Totals
- Total revenue
- $3,864,532
- Total expenses
- $4,155,381
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,928,893
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $1,072,313
- Investment income
- -$2,276
- Other revenue
- -$134,398
- Total assets, end of year
- $8,188,113
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $13,921,043
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- -$5,732,930
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $3,122,670
- Management and general expenses
- $852,095
- Fundraising expenses
- $180,616
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $3,122,670
Program services were 75.1% 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.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1c · Fundraising events
$414,918
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$107,370
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$2,406,605
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$35,120
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2a · Program service revenue: FEES
total $50,000 · related or exempt $50,000
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2b · Program service revenue: LAUNDRY & VENDING
total $17,988 · related or exempt $17,988
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2c · Program service revenue: RENTAL INCOME
total $1,004,325 · related or exempt $1,004,325
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3 · Investment income
total $0
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
other assets $3,400
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
other assets $5,676
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7c · Gain or loss
other assets -$2,276
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$2,276 · excluded -$2,276
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$53,970
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$414,918
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$189,253
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$135,283 · excluded -$135,283
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME
total $885 · related or exempt $885
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11e · Other revenue, total
$885
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $141,118 · program services $56,448 · management and general $35,279 · fundraising $49,391
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,295,862 · program services $671,904 · management and general $551,988 · fundraising $71,970
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $190,340 · program services $157,658 · management and general $22,337 · fundraising $10,345
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $54,700 · program services $45,682 · management and general $6,163 · fundraising $2,855
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $13,254 · program services $9,941 · management and general $3,313
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $263,915 · program services $197,936 · management and general $65,979
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $120,551 · program services $90,413 · management and general $30,138
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $49,632 · program services $49,632
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13 · Office expenses
total $47,692 · program services $42,923 · management and general $4,769
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14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $150,640 · program services $150,640
-
17 · Travel
total $0
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $38,868 · program services $15,547 · management and general $23,321
-
20 · Interest
total $374,961 · program services $374,961
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $268,313 · program services $268,313
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23 · Insurance
total $233,284 · program services $189,153 · management and general $21,017 · fundraising $23,114
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24a · Other expenses: amortization - ROU asset
total $211,741 · program services $211,741
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24b · Other expenses: UTILITIES/REFUSE REMOVAL
total $191,047 · program services $171,942 · management and general $19,105
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24c · Other expenses: SUBSIDY EXPENSE
total $134,536 · program services $134,536
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24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE
total $111,199 · program services $100,079 · management and general $11,120
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24e · All other expenses
total $263,728 · program services $183,221 · management and general $57,566 · fundraising $22,941
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $236,767 · end of year $367,246
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $136,525 · end of year $148,246
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $32,465 · end of year $99,037
-
4 · Accounts receivable
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
beginning of year $1,182,034 · end of year $1,182,034
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $53,688 · end of year $174,947
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$11,350,854
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$3,359,859
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $8,233,909 · end of year $7,990,995
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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 -$1,519,704 · end of year -$1,774,392
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $258,326 · end of year $114,636
-
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $10,349,650 · end of year $10,405,370
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $250,000 · end of year $480,000
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $2,696,470 · end of year $2,921,037
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year -$5,198,762 · end of year -$5,732,930
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
To solve family homelessness, one family, one community at a time.
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With increased emphasis on its workforce development, child welfare interventions and adult empowerment programs, Solutions for Change continued its decades long promise to operate its residential family recovery programs drugfree and accountability based. Due to an aggressive multibillion dollar expansion of the dependency-making Housing First approach, a systemwide set of policies that enable the once homeless to use illicit drugs, remain unemployed and refuse services while living in public funded housing, Solutions is now one of the last remaining homeless housing and service orgs that deliver results that end dependency. The decision to stand firm on its core values to solve the root causes of family homelessness resulted in the nonprofit making the decision to voluntarily return over $83 million in hard fought family housing resources. The decision was made after years of legal wrangling when it became evident that no federal, state, or local resources would help protect homeless parents and their children from the explosion of an enabled drug culture riddled with overdose, deaths and criminal impacts, all of which pointed back to Housing First. Although those losses greatly impacted the people and programs of Solutions for Change, the organization recommitted to a multiyear repurposing effort, free of government funding, that began in earnest in 2022. Called We Are One Us, the effort involves over 100 Solutions for Change graduates, called Overcomers, who have rallied around the nonprofit to advance its mission and vision of solving the root causes of family homelessness. With the Overcomers leading the way the question they are asking is: What if the answer to the homeless problem is staring us all in the face? What if the solution is the homeless themselves, engaged in a purposeful way and equipped and inspired into jobs that end dependency for others like them, through initiatives like what Solutions for Change builds and implements?
Expenses $3,122,670 · Revenue $1,072,313
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Chris MegisonCHRIS MEGISON
President & CEO
- Total calculated
- $141,118
- From this org
- $113,509
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $27,609
- Hours/week
- 40
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Jason VentetuoloJASON VENTETUOLO
VP COMMUNITY ENGAG
- Total calculated
- $100,000
- From this org
- $100,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Mike KennedyMIKE KENNEDY
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mark T Ealy CFP CPAMARK T EALY CFP CPA
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Chris ChenCHRIS CHEN
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Gloria FooteGLORIA FOOTE
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Leanne AbrahamLEANNE ABRAHAM
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jack LandersJACK LANDERS
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John ConradJOHN CONRAD
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bret SchanzenbachBRET SCHANZENBACH
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Steven OgusSTEVEN OGUS
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Toby WiikTOBY WIIK
Secretary
- 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.
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.
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SOLUTIONS FARMS LLC
JOB TRAINING, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, FARMING · CA · income $5,473
Directly controlled by SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE INC
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SOLUTIONS CHESTNUT LLC
HOUSING · CA · income $222,084 · assets $3,534,178
Directly controlled by SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE INC
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SOLUTIONS PARKVIEW LLC
HOUSING · CA
Directly controlled by SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE INC
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SOLUTIONS EV LLC
HOUSING · CA
Directly controlled by SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE INC
Related partnerships
Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.
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SOLUTIONS FAMILY CENTER LP
RELATED · REAL ESTATE · CA · 99% owned · share of income -$243,314 · share of assets $3,425,968 · general or managing partner
Directly controlled by SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE
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SOLUTIONS EAST VISTA WAY LP
RELATED · HOUSING · CA · 99.99% owned
Directly controlled by SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE
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PARKVIEW SAN MARCOS II LP
RELATED · HOUSING · CA · 0.001% owned · share of income -$5 · share of assets $21,812 · general or managing partner
Directly controlled by SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 14 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202523189349314902
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