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ROOF ABOVE INC

EIN 56-1837620 CHARLOTTE, NC

Revenue 2023
$23,952,437
Expenses 2023
$28,619,882

Program services were 87.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A23Z
Classification
1000
Street
945 N COLLEGE ST

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

ROOF ABOVE, INC. IS AN INTERFAITH, NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO UNITE THE COMMUNITY TO END HOMELESSNESS, ONE LIFE AT A TIME. WE DO SO BY PROVIDING AN ARRAY OF HOMELESS SERVICES AND HOUSING SERVICES IN THE CHARLOTTE METRO REGION. IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, ROOF ABOVE HELPED MOVE 466 INDIVIDUALS FROM HOMELESSNESS TO HOUSING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ROOF ABOVE, INC. IS AN INTERFAITH, NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO UNITE THE COMMUNITY TO END HOMELESSNESS, ONE LIFE AT A TIME. WE DO SO BY PROVIDING AN ARRAY OF HOMELESS SERVICES AND HOUSING SERVICES IN THE CHARLOTTE METRO REGION.

  • HOMELESS TO HOMES PROGRAM - THROUGH THIS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM, ROOF ABOVE CONNECTS CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WITH A RENT SUBSIDY, WHICH IS USED IN THE PRIVATE MARKET. THE ROOF ABOVE SCATTERED-SITE TEAM PROVIDES SUPPORTIVE SERVICES WITHIN THE HOME OF TENANTS IN THIS PROGRAM. MOORE PLACE - MOORE PLACE IS A 120-UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING, OWNED BY ROOF ABOVE THAT PROVIDES SINGLE-ROOM OCCUPANCY, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CHRONICALLY HOMELESS.HOUSING FIRST CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG PROGRAM - THIS IS A SCATTERED-SITE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MECKLENBURG COUNTY THAT PROVIDES HOUSING FOR 80 PEOPLE COMING OUT OF CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS. SHARED REHOUSING - ROOF ABOVE PROVIDES SHORT-TERM RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO HOUSEHOLDS MOVING OUT OF HOMELESSNESS. SERVICES CAN LAST AS SHORT AS ONE MONTH OR AS LONG AS 24 MONTHS. THESE SERVICES ARE LARGELY TARGETED TOWARDS HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENCING SITUATIONAL HOMELESSNESS.SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAM WITH HOUSING ("SABER") - THE SABER TREATMENT PROGRAM COMBINES INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT AND GROUP THERAPY WITH TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.HILLROCK ESTATES - ROOF ABOVE IS THE OWNER OF THIS 341-UNIT APARTMENT COMMUNITY. UPON PURCHASING THE APARTMENT COMMUNITY, ALL UNITS WERE DEED-RESTRICTED FOR 25+ YEARS AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ROOF ABOVE SETS ASIDE 75 UNITS FOR INDIVIDUALS COMING OUT OF CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS, WHO WILL PAY 30% OF THEIR INCOME TOWARDS RENT. FOR THESE 75 UNITS, CASE MANAGEMENT AND NURSING CARE IS PROVIDED ON-SITE AND WITHIN PEOPLE'S HOMES.SECU THE RISE ON CLANTON - ROOF ABOVE OWNS AND OPERATES THIS 88-UNIT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE COMING OUT OF CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS. THE SITE WAS PREVIOUSLY A HOTEL CONVERTED INTO SINGLE-ROOM OCCUPANCY APARTMENTS.

    Expenses $16,382,491 · Grants $3,208,450 · Revenue $7,013,860

  • SHELTER OPERATIONS - ROOF ABOVE OPERATES THREE EMERGENCY SHELTER FACILITIES IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, COMPRISED OF MORE THAN 510 BEDS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SHELTERING AND PROVIDING SERVICES FOR MEN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THROUGH SHELTER OPERATIONS, ROOF ABOVE FOCUSES ON INCREASING GUESTS' EMPLOYMENT INCOME AND OBTAINING HOUSING. EMBEDDED IN ONE OF THE THREE SHELTERS IS A WELLNESS WING COMPRISED OF ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS TO PROVIDE SUBSTANCE USE, MENTAL ILLNESS, AND PHYSICAL HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO GUESTS. IN ADDITION, ROOF ABOVE OPERATES ROOM IN THE INN, A COMMUNITY-BASED WINTER SHELTER.ROOF ABOVE OPERATES A DAY SERVICES CENTER FOCUSED ON MEETING THE BASIC NEEDS OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE UNSHELTERED, INCLUDING ACCESS TO SHOWERS, LAUNDRY, MAIL, A DAILY MEAL, WHILE ALSO WORKING TO CONNECT WITH RESOURCES INCLUDING EMERGENCY SHELTER AND HOUSING.

    Expenses $8,504,743 · Grants $172,130

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.

  • Joy Patterson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Caroline Hubbell Yingling

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • David Goldberg

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Brent Torstrick

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Elena Airapetian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paula Bird

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Curtis Bodison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Chesson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ron Clark

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gray Dyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Ethridge

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Randy Franklin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rosie Krneta

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greg Lewis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ellen Mark

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brent Martin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deems May

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stacey McCray

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matt Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harry Redd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ashley Rogers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chinette Stevenson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Glenn Stewart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Clasen-Kelly

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $169,893
    From this org
    $162,215
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,678
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,215
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,528
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,150
    Filer's total
    $169,893
  • Tonya Frye

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $150,771
    From this org
    $135,725
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,046
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,617
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $108
    Deferred
    $5,583
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,463
    Filer's total
    $150,771

The first 25 listed. 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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $23,952,437
    Expenses
    $28,619,882
    Contributions
    $16,719,835
    Grants paid
    $3,380,580
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $22,537,570
    Expenses
    $25,682,992
    Contributions
    $16,617,375
    Grants paid
    $2,691,723

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
    $30,592,327
    Expenses
    $23,314,705
    Assets (EOY)
    $104,467,167
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $36,113,591
    Expenses
    $23,910,516
    Assets (EOY)
    $96,652,711
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,683,593
    Expenses
    $13,063,446
    Assets (EOY)
    $43,969,937
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $23,176,676
    Expenses
    $8,338,639
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,978,387
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,053,673
    Expenses
    $6,583,705
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,727,789
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,477,084
    Expenses
    $5,791,641
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,894,526
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,288,462
    Expenses
    $5,291,235
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,809,336
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,937,908
    Expenses
    $4,575,162
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,923,932
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,272,442
    Expenses
    $3,873,758
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,167,648
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,199,779
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,609,996

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

  • WINDSOR PARK NOAH LLC

    SUPPORTIVE HOUSING · NC · income $3,788,240 · assets $45,801,947

  • KINGS ON LAMAR LLC

    SUPPORTIVE HOUSING · NC · income $0 · assets $4,919,235

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.