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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by INDEPENDENCE HOUSE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,499,992
Total expenses
$4,059,605
Contributions and grants received
$5,386,496
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$39,786
Investment income
$68,302
Other revenue
$5,408
Total assets, end of year
$6,787,727
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,643,550
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,144,177
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,989,417
Management and general expenses
$981,545
Fundraising expenses
$88,643
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,989,417

Program services were 73.6% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $25,000

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $31,050

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $4,793,229

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $537,217

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $26,750

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $39,786 · related or exempt $39,786

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $41,944 · excluded $41,944

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $43,740

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

    securities $17,382

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $26,358

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $26,358 · excluded $26,358

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $40,415

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

    $31,050

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $35,007

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $5,408 · excluded $5,408

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $331,589 · program services $257,183 · management and general $65,753 · fundraising $8,653

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,260,572 · program services $1,800,321 · management and general $398,164 · fundraising $62,087

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $30,277 · program services $22,302 · management and general $7,553 · fundraising $422

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $160,973 · program services $118,571 · management and general $40,156 · fundraising $2,246

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $214,817 · program services $158,232 · management and general $53,588 · fundraising $2,997

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $45,345 · program services $21,435 · management and general $23,910

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $12,481 · management and general $12,481

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $71,328 · program services $33,253 · management and general $38,075

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $12,246 · program services $12,246

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $86,513 · program services $67,457 · management and general $18,950 · fundraising $106

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $83,426 · program services $13,212 · management and general $61,374 · fundraising $8,840

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $208,011 · program services $143,035 · management and general $64,976

  • 17 · Travel

    total $19,677 · program services $16,810 · management and general $2,855 · fundraising $12

  • 20 · Interest

    total $38,400 · program services $7,645 · management and general $30,755

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $86,928 · program services $16,178 · management and general $70,750

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $76,563 · program services $2,854 · management and general $73,709

  • 24a · Other expenses: CLIENT ASSISTANCE

    total $296,679 · program services $294,122 · management and general $2,557

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES, BOOKS & SUBSCRIPT

    total $19,518 · program services $3,863 · management and general $13,547 · fundraising $2,108

  • 24c · Other expenses: ANNUAL MEETING & BOARD

    total $1,200 · program services $237 · management and general $833 · fundraising $130

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $985 · program services $195 · management and general $684 · fundraising $106

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,077 · program services $266 · management and general $875 · fundraising $936

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,032,820 · end of year $978,672

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $610,782 · end of year $1,052,305

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $544,516 · end of year $954,189

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $28,455 · end of year $30,976

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

    $3,928,550

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

    $786,261

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,283,307 · end of year $3,142,289

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $383,848 · end of year $418,421

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $116,569 · end of year $210,875

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $245,596 · end of year $536,865

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $6,537 · end of year $7,177

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $976,853 · end of year $936,852

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $70,063 · end of year $162,656

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,619,512 · end of year $5,049,919

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $81,736 · end of year $94,258

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO HELP ALL DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS, SURVIVORS AND CHILDREN BY CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAFETY AND EMPOWERMENT THROUGH CRISIS INTERVENTION, ADVOCACY, COUNSELING, REFERRAL, OUTREACH, PREVENTION AND EDUCATION.

  • ADVOCACY SUPPORT, SAFETY PLANNING, 209A AND 258E RESTRAINING ORDER ASSISTANCE IN OUR SAFEPLAN COURT ADVOCACY PROGRAM TO 1,838 SURVIVORS. OUTCOMES INCLUDED PERSONAL SAFETY PLANS, INCREASED ACCESS TO VICTIM COMPENSATION RESOURCES, INCREASED MEASURE OF SAFETY AND IMPROVED WELL-BEING.

    Expenses $1,179,914 · Revenue $39,786

  • ON-SITE HOURS OF EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES FOR DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS.

    Expenses $849,585

  • DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCACY, SHELTER, SAFETY, COUNSELLING AND SAFEHOMING ASSISTANCE TO OVER 3,617 SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. OUTCOMES ACHIEVED INCLUDE INCREASED WELL-BEING, INCREASED OPTIONS FOR SAFETY, AND INCREASED KNOWLEDGE OF HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP SIGNS AND REDUCED NEGATIVE IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING. OUTREACH AND PREVENTION ACTIVITIES INCREASED COMMUNITY'S KNOWLEDGE ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OFFERED STRATEGIES FOR HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS.

    Expenses $515,275

  • SEXUAL ASSAULT ADVOCACY, COUNSELLING, MEDICAL ACCOMPAINMENT, HOTLINE RESPONSE TO OVER 468 SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND RAPE. OUTCOMES ACHIEVED INCLUDED IMPROVED FEELINGS OF WELL-BEING, INCREASED KNOWLEDGE OF STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING TRAUMA SYMPTOMS AND RECLAMATION OF PERSONAL POWER.

    Expenses $444,643

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Lysetta Hurge - Putnam

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $236,224
    From this org
    $229,569
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,655
    Hours/week
    37

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,090
    Bonus
    $14,479
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,832
    Nontaxable benefits
    $823
    Filer's total
    $236,224
  • Leda Phillips

    PRESIDENT AND CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Maggie Phelan

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • David W Bogan

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Deborah J Lyman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Sandra Cashen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kristen Foresta

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lauren Kanzer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ron Larrivee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Angela Nash-Hennemuth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Heather Ricciardi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Zaafirah Robb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Catherine Spinelli

    DIRECTOR (THRU 11/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Diane Todd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Donna M Zayatz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Colleen Turcotte

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $104,345
    From this org
    $93,305
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,040
    Hours/week
    35
  • Nanci Rindfuss

    CLINICAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $116,872
    From this org
    $113,289
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,583
    Hours/week
    35
  • Donna Giberti

    DIRECTOR OF DEV & MARKET, VOL. COORD

    Total calculated
    $119,324
    From this org
    $107,697
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,627
    Hours/week
    49
  • Susan Callan

    STAFF ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $113,217
    From this org
    $104,974
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,243
    Hours/week
    35

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 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
AT LEAST ANUALLY, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD IS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD REGARDING EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION. ONLY THOSE MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WHO ARE FREE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST MAY BE INVOLVED IN EVALUATION OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION. THE COMMITTEE SHOULD, TO EXTENT REASONABLY AVAILABLE, TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AND DOCUMENT APPROPROATE DATA OR OTHER BASIS AS TO COMPARABILITY FOR THE BASIS OF ITS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD. THE COMMITTEE PRESENTS ITS RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD FOR ADOPTION. ONLY THOSE DIRECTORS WHO ARE FREE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST MAY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
8 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202600719349301120

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