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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COUNCIL FOR THE HOMELESS.

Totals

Total revenue
$19,120,918
Total expenses
$13,394,842
Contributions and grants received
$18,291,721
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$153,543
Other revenue
$675,654
Total assets, end of year
$15,902,301
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,498,062
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,404,239
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$11,350,725
Management and general expenses
$1,739,345
Fundraising expenses
$304,772
Program service expenses (Part III)
$11,350,725

Program services were 84.7% 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

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $142,675

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $12,199,251

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,949,795

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $153,543 · related or exempt $153,543 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $259,358 · personal property $0

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $259,358 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $259,358 · related or exempt $259,358 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    $142,675

  • 11a · Other revenue: Developer Fee Income

    total $260,000 · related or exempt $260,000 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $156,296 · related or exempt $156,296 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $416,296

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $198,221 · program services $178,399 · management and general $19,822

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,021,690 · program services $1,669,338 · management and general $257,812 · fundraising $94,540

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $920,118 · program services $736,862 · management and general $133,415 · fundraising $49,841

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $56,413 · program services $20,753 · management and general $35,660

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $76,921 · program services $1,965 · management and general $74,956

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,688,253 · program services $475,313 · management and general $1,106,040 · fundraising $106,900

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $11,552 · program services $5,590 · management and general $5,102 · fundraising $860

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $180,045 · program services $118,969 · management and general $31,151 · fundraising $29,925

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $141,199 · program services $141,199

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $108,115 · program services $101,652 · management and general $6,463

  • 17 · Travel

    total $33,199 · program services $19,582 · management and general $11,841 · fundraising $1,776

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $59,341 · program services $57,399 · management and general $1,942

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $47,568 · program services $13,438 · management and general $34,130

  • 24a · Other expenses: Maintenence and Repairs

    total $35,112 · program services $35,112 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Fees

    total $7,112 · program services $394 · management and general $1,451 · fundraising $5,267

  • 24c · Other expenses: Client Assistance

    total $7,648,245 · program services $7,648,245 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Security

    total $117,055 · program services $117,055 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $44,683 · program services $9,460 · management and general $19,560 · fundraising $15,663

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,163,498 · end of year $8,357,916

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,485,913 · end of year $889,449

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,014,870 · end of year $747,880

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $2,759,613 · end of year $2,759,613

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $278,704 · end of year $293,549

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

    $2,664,701

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

    $324,806

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,377,547 · end of year $2,339,895

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $435,939 · end of year $513,999

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,009,085 · end of year $760,072

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,828,836 · end of year $1,737,990

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,723,746 · end of year $4,400,851

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,954,417 · end of year $9,003,388

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The Council for the Homeless is a non-profit organization that provides community leadership, compelling advocacy and practical solutions to prevent and end homelessness in Clark County, WA.

  • Coordinated Entry - is a access point for all publicly funded emergency shelter, homelessness prevention and housing programs for people who are homeless in Clark County WA. At HSC, we determine the best fit program for someone's needs and connect them to the partnering agency's program. We also help connect people to other forms of assistance they might need, such as employment training and health insurance.

    Expenses $2,194,827 · Grants $180,091 · Revenue $2,077,343

  • Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) - The Council for the Homeless takes the lead in data collection through a web-enabled Homeless Management Information System which links homeless programs and gathers long-term unduplicated information. To supplement this data, the Council for the Homeless directs a biennial "point in time" survey of people who are homeless or at risk.

    Expenses $478,482 · Grants $468,335 · Revenue $468,335

  • Diversion : The Council for the Homeless staff works with families and individuals experiencing homelessness or at-risk of homelessness to regain or maintain stable housing through coaching, assistance navigating the housing market, and by connections through community partners and services. These services are provided at the Housing Solutions Center and through a partnership with local schools.

    Expenses $8,541,658 · Grants $8,522,740 · Revenue $8,226,429

  • Winter Hospitality Overflow Shelter (WHO) provides safe shelter during winter month to families and individuals experiencing homelessness. WHO guests are offered a warm place to sleep, a hot shower, a meal and the welcome and warmth of a community working to address the most basic of human needs.

    Expenses $59,604 · Revenue $46,221

  • Other Program expenses include programs Permanent Housing, Coordinated Outreach, Keys to the Future, and Equity and Planning. Included in these programs are: 1. Rent assistance are arrears and future payments to households who are unstable in their home. 2. Motel Vouchers to provide emergency shelter via nights in a motel to people experiencing homelessness. This includes providing motel nights during severe weather, in partnership with law enforcement and for people existing in the hospital.

    Expenses $75,644 · Grants $235,457 · Revenue $589,297

  • Day 1 Families Fund

    Expenses $510 · Grants $5,000,000 · Revenue $5,000,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Sesany Fennie-Jones

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $114,420
    From this org
    $114,420
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sunny Wonder

    Deputy Director

    Total calculated
    $83,801
    From this org
    $83,801
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • John Kendrick

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Louise Nieto

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ralph Parker

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joan Caley RN

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Gibbons

    Development

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Adrienne Strehlow

    BRASC Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Cheryl Pfaff

    Past President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Beth Cook

    BACEC Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Beryl Robison

    Development

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DeGundrea Harris

    BRCEC

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Monica Stonier

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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.

Disregarded entities

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202403199349317050

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