026 · $5.4M federal money spent
Capital Magnet FundDepartment of the Treasury · ALN 21.011 · Direct$2.3M
Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement GrantsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · ALN 14.218 · Through Pass Through from the City of Albuquerque$1.3M
Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery FundsDepartment of the Treasury · ALN 21.027 · Through Pass Through from the City of Albuquerque and 1 more$1.1M
Other Federal Appropriations Through Neighborworks AmericaDepartment of the Treasury · ALN 21.U01 · Direct$520K
Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous GrantsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · ALN 14.251 · Direct$150K

The auditor reported no findings.

Year ending Mar 2025 · $5.0M federal money spent
Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement GrantsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · ALN 14.218 · Through City of Albuquerque and 1 more$1.4M
Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery FundsDepartment of the Treasury · ALN 21.027 · Through City of Albuquerque and 1 more$1.2M
Capital Magnet FundDepartment of the Treasury · ALN 21.011 · Direct$1.2M
Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous GrantsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · ALN 14.251 · Direct$600K
Other Federal Appropriations Through Neighborworks AmericaDepartment of the Treasury · ALN 21.U01 · Direct$586K

The auditor reported no findings.

Year ending Mar 2024 · $6.4M federal money spent
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Equitable Recovery Program (cdfi Erp)Department of the Treasury · ALN 21.033 · Direct$2.5M
Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement GrantsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · ALN 14.218 · Through City of Albuquerque and 1 more$1.8M
Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery FundsDepartment of the Treasury · ALN 21.027 · Through City of Albuquerque and 1 more$1.5M
Capital Magnet FundDepartment of the Treasury · ALN 21.011 · Direct$524K
Other Federal Appropriations Through Neighborworks AmericaDepartment of the Treasury · ALN 21.U01 · Direct$78K

Plus 1 smaller program.

The auditor reported: a weakness in money controls.

Year ending Mar 2023 · $5.1M federal money spent
Capital Magnet FundDepartment of the Treasury · ALN 21.011 · Direct$1.7M
Other Federal Appropriations Through Neighborworks AmericaDepartment of the Treasury · ALN 21.U01 · Direct$1.2M
Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement GrantsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · ALN 14.218 · Through City of Albuquerque and 1 more$812K
Community Development Financial Institutions ProgramDepartment of the Treasury · ALN 21.020 · Direct$660K
Coronavirus Relief FundDepartment of the Treasury · ALN 21.019 · Through City of Rio Rancho$359K

Plus 3 smaller programs.

The auditor reported: a weakness in money controls.

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$34.4M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$24.2M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$10.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$11K
Money outPt IX
$21.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$16.7M
Managementcol C$3.7M
Fundraisingcol D$669K
Owns and owesPt X
$70.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$22.7M
Total assetsLn 16$177.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$106.6M
PeoplePt VI, VII
22
listed · VII A
PaidVII A12
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$10.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$6.4M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$1.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$24.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$11K
Gains on assetsLn 7$6K
Total revenueLn 12$34.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$10.9M
SavingsLn 2$11.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$22.7M
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$1.1M
Accounts receivableLn 4$9.4M
Loans to officers and key peopleLn 5$578K
Notes and loans receivableLn 7$101.3M
Inventories for sale or useLn 8$21K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$443K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$10.9M
Other assetsLn 15$30.9M
Total assetsLn 16$177.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$106.6M
Net assetsLn 32$70.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5143
VolunteersI 69
Fiscal year endsHeaderMarch
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
Abroad and in kindSch F, M
Noncash gifts receivedSch M Pt I$1.1M
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$15.3M$22.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9.8M$10.9M
Total assetsLn 16$153.0M$177.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$95.5M$106.6M
Net assetsLn 32$57.4M$70.7M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$418K$418K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.4M$774K$503K$135K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$6.9M$5.4M$1.3M$261K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$376K$293K$69K$14K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$732K$571K$134K$28K
Payroll taxesLn 10$576K$449K$105K$22K
Management feesLn 11a$480K$70K$409K
Legal feesLn 11b$131K$120K$11K
Accounting feesLn 11c$55K$55K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$27K$27K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$358K$269K$90K
Office expensesLn 13$362K$109K$199K$54K
Information technologyLn 14$172K$172K
OccupancyLn 16$353K$102K$222K$29K
TravelLn 17$879$879
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$39K$17K$22K
InterestLn 20$2.4M$2.4M
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1.5M$1.2M$268K
InsuranceLn 23$314K$77K$237K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$4.5M$4.5M$2K$10K
All other expensesLn 24e$910$910
Total functional expensesLn 25$21.1M$16.7M$3.7M$669K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Feb 10, 2026 $54.4M$26.1M$28.3M$115.9M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Feb 13, 2025 $30.5M$24.0M$6.4M$87.6M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2023 $25.2M$21.7M$3.4M$81.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 Not on file
FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Jun 28, 2021 $34.4M$21.1M$13.3M$70.7M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $34,354,003 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $5,983,505$10,100,965
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $14,211,383$24,242,356
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$48,405$10,682
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $20,146,483$34,354,003
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$417,743
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $7,773,921$10,027,387
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$27,008
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $8,166,288$10,583,863
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $15,940,209$21,056,001
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $4,206,274$13,298,002
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
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 $34,354,003 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $2,179,045 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$6,448,397
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,652,568
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,075,600
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$10,100,965
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $22,063,311$22,063,311
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $4,934$4,934
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $5,748$5,748
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $24,242,356 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $10,682$34,354,003
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $21,056,001 across 21 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $417,743$417,743
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $774,109 · Management $503,384 · Fundraising $134,565$1,412,058
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $5,402,565 · Management $1,267,343 · Fundraising $260,880$6,930,788
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $293,430 · Management $68,802 · Fundraising $14,160$376,392
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $570,618 · Management $133,796 · Fundraising $27,536$731,950
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $449,196 · Management $105,326 · Fundraising $21,677$576,199
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $70,430 · Management $409,284$479,714
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $119,998 · Management $11,304$131,302
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $55,167$55,167
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $27,008$27,008
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $268,706 · Fundraising $89,569$358,275
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $108,683 · Management $199,252 · Fundraising $54,342$362,277
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $172,196$172,196
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $102,075 · Management $221,634 · Fundraising $29,057$352,766
IX-17 TravelManagement $879$879
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $17,282 · Management $21,750$39,032
IX-20 InterestPrograms $2,354,817$2,354,817
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,208,740 · Management $268,294$1,477,034
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $76,730 · Management $237,417$314,147
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $4,473,190 · Management $2,140 · Fundraising $10,017$4,485,347
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $910$910
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $16,708,312 · Management $3,678,878 · Fundraising $668,811$21,056,001
Part X · Balance sheet $177,334,515 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $5,656,467$10,884,281
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $9,655,394$11,779,284
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $97,473$1,079,084
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $2,326,782$9,372,836
X-5 Loans to officers and key people$578,208
X-7 Notes and loans receivableStart of year $93,885,562$101,303,603
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $20,923$21,263
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $370,251$443,181
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $9,843,284$10,948,580
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $31,132,703$30,924,195
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $152,988,839$177,334,515
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,150,420$5,517,262
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $230,188$2,675,519
X-21 Escrow or custodial accountsStart of year $3,306,084$3,759,549
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $72,300,945$77,242,233
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $10,181,375$9,740,000
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $6,373,093$7,655,216
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $95,542,105$106,589,779
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $54,079,971$68,160,562
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $3,366,763$2,584,174
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $57,446,734$70,744,736
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $152,988,839$177,334,515
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $70,744,736 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$34,354,003
XI-2 Total expenses$21,056,001
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$13,298,002
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$57,446,734
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$70,744,736

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