Produce permanently affordable housing and enable investments in economic and community development to benefit residents through partnerships with communities and the private sector.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.2M 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
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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $603K a year · 6% of revenue · last 4 filings
Fine: a surplus in 3 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.2M
to officers and key staff · 17% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 17% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $6.6M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 9.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $20K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$9.3M
36% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 36% of assets; 50% or less.
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
$8.2M
Spent
$7.5M
To programs
91%
Net assets
$16.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$8.2M
FY2021
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$0
FY2021$8.2M
FY2022$9.3M
FY2023$8.9M
FY2024$11.2M
Expenses
$7.5M
FY2021
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$7.5M
FY2022$8.4M
FY2023$9.1M
FY2024$10.2M
Net assets
$16.7M
FY2021▲ ×44
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$381K
FY2021$16.7M
FY2022$16.4M
FY2023$16.7M
FY2024$17.8M

From the FY2021 Form 990 · 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 2021.

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

Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $6.8M Management & general 9% · $644K

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; $1.2M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Co-President
$216,017Pt VII · Sec A
Co-President
$197,747Pt VII · Sec A
VP - Development
$153,619Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$146,791Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$142,043Pt VII · Sec A
VP - Community Investments
$135,507Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$129,407Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President - Asset Mgt.
$122,653Pt VII · Sec A

Nancy Owens’s $269K as President is at the 71st percentile of top reported officer pay among 676 $10–100M 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Nancy Owens$268,896$242,848$212,761$197,747
Cynthia Lacasse$246,347———
William Shanahan—$165,474$230,546$216,017
William Eric Schmitt$218,419———
Janet Spitler$216,998$177,590$163,065$146,791
Kathy Beyer$203,303$175,559$165,006$153,619
Sherrin Vail$183,790$166,907$149,697$129,407
Jennifer Ogden$180,693———

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

Programs and updates

Builds and rehabilitates permanently affordable housing while investing in community and economic development projects to benefit low-income residents through public-private partnerships.

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1 program · $6.8M · in their own filed words · FY2021
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Fostering low-income housing, and community development, alleviation and preventation of community deterioration through the production and rehabilitation of affordable housing as provided in internal revenue service revenue procedure 96-32 (inluding specifically the requirements that must be satisfied to qualify under the safe harbor of…

$6.8Mprogram 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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$20K
Grants paid · 1 grant · $12K · 2024–2024

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$8.2M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$7.7M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$254K
Investment incomeLn 3$236K
Money outPt IX
$7.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$6.8M
Managementcol C$644K
Owns and owesPt X
$16.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.6M
Total assetsLn 16$26.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$9.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
22
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$254K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$7.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$236K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Gains on assetsLn 7$82K
Total revenueLn 12$8.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$4.9M
SavingsLn 2$673K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$6.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$569K
Other assetsLn 15$144K
Total assetsLn 16$26.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$9.3M
Net assetsLn 32$16.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 551
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$381K$5.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$6.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$569K
Total assetsLn 16$381K$26.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$9.3M
Net assetsLn 32$381K$16.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.5M$1.4M$121K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.0M$2.8M$243K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$158K$145K$13K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$498K$458K$40K
Payroll taxesLn 10$319K$294K$26K
Management feesLn 11a$213K$196K$17K
Legal feesLn 11b$117K$65K$52K
Accounting feesLn 11c$193K$178K$15K
Investment management feesLn 11f$12K$12K
Office expensesLn 13$134K$123K$11K
Information technologyLn 14$171K$157K$14K
OccupancyLn 16$340K$313K$27K
TravelLn 17$86K$79K$7K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$37K$34K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$104K$96K$8K
InsuranceLn 23$73K$73K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$201K$187K$13K
All other expensesLn 24e$276K$254K$22K
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.5M$6.8M$644K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $11.2M$10.2M$944K$17.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $8.9M$9.1M−$189K$16.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $9.3M$8.4M$934K$16.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $8.2M$7.5M$722K$16.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $0$381K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $8,207,006 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$254,182
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$7,714,558
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$236,256
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$2,010
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $0$8,207,006
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$5,528,546
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $84$1,956,687
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $84$7,485,233
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$84$721,773
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members14
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $8,207,006 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$254,182
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$254,182
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $7,714,558$7,714,558
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $78,787 · Excluded from tax $75,224$154,011
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $82,245$82,245
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $2,010$2,010
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $7,795,355 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $157,469$8,207,006
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,485,233 across 18 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $1,394,494 · Management $121,260$1,515,754
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,794,490 · Management $242,999$3,037,489
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $145,360 · Management $12,640$158,000
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $458,134 · Management $39,838$497,972
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $293,785 · Management $25,546$319,331
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $196,057 · Management $17,048$213,105
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $65,183 · Management $51,709$116,892
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $177,928 · Management $15,472$193,400
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $11,989$11,989
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $123,237 · Management $10,716$133,953
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $157,127 · Management $13,663$170,790
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $312,759 · Management $27,196$339,955
IX-17 TravelPrograms $79,281 · Management $6,894$86,175
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $33,798 · Management $2,939$36,737
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $95,654 · Management $8,318$103,972
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $73,114$73,114
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $187,278 · Management $13,341$200,619
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $253,907 · Management $22,079$275,986
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $6,841,586 · Management $643,647 · Fundraising $0$7,485,233
Part X · Balance sheet $26,020,823 assets, 17 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $976,144; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $380,716$4,949,552
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$673,095
X-4 Accounts receivable$11,964,558
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$137,020
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$569,037
X-11 Publicly traded securities$6,106,051
X-13 Program-related investments$501,172
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$144,194
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $380,716$26,020,823
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$697,090
X-19 Deferred revenue$8,044,005
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$578,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$9,319,095
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $380,716$16,452,546
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$249,182
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $380,716$16,701,728
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $380,716$26,020,823
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $16,701,728 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$8,207,006
XI-2 Total expenses$7,485,233
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$721,773
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$380,716
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$105,535
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$6,941
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$15,500,645
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$16,701,728

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