Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$3,922,320

Total expenses

$4,300,024

Contributions and grants received

$2,187,564

Grants paid

$40,000

Program service revenue

$1,895,555

Investment income

-$160,799

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$13,861,540

Total liabilities, end of year

$8,499,350

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$5,362,190

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,145,090

Management and general expenses

$717,307

Fundraising expenses

$437,627

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,145,090

Program services were 73.1% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• RENTAL PROGRAMS -OCCUPANCY OF HOUSING:HOUSING - RENTAL PROGRAMMING - OUR RESTORED UNITS ARE WELL-BUILT, MAINTAINED, AFFORDABLE RENTAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES PRICED OUT OF MANY TWIN CITIES RENTAL MARKETS. PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT BY SERVING AS ADVOCATES FOR THE RESIDENTS AND PROVIDING NECESSARY SOCIAL SERVICES. RESOURCES FROM THESE SOCIAL SERVICE PARTNERS, COMBINED WITH A SUPPORTIVE LANDLORD AND QUALITY, DIGNIFIED HOUSING, WEAVE A WEB OF SUPPORT FOR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. THROUGH STABLE, DIGNIFIED RENTAL PROPERTIES, INDIVIDUALS ARE ABLE TO BECOME PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY SUPPORT STRUCTURES, SCHOOLS AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES.HOUSING - OWNERSHIP PROGRAMMING - PROJECT: RECLAIM PRESERVES EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY CAPTURING PROPERTIES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN MAINTAINED AS VIABLE UNITS BY MARKET FORCES, AND RESTORES THEM TO THEIR HIGHEST USE: PERPETUALLY AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING PHYSICAL ASSETS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. PROJECT: RECLAIM MITIGATES THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPACT OF UNDERUTILIZED, VACANT AND/OR FORECLOSED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. PROJECT: RECLAIM HINGES ON A RESPONSIBLE CONTRACT FOR DEED WHICH ALLOWS FAMILIES TO BEGIN LIVING IN THE HOME WHILE THEY PARTICIPATE IN FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAINING CAREFULLY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ADEQUATE CREDIT REPAIR AND DEEP FINANCIAL EDUCATION TIED TO FINANCIAL STABILITY AND HOME OWNERSHIP. * NEARLY 400 RESIDENTS FOUND HOME IN AN URBAN HOMEWORKS' DIGNIFIED RENTAL APARTMENT. OF THOSE WHO RENT FROM URBAN HOMEWORKS AND DISCLOSE THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS, 89% ARE BIPOC, 63% ARE FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, AND 30% WHERE UNHOUSED AT THE TIME OF MOVE-IN.* URBAN HOMEWORKS WAS ABLE TO DEMOLISH THE DUPLEX ON ELLIOT THAT CAUGHT FIRE IN THE FINAL WEEK OF DECEMBER 2022. WE ARE HARD AT WORK PLANNING REDEVELOPMENT THAT WILL BEST SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING MORE IN THE COMING YEAR.* URBAN HOMEWORKS IS WORKING IN SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS TO ADDRESS SAFETY CONCERNS. WE CONTINUE TO EVOLVE OUR PEACEKEEPING EFFORTS IN RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. WE PRIORITIZED HOLDING COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS IN 2023 TO DETERMINE PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES THAT BEST SERVE THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF NEIGHBORHOODS FACING UPTICKS IN CRIME AND VIOLENCE.

  Expenses $2,639,705 · Revenue $1,888,035

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $260,603 · Grants $40,000 · Revenue -$162,409

• COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTUHW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ASALESOL YOUNG AND EQUITY & ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR TEMI OGUNRINDE WERE HARD AT WORK IN THIS YEAR'S MN SPRING LEGISLATIVE SESSION ADVOCATING FOR 6 POLICIES THAT WOULD IMPROVE HOUSING STABILITY FOR MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. MOST NOTABLY, URBAN HOMEWORKS RECEIVED A DIRECT APPROPRIATION TO DRASTICALLY INCREASE OUR PRODUCTION OF DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP OPTIONS FROM 2024-2027, A HISTORIC BREAKTHROUGH FOR THE ORGANIZATION. WE ARE HARD AT WORK FUNDRAISING FOR THE FUNDS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THIS DRASTIC INCREASE IN PRODUCTION!* WE FACILITATED 2 HOUSING JUSTICE FORUMS, PROVIDING RESIDENTS WITH A PLATFORM TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH LEGISLATORS AND HOLD DECISION-MAKERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR COMMITMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY. IN THE SPRING, WE WELCOMED STATE LEGISLATORS TO WITNESS LIVE TESTIMONIES FROM RENTERS ADVOCATING FOR BRING IT HOME, MN, A BILL MEANT TO ENSURE ALL MINNESOTANS GET THE RENT SUPPORT THEY NEED THROUGH RENT VOUCHERS. WHILE THE FULL NEED FOR RENT VOUCHERS WAS NOT FUNDED, OUR ADVOCACY BROUGHT US ONE STEP CLOSER TO MEETING THIS NEED. $70 MILLION FROM A NEW METRO SALES TAX WILL GENERATE CLOSE TO 5,500 STATEWIDE VOUCHERS. IN OUR AUGUST FORUM, RECOGNIZING THAT ALL 13 MINNEAPOLIS WARD SEATS WERE OPEN FOR ELECTION, WE HOSTED 12 COUNCILMEMBER CANDIDATES WHO SHARED THEIR PLATFORMS AND PRIORITIES WITH US SO THAT OUR COMMUNITIES CAN MAKE INFORMED VOTING CHOICES THIS NOVEMBER.* OUR PEOPLE-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS EXPANDED, AND RESIDENTS ENGAGED WITH NEIGHBORS AND PARTNERS IN NEW WAYS. WE LAUNCHED A SOUTHSIDE POD GROUP IN OCTOBER, AN EXPANSION OF OUR MONTHLY POD MEETINGS THAT DREW IN RESIDENTS FROM MOSTLY NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. THE SPECIFICITY IN BUILDING A SOUTHSIDE POD IS MEANT TO STRENGTHEN TIES BETWEEN NEIGHBORS IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS AND ADDRESS ISSUES SPECIFIC TO SOUTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOODS. WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTER TO FACILITATE MONTHLY RESTORATIVE CIRCLES FOR ALL RESIDENTS, MEANT TO STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS AMONG NEIGHBORS. RESIDENTS FOUND THESE SESSIONS TO BE SOME OF THEIR FAVORITE GATHERINGS OF THE YEAR. IN JULY, UHW STAFF SUPPORTED RESIDENTS IN APPLYING FOR THE NEXUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS' OPEN ROAD FUND, A PROGRAM THAT WILL AWARD $50,000 TO AT LEAST 800 BLACK RESIDENTS IN THE REGION THROUGH 2031.* WE STRENGTHENED OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAMMING AND HOSTED 3 BIPOC THINK TANKS; A CHANCE FOR BIPOC LEADERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO COLLABORATE AND DREAM WHAT A JUST HOUSING SYSTEM COULD LOOK LIKE. 168 VOLUNTEERS DONATED 1,851 HOURS OF THEIR TIME SO FAR THIS YEAR, HELPING TO KEEP OUR AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS DIGNIFIED, BUILDING A GARAGE FOR ONE OF THE PASSIVE HOMES WE'RE BUILDING, AND ASSISTING WITH OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS. OUT OF THE VOLUNTEERS WHO JOINED THIS YEAR, 118 OF THEM VOLUNTEERED WITH UHW FOR THE FIRST TIME! WE LOVE WELCOMING NEW COMMUNITY MEMBERS INTO OUR MISSION AND VISION THROUGH THE POWER OF VOLUNTEERING.

  Expenses $244,782 · Revenue $7,520

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

• DANYIKA LEONARD

  CO-CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• THAKURDYAL SINGH

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• REV JIM BEAR JACOBS

  CO-CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• ERINN VALINE

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• LEE SCHAFER

  TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• SADAQAH JONES

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• TABITHA CUNNINGHAM

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• TIFFANY DYKES

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JASON HETLAND

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• CASSIE YOUNG

  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $133,543

  From this org

  $129,696

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $3,847

  Hours/week

  50

• ANNE KETZ

  REAL ESTATE DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $104,307

  From this org

  $100,660

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $3,647

  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.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

26 September 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202412899349302236

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