Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,721,094

Total expenses

$1,684,433

Contributions and grants received

$1,598,822

Grants paid

$546,341

Program service revenue

$117,835

Investment income

$4,094

Other revenue

$343

Total assets, end of year

$791,856

Total liabilities, end of year

$150,693

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$641,163

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,601,600

Management and general expenses

$82,168

Fundraising expenses

$665

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,601,600

Program services were 95.1% 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 · 2022

• TRANSITIONAL HOUSING - THE LOUISON HOUSE PROVIDES A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING SHELTER THAT HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 1990. AS A CONGREGATE LIVING SHELTER, LOUISON HOUSE CAN HOUSE BOTH FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS FOR UP TO TWO YEARS BUT AIMS TO GET PEOPLE OUT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE AVERAGE STAY AT OUR SHELTER HAS INCREASED TO 5-6 MONTHS DUE TO HIGHER RENTS AND LONGER WAIT LISTS IN OUR AREA. ENTRANCE TO THE SHELTER IS PRIORITIZED ACCORDING TO FEDERAL HUD GUIDELINES: BY LEVEL OF HOMELESSNESS (LENGTH, ETC.), WEIGHTED BY OTHER FEDERAL PRIORITIES (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SAFETY, DISABILITIES, ETC.). ALL RESIDENTS WORK ON AN INDIVIDUAL SERVICE PLAN WITH STAFF WITH THE MAJOR GOAL OF OVERCOMING ANY BARRIERS THEY MAY HAVE TO SUCCESSFULLY OBTAIN HOUSING. A RANGE OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ARE OFFERED, INCLUDING CASE MANAGEMENT, BUDGET/FINANCIAL COUNSELING, EDUCATION/CAREER PLANNING, JOB/HOUSING SEARCH ASSISTANCE AND LIFE-SKILLS TRAINING. THE PURPOSE OF THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM IS TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS OBTAIN AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH THE INCOME NECESSARY TO AT LEAST MEET THEIR BASIC LIVING NEEDS AND TO ASSIST THEM TO REACH THEIR PERSONAL GOALS. MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS SECURE PERMANENT HOUSING UPON EXIT AND EITHER MAINTAIN OR INCREASE THEIR INCOME BY THE TIME THEY LEAVE OUR HOUSING.

  Expenses $840,015 · Grants $546,341 · Revenue $2,750

• PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING - THE PSH PROGRAM HOUSES FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS THAT FIT THE FEDERAL HUD STANDARDS FOR CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS. LOUISON HOUSE HAS 6 INDIVIDUALS AND 3 FAMILIES IN SCATTER SITE LEASED APARTMENTS THAT ARE SUBSIDIZED THROUGH LOUISON HOUSE. PEOPLE IN THIS PROGRAM CAN STAY IN THEIR UNIT FOR AS LONG AS IS NEEDED TO ENSURE THEIR LATER HOUSING SUCCESS. TO SUPPORT OUR CLIENTS PROGRESS, LOUISON HOUSE STAFF PROVIDE BUDGETING AND OTHER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO HELP MEET THE NEEDS AND INDIVIDUAL GOALS OF EACH PERSON, IN ADDITION TO DEVELOPING SERVICE PLANS FOR HOUSING SUCCESS.

  Expenses $307,694 · Revenue $29,941

• PREVENTATIVE OUTREACH SUPPORT - PREVENTATIVE OUTREACH SUPPORT AIMS TO HELP PEOPLE SECURE HOUSING BEFORE REACHING HOMELESSNESS. ADDITIONALLY, OUTREACH TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEFT LOUISON HOUSES PROGRAMS CAN HELP THEM RETAIN THEIR HOUSING. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES SUPPORTIVE INFORMATION AND REFERRALS TO AREA RESOURCES TO HELP PREVENT SHELTER HOUSING. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE - EMERGENCY BEDS ASSISTANCE, ESPECIALLY DURING WINTER MONTHS, PROVIDES HELP TO SECURE EMERGENCY HOUSING THROUGH REFERRALS AND PLACEMENT. FOOD ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED TO HELP PEOPLE IN CRISIS TO SECURE FOOD UNTIL THEY CAN ACCESS LOCAL FOOD RESOURCES. THIS IS OFFERED ON LIMITED BASIS TO LOUISON HOUSE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.

  Expenses $371,364

• REPRESENTATIVE PAYEE PROGRAM - THE REPRESENTATIVE-PAYEE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO HELP SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS WHO ARE REQUIRED BY THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (SSA) TO HAVE A PAYEE MANAGE THEIR FINANCES. LOUISON HOUSE, INC. HAS ONE STAFF PERSON ASSIGNED AS A REP-PAYEE TO WORK PART-TIME WITH THESE CLIENTS ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. THE REPRESENTATIVE PAYEE RECEIVES THE SSI/SSDI BENEFITS FOR ENROLLED CLIENTS AND WORKS WITH THE CLIENTS TO PRIORITIZE AND PAY FOR THE CURRENT AND FORESEEABLE NEEDS OF THE BENEFICIARY. MOVE FORWARD - MOVE FORWARD IS CENTERED ON THE PARTICIPANTS GOALS TO MOVE FORWARD AND INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WORKING WITH LOUISON HOUSE STAFF, PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS ENGAGE IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL PLANNING, AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL OR LIFE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN AND RETAIN HOUSING. BNS INITIATIVE - THE BNS INITIATIVE PROVIDES BASIC NEEDS FOR FOOD AND SHELTER TO THOSE HOUSEHOLDS MOVING INTO NEW APARTMENT HOUSING. TO LIVE SAFELY AND COMFORTABLY IN A NEW APARTMENT, PEOPLE NEED FURNITURE, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, SUPPLIES AND FOOD. LOUISON HOUSE WORKS HARD TO PROVIDE FOR BASIC NEEDS BY COORDINATING DONATIONS (FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS), OFTEN ALSO OFFERING PICKUP SERVICES FOR THE DONATIONS. BASIC SUPPLIES SUCH AS KITCHEN TOOLS, CLEANERS, PAPER GOODS, ETC., ARE PURCHASED AND DISTRIBUTED, ALONG WITH FOOD IN A WELCOME BASKET TO THE NEW APARTMENT RESIDENTS. WHEN AVAILABLE, FUNDS ARE UTILIZED FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MOVING THE HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND POSSESSIONS AND/OR RENT DEPOSITS ON THE NEW HOUSING. THE BNS INITIATIVE SUPPORTS SUCCESSFUL HOUSING BY LOWERING INITIAL COSTS AND ENABLING RESIDENTS TO CONCENTRATE THEIR FUNDS ON RENT AND OTHER ESSENTIAL COSTS.

  Expenses $82,527 · Revenue $85,144

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

• LOUISON PROPERTIES INC

  $546,341

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.

• LOUISON PROPERTIES INC

  501C · NON-PROFIT · MA

  Directly controlled by NA

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

15 August 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202442289349300129

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