CASS HOUSING INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

L19

Classification

1000

Street

426 CONSTANCE AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

• FOR MANY PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, MOVING OUT OF THE FAMILY HOME IS THE GREATEST HURDLE THEY WILL EVER FACE AS THEY ARE MOVING AWAY FROM THE SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIVES. CASS BELIEVES THAT HOUSING OPTIONS MUST BE MATCHED WITH THE CORRECT SUPPORT TO MAKE THE TRANSITION OUT OF THE FAMILY HOME POSSIBLE. HOUSING AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ARE TWO VASTLY DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES. HOWEVER, THEY MUST WORK IN TANDEM TO HELP MAKE THE TRANSITION SUCCESSFUL. THE HOME ITSELF MUST BE CREATED AND/OR ADAPTED TO THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE HOME. WHILE THIS PHYSICAL SPACE IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE PUZZLE, IT IS ONLY THE BEGINNING. THE NEW SUPPORT SYSTEM MUST ALSO BE CUSTOMIZED TO MEET NOT ONLY THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF THE PERSON, BUT THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE FAMILY AS WELL. CASS IS DESIGNED TO OFFER DIFFERENT HOUSING MODELS WITH VARYING LEVELS OF SUPPORT FOR THE RESIDENTS. A STEWARD LIVES ON-SITE TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT, DEPENDING ON THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS. CASS IS UNIQUE IN THAT THE CORE MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES CHOOSE THEIR HOME, THEIR HOUSEMATES, AND THEIR SUPPORT STAFF. EXISTING PROGRAMS RANDOMLY ASSIGN RESIDENTS TO LIVE IN A GROUP HOME WHERE THEY MAY NOT KNOW THE OTHER RESIDENTS. OUR PROGRAM PROVIDES CORE MEMBERS THE ABILITY TO LIVE WITH FRIENDS WITH WHOM THEY SHARE INTERESTS AND COMPATIBILITY. HOME GROUPS CONSIST OF THREE COMPATIBLE CORE MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN VETTED FOR A CASS HOME. CASS BUILDS OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES TO LAUNCH THEIR LOVED ONES INTO INDEPENDENCE WHILE PROVIDING SOLUTIONS THAT ADDRESS THE FAMILIES' CONCERNS OF SAFETY, AFFORDABILITY, RELATIONSHIPS, AND LIFE SKILLS. WE FOCUS ON CREATING A PATHWAY FOR FAMILIES AND CORE MEMBERS TO TRANSITION INTO OUR HOUSING PROGRAM THROUGH: "ACTIVITIES AND MATCH MAKING EVENTS TO HELP TO CONTINUE TO CREATE A COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN THE PROGRAM. ALL FAMILIES ON OUR WAIT LIST ARE INVITED TO THESE EVENTS. "WORKING ONE ON ONE WITH INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THE TRANSITION INTO THEIR NEW HOME. "PROVIDING ONGOING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS TO DEVELOP MORE INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS (MONEY MANAGEMENT, HEALTHY EATING, HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND VOCATIONAL SKILLS). THIS ADDRESSES SOME OF THE MISSING SKILL SETS IN CORE MEMBERS AS THEY LIVE ON THEIR OWN FOR THE FIRST TIME. AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2025, WE HAVE 18 INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN CASS INDEPENDENT HOUSES. OUR MOST RECENT INDEPENDENT LIVING HOME WAS OPENED IN 2024 TO HOUSE THREE ADDITIONAL CORE MEMBERS. WE ARE WORKING WITH APPROXIMATELY 100 FAMILIES TO SUPPORT SKILL BUILDING AND MATCH MAKING OPPORTUNITIES WHILE WORKING TOWARDS LONG-TERM LIVING SOLUTIONS FOR THEIR LOVED ONES. CASS IS THE ONLY PROGRAM OF ITS KIND OPERATING IN ALLEN COUNTY SERVING ADULTS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL AND/OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY WITH LONG TERM HOUSING AND LIVING SOLUTIONS. OUR CORE MEMBERS ARE LEARNING TO LIVE IN A WHOLE NEW WAY THAT BRINGS THEM JOY, BRINGS THEIR FAMILY A SENSE OF LONG- TERM SECURITY, AND GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEIR FUTURE THEIR OWN.

  Expenses $524,930

• RENTAL EXPENSE

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $641,253

  Expenses

  $770,513

  Contributions

  $483,502

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $790,276

  Expenses

  $647,394

  Contributions

  $561,997

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $884,924

  Expenses

  $586,564

  Contributions

  $763,538

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,327,483

  Expenses

  $601,990

  Contributions

  $2,266,234

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $568,950

  Expenses

  $796,642

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,915,174

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,088,665

  Expenses

  $295,704

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,038,923

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $628,237

  Expenses

  $269,622

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,220,013

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2016

Tax period

1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016

Principal officer

John Whitcraft

Mailing address

111 W Berry Street Suite 211Fort Wayne IN 46802

Website

casshousing.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• AWS FOUNDATION INC

  $100,000

  2024 · Operating

• AWS FOUNDATION INC

  $45,000

  2023 · PROGRAMMING

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC

  $14,100

  2025 · CHARITABLE SUPPORT

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC

  $13,000

  2022 · CHARITABLE SUPPORT

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC

  $12,000

  2023 · CHARITABLE SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $10,000

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• CHARLIE TIPPMANN FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TR

  $10,000

  2024 · GENERAL OPERATING

• INDIANA AFFORDABLE HOUSING COUNCIL INC

  $10,000

  2023 · TO ASSIST THE ORGANIZATION TO CREATE INNOVATIVE AND SAFE HOUSING WITH SUPPORT THAT EMPOWERS INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES TO MAXIMIZE THEIR POTENTIAL AND GROW IN THEIR INDEPENDENCE.

• CHARLIE TIPPMANN FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TR

  $10,000

  2022 · GENERAL OPERATING

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $10,000

  2023 · HUMAN SERVICES

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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