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← SHELTER INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SHELTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,862,389
Total expenses
$2,781,993
Contributions and grants received
$2,591,611
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$12,086
Other revenue
$258,692
Total assets, end of year
$1,625,698
Total liabilities, end of year
$529,704
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,095,994
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,411,233
Management and general expenses
$370,760
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,411,233

Program services were 86.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,025,820

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $565,791

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $388,157

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12,086 · related or exempt $12,086

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Thrift Store Sales

    total $258,692 · related or exempt $258,692

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $258,692

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $85,887 · management and general $85,887

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,273,125 · program services $1,167,641 · management and general $105,484

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $34,219 · program services $25,664 · management and general $8,555

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $136,590 · program services $102,115 · management and general $34,475

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $111,865 · program services $96,901 · management and general $14,964

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,822 · program services $2,444 · management and general $378

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,932 · program services $14,667 · management and general $2,265

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,100 · management and general $1,100

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $9,000 · program services $4,500 · management and general $4,500

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,430 · program services $2,401 · management and general $2,029

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $106,094 · program services $90,423 · management and general $15,671

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,175 · program services $7,948 · management and general $1,227

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $141,181 · program services $104,787 · management and general $36,394

  • 17 · Travel

    total $47,567 · program services $41,187 · management and general $6,380

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $21,738 · program services $20,999 · management and general $739

  • 20 · Interest

    total $16,812 · program services $7,290 · management and general $9,522

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $18,457 · program services $5,679 · management and general $12,778

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $36,414 · program services $23,527 · management and general $12,887

  • 24a · Other expenses: Client Assistance

    total $668,703 · program services $668,349 · management and general $354

  • 24b · Other expenses: Misc other

    total $27,144 · program services $21,858 · management and general $5,286

  • 24c · Other expenses: Dues fees and subscriptions

    total $11,956 · program services $2,853 · management and general $9,103

  • 24d · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $782 · management and general $782

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $418,240 · end of year $494,368

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $250,000 · end of year $250,000

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $176,634 · end of year $169,638

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $13,977 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,156 · end of year $10,534

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

    $1,072,992

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

    $376,834

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $386,412 · end of year $696,158

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $5,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $109,370 · end of year $123,966

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $5,904 · end of year $12,412

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $123,413 · end of year $393,326

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,013,732 · end of year $1,095,994

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Hope Shores Alliance is a community supported human service organization dedicated to assisting victims/survivors and their families in ending domestic and sexual violence and discrimination in their lives.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Hope Shores Alliance is a community supported human service organization dedicated to assisting victims/survivors and their families to end domestic, sexual violence & discrimination in their lives.

  • 4a. Domestic Violence: To ensure domestic violence primary and secondary victim support and advocacy services remain available and accessible. To enhance and sustain victim services through systems change and community coordinated response throughout the service area as well as state and national systems/social change opportunities focused on the dynamics and root causes of domestic violence. Hope Shores Alliance provided hotline help and support to 635 people, 3812 emergency shelter bed-nights, safe shelter to 99 survivors, 3416 instances of supportive advocacy and listening to 426 survivors, 351 instances to 158 survivors of legal advocacy and court accompaniment, 357 hours or counseling, and 33 instances of childrens activities and childcare.

    Expenses $1,414,379

  • Sexual Assault: To increase access and availability of primary and secondary victim immediate response as well as historical post-trauma advocacy and support through direct services, building and sustaining community coordinated capacity as well as local, state, and national social/systems change focused on the dynamics and root causes of sexual assault. The agency has two sexual assault response teams SART that provide 24/7/365 per year sexual assault advocacy through the collaborative SART team of prosecuting attorney, law enforcement and hospital staff on each team providing a trauma-informed response to rape victims. In fiscal year 2025 our advocates provided 30 SART calls with 37.25 hours of supportive advocacy for rape victims in emergency rooms.

    Expenses $448,026

  • Supportive Housing: To provide access to long-term safe, affordable housing for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and their dependent children. Additionally, the program provides advocacy, support and education focused on assisting victims in transitioning from homelessness to permanent housing through 24 months of transitional supportive housing assistance and support. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, Hope Shores Alliance provided transitional supportive housing to 16 adults and 38 children.

    Expenses $443,555

  • Prevention: To...The purpose of the DELTA AHEAD program is to decrease risk factors and increase protective factors related to intimate partner violence. Hope Shores Alliance, through the DELTA AHEAD program and in partnership with the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence will address: 1 Intimate partner violence, 2 Social determinants of health and 3 Health equity

    Expenses $105,273

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Valerie Williams

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $85,887
    From this org
    $85,887
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tammy Meredith

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sara Lane

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paige Gordier

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cynthia Muszynski JD

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bonnie Wirgau

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Theresa Sanford

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kailey O'Brien

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christina Dehring

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2024
Filed
12 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202600719349300725

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