Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$2,438,091

Total expenses

$2,036,135

Contributions and grants received

$2,385,523

Grants paid

$192,679

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$27,966

Other revenue

$24,602

Total assets, end of year

$4,335,212

Total liabilities, end of year

$441,370

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,893,842

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,803,601

Management and general expenses

$87,621

Fundraising expenses

$144,913

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,803,601

Program services were 88.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• IN 2024, THE TRUE NORTH EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVED 266 RESIDENTS, INCLUDING 155 WOMEN, 107 CHILDREN, 3 MEN, AND 1 NON-CONFORMING OR TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUAL, PROVIDING OVER 6,180 NIGHTS OF EMERGENCY SHELTER AND 10,436 SUPPORTIVE ADVOCACY SERVICES. THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY FOR FAMILIES WAS 23 DAYS. SERVICES INCLUDED COUNSELING, CASE MANAGEMENT, CRISIS INTERVENTION, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT EDUCATION, SAFETY PLANNING, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, COURT AND HOSPITAL ADVOCACY, PARENTING SESSIONS, INDIVIDUAL CHILD SESSIONS, ASSISTANCE WITH EX PARTE ORDERS OF PROTECTION, SUPPORT GROUPS INCLUDING LIFE SKILLS SESSIONS, AND VICTIM ADVOCACY. THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE EMERGENCY SHELTER IS TO KEEP VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT SAFE BY PROVIDING A SECURE AND CONFIDENTIAL RESIDENCE AND ENSURING THAT EVERY RESIDENT LEAVES THE PROGRAM SAFER THAN WHEN THEY ARRIVED. RESIDENT DESTINATIONS OFTEN INDICATE PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS. IN 2024, 33.84% OF THOSE EXITING THE SHELTER TRANSITIONED TO SAFE, PERMANENT HOUSING OR EXTENDED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING OF TWO YEARS OR MORE, 52.10% MOVED TO SAFE, TEMPORARY LOCATIONS, AND 4.69% RETURNED TO UNSAFE SITUATIONS. AMONG RESIDENTS COMPLETING EXIT INTERVIEWS AND SURVEYS, 88.37% REPORTED PROGRESS TOWARD SAFETY GOALS, 62.79% REPORTED PROGRESS TOWARD HOUSING GOALS, 71.43% REPORTED PROGRESS ON LEGAL GOALS, 78.38% REPORTED PROGRESS IN BUILDING SUPPORT SYSTEMS, AND 84.21% REPORTED PROGRESS IN UTILIZING COMMUNITY RESOURCES. ADDITIONALLY, 96.55% OF RESPONDENTS REPORTED FEELING MORE HOPEFUL ABOUT THE FUTURE, AND 89.36% REPORTED THAT THEIR CHILDREN NOW HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING AT HOME.

  Expenses $1,167,550 · Grants $80,097

• IN 2024, TRUE NORTH'S TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROGRAM SERVED 16 FAMILIES, INCLUDING 15 WOMEN, 17 CHILDREN, AND 1 MAN, PROVIDING 5,388 NIGHTS OF TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND 546 SUPPORTIVE SERVICES SUCH AS CASE MANAGEMENT, CRISIS INTERVENTION, HOUSING ADVOCACY, COUNSELING, COURT-RELATED ASSISTANCE, INDIVIDUAL CHILD SESSIONS, CHILD CARE, SUPPORT GROUPS, AND LIFE SKILLS CLASSES. THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY FOR FAMILIES WAS 163 DAYS. THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE STABLE HOUSING WHILE REDUCING THE EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC OR SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND REMOVING BARRIERS TO SURVIVOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY. IN 2024, SEVEN FAMILIES EXITED THE PROGRAM, WITH ALL BUT ONE TRANSITIONING IN PLACE TO SAFE, AFFORDABLE, PERMANENT HOUSING, AND 100% OF THESE FAMILIES SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE PROGRAM. THREE NEW FAMILIES ENTERED THE PROGRAM AND OBTAINED SAFE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH RENT AND UTILITIES SUBSIDIZED BY TRUE NORTH THROUGH A DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - OFFICE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN GRANT, AND THEY ALSO RECEIVED ASSISTANCE WITH SECURITY DEPOSITS FROM OTHER AGENCY RESOURCES. PARTICIPANTS WERE OFFERED COUNSELING, CASE MANAGEMENT, SUPPORT GROUPS, LIFE SKILLS TRAINING, AND OTHER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, WITH ALL PARTICIPANTS OPTING TO RECEIVE VOLUNTARY ONGOING SUPPORT. TRUE NORTH CONTINUES TO WITNESS SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN PARTICIPANTS' SELF-ESTEEM AND RESILIENCY DESPITE PAST TRAUMA AND MULTIPLE BARRIERS. SINCE THE PROGRAM'S INCEPTION THREE YEARS AGO, 88.2% OF PROGRAM GRADUATES HAVE REMAINED STABLY HOUSED FOR OVER ONE YEAR. AT PROGRAM EXIT, 100% OF PARTICIPANTS MET AT LEAST 50% OF THEIR GOALS, AND 84% MET 75% OR MORE OF THEIR GOALS.

  Expenses $112,563 · Grants $112,489

• IN 2024, TRUE NORTH'S NON-RESIDENTIAL SERVICES PROGRAM SERVED 535 VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR SEXUAL ASSAULT, PROVIDING OVER 5,910 SUPPORTIVE ADVOCACY SERVICES. THESE SERVICES INCLUDED INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING, SUPPORT GROUPS, CRISIS INTERVENTION, CASE MANAGEMENT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT EDUCATION, SAFETY PLANNING, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, COURT AND HOSPITAL ADVOCACY, PARENTING SESSIONS, CHILD EDUCATION SESSIONS, AND ASSISTANCE WITH EX PARTE AND FULL ORDERS OF PROTECTION. THE PRIMARY GOAL OF NON-RESIDENTIAL SERVICES IS TO EMPOWER VICTIMS THROUGH EDUCATION AND SUPPORT. AMONG PARTICIPANTS COMPLETING EXIT INTERVIEWS AND SURVEYS IN 2024, 85.71% REPORTED PROGRESS TOWARD SAFETY GOALS, 100% REPORTED PROGRESS IN ADDRESSING EMOTIONAL NEEDS, 83.33% REPORTED PROGRESS ON LEGAL GOALS, 100% REPORTED PROGRESS IN BUILDING SUPPORT SYSTEMS, AND 100% REPORTED PROGRESS IN UTILIZING COMMUNITY RESOURCES. ADDITIONALLY, 96.67% OF RESPONDENTS REPORTED FEELING MORE HOPEFUL ABOUT THE FUTURE, AND 96.67% REPORTED A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AS A RESULT OF THE SERVICES RECEIVED.

  Expenses $523,488 · Grants $93

• TRUE NORTH'S OUTREACH PROGRAM PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS TO BECOME INVOLVED IN CHANGING ATTITUDES AND PREVENTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. IN 2024, TRUE NORTH STAFF FACILITATED 47 PRESENTATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS FOR CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, STUDENTS, MEDICAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, AND OTHER SERVICE PROVIDER AGENCIES, REACHING OVER 3,610 INDIVIDUALS.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

14 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

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