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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$17,458,500
Total expenses
$16,877,957
Contributions and grants received
$14,638,516
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,284,812
Investment income
$220,288
Other revenue
$314,884
Total assets, end of year
$20,576,403
Total liabilities, end of year
$11,707,761
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,868,642
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$14,600,776
Management and general expenses
$2,096,252
Fundraising expenses
$180,929
Program service expenses (Part III)
$14,600,776

Program services were 86.5% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $77,458

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $14,163,196

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $397,862

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $66,040

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICE INCOME

    total $1,070,725 · related or exempt $1,070,725

  • 2b · Program service revenue: DEVELOPERS FEES

    total $1,052,363 · related or exempt $1,052,363

  • 2c · Program service revenue: LEASE INCOME

    total $161,724 · related or exempt $161,724

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $220,288 · excluded $220,288

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $60,045

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $77,458

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $72,600

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$12,555 · excluded -$12,555

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $327,439 · excluded $327,439

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $327,439

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,176,422 · program services $881,821 · management and general $294,601

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,352,453 · program services $2,792,450 · management and general $1,386,549 · fundraising $173,454

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $137,269 · program services $111,660 · management and general $24,805 · fundraising $804

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $895,513 · program services $868,729 · management and general $26,784

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $459,941 · program services $447,886 · management and general $12,055

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $34,143 · management and general $34,143

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $77,475 · management and general $77,475

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $135,650 · program services $53,711 · management and general $81,939

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,442 · program services $6,912 · management and general $1,088 · fundraising $442

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $262,731 · program services $230,523 · management and general $30,429 · fundraising $1,779

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $238,810 · program services $178,865 · management and general $59,945

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,978 · program services $8,978

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $26,177 · program services $26,177

  • 20 · Interest

    total $178,369 · program services $178,326 · management and general $43

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $293,370 · program services $287,423 · management and general $5,947

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $105,125 · program services $105,125

  • 24a · Other expenses: LEASE COSTS

    total $6,786,828 · program services $6,786,828

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

    total $1,081,406 · program services $1,081,406

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT LEASE

    total $165,673 · program services $129,836 · management and general $35,208 · fundraising $629

  • 24d · Other expenses: CONTRIBUTIONS/NON-PROGR

    total $66,661 · program services $66,661

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $386,521 · program services $357,459 · management and general $25,241 · fundraising $3,821

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,424,903 · end of year $1,265,917

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,241,262 · end of year $3,797,935

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $298,958 · end of year $274,471

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,112,458 · end of year $1,054,614

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $3,822,761 · end of year $4,032,370

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $137,192 · end of year $155,775

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $8,305,170

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $4,107,532

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,533,914 · end of year $4,197,638

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $517,849 · end of year $553,495

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,957,096 · end of year $5,244,188

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,036,811 · end of year $686,161

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $636,855 · end of year $607,810

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $4,018,352 · end of year $3,765,166

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $7,112,025 · end of year $6,648,624

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,089,208 · end of year $8,686,409

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $153,142 · end of year $182,233

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

COMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK'S (CHN) MISSION IS TO EMPOWER PEOPLE TO LIVE IN AFFORDABLE HOMES TO HELP BUILD THRIVING COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EMPOWER PEOPLE TO LIVE IN AFFORDABLE HOMES TO HELP BUILD THRIVING COMMUNITIES.

  • AFFORDABLE HOUSING & DEVELOPMENT. BUILDING AFFORDABLE COMMUNITIES SINCE INCEPTION, COMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK HAS DEVELOPED 11 MULTIFAMILY LIVING COMMUNITIES WITH 306 UNITS FOR LOW INCOME-FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. EACH COMMUNITY WAS BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP WITH THE USE OF A VARIETY OF FUNDING SOURCES, BUT MAINLY TAX CREDITS, TRANSFORMING PREVIOUSLY BLIGHTED AREAS INTO ATTRACTIVE, AFFORDABLE COMMUNITIES. THERE WERE 758 PEOPLE LIVING IN THESE COMMUNITIES, 358 OF WHOM WERE CHILDREN. IN TOTAL, CHN HAS DEVELOPED, IS THE OWNER OF, AND/OR PROVIDES PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR 734 LEASES WITHIN 553 PROPERTIES AT SCATTERED SITES IN OAKLAND, MACOMB, WAYNE, AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES. THIS ALLOWS THE LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS AND RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES TO LIVE AS INDEPENDENTLY AS POSSIBLE IN AN AFFORDABLE HOME. OF THESE PROPERTIES, OUR CARING AND COMPASSIONATE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TEAM AFFORDABLY SERVICES 107 OAKLAND COUNTY LICENSED GROUP HOMES THAT ALLOW OVER 600 PEOPLE TO LIVE AS INDEPENDENTLY AS THEY ARE ABLE.

    Expenses $6,577,706

  • HOUSING PROGRAMS. PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING (PSH) PROVIDES AFFORDABLE, LONG-TERM HOMES WITH BUILT-IN CARE AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PRIORITIZES THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PROVIDES RESOURCES TO HELP THEM REMAIN HOUSED PERMANENTLY. COMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK REMAINS THE LARGEST PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING (PSH) PROVIDER IN OAKLAND AND MACOMB COUNTIES, AS WELL AS PROVIDING PSH IN WAYNE COUNTY. DURING THE PROGRAM YEAR, CHN SERVED 566 PEOPLE, INCLUDING 177 CHILDREN, IN LEASING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND SHELTER PLUS CARE, HOUSED IN SCATTERED SITE UNITS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. CHN SERVED 374 PEOPLE, INCLUDING 207 CHILDREN, IN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS LOCATED AT CHN'S MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $5,537,231

  • CRISIS RESPONSE -HOUSING RESOURCE CENTERCHN'S HOUSING RESOURCE CENTER (HRC) CONNECTS PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR AT RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS TO SUPPORT, PROGRAMS AND OTHER RESOURCES THAT WILL HELP THEM GET OR STAY IN A HOME. TRAINED STAFF HELP PEOPLE NAVIGATE A SYSTEM THAT CAN SEEM OVERWHELMING, AND IN OUR 2023/24 FY WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SCREENED AND PROVIDED RESOURCES TO 12,990 INDIVIDUALS.STREET OUTREACH -THE PROJECTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN TRANSITION FROM HOMELESSNESS (PATH) OFFERS STREET OUTREACH, AND WITH IT, A PATH OUT OF HOMELESSNESS FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO TAKE IT. WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, OUR PATH TEAM FINDS PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING ON THE STREETS (MANY WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS) AND ACTIVELY ASSISTS THOSE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SUPPORTS AND SERVICES INCLUDING: A "HOUSING FIRST" APPROACH TO FIND THEM A HOME, SERVICES FOR THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, AS WELL AS SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT, SOCIAL SECURITY, HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER BENEFITS THEY MAY QUALIFY FOR, AND ASSISTANCE THAT WILL ADDRESS BOTH SHORT- AND/OR LONG-TERM HOUSING NEEDS.THE PATH OUTREACH TEAM MADE CONNECTIONS WITH 167 PEOPLE WHO WERE LIVING ON THE STREET HOMELESS. OF THOSE, 139 WERE PROVIDED WITH SERVICES THROUGH THE PATH PROGRAM, WITH THE ADDITIONAL 28 PEOPLE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PATH SERVICES WERE CONNECTED TO OTHER RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS.HOMEBUYER & FINANCIAL EDUCATION -COMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK WANTS FAMILIES TO ACHIEVE THEIR FINANCIAL GOALS AND DREAMS OF HOMEOWNERSHIP. OUR HOMEBUYER, "RENT RIGHT, AND FINANCIAL EDUCATION CLASSES ARE DESIGNED TO HELP INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS OF HOUSING STABILITY AND ASSET BUILDING. OUR CERTIFIED HOUSING COUNSELORS WORKED WITH 192 HOUSEHOLDS TO EDUCATE THEM ON CREDIT, DEBT, AND VARIOUS TYPES OF LOANS, CREATING A BUDGET, AND THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF BEING A TENANT OR HOMEOWNER. ADDITIONALLY, 52 INDIVIDUALS SEEKING TO PURCHASE A HOME RECEIVED ONE ON ONE COUNSELING.VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT -COMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK UTILIZES BOTH COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS AND STUDENT INTERNS TO HELP ADVANCE OUR MISSION. DURING OUR 2023/24 FISCAL YEAR, 124 VOLUNTEERS AND INTERNS PROVIDED 2,321 HOURS OR ALMOST 300 FULL WORK DAYS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AT ENGAGEMENT EVENTS FOR RESIDENTS AT OUR LIVING COMMUNITIES, FUNDRAISERS THAT HELP SUPPORT OUR WORK AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $2,485,839 · Revenue $2,284,812

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • MARK WIEDELMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • JANET OWENS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • WILLIAM L ROBINSON JR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • JENNIFER LANFEAR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • THOMAS H LANDRY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • ARKETA WILLIAMS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • MAKISHA REED

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • TRACIE PURDY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • GARY ABERNATHY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • COURTNEY ELLEDGE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • MARC CRAIG

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $271,881
    From this org
    $237,819
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,062
    Hours/week
    40 + 0.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,819
    Bonus
    $36,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $31,815
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,247
    Filer's total
    $271,881

  • KIRSTEN ELLIOTT

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $191,101
    From this org
    $155,131
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,970
    Hours/week
    40 + 0.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,131
    Bonus
    $26,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,764
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,206
    Filer's total
    $191,101

  • CARRIE MENDOZA

    VP, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $190,965
    From this org
    $146,862
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,103
    Hours/week
    40 + 0.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,862
    Bonus
    $26,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,111
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,992
    Filer's total
    $190,965

  • MICHELLE BRINKMANN

    VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $149,108
    From this org
    $110,379
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,729
    Hours/week
    40 + 0.5 related

  • MARGARET PERRY

    VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $145,110
    From this org
    $108,218
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,892
    Hours/week
    40 + 0.5 related

  • ALLAN MARTIN

    VICE PRESIDENT OF REAL ESTATE

    Total calculated
    $75,641
    From this org
    $68,528
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,113
    Hours/week
    40 + 0.5 related

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
THE CEO'S BONUS IS DETERMINED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD BASED ON PERFORMANCE DURING THE YEAR. THE BONUSES OF THE OTHER OFFICERS LISTED IN PART VII IS DETERMINED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CEO BASED ON PERFORMANCE DURING THE YEAR.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • MIDWEST RESOURCES PARTNERS LLC

    ASSET MANAGEMENT · MI · income -$5,253 · assets $55,707

    Directly controlled by COMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK INC

  • CARRIE STREET LLC

    ASSET MANAGEMENT · MI · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by COMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK INC

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • CHN UNITY PARK LDHA LP

    RELATED · LOW INCOME HOUSING · MI · 0.01% owned

    Directly controlled by OAKLAND HOUSING PARTNERS II INC

  • CHN PALMER LDHA LP

    RELATED · LOW INCOME HOUSING · MI · 0.01% owned

    Directly controlled by OAKLAND HOUSING PARTNERS INC

  • CHN GRAFTON LDHA LP

    RELATED · LOW INCOME HOUSING · MI · 0.01% owned

    Directly controlled by MACOMB INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC

  • CHN UNITY PARK III LDHA LP

    RELATED · LOW INCOME HOUSING · MI · 0.01% owned

    Directly controlled by OAKLAND HOUSING PARTNERS IV INC

  • CHN UNITY PARK II LDHA LP

    RELATED · LOW INCOME HOUSING · MI · 0.01% owned

    Directly controlled by OAKLAND HOUSING PARTNERS III INC

  • CHN UNITY PARK IV LDHA LP

    RELATED · LOW INCOME HOUSING · MI · 0.01% owned

    Directly controlled by OAKLAND HOUSING PARTNERS VI INC

  • CHN JEFFERSON LDHA LP

    RELATED · LOW INCOME HOUSING · MI · 0.01% owned

    Directly controlled by OAKLAND HOUSING PARTNERS V INC

  • CHN ERIN PARK LDHA LP

    RELATED · LOW INCOME HOUSING · MI · 0.01% owned

    Directly controlled by MACOMB INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT GROUP II INC

  • CHN UNITY PARK V LDHA LP

    RELATED · LOW INCOME HOUSING · MI · 0.01% owned

    Directly controlled by OAKLAND HOUSING PARTNERS VII INC

  • CHN MALCOLM LDHA LP

    RELATED · LOW INCOME HOUSING · MI · 0.01% owned

    Directly controlled by CHIPPEWA HOUSING PARTNERS I INC

  • CHN ANNEX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

    RELATED · AFFORDABLE HOUSING · MI · 1% owned

    Directly controlled by CHIPPEWA HOUSING PARTNERS II INC

  • CHN UNITY PARK VI LDHA LP

    RELATED · LOW INCOME HOUSING · MI · 0.01% owned

    Directly controlled by OAKLAND HOUSING PARTNERS XI INC

  • VICTORIES SQUARE LIHTC BUILDING 4 LLC

    RELATED · LOW INCOME HOUSING · MI · 0.01% owned

    Directly controlled by VICTORIES SQUARE MANAGER LLC

  • VICTORIES SQUARE MANAGER LLC

    RELATED · LOW INCOME HOUSING · MI · 49% owned

    Directly controlled by EMMET HOUSING PARTNERS I INC

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
4 June 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511609349301106

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