Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$28,237,266

Total expenses

$27,527,586

Contributions and grants received

$28,066,739

Grants paid

$17,190,106

Program service revenue

$193,850

Investment income

$1,351

Other revenue

-$24,674

Total assets, end of year

$14,484,256

Total liabilities, end of year

$6,417,233

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$8,067,023

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$26,432,181

Management and general expenses

$1,043,849

Fundraising expenses

$51,556

Program service expenses (Part III)

$26,432,181

Program services were 96.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT, ADVOCACY, RELOCATION SERVICES, AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HOMELESSNESS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE LOW-INCOME AND VULNERABLE TO BECOMING HOMELESS. IN 2023, 2,237 HOUSEHOLDS IN MILWAUKEE AND WAUKESHA COUNTY RECEIVED EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE, STABILIZING THEIR HOUSING SITUATIONS AMID TEMPORARY FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; 7,876 LANDLORDS AND TENANTS RECEIVED SUPPORT RESOLVING ISSUES RELATED TO RENTAL HOUSING; 254 ADULTS AND 574 CHILDREN RECEIVED INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO ENHANCE HOUSING STABILITY, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, AND FINANCIAL WELL-BEING; 3,363 RESIDENTS ACCESSED RESOURCES THROUGH THE MILWAUKEE RENTAL HOUSING RESOURCE CENTER TO PREVENT OR DIVERT EVICTION; 886 INDIVIDUALS OBTAINED EMPLOYMENT THROUGH THE FOODSHARE AND EMPLOYMENT TRAINING PROGRAM.

  Expenses $15,972,959 · Grants $14,017,389

• COMMUNITY ADVOCATES FORMED THE PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE (PPI) IN 2008. PPI FOCUSES ON REDUCING POVERTY BY IMPROVING ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES; AIDING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND HOUSING; AND PREVENTING TOBACCO USE AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE WHILE PROMOTING MENTAL WELL-BEING AMONG MILWAUKEE'S YOUTH, ADULTS, AND FAMILIES. DURING 2023, 77 FAMILIES AT RISK OF FORMAL MILWAUKEE COUNTY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES INVOLVEMENT WERE CONNECTED WITH SUPPORTIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, PEER SUPPORT, AND HOME VISITATION BY THE STRONGER FAMILIES MILWAUKEE PROGRAM; 1,241 PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED 89 MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WORKSHOPS ON MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID, SUICIDE PREVENTION, VERBAL DE-ESCALATION, AND MINDFUL GRATITUDE; MORE THAN 200 INDIVIDUALS ATTENDED PLTICAS (BILINGUAL WORKSHOPS, "ESCUCHA TUS EMOCIONES / LISTEN TO YOUR EMOTIONS") IN THE COMMUNITY; 289 PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED LGTBTQ+ BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TRAININGS; 45,108 INDIVIDUALS WERE INFORMED ABOUT SUBSTANCE MISUSE PREVENTION EDUCATION; 752 YOUTH PARTICIPATED IN LIFE SKILLS WORKSHOPS THROUGH THE RISE DRUG-FREE MKE COALITION.

  Expenses $2,935,437 · Grants $1,260,987 · Revenue $8,107

• UTILITIES PROGRAMS HELP LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AVOID SERVICE INTERRUPTION AND DISCONNECTION. DURING 2023, 27,793 ENERGY ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS WERE PROCESSED TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AND PAYMENT PLANS FOR THESE FAMILIES TO MAINTAIN THEIR UTILITIES AND 1,621 INDIVIDUALS COMPLETED CRISIS APPLICATIONS TO PREVENT DISCONNECTION OR HAVE THEIR UTILITIES RESTORED.

  Expenses $1,596,972

• DISABILITY ADVOCACY PROGRAMS PROVIDE SSI/SSDI APPLICATION ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND PROTECTIVE PAYEE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES NEEDING HELP MANAGING THEIR FINANCES. IN 2023, 355 CONSUMERS RECEIVED ASSISTANCE WITH FILING FOR SSI AND SSDI BENEFITS AND 76 INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABLING CONDITIONS RECEIVED PROTECTIVE PAYEE AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES.AUTUMN WEST SAFE HAVEN IS A LOW-BARRIER HOUSING REFUGE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CURRENTLY HOMELESS AND EXPERIENCING SEVERE AND PERSISTENT MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. THIS PROGRAM IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO EMERGENCY SHELTER AND DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SAFE, SHORT-TERM HOUSING ALONG WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS AS THEY TRANSITION OUT OF HOMELESSNESS. AUTUMN WEST EMBRACES HOUSING FIRST AND HARM REDUCTION PRINCIPLES. IN 2023, 36 INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL ILLNESS RECEIVED STABLE SHELTER AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THROUGH THE AUTUMN WEST SAFE HAVEN WHILE WORKING TO SECURE PERMANENT HOUSING.THE HOMELESS OUTREACH PROGRAM (HOP) PROVIDES PERSON-CENTERED, HOUSING-FOCUSED OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT TO INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND OTHER DISABILITIES WHO ARE LIVING ON THE STREETS OR OTHER PLACES NOT MEANT FOR HUMAN HABITATION. CLIENTS ARE ASSESSED BY CLINICIANS AND ADVOCATES AND ARE PROVIDED WITH SERVICES TO ASSIST THEM IN STABILIZING THEIR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AND HOMELESS SITUATIONS. DURING 2023, 183 INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING STREET HOMELESSNESS RECEIVED CRITICAL OUTREACH THROUGH THE HOMELESS OUTREACH PROGRAM.PROJECT BRIDGE/AUTUMN WEST PERMANENT HOUSING PROGRAM PROVIDES IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO 101 MILWAUKEE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS CHRONICALLY HOMELESS AND LIVING WITH A DISABILITY. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES THAT EMPLOY UP-TO-DATE BEST PRACTICES SUCH AS TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING, AND HARM REDUCTION TO HELP PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS ACHIEVE HOUSING STABILITY.THE FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER (FSC) PROVIDES SHELTER, FOOD, CLOTHING, PERSONAL CARE ITEMS, AND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO HELP FAMILIES ACCESS AND SECURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO ALLEVIATE HOMELESSNESS. DURING 2023, 213 INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS RECEIVED SAFE SHELTER AND ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE FSC EMERGENCY SHELTER.

  Expenses $5,926,813 · Grants $1,911,730 · Revenue $185,743

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

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• THE PARENTING NETWORK

  $490,405

  PREVENTION GRANT

• NEU LIFE COMMUNITY RES CTR

  $465,295

  PREVENTION GRANT

• PATHFINDERS

  $186,070

  PREVENTION GRANT

• UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER

  $186,000

  PREVENTION GRANT

• BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS

  $145,000

  PREVENTION GRANT

• MILWAUKEE CHRISTIAN CENTER

  $117,281

  PREVENTION GRANT

• PEARLS FOR TEEN GIRLS

  $110,792

  PREVENTION GRANT

• WEST ALLIS - WEST MILWAUKEE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER

  $67,264

  PREVENTION GRANT

• DIVERSE & RESILIENT INC

  $41,000

  PREVENTION GRANT

• NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE

  $40,382

  PREVENTION GRANT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

• THE MILWAUKEE WOMEN'S CENTER INC

  501(C)(3) · COMMUNITY SERVICES · WI · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by COMMUNITY ADVOCATES INC

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.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

4 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202413129349302801

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