Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,324,509

Total expenses

$2,127,061

Contributions and grants received

$982,333

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$342,176

Total assets, end of year

$4,926,198

Total liabilities, end of year

$8,303,025

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

-$3,376,827

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,936,329

Management and general expenses

$190,732

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,936,329

Program services were 91.0% 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

• THE HOUSING WORKS USED BOOK CAFE, INC. SELLS DONATED USED BOOKS (IN STORE AND ONLINE) AND OPERATES A THRIVING CAFE. THE BOOKSTORE CAFE IS A HUB FOR NEW YORK'S DOWNTOWN LITERARY AND ARTS SCENE, HOSTING MORE THAN 100 READINGS, PANELS AND CONCERTS ANNUALLY. BJORK, JOHN MELLENCAMP AND JOHN MAYER ARE AMONG THE CELEBRATED MUSICIANS WHO HAVE PERFORMED THERE. THE USED BOOK CAFE IS ALSO A POPULAR EVENT SPACE AVAILABLE FOR WEDDINGS AND SPECIAL EVENTS. FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2024, THE BOOKSTORE RECEIVED $789,692 IN DONATED MERCHANDISE WHICH IS REPORTED ON PART VIII, LINE 1(G) AND HAS NO GIFTS-IN-KIND EXPENSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GAAP. THE BOOKSTORE IS STAFFED ALMOST ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 100% OF THE BOOKSTORE'S PROFITS ARE REMITTED TO ITS PARENT ORGANIZATION, HOUSING WORKS, INC.

  Expenses $1,936,329 · Revenue $37,245

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

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.

• BAILEY HOLT HOUSE HDFC

  501(C)(3) · HOUSING · NY

  Directly controlled by BH

• BAILEY HOUSE INC

  501(C)(3) · HOUSING · NY

  Directly controlled by HWI

• HIV LAW PROJECT INC

  501(C)(3) · LEGAL SERVICES · NY

  Directly controlled by HWI

• HOUSING WORKS BROOKLYN HDFC

  501(C)(3) · HOUSING · NY

  Directly controlled by HWI

• HOUSING WORKS CLAREMONT HDFC

  501(C)(3) · HOUSING · NY

  Directly controlled by HWI

• HOUSING WORKS DEVELOPMENT FUND INC

  501(C)(3) · HOUSING · NY

  Directly controlled by HWI

• HOUSING WORKS ENY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND INC

  501(C)(3) · HOUSING · NY

  Directly controlled by HWI

• HOUSING WORKS FOOD SERVICES INC

  501(C)(3) · FOOD SERVICE · NY

  Directly controlled by HWI

• HOUSING WORKS HARLEM HDFC

  501(C)(3) · HOUSING · NY

  Directly controlled by HWI

• HOUSING WORKS HEALTH SERVICES II INC

  501(C)(3) · HOMELESS AID · NY

  Directly controlled by HWI

• HOUSING WORKS HEALTH SERVICES III INC

  501(C)(3) · HOMELESS AID · NY

  Directly controlled by HWI

• HOUSING WORKS HEALTH SERVICES INC

  501(C)(3) · HOMELESS AID · NY

  Directly controlled by HWI

• HOUSING WORKS HULL INC

  501(C)(3) · HOUSING · NY

  Directly controlled by HWI

• HOUSING WORKS INC

  501(C)(3) · HOMELESS AID · NY

• HOUSING WORKS JEFFERSON AVE HDFC

  501(C)(3) · HOUSING · NY

  Directly controlled by HWI

• HOUSING WORKS LEXINGTON HDFC

  501(C)(3) · HOUSING · NY

  Directly controlled by HWI

• HOUSING WORKS LYMAN PROJECT HDFC

  501(C)(3) · HOUSING · NY

  Directly controlled by HWI

• HOUSING WORKS PITKIN AVENUE HDFC

  501(C)(3) · HOUSING · NY

  Directly controlled by HWI

• HOUSING WORKS THRIFT SHOP INC

  501(C)(3) · THRIFT SHOP · NY

  Directly controlled by HWI

• INTERCAMBIOS PUERTO RICO INC

  501(C)(3) · HOMELESS AID · PR

  Directly controlled by HWI

• POSITIVE HEALTH PROJECT

  501(C)(3) · HEALTHCARE · NY

  Directly controlled by HWI

• HOUSING WORKS CANNABIS

  501(C)(3) · HEALTHCARE · NY

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

15 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202521349349300212

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