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HOMEWARD BOUND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC

EIN 56-1568917 ASHEVILLE, NC

Largest nonprofits in North Carolina

Revenue 2023
$8,248,183
Expenses 2023
$9,089,103

Program services were 87.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
L41Z
Classification
1000
Street
201 TUNNEL RD

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 · 2023

Mission

HOMEWARD BOUND'S MISSION IS TO PREVENT AND END HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH PERMANENT HOUSING AND SUPPORT. OUR WORK IS BASED ON THREE BELIEFS OR VALUES: WE BELIEVE IN THE ABSOLUTE VALUE AND WORTH OF EVERY HUMAN BEING, WE BELIEVE THAT HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT, AND WE BELIEVE THAT HOMELESSNESS IS A SOLVABLE PROBLEM. WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE SINCE 2006, WE HAVE HOUSED MORE THAN 2,649 PEOPLE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WORKING WITH OTHERS TO END THE CYCLE OF HOMELESSNESS WITH HOUSING AND CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT.

  • HOMEWARD BOUND'S AHOPE DAY CENTER OFFERS AN ARRAY OF HUMAN DIGNITY SERVICES SUCH AS SHOWERS, LAUNDRY FACILITIES, COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS, MAIL SERVICES, LOCKERS FOR PERSONAL BELONGINGS, AND A MAILING ADDRESS FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. AHOPE ALSO SERVES AS THE GATEWAY TO THE LOCAL COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, WHICH FACILITATES EQUITABLE HOUSING PLACEMENTS BASED ON THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL. ADDITIONALLY, AHOPE PROVIDES CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, ONSITE AND THROUGH STREET OUTREACH, TO LINK INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WITH HOUSING RESOURCES, HEALTHCARE, EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE, AND OTHER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.

    Expenses $6,805,668 · Grants $2,825,455 · Revenue $778,333

  • HOMEWARD BOUND OPERATES SEVERAL SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS CALLED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING (INCLUDING SCATTERED SITE HOUSING WITH PRIVATE LANDLORDS, PUBLIC HOUSING, WOODFIN APARTMENTS, KEY COMMONS, AND, AS OF OCTOBER 2023, COMPASS POINT VILLAGE), RAPID REHOUSING AND SERVICES FOR VETERANS, (SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR VETERANS AND FAMILIES). EACH OF THESE HOUSING PROGRAMS ARE OPERATED USING A NATIONAL BEST PRACTICE MODEL CALLED HOUSING FIRST. PEOPLE ARE MOVED INTO HOUSING FIRST AND ARE THEN PROVIDED CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES TO HELP THEM REMAIN IN HOUSING THIS MODEL PROVIDES PEOPLE THE STABILITY THEY NEED IN HOUSING TO BE ABLE TO THEN WORK ON ANY ISSUES THEY MAY HAVE SUCH AS MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, OR PHYSICAL HEALTH.

    Expenses $1,116,178 · Grants $101,376

  • THE WELCOME HOME DONATION CENTER IS A PART OF HOMEWARD BOUND'S EFFORTS TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS TRANSITIONING OUT OF HOMELESSNESS WITH THE ESSENTIAL ITEMS NEEDED TO CREATE A STABLE HOME ENVIRONMENT. THE CENTER ACCEPTS DONATIONS OF FURNITURE, HOUSEHOLD GOODS, AND OTHER ITEMS NECESSARY FOR SETTING UP A NEW HOME. THESE DONATED FURNISHINGS ARE PHYSICALLY MOVED INTO THE NEW HOMES OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO HAVE SECURED HOUSING. THE WELCOME HOME DONATION CENTER, IN KEEPING WITH HOMEWARD BOUND'S LOWBARRIER SERVICES APPROACH, HELPS MAKE THE TRANSITION FROM HOMELESSNESS TO STABLE HOUSING LESS STRESSFUL AND MORE MANAGEABLE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED. IN FY23/24 WE MOVED 213 INDIVIDUALS INTO PERMANENT HOUSING AND/OR DELIVERED FURNISHINGS.

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Melissa Duong

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Jo Ikelheimer

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Isaac Rowles

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Jorge Redmond

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Barbara Wright

    PAST PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Rodrigo Afandor

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Amber Banks

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • David Hamilton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Claire Hubbard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Neely Neu

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Heather Norton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Shuchin Shukla

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Mayumi Steins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Wayne Swanton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Chris Youngblood

    BRD MBER THR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Kelly Pierce

    VICE PRES TH

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Susan Johnson

    INTERIM FIN

    Total calculated
    $80,167
    From this org
    $76,112
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,055
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tara Boestan-Smith

    FINANCE DIRE

    Total calculated
    $0
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,248,183
    Expenses
    $9,089,103
    Contributions
    $7,376,315
    Grants paid
    $2,926,831
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $9,777,620
    Expenses
    $7,964,972
    Contributions
    $9,669,664
    Grants paid
    $2,782,589

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
    $19,270,847
    Expenses
    $7,430,195
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,927,827
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,947,393
    Expenses
    $6,961,603
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,613,383
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,203,984
    Expenses
    $5,621,249
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,839,836
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,089,084
    Expenses
    $4,797,725
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,307,993
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,391,507
    Expenses
    $4,903,377
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,034,534
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,391,507
    Expenses
    $4,903,377
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,034,534
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,273,196
    Expenses
    $5,065,647
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,694,703
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,662,340
    Expenses
    $4,654,670
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,556,886
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,398,872
    Expenses
    $3,339,320
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,473,287
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,022,889
    Expenses
    $2,880,450
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,401,428

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2023 return

  • 201 TUNNEL ROAD LLC

    REAL ESTAT · NC · income $1,241,294 · assets $14,947,252

  • 296 SHORT MICHIGAN AVENUE LLC

    REAL ESTAT · NC · income $180,939 · assets $1,290,840

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.