- Revenue 2024
- $5,124,483
- Expenses 2024
- $5,103,094
Program services were 75.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- N20
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 77 VICTOR 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 · 2024
Mission
THE RUTH ELLIS CENTER (REC) WAS FORMED IN 1999 WITH THE MISSION TO PROVIDE SHORT AND LONG-TERM RESIDENTIAL SAFE SPACE AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR RUNAWAY, HOMELESS, AND AT-RISK LESBIAN, GAY, BI-ATTRACTIONAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUESTIONING YOUTH. THE CORE PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO BUILD POSITIVE FUTURES WITH LGBTQ YOUNG PEOPLE EXPERIENCING BARRIERS TO HOUSING, HEALTH, AND WELLNESS.
Activities or mission (Part I)
IT IS OUR MISSION, TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES WITH LGBTQ+ YOUNG PEOPLE TO BUILD THEIR VISION FOR A POSITIVE FUTURE.
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TO FURTHER THE MISSION AND VISION, REC OFFERS A RANGE OF PROGRAMMING TO SUPPORT THE YOUNG PEOPLE THEY SERVE GROUNDED IN THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLES OF WORK: TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, HARM REDUCTION, AND POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT.THE RUTH ELLIS CENTER (REC) IS A CONNECTIONS SYSTEM PARTNER AND SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY WITH A MISSION TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES WITH LGBTQ+ YOUNG PEOPLE TO BUILD THEIR VISION OF A POSITIVE FUTURE. REC ENVISIONS A WORLD WHERE LGBTQ+ YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SAFE AND SUPPORTED NO MATTER WHERE THEY GO.
Expenses $3,872,022 · Revenue $170,466
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.
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Sharron FincherSHARRON FINCHER
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Jay LongJAY LONG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Corrine RockoffCORRINE ROCKOFF
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Jaward BandarJAWARD BANDAR
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Dan HagermanDAN HAGERMAN
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Marc VanderbergMARC VANDERBERG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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John ZervosJOHN ZERVOS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Barb BiessBARB BIESS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Josh WillburnJOSH WILLBURN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Matthew GuintaMATTHEW GUINTA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Michael EinheuserMICHAEL EINHEUSER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Amy BouqueAMY BOUQUE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Adam HollierADAM HOLLIER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Leo Priya KikaniLEO PRIYA KIKANI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Sophia ChueSOPHIA CHUE
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Tamara BostickTAMARA BOSTICK
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $116,031
- From this org
- $116,031
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Mark ErwinMARK ERWIN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $156,000
- From this org
- $156,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $156,000
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $156,000
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
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2024
- Revenue
- $5,124,483
- Expenses
- $5,103,094
- Contributions
- $5,054,907
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $5,146,010
- Expenses
- $5,045,811
- Contributions
- $4,961,963
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $5,219,386
- Expenses
- $5,210,646
- Contributions
- $4,747,791
- 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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,386,718
- Expenses
- $3,853,506
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,374,604
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,159,991
- Expenses
- $3,386,112
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,940,868
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,973,642
- Expenses
- $3,210,340
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,971,506
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,973,643
- Expenses
- $3,213,341
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,968,506
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,692,487
- Expenses
- $2,876,224
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,745,617
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,762,768
- Expenses
- $2,253,325
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,005,290
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,185,557
- Expenses
- $1,721,021
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,592,079
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,073,368
- Expenses
- $1,464,824
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,616,495
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,452,743
- Expenses
- $1,193,813
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,004,494
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $939,374
- Expenses
- $1,105,576
- Assets (EOY)
- $733,741
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
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2022 IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND LIVES OF PEOPLE LIVING IN HIGH-NEED AREAS
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HOMELESS ACTION NETWORK OF DETROIT
$393,943
2024 Address homelessness
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2022 GENERAL
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MICHIGAN HEALTH ENDOWMENT FUND
$154,500
2024 INCREASING FAMILY SUPPORT OF LGBTQ2S+ YOUTH
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$94,000
2024 TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF TRANS SISTAS OF COLOR PROJECT
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$94,000
2022 TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECTS
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2022 GRANT
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2023 GRANT
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2023 ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS
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$80,000
2022 SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SECOND RUTH ELLIS CENTER HEALTH CLINIC
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.