Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$16,886,029

Total expenses

$17,099,373

Contributions and grants received

$15,017,403

Grants paid

$268,236

Program service revenue

$1,481,618

Investment income

$76,743

Other revenue

$310,265

Total assets, end of year

$17,081,213

Total liabilities, end of year

$7,983,655

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$9,097,558

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$13,958,248

Management and general expenses

$2,741,548

Fundraising expenses

$399,577

Program service expenses (Part III)

$13,958,248

Program services were 81.6% 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 · 2024

• HOUSING SERVICES - IN 2024, AND 2025 RESPECTIVELY, COLUMBUS HOUSE PROVIDES HOUSING SERVICES TO OVER 920 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, RAPID REHOUSING, SHARED HOUSING OR INDEPENDENT LIVING. 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 TOUCH 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 ACQUISITION, THESE BUILDINGS COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS CHI PETERSON REPRESENT 27 UNITS, WHICH WILL REMAIN AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THIS COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $5,338,476 · Grants $144,000 · Revenue $810,099

• SHELTER AND SERVICES COLUMBUSHOUSE 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 INDIVIDUALS IN THE FAMILY TRIAGE PROGRAM. COLUMBUS HOUSE ALSO PROVIDES SEASONAL WARMING CENTERS IN HAMDEN AND MIDDLETOWN, PROVIDING EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR UP TO 35 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 $4,040,850 · Grants $16,632 · Revenue $494,410

• 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 BEHAVIORAL 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, RISK REDUCTION TECHNIQUES, MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING, PERSON CENTERED PLANNING AND TRAUMA INFORMED CARE. A SAMHSA FUNDED PROGRAM, FUNDED FOR 5 YEARS, INCLUDES FOUR 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 400 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 $3,771,409 · Grants $52,981 · Revenue $174,661

• 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 $807,513 · Grants $54,623 · Revenue $2,448

As filed on the 2024 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

• CT VETERANS LEGAL CENTER

  $62,604

  PROVIDES FREE LEGAL SERVICES TO VETERAN FAMILIES.

• UNITED WAY

  $60,000

  PROVIDES SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATIONS TO CREATE SOLUTIONS TO PRESSING CHALLENGES

• ST VINCENT DE PAUL

  $54,775

  PROVIDE STREET CANVASING, OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

• NEW OPPORTUNITIES INC

  $45,857

  PROVIDE HOMELESS TO HOUSING SERVICE ACTIVITIES

• BH CARE

  $45,000

  OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT AND EMERGENCY CASE MANAGEMENT TO VULNERABLE HOMELESS ADULTS.

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

2024

Filed

8 April 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202631049349301213

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