Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,287,506

Total expenses

$901,947

Contributions and grants received

$1,186,786

Grants paid

$48,000

Program service revenue

$13,002

Investment income

$266

Other revenue

$87,452

Total assets, end of year

$1,210,715

Total liabilities, end of year

$44,373

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,166,342

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$565,110

Management and general expenses

$240,663

Fundraising expenses

$96,174

Program service expenses (Part III)

$565,110

Program services were 62.7% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• PROGRAM: HOUSING EDUCATION - HLC HOSTS TWO SIGNIFICANT ANNUAL EDUCATIONAL EVENTS: HOUSING LEADERSHIP DAY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING MONTH. HOUSING LEADERSHIP DAY (HLD) IS AN ANNUAL EDUCATION EVENT HELD IN THE FALL. IN FALL OF 2022, WE WERE ABLE TO MEET IN PERSON AGAIN WITH FIVE WORKSHOPS FACILITATED BY HLC LEADERS, WHERE ATTENDEES LEARNED ABOUT THE COMPLEX DIMENSIONS OF PRODUCING, PRESERVING, AND PROTECTING AFFORDABLE HOMES. OVER 150 ATTENDEES CAME TOGETHER AT CZI'S COMMUNITY SPACE TO LEARN ABOUT THE REGIONAL HOUSING BOND, TEACHER HOUSING, AND HEAR FROM LYRICAL OPPOSITION. THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER WAS GINA SUDARIA, SUPERINTENDENT OF RAVENSWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT. HLC DEDICATES MAY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING MONTH (AHM). THROUGH TWELVE EVENTS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, HLC ENGAGED 350 HOUSING SUPPORTERS, ACTIVISTS, AND DECISION MAKERS ACROSS SAN MATEO COUNTY TO COLLECTIVELY LEARN, MOBILIZE, AND UNDERSTAND THE POSITIVE AND EXTENSIVE IMPACT AFFORDABLE HOUSING BRINGS. IN 2023, HLC HOSTED A POLICY BREAKFAST WITH STATIONS WHERE PARTICIPANTS COULD LEARN FROM EXPERTS IN FARM WORKER HOUSING, BUILDING ON FAITH PROPERTIES, TEACHER HOUSING, AND THE REGIONAL HOUSING BOND. THE POLICY BREAKFAST WAS FOLLOWED BY A TOUR OF AFFORDABLE HOMES, INCLUDING THE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR LIGHT TREE AFFORDABLE HOMES IN EAST PALO ALTO. OTHER EVENTS IN THE MONTH INCLUDED A BIKE TOUR OF SITES AND AFFORDABLE HOMES IN THE NORTH AND CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTY, A PANEL DISCUSSION ON HOUSING ELEMENTS, AN EVENT IN MENLO PARK WITH RENTERS DISCUSSING CHALLENGES THEY ARE FACING TO STAY HOUSED, AND TEN ADDITIONAL EVENTS. EDUCATIONAL EBOOK: "CREATING COMMUNITY AND BELONGING IN SAN MATEO COUNTY"HLC RESEARCHED, DRAFTED, AND PUBLISHED AN EBOOK ENTITLED "CREATING COMMUNITY AND BELONGING IN SAN MATEO COUNTY". THE REPORT SHOWS HOW SAN MATEO COUNTY UTILIZES MEASURE K FUNDING TO PRODUCE AND PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOMES.

  Expenses $282,555 · Revenue $7,686

• PROGRAM: KEY ACHIEVEMENTS AND OUTCOMES - ENDORSEMENT COMMITTEE: HLC ENDORSED 1,119 HOMES IN 2022, OF THOSE 1,093 WERE APPROVED. OUT OF THE APPROVED HOMES, 411 OR 38% ARE AFFORDABLE. PUBLIC LAND FOR PUBLIC GOOD: PUBLIC LAND CONTINUES TO BE A CRITICAL STRATEGY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THE PENINSULA DUE TO HIGH LAND AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS. OF THE 2,700 AFFORDABLE HOMES HLC HAS ENDORSED OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, OVER HALF, OR ABOUT 1,400, ARE ON PUBLIC LAND. SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE PENINSULA ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF PLANNING FOR MORE HOMES, AND CITIES ARE COMMITTING TO PUBLICLY OWNED SITES IN THEIR HOUSING ELEMENTS. STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO PUBLIC LAND WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PRIORITY FOR HLC, AND WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH GCC AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE. HOUSING ELEMENT: HLC IS ON THE FRONT LINES OF ENFORCING STATE HOUSING LAWS. WE HAVE COMMENTED ON EVERY HOUSING ELEMENT RELEASED IN SAN MATEO COUNTY AT LEAST ONCE, PROVIDING SPECIFIC, ACTIONABLE FEEDBACK. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAS REFERENCED LETTERS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HOUSING LEADERSHIP COUNCIL IN EVERY REVIEW LETTER THEY HAVE SENT TO A CITY IN SAN MATEO COUNTY SO FAR.BY LEVERAGING THE HOUSING ELEMENT PROCESS TO CREATE POLICY CHANGE, HLC LOBBIED A NUMBER OF CITIES TO PURSUE HOUSING PRODUCTION AND TENANT PROTECTION POLICIES THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN ON THE TABLE BEFORE. WE APPROACHED OUR CAMPAIGN WITH TWO PRIMARY GOALS: 1. STRENGTHEN COALITIONS AND DEVELOP CAPACITY WITHIN LOCAL GROUPS TO ENGAGE WITH THE HOUSING ELEMENT. 2. CHANGE POLICIES AT THE ROOT OF THE HOUSING CRISIS AND PROVIDE NEW INCENTIVES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND TENANT PROTECTIONS. IN A HANDFUL OF COMMUNITIES, WE HAVE HAD UNAMBIGUOUS SUCCESS. FOR EXAMPLE, REDWOOD CITY IS THE ONLY CITY FOR WHICH HLC HAS ISSUED A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR HOUSING ELEMENT CERTIFICATION BY THE STATE. AS OF JANUARY 19, 2023, REDWOOD CITY IS THE ONLY CITY IN SAN MATEO COUNTY THE STATE REGULATOR HAS DEEMED IN "SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE" WITH STATE HOUSING ELEMENT LAW. THROUGHOUT THE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE PROCESS, HLC HIGHLIGHTED HOUSING NEEDS AND POLICY SOLUTIONS THROUGH EARNED MEDIA COVERAGE, QUOTED IN OVER 20 NEWS STORIES IN THE PAST YEAR. OUR WORK RECEIVED COVERAGE IN LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS, SUCH AS THE SF CHRONICLE AND THE NEW YORK TIMES. HOWEVER, IN HYPER-LOCAL COVERAGE, WE TRULY TOOK CONTROL OF THE HOUSING NARRATIVE. A CRITICISM WE INITIALLY SHARED WITH THE REDWOOD CITY PULSE INFLUENCED THE CITY COUNCIL TO PROMOTE MUCH STRONGER POLICIES. AT THE SAME TIME, LATER POSITIVE COVERAGE ENCOURAGED THEM AFTER THEY BEGAN MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

  Expenses $282,555 · Grants $48,000 · Revenue $5,316

As filed on the 2022 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.

Grants on this return

• YIMBY ACTION

  $24,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• HOUSING CHOICES COALITION FOR PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES INC

  $24,000

  GENERAL SUPPORT

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

13 March 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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