Envision Communities INC

Tax-deductible

Ham Lake, MN501(c)(3)HousingEIN 88-3604915

Address housing instability by empowering residents with lived experience of homelessness

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
69¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 10 volunteers and 7 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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FY2024 · 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
2 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $240K a year · 57% of revenue · last 2 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 2 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
69%
of spending
Fine: 69% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$14K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 90% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
31 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 31.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $100K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$15K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% 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
$405K
-7% vs prior year
Spent
$201K
To programs
69%
Net assets
$917K
By yearFY2022–FY2024
Revenue
$405K
FY2024▼ -7%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2022$103K
FY2023$435K
FY2024$405K
Expenses
$201K
FY2024▲ +28%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2022Not on file
FY2023$158K
FY2024$201K
Net assets
$917K
FY2024▲ +29%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2022$437K
FY2023$714K
FY2024$917K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · 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 2022.

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

Where the money goes

69 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 69% · $138K Management & general 14% · $28K Fundraising 18% · $35K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990; $14K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$14,107Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Frederick Toran’s $14K as Chair is at the 10th percentile of top reported officer pay among 852 $100K–1M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022
Frederick Toran$14,107$12,681$923
Sherry Shannon——$590

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

Empowering residents with lived experience of homelessness to address housing instability.

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1 program service account for $138K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
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In 2024, envision communities empowered and engaged individuals with lived experience of homelessness by involving them as designers, problem solvers, and decision-makers to inform the policies, procedures, and supports that will be in place for the intentional housing community scheduled to be built in 2025.

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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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$100K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$405K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$404K
Other incomeLn 4–11$743
Money outPt IX
$201K
Ln 25
Programscol B$138K
Managementcol C$28K
Fundraisingcol D$35K
Owns and owesPt X
$917K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$525K
Total assetsLn 16$933K
LiabilitiesLn 26$15K
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$404K
Government grantsLn 1e$65K
Other incomeLn 4–11$743
Total revenueLn 12$405K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$525K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$525K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$392K
Other assetsLn 15$250
Total assetsLn 16$933K
LiabilitiesLn 26$15K
Net assetsLn 32$917K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 57
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$133K$525K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$276K$392K
Total assetsLn 16$769K$933K
LiabilitiesLn 26$55K$15K
Net assetsLn 32$714K$917K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$14K$14K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$10K$10K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$378$378
Payroll taxesLn 10$2K$2K
Legal feesLn 11b$6K$6K
Accounting feesLn 11c$18K$18K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$35K$35K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$100K$100K$575
Advertising and promotionLn 12$308$308
Office expensesLn 13$1K$324$1K
OccupancyLn 16$3K$3K
TravelLn 17$120$120
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$193$193
InsuranceLn 23$1K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$8K$7K$996
Total functional expensesLn 25$201K$138K$28K$35K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $405K$201K$204K$917K 990 PDF
FY2023 $435K$158K$277K$714K 990 PDF
FY2022 $103K$437K 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 FY2024 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $404,625 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$65,382
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$338,500
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$403,882
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $743$743
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $743$404,625
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $201,062 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $14,107$14,107
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $9,563$9,563
IX-9 Other employee benefitsManagement $378$378
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,144$2,144
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $5,946$5,946
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $18,390$18,390
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $35,425$35,425
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $99,593 · Management $575$100,168
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $308$308
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $324 · Management $1,157$1,481
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $3,280$3,280
IX-17 TravelPrograms $120$120
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $193$193
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,388$1,388
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $7,175 · Management $996$8,171
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $137,887 · Management $27,750 · Fundraising $35,425$201,062
Part X · Balance sheet $932,793 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $133,121$524,985
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $321,890$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $7,280$13,760
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,572$1,461
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $275,802$392,337
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $29,757$250
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $769,422$932,793
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $55,488$15,296
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $55,488$15,296
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $492,044$395,607
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $221,890$521,890
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $713,934$917,497
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $769,422$932,793
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $917,497 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$404,625
XI-2 Total expenses$201,062
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$203,563
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$713,934
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$917,497

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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