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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FRONT STEPS HOUSING AND SERVICES FRONT STEPS HOUSING AND SERVICES.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,470,987
Total expenses
$1,873,308
Contributions and grants received
$2,155,812
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$282,879
Investment income
$21,446
Other revenue
$10,850
Total assets, end of year
$2,987,328
Total liabilities, end of year
$141,414
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,845,914
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,574,944
Management and general expenses
$85,259
Fundraising expenses
$213,105
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,574,944

Program services were 84.1% 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

    $25,250

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,213,515

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $917,047

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICES & SUPPORT REV

    total $136,955 · related or exempt $136,955

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OUTPATIENT FEES

    total $81,320 · related or exempt $81,320

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MANAGEMENT FEES

    total $64,604 · related or exempt $64,604

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $16,012 · excluded $16,012

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $64,132

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $58,698

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $5,434

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $5,434 · excluded $5,434

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $50,014

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

    $25,250

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $39,164

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $10,850 · excluded $10,850

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $135,781 · program services $108,625 · management and general $20,367 · fundraising $6,789

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $827,217 · program services $706,693 · management and general $19,847 · fundraising $100,677

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $102,174 · program services $86,670 · management and general $3,884 · fundraising $11,620

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $78,609 · program services $66,566 · management and general $3,254 · fundraising $8,789

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,683 · program services $7,353 · management and general $359 · fundraising $971

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $88,344 · program services $74,810 · management and general $3,657 · fundraising $9,877

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $6,346 · management and general $6,346

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $125,436 · program services $106,219 · management and general $5,194 · fundraising $14,023

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $104,015 · program services $88,080 · management and general $4,306 · fundraising $11,629

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $171,845 · program services $145,518 · management and general $7,115 · fundraising $19,212

  • 17 · Travel

    total $32,564 · program services $21,575 · management and general $2,970 · fundraising $8,019

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $19,289 · program services $16,334 · management and general $798 · fundraising $2,157

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $29,223 · program services $24,746 · management and general $1,210 · fundraising $3,267

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM AND SUPPORT EXP

    total $143,782 · program services $121,755 · management and general $5,952 · fundraising $16,075

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,482,304 · end of year $2,052,133

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $234,121 · end of year $339,081

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $34,527 · end of year $15,950

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $5,000

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

    $133,961

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

    $82,710

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $54,540 · end of year $51,251

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $16,442 · end of year $18,057

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $456,414 · end of year $505,856

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $67,012 · end of year $141,414

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,626,631 · end of year $2,241,449

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $584,705 · end of year $604,465

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE MENTALLY DISABLED AND/OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY WITH PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND/OR LIFELONG SOLUTIONS TO INCREASE SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND INDEPENDENCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

1. TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE MENTALLY DISABLED AND/OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY WITH PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO ASSIST OUR CLIENTS' FRONT STEPS HOUSING AND SERVICES, INC. 34-1424555 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND/OR LIFELONG SOLUTIONS TO INCREASE SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND INDEPENDENCE.

  • SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ASSISTANCE FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS:FRONT STEPS PROVIDES PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO ASSIST OUR CLIENTS FROM HOMELESSNESS TO SAFE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. FRONT STEPS OFFERS SEVERAL SUPPORT SERVICES (LIFE SKILLS, SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING, COMPREHENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT/ MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, OUTPATIENT TREATMENT SERVICES, PEER SUPPORT SERVICES. HOUSE KEEPING SKILLS, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND INDEPENDENT LIVING WORKSHOPS, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM: ABUSE RECOVERY CLASSES).

    Expenses $912,485 · Revenue $81,320

  • PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM:PROVIDES AND MANAGES 68 SAFE, DECENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS FOR CHRONICALLY HOMELESS PERSONS, WHO ARE DISABLED AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BY LOW INCOME. IN 2024, FRONT STEPS PROVIDED 72 CLIENTS WITH PERMANENT HOUSING AND 100% MAINTAINED HOUSING FOR 1 YEAR OR MORE AND THE AGENCY OBTAINED A 98% RENTAL COLLECTION RATE. SERVICES OFFERED TO TENANTS AND COMMUNITY-BASED CLIENTS INCLUDE EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT, MENTAL HEALTH CASE MANAGEMENT, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COUNSELING, INTESIVE OUTPATIET SERVICES, PREVENTION AND LIFE SKILLS. ACROSS ALL PROGRAMS OFFERINGS 360 SERVED.

    Expenses $662,459 · Revenue $201,559

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Candace Price

    COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Torre Escott

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jaclyn Ugrin

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Natalie Feagin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Hardy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anitria Humphrey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tricia Kachmyers

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Kula

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tim Lewis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sue Scheutzow

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ryan Stemen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie Szeltner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nkiruka Uguru-Washington

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bill Wright

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sherri Brandon

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $135,779
    From this org
    $114,521
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,258
    Hours/week
    40

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.

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.

Related partnerships

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

  • ST JOSEPH'S COMMONS LP

    OH · 1% owned · share of income -$47 · general or managing partner

Related corporations and trusts

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

  • ST JOSEPH COMMONS INC

    C · GENERAL PARTNER OF PARTNERSHIP · OH · 100% owned · share of income -$47

    Directly controlled by FRONT STEPS HOUSING AND SERVICES INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543219349316444

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