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← WILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by WILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,735,517
Total expenses
$3,460,153
Contributions and grants received
$3,185,350
Grants paid
$240,686
Program service revenue
$376,455
Investment income
$98,903
Other revenue
$74,809
Total assets, end of year
$10,040,521
Total liabilities, end of year
$265,358
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$9,775,163
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,619,130
Management and general expenses
$502,796
Fundraising expenses
$338,227
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,619,130

Program services were 75.7% 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

    $159,166

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $70,906

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,817,986

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,137,292

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $41,853

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

    total $332,415 · related or exempt $332,415

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONTRACTED SERVICES

    total $44,040 · related or exempt $44,040

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $90,411 · excluded $90,411

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $75,889

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $75,889

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $75,889 · related or exempt $75,889

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $937,403

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

    securities $923,245 · other assets $5,666

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $14,158 · other assets -$5,666

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $8,492 · excluded $8,492

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $70,906

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $6,492

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$6,492 · excluded -$6,492

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $5,412 · excluded $5,412

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,412

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $240,686 · program services $240,686

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $202,896 · program services $101,448 · management and general $40,579 · fundraising $60,869

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,715,807 · program services $1,272,706 · management and general $241,886 · fundraising $201,215

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $22,157 · program services $13,633 · management and general $5,013 · fundraising $3,511

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $164,663 · program services $98,607 · management and general $36,639 · fundraising $29,417

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $157,433 · program services $112,391 · management and general $26,260 · fundraising $18,782

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $37,296 · management and general $37,296

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,788 · management and general $2,788

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $24,421 · program services $9,233 · management and general $15,188

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $41,462 · program services $25,527 · management and general $3,412 · fundraising $12,523

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $72,432 · program services $40,528 · management and general $31,904

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $160,604 · program services $148,418 · management and general $12,186

  • 17 · Travel

    total $29,829 · program services $28,876 · management and general $92 · fundraising $861

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $277,483 · program services $268,494 · management and general $8,989

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $84,354 · program services $67,625 · management and general $16,729

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIR & MAINTENANCE

    total $174,344 · program services $166,878 · management and general $7,313 · fundraising $153

  • 24b · Other expenses: EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT &

    total $8,002 · program services $7,445 · management and general $289 · fundraising $268

  • 24c · Other expenses: CLIENT SERVICES

    total $7,665 · management and general $7,665

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $35,831 · program services $16,635 · management and general $8,568 · fundraising $10,628

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $42,952 · end of year $16,182

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $596,252 · end of year $638,374

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $804,567 · end of year $251,841

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $27,102 · end of year $37,151

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $24,047 · end of year $35,394

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

    $7,597,770

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

    $1,219,744

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,490,689 · end of year $6,378,026

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,695,332 · end of year $2,646,196

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $34,631 · end of year $37,357

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $224,860 · end of year $227,185

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $4,854 · end of year $11,215

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $27,491 · end of year $26,958

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,559,558 · end of year $8,777,423

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $898,809 · end of year $997,740

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO EMPOWER ALL EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO BUILD FUTURES OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY THROUGH ADVOCACY, HOUSING, AND EMPLOYMENT, WITH THE VISION OF HAVING A COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYONE HAS HOUSING, STABILITY, AND OPPORTUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE SHELTER, PREVENTION, AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SERVICES TO THE HOMELESS AND NEAR-HOMELESS.

  • EMERGENCY SHELTER WITH CASE MANAGEMENT: IN 2025 WE SERVED 185 INDIVIDUALS WITH EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES. THIS INCLUDES 144 INDIVIDUALS AND 9 FAMILIES. 54% OF SHELTER CLIENTS EXITED TO HOUSING. WE PROVIDE SHELTER AND CASE MANAGEMENT FOR SHORT AND LONGER-TERM STAYS FOR VETERANS THROUGH A GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. IN SERVICE-INTENSIVE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, THE VETERAN CAN STAY FOR UP TO 2 YEARS. PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND CARE COORDINATION. PARTICIPANTS IN THE BRIDGE HOUSING PROGRAM CAN STAY IN SHELTER UP TO 6 MONTHS. THESE PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE CARE COORDINATION WITH THE VA AND NON-VA VETERAN SERVICE PROVIDERS, WITH A GOAL OF LEAVING FOR HOUSING AND INCREASING INCOME.IN 2025 73% OF THE VETERANS IN THIS PROGRAM HAD POSITIVE EXITS.

    Expenses $943,850 · Grants $25,811 · Revenue $44,040

  • SUPPORTIVE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM: IN 2025 WE CONTINUED SERVING INDIVIDUALS IN OUR EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM BY PROVIDING DIRECT HOURLY PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT. WE FILLED UP TO 8 FULL-TIME POSITIONS AT FRONTIER CO-OP EACH DAY ACROSS THREE SHIFTS AND PROVIDED TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM FRONTIER. WE ALSO OFFERED 8-10 PART-TIME POSITIONS IN OUR MATTRESS RECYCLING SOCIAL ENTERPRISE AND 5 SEASONAL PART-TIME POSITIONS WITH THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS TO PERFORM LITTER ABATEMENT IN PUBLIC SPACES AROUND CEDAR RAPIDS. ACROSS ALL OF OUR EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROGRAM IN 2025 WE EMPLOYED 63 CLIENTS FOR A TOTAL OF 14,637 HOURS WORKED AND $217,669 WAGES EARNED.

    Expenses $627,801 · Grants $10,643 · Revenue $332,415

  • PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING: WE PROVIDE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS OF INCOME-BASED HOUSING WITH CASE MANAGEMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN. THESE UNITS ARE FOR THOSE QUALIFYING AS CHRONICALLY HOMELESS BASED BY HUDS DEFINITION. ON-SITE CASE MANAGEMENT IS PROVIDED TO BUILD STABILITY AND PREVENT CYCLING THROUGH COMMUNITY SUPPORT SYSTEMS. FEELING SAFE HASTENS BETTER SELF-CARE PRACTICES, IMPROVED HEALTH, AND OUTLOOK. IN 2024 WE OPENED A 14-UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX TO FURTHER OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PORTFOLIO. IN 2025 WE OPERATED A TOTAL OF 36 UNITS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. IN 2025 WE SERVICED 57 ADULTS AND 6 CHILDREN IN OUR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM.

    Expenses $540,779 · Grants $6,776 · Revenue $75,889

  • RAPID REHOUSING AND VETERAN CASE MANAGEMENT: WE PROVIDE RAPID REHOUSING TO CLIENTS WHO ARE LITERALLY HOMELESS. RAPID REHOUSING IS A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES CASE MANAGEMENT AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF TEMPORARY RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP PEOPLE MOVE OUT OF HOMELESSNESS AND INTO HOUSING WITH DEPOSIT AND/OR RENT MONEY. IN 2025 WE SERVED 72 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH HIS PROGRAM. 60% OF THE HOUSEHOLDS SERVED EXITED THE PROGRAM TO HOUSING. WE ALSO HOUSED 17 VETERANS THROUGH OUR MEDIUM-TERM HOUSING PROGRAM, TRANSITION IN PLACE. TRANSITION IN PLACE IS FUNDED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS AND ALLOWS US TO REHOUSE VETERANS EXPERIENCING LITERAL HOMELESSNESS AND PROVIDE UP TO TWO YEARS OF RENT ASSISTANCE AND INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORTS. IN 2023, WE STARTED A HOUSING RETENTION CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THROUGH THE VA, WORKING UPSTREAM TO KEEP VETERANS IN THEIR HOUSING AND OUT OF THE LITERAL HOMELESS SYSTEM. IN 2025, WE SERVED 68 VETERANS WITH THIS PROGRAM.

    Expenses $313,920 · Grants $183,280

  • STREET OUTREACH: IN 2025, WE SERVED 185 PEOPLE WHO WERE SLEEPING UNSHELTERED IN LINN COUNTY. OUR STREET OUTREACH PROGRAM REACHES INDIVIDUALS SLEEPING IN PLACES NOT MEANT FOR HUMAN HABITATION SUCH AS IN ENCAMPMENTS, UNDER BRIDGES, IN ALLEYS, OR IN THEIR VEHICLES. WE ARE ABLE TO CONNECT THEM WITH THEIR BASIC NEEDS SUCH AS HYGIENE PRODUCTS, BLANKETS, PILLOWS, TENTS AND CLOTHING. OUR CASE MANAGERS ARE ABLE TO ASSIST CLIENTS IN THIS PROGRAM ACCESS VITAL DOCUMENTS TO WORK TOWARDS SECURING STABLE HOUSING. IN 2022, WE EXPANDED OUR STREET OUTREACH PROGRAM TO OPEN HECTOR'S PLACE DAY CENTER AT OUR WILLIS DADY WORKS EMPLOYMENT HUB. THE DAY CENTER PROVIDES IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO SHOWER AND LAUNDRY FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS SLEEPING UNSHELTERED WITH ADDITIONAL ACCESS TO IMMEDIATE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND REFERRALS TO EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND JOB TRAININGS AT THE EMPLOYMENT HUB. FROM APRIL THROUGH DECEMBER 2025, A TOTAL OF 3,809 SHOWERS AND LAUNDRY SERVICES WERE PROVIDED WITH AN AVERAGE OF 35 CLIENTS PER DAY.

    Expenses $192,780 · Grants $14,176

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Hicks Lucas

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Reasner Amy

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kraft Ted

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Novotny Andrew

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Beardsworth John

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Burnett Renjena

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dewees Chandler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Geis Vince

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jackson Kendall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mong Andy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Shatzer Katie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Shirley Wes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Vogeler Josh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Faust Alicia

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $107,734
    From this org
    $100,748
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,986
    Hours/week
    40

  • Anderson Regina

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $95,161
    From this org
    $86,408
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,753
    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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
7 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202601289349302150

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