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SHELTER FROM THE STORM MINISTRIES INC

EIN 47-1676099 SUN PRAIRIE, WI

Revenue 2024
$695,153
Expenses 2024
$557,488

Program services were 72.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
L41
Classification
1000
Street
1325 EMERALD TER

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 · 2024

Mission

TO HELP HOMELESS CHILDREN BY EMPOWERING THEIR MOTHERS TO ACHIEVE SELF-SUFFICIENCY BY PROVIDING A SAFE CHRIST-CENTERED TRANSITIONAL HOME AND AN ACCOUNTABILITY-DRIVEN PROGRAM THAT INVESTS IN FAMILIES FOR A BETTER FUTURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE RELIEF, REHABILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH: SHELTER: FINDING HOUSING FOR THOSE FACING HOMELESSNESS; TRAINING: TEACHING LIFE SKILLS LEADING TO INDEPENDENCE; OPPORTUNITY: PROVIDING A NETWORK OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES; RELATIONSHIP: CONNECTING WITH GOD, SELF, OTHERS AND CREATION; MENTORING: MODELING WITH COMPASSION AND ACCOUNTABILITY; AND SUPPORT: ENCOURAGING THROUGH PRAYER, LISTENING AND LEADERSHIP.

  • SHELTER FROM THE STORM MINISTRIES (SFTSM) IS A FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION REPRESENTED AND SUPPORTED BY MULTIPLE CHURCHES, BUSINESSES BIG AND SMALL, AND MANY PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTE AND VOLUNTEER FROM OUR COMMUNITY. OUR MISSION IS "TRANSFORMATION WITH SHELTER, SUPPORT AND HOPE" FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES IN SUN PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN. THE TWO-STORY BUILDING INCLUDES 11 FAMILY SUITES TO SLEEP UP TO 6 PEOPLE. EACH UNIT HAS A PRIVATE BATHROOM AND FULLY FURNISHED KITCHENETTE. THE LARGE COMMUNITY AND FAMILY GATHERING ROOM BRINGS OUR CLIENTS TOGETHER TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS. OUR INSIDE PLAYROOM AND OUTSIDE PLAYGROUND OFFER A VARIETY OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE CHILDREN.OUR TEAM BRINGS HEALING AND INDEPENDENCE TO OUR CLIENTS THROUGH MENTORING, EDUCATION, AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS INCLUDING; BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL PLANNING, NUTRITION AND COOKING CLASSES, GOAL SETTING, HEALTH AND WELLNESS TRAINING, PARENTING CLASSES, CAREER READINESS AND JOB SEARCH SKILLS, SUCCESS MENTORING, AND BIBLE STUDIES AND PRAYER. CASE MANAGERS WORK WITH EACH OF OUR CLIENTS TO DEVELOP A PERSONAL PLAN TO MOVE THEM INTO SELF-SUFFICIENCY. OPPORTUNITY COACHES HELP TRANSFORM OUR CLIENT'S CHANCES FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE BY ASSESSING THE NEEDS OF OUR CLIENTS AND IDENTIFYING WAYS TO SUPPORT, ENCOURAGE, EDUCATE, TRAIN, AND FACILITATE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT. FOCUS IS ON YOUTH AND FAMILIES, COMMUNITY GROUPS, SELF-EMPOWERMENT, SELFCARE, AND HEALING THROUGH SENSORY INTEGRATION. OUR THREE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES ARE TO INCREASE OUR CLIENT'S CREDIT SCORE FROM 400 TO AROUND 600, INCREASE THEIR EARNED WAGE FROM $11 TO $12 AN HOUR TO $18 TO $20 AN HOUR, AND TO SECURE MORE STABLE EMPLOYMENT FROM LOW-INCOME POSITIONS TO A MORE SUSTAINABLE CAREER POSITION WHERE ADVANCEMENT IS POSSIBLE.

    Expenses $404,709 · Grants $39,873 · Revenue $6,165

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.

  • Cathy Redders

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Cynthia Whiteaker

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Dena Hineline

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Michelle Hanley

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Michelle Hawkinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Rita Tubbs

    DIRECTOR (THRU AUGUST)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Brittany Topp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Rebecca Templeton

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $59,754
    From this org
    $59,018
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $736
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jane Nehmer

    FINANCE MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $695,153
    Expenses
    $557,488
    Contributions
    $708,712
    Grants paid
    $39,873
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $744,313
    Expenses
    $485,717
    Contributions
    $738,235
    Grants paid
    $59,333
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $508,473
    Expenses
    $491,246
    Contributions
    $508,017
    Grants paid
    $66,384

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
    $480,182
    Expenses
    $490,417
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,200,722

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $522,857
    Expenses
    $428,358
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,234,845

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $276,675
    Expenses
    $328,865
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,124,397

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $175,674
    Expenses
    $278,195
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,197,198

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $592,248
    Expenses
    $177,452
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,320,516

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $303,081
    Expenses
    $127,355
    Assets (EOY)
    $899,822

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $260,083
    Expenses
    $51,018
    Assets (EOY)
    $933,160

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $101,382
    Expenses
    $39,037
    Assets (EOY)
    $405,480

  • 2014 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $85,514
    Expenses
    $19,417
    Assets (EOY)
    $68,273

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.

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.

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.