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HOMEFRONT INC

EIN 22-3165145 LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ

Largest nonprofits in New Jersey

Revenue 2024
$20,061,478
Expenses 2024
$20,507,754

Program services were 89.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B94Z
Classification
1000
Street
1880 PRINCETON AVENUE

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

HOMEFRONT'S MISSION IS TO END HOMELESSNESS IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY BY HARNESSING THE CARING, RESOURCES, AND EXPERTISE OF THE COMMUNITY. WE LESSEN THE IMMEDIATE PAIN OF HOMELESSNESS AND HELP FAMILIES BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT. WE WORK TO GIVE OUR CLIENTS THE SKILLS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ENSURE ADEQUATE INCOMES, AND WE WORK TO INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF ADEQUATE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE HELP HOMELESS FAMILIES ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY.

  • HOUSING SERVICESHOMEFRONT BELIEVES THAT FAMILIES DESERVE SAFE, SECURE HOUSING. ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT, HOMEFRONT PROVIDES SHELTER TO APPROXIMATELY 475 INDIVIDUALS, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE CHILDREN, THROUGH:- EMERGENCY SHELTER (FAMILY PRESERVATION CENTER AT OUR FAMILY CAMPUS)- TRANSITIONAL LIVING (LONG TERM EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR FAMILIES FACING MORE SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS)- PERMANENT, AFFORDABLE, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING (THROUGHOUT MERCER COUNTY)- HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION (EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE, LOCATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND HELP WITH SECURITY DEPOSITS AND FIRST MONTH'S RENT)

    Expenses $9,401,303 · Grants $111,101 · Revenue $320,815

  • BASIC NEEDSHOMEFRONT BELIEVES THAT FAMILIES NEED BASIC NECESSITIES TO LIVE A LIFE WITH DIGNITY. FACED WITH LIMITED RESOURCES AND A FOCUS ON SURVIVING, THE FAMILIES WE SERVE DO NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO GET BASIC NECESSITIES. WE PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES TO THOUSANDS OF HOUSEHOLDS A YEAR, THROUGH OUR RESOURCE NETWORK: - FURNISH THE FUTURE (PROVIDING FURNITURE TO FAMILIES FACING HARDSHIP)- FREESTORE (WHERE FAMILIES CAN SHOP FOR CLOTHING AND SMALL DONATED GOODS) - FOOD PANTRIES (INCLUDING A MAIN CHOICE FOOD MARKET WHERE FAMILIES CAN SHOP FOR THE ITEMS THEY WANT)- DRIVE HOME (DONATIONS OF CARS)- DIAPER RESOURCE CENTER (PROVIDING FAMILIES WITH MILLIONS OF DIAPERS AND WIPES ANNUALLY)- PRO BONO DONATIONS OF TIME AND EXPERTISE

    Expenses $5,966,772 · Grants $4,199,113 · Revenue $1,854,126

  • CHILDREN'S PROGRAMSWE BELIEVE THAT CHILDREN NURTURED BY LOVE AND SUPPORT WILL GROW ON A PATH TO REALIZING LIFE'S POSSIBILITIES. HOMEFRONT BEGAN BECAUSE OF HUNGRY, HOMELESS CHILDREN AND CHILDREN HAVE REMAINED AT THE HEART OF OUR WORK EVER SINCE. FROM INTENSIVE SERVICES AT OUR EMERGENCY SHELTER TO AN AWARD-WINNING PRESCHOOL TO YEAR-ROUND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMMING AND MORE, WE WRAP THESE CHILDREN IN THE SUPPORT THEY NEED NOW, PROVIDE HOPE FOR A BETTER TOMORROW AND OPEN THEIR WORLDS TO THE POSSIBILITIES THAT AWAIT THEM:- JOY, HOPES AND DREAMS (MINIMUM SIX DAYS A WEEK PROGRAMMING FOR SCHOOL-AGED, SITES THROUGHOUT MERCER COUNTY)- ATKINSON CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER AT FAMILY CAMPUS FOR INFANTS TO TODDLERS- CHILDREN'S CHAMPION (INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT AT THE FAMILY PRESERVATION CENTER)- EIGHT-WEEK SUMMER CAMP - BACK-TO-SCHOOL AND HOLIDAY WISHES DRIVES

    Expenses $2,185,968 · Grants $620,034 · Revenue $366,538

  • TOOLS FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCYHOMEFRONT BELIEVES THAT WITH THE RIGHT TOOLS, ALL FAMILIES CAN SUCCEED. FOR FAMILIES TO BECOMEAND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, REMAINSTABLE, THEY NEED THE TOOLS, SKILLS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO KEEP THEM ON TRACK AND BUILD SELF-SUFFICIENCY. LIFE SKILLS ARE INTERWOVEN THROUGHOUT ALL THAT WE DO, BUT WE ALSO HAVE FORMAL PROGRAMMING FOR: - EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT (HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY TUTORING/TESTING)- JOB TRAINING (JOB TRAINING, JOB PLACEMENT, AND CAREER CERTIFICATION PROGRAMMING)PERSONAL WELLNESSWE BELIEVE THAT PERSONAL WELLNESS WHETHER PHYSICAL, MENTAL, OR EMOTIONAL IS CRITICAL TO ENSURING THRIVING FAMILIES. HOMEFRONT STRIVES TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY TO HEALTH SERVICES, BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL, TO ENHANCE THE WELL-BEING OF FAMILIES AND CHILDREN. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALING AND GROWTH THROUGH ART. - FORMAL LIFE SKILLS (TEACHING KITCHEN, HEALTH AND WELLNESS EDUCATION, PARENTING WORKSHOPS, ETC.)- LIFE ENHANCEMENT (THERAPEUTIC ART AND SEWING, MUSIC, PERFORMING ARTS, YOGA, ETC.)CHILDREN ONCE UNDER HOMEFRONT'S CARE ARE NOW LEADERS IN THEIR CLASSROOMS, PROFESSIONALS IN HEALTHCARE AND BUSINESS, AND INDEPENDENT ADULTS PURSUING THEIR DREAMS. PARENTS, WITH A LITTLE HELP IN TOUGH TIMES, BUILT SUSTAINING CAREERS AND SECURED HOMES OF THEIR OWN. AS THE COST OF LIVING CONTINUES TO RISE, HOMEFRONT REMAINS COMMITTED TO MEETING THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF FAMILIES UNTIL EVERY INDIVIDUAL POSSESSES THE TOOLS AND HAS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESS.

    Expenses $707,025 · Grants $58,168 · Revenue $60,962

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Sarah Steward

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $217,664
    From this org
    $199,972
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,692
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,972
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,999
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,693
    Filer's total
    $217,664

  • Constance Mercer-Myers

    FOUNDER AND FORMER CEO

    Total calculated
    $207,333
    From this org
    $190,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,333
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,633
    Filer's total
    $207,333

  • Meghan Cubano

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $157,323
    From this org
    $126,984
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,339
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,984
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,810
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,529
    Filer's total
    $157,323

  • Barbara Paskell

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $156,559
    From this org
    $134,638
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,921
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,638
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,039
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,882
    Filer's total
    $156,559

  • Beverly Gandolfo

    CONTROLLER (THRU MARCH 2025)

    Total calculated
    $148,325
    From this org
    $118,453
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,872
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ruth Vazquez

    CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $140,839
    From this org
    $121,396
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,443
    Hours/week
    40

  • Marvin T Pannell

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $139,793
    From this org
    $126,198
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,595
    Hours/week
    40

  • Celia Murphree Bernstein

    HOUSING DEVELOPER

    Total calculated
    $127,868
    From this org
    $101,258
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,610
    Hours/week
    40

  • Claudia Franco Kelly

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Michael Van Wagner

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • John D Rogers

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Peter H Shriver

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Patrice Coleman-Boatwright

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Eaton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jacquelines Jones

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sangita Karra

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charles Richman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Greg Samios

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelly Simone

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anne Vanlent

    TRUSTEE

    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. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $20,061,478
    Expenses
    $20,507,754
    Contributions
    $16,906,657
    Grants paid
    $4,988,415
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $20,233,880
    Expenses
    $21,509,225
    Contributions
    $16,475,932
    Grants paid
    $6,912,902
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $20,265,105
    Expenses
    $19,781,885
    Contributions
    $16,928,774
    Grants paid
    $6,886,153

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
    $19,206,862
    Expenses
    $16,434,132
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,702,682

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,972,096
    Expenses
    $12,538,675
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,924,058

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,812,873
    Expenses
    $12,937,814
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,465,225

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,553,967
    Expenses
    $12,153,856
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,065,739

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,593,676
    Expenses
    $11,662,792
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,274,440

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,393,771
    Expenses
    $9,894,579
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,201,684

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,405,714
    Expenses
    $9,597,495
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,639,676

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,700,770
    Expenses
    $8,003,290
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,616,976

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,546,973
    Expenses
    $8,387,892
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,122,817

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $8,290,513
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,682,856

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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.