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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by COLUMBUS HOUSE.

Totals

Total revenue
$15,830,197
Total expenses
$15,587,589
Contributions and grants received
$14,060,185
Grants paid
$227,309
Program service revenue
$1,324,996
Investment income
$55,726
Other revenue
$389,290
Total assets, end of year
$16,143,220
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,504,190
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$9,639,030
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,854,731
Management and general expenses
$2,392,742
Fundraising expenses
$340,116
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,854,731

Program services were 82.5% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $100,016

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $12,733,071

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,227,098

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $1,324,996 · related or exempt $1,324,996

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,490 · excluded $5,490

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $50,236

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $50,236

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $50,236 · excluded $50,236

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $100,016

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $29,647

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$29,647 · excluded -$29,647

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $418,937 · excluded $418,937

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $418,937

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $227,309 · program services $227,309

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $365,300 · program services $87,818 · management and general $215,417 · fundraising $62,065

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $7,311,059 · program services $5,947,004 · management and general $1,220,874 · fundraising $143,181

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $114,153 · program services $89,376 · management and general $21,612 · fundraising $3,165

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,562,952 · program services $1,226,432 · management and general $293,490 · fundraising $43,030

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $630,733 · program services $496,493 · management and general $117,294 · fundraising $16,946

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,677 · program services $5,373 · management and general $1,304

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $102,382 · program services $94,584 · management and general $2,106 · fundraising $5,692

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $290,795 · program services $236,057 · management and general $42,793 · fundraising $11,945

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $917,511 · program services $798,453 · management and general $114,417 · fundraising $4,641

  • 17 · Travel

    total $137,535 · program services $136,958 · fundraising $577

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $50,997 · program services $37,412 · management and general $12,986 · fundraising $599

  • 20 · Interest

    total $74,592 · program services $28,861 · management and general $38,527 · fundraising $7,204

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $506,891 · program services $481,193 · management and general $24,358 · fundraising $1,340

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $217,896 · program services $171,647 · management and general $44,953 · fundraising $1,296

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT HOUSING ASSISTAN

    total $2,089,324 · program services $2,061,066 · management and general $28,258

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONSULTANTS & CONTRACTU

    total $372,380 · program services $185,494 · management and general $172,629 · fundraising $14,257

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $371,508 · program services $328,624 · management and general $41,648 · fundraising $1,236

  • 24d · Other expenses: FOOD AND SUPPLIES

    total $136,076 · program services $136,076

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $101,519 · program services $78,501 · management and general $76 · fundraising $22,942

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,100,598 · end of year $1,299,173

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $31,976 · end of year $15,904

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,541,943 · end of year $1,643,587

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $262,704 · end of year $419,674

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $144,183 · end of year $153,031

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

    $17,985,071

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

    $6,135,434

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $12,253,398 · end of year $11,849,637

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $487,355 · end of year $560,688

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $17,908 · end of year $201,526

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $996,042 · end of year $1,054,089

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $568,037 · end of year $486,593

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,562,936 · end of year $1,488,091

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,316,628 · end of year $3,475,417

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,889,611 · end of year $9,003,789

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $506,811 · end of year $635,241

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

COLUMBUS HOUSE SERVES PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR AT IMMINENT RISK BY PROVIDING LIFE-SAVING OUTREACH, SHELTER, AND HOUSING AND BY FOSTERING THEIR PERSONAL GROWTH AND INDEPENDENCE. WE ADVOCATE FOR AND CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO END HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SERVE PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS, OR AT RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS, BY PROVIDING SHELTER AND BY FOSTERING THEIR PERSONAL GROWTH AND INDEPENDENCE.

  • SHELTER AND SERVICESCOLUMBUS HOUSE PROVIDES EMERGENCY SHELTER AND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN NEW HAVEN, WALLINGFORD AND MIDDLETOWN. IN NEW HAVEN, INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT IS PROVIDED TO 17 MEN IN RECOVERY AT RECOVERY HOUSE, WHILE AT THE MAIN SHELTER, 81 BEDS PROVIDE EMERGENCY SHELTER TO SINGLE ADULTS. DURING WINTER MONTHS, A SEASONAL SHELTER IS PROVIDED TO 40 MEN. COLUMBUS HOUSE ALSO PROVIDES SEASONAL WARMING CENTERS IN HAMDEN AND MIDDLETOWN, PROVIDING EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR UP TO 65 PEOPLE DURING THE COLDEST WINTER MONTHS. ALSO IN NEW HAVEN, COLUMBUS HOUSE OPERATES A MEDICAL RESPITE PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL("YNHH"). PATIENTS ARE REFERRED TO THIS 12 BED PROGRAM FOR RECUPERATIVE MEDICAL CARE FOLLOWING IN- PATIENT HOSPITALIZATION. CLIENTS STAY FOR UP TO 30 DAYS. A YNHH NURSE IS ON-SITE FOR 20 HOURS PER WEEK, WITH ADDITIONAL NURSING SERVICES PROVIDED EVENINGS AND ON WEEKENDS. A COLUMBUS HOUSE CASE MANAGER WORKS WITH THESE CLIENTS TO SECURE HOUSING ONCE DISCHARGED FROM THE PROGRAM.

    Expenses $4,192,590 · Grants $76,217 · Revenue $475,254

  • COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES - THROUGHOUT ALL PROGRAMS, COLUMBUS HOUSE PROVIDES CASE MANAGEMENT TO HELP PEOPLE OBTAIN OR MAINTAIN THEIR HOUSING. THESE INCLUDE HOUSING READINESS AND SEARCH SERVICES, REFERRAL TO MEDICAL AND BEHAVORIAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND TO BENEFIT ENTITLEMENTS, TRAINING IN DAILY LIVING SKILLS, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND OTHER SERVICES AS NEEDED. A REPRESENTATIVE PAYEE PROGRAM ASSISTS CLIENTS IN PAYING THEIR RENT AND BILLS SO THEY CAN MAINTAIN THEIR HOUSING. STAFF ARE TRAINED IN BEST PRACTICES OF HOUSING FIRST, HARM REDUCTION, MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING, PERSON CENTERED PLANNING AND TRAUMA INFORMED CARE. A SAMHSA FUNDED PROGRAM, FUNDED FOR 5 YEARS, INCLUDES FIVE STAFF WITH A FOCUS ON STREET OUTREACH, REFERRALS TO TREATMENT AND HOUSING FOR YOUNG ADULTS, ADULTS AND PEOPLE IN FAMILIES WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.VETERAN SPECIFIC SERVICES INCLUDE HARKNESS HOUSE, WHICH PROVIDES TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR VETERANS ALONG WITH CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES. IN ADDITION, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR VETERAN FAMILIES PROVIDES CASE MANAGEMENT, EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING AND BENEFITS SPECIALISTS FOR VETERANS WHO ARE HOMELESS OR AT RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS. THROUGH THESE AND OTHER PROGRAMS, COLUMBUS HOUSE SERVES MORE THAN 435 VETERANS ANNUALLY. THIS YEAR COMMUNITY SUPPORT INCLUDES A HUD FUNDED DEMONSTRATION PROJECT INTENDED TO SEEK OUT HOMELESS YOUTH AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE SUPPORT SERVICES THEY NEED TO GET AND MAINTAIN HOUSING.

    Expenses $3,327,501 · Grants $96,092 · Revenue $177,449

  • HOUSING SERVICES - IN 2022, COLUMBUS HOUSE HOUSED 425 PEOPLE IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, RAPID REHOUSING, SHARED HOUSING OR INDEPENDENT LIVING. CLOSE TO 400 OF THOSE HOUSED RECEIVED SUPPORT SERVICES FROM COLUMBUS HOUSE STAFF WHILE HOUSED. PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS PROVIDED FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE, MOST OFTEN CHRONICALLY HOMELESS ADULTS AND FAMILIES, AND INCLUDES HOUSING SUBSIDIES AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR AS LONG AS THE CLIENT NEEDS IT. RAPID REHOUSING INCLUDES SHORT TERM SUBSIDIES WITH A LIGHT TOUGH OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. SHARED HOUSING ENABLES THOSE WITHOUT SUBSIDIES TO POOL THEIR RESOURCES TO SHARE AN APARTMENT, EACH HOLDING A LEASE WITH THE LANDLORD. CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT IN ALL HOUSING PROGRAMS IS FOCUSED ON HELPING PEOPLE REMAIN HOUSED BY ATTENDING TO THE TERMS OF THEIR LEASE , WHILE AT THE SAME TIME HELPING CLIENTS TO INTEGRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY WITH REFERRALS TO MAINSTREAM SERVICES, REUNIFICATION WITH FAMILY, EMPLOYMENT AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AND OTHER COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.COLUMBUS HOUSE IS ALSO A HOUSING DEVELOPER. COMPLETED IN 2015, VAL MACRI WAS THE FIRST DEVELOPMENT THE ORGANIZATION OWNS AND MANAGES. THIS SMALL COMPLEX HAS 17 UNITS, HOUSING BOTH VERY LOW INCOME SINGLE ADULTS AND CHRONICALLY HOMELESS PEOPLE. IN 2020 RENOVATIONS ON SHEPHERD HOMES, A 32 UNIT BUILDING IN MIDDLETOWN, WERE COMPLETED. THIS DEVELOPMENT IS INTENDED FOR BOTH LOW AND VERY LOW INCOME AND CHRONICALLY HOMELESS ADULTS WITH A PREFERENCE FOR VETERANS. FINALLY, IN 2020, COLUMBUS HOUSE COMPLETED THE ACQUISITION OF FIVE PROPERTIES IN MIDDLETOWN FORMERLY OWNED BY THE NEHEMIAH CORPORATION. DUE TO THIS ACQUISITON, THESE BUILDINGS COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS CHI PETERSON, REPRESENT 27 UNITS, WHICH WILL REMAIN AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THIS COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $4,302,119 · Revenue $669,755

  • OUTREACH PROGRAMS - IN MANY COMMUNITIES ACROSS CT, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS WHO ARE LIVING ON THE STREETS, IN ENCAMPMENTS, IN ABANDONED BUILDINGS. COLUMBUS HOUSE STAFF PROVIDE STREET OUTREACH IN NEW HAVEN AND MIDDLETOWN TO WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO DO NOT OR CANNOT COME INTO THE SHELTERS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES. THE GOAL IS TO HELP MOVE PEOPLE INTO HOUSING BY PROVIDING REGULAR ENGAGEMENT AND, ULTIMATELY, CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDES A TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM THAT OFFERS FREE RIDES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS AND IN NEED OF GETTING TO AND FROM MEDICAL OR TREATMENT RELATED APPOINTMENTS, ANYWHERE IN THE STATE.

    Expenses $1,032,521 · Grants $55,000 · Revenue $2,538

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • MATT CAMMAROTA

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHEN ZIEGELMAYER

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN STACHNIEWICZ

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALLISON BATSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RABBI MICHAEL FARBMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TRACY VAN OSS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR KEITH CHURCHWELL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BEN LEDBETTER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LATOYA MCCREA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GREG BEHRMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID GOLDBLUM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WESTON ULBRICH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMY EPPLER-EPSTEIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADRIANA COPEMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSHUA WATKINS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SEAN PATRICK DUFFY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DARRIN DELLAVECCHIA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTINA ANN LINDSTROM

    BOARD MEMBER (THROUGH 01/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GREG DESTEFANO

    BOARD MEMBER (THROUGH 01/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR TED IHEANACHO

    BOARD MEMBER (THROUGH 01/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAITLIN BERHMAN

    BOARD MEMBER (THROUGH 01/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JIM BARRA

    BOARD MEMBER (THROUGH 01/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RUDY A ZIMMERMAN

    BOARD MEMBER (THROUGH 01/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EMILY AVERNA

    BOARD MEMBER (THROUGH 01/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATTHEW ARCHULETA

    BOARD MEMBER (THROUGH 01/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • YOOLA ADENJII

    BOARD MEMBER (THROUGH 01/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARGARET MIDDLETON

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $175,047
    From this org
    $140,729
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,318
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,729
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,833
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,485
    Filer's total
    $175,047

  • CYNTHIA FOX

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $106,652
    From this org
    $103,346
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,306
    Hours/week
    40

  • LILLA BRYAN-HEMMINGS

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $108,606
    From this org
    $88,618
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,988
    Hours/week
    40

  • HEBE KUDISCH

    CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $132,037
    From this org
    $108,234
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,803
    Hours/week
    40

  • SYLVIANA LOPEZ

    CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $127,515
    From this org
    $106,681
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,834
    Hours/week
    40

  • JOHN BROOKS

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $119,977
    From this org
    $116,380
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,597
    Hours/week
    40

  • CARL RODENHIZER

    CHIEF OF REAL ESTATE DEVEL

    Total calculated
    $127,332
    From this org
    $103,721
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,611
    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. 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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE CEO'S COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITEE (BOARD).

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

  • CT VETERANS LEGAL CENTER

    $58,834

    PROVIDES FREE LEGAL SERVICES TO VETERAN FAMILIES.

  • UNITED WAY

    $56,550

    PROVIDES SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATIONS TO CREATE SOLUTIONS TO PRESSING CHALLENGES

  • THE CONNECTION INC

    $47,258

    PROVIDES EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES FOR YOUTH.

  • BH CARE

    $45,000

    EXPERTISE IN WORKING WITH HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN NH REGARDING PTI

  • ST VINCENT DE PAUL

    $19,667

    PROVIDES FOOD, SHELTER AND BASIC HUMAN SERVICES TO POOR AND HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS

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.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • CH SUPPORTIVE HOUSING-1 LLC

    DEVELOP AND MANAGE HOUSING FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN CONNECTICUT · CT · income $219,376 · assets $2,799,984

    Directly controlled by COLUMBUS HOUSE INC

  • CHI-PETERSON LLC

    DEVELOP AND MANAGE HOUSING FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN CONNECTICUT · CT · income $374,064 · assets $1,600,114

    Directly controlled by COLUMBUS HOUSE INC

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
7 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202411289349303551

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