The Homeward Bound Program for Children Inc

Overview

Mission

To deliver the teachings of Jesus Christ. Our goal is to control loneliness in people with special needs, by companionship and helping them with issues they are not able to handle,

What it reported doing in 2025

We are recruiting people who will help us develop the data base needed to apply for student grants, as of Jan. 1, 2016. Our plan is to get students to help students find grants. Person benefited, 2. PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY, division of HBP, was further developed during 2017 to help the needy in Dominican Republic. More household goods, food, and clothing than 2016 was shipped as donations to Dominican Republic. 02/06/2017; 04/17/2017; 05/16/2017; 08/16/2017; 09/23/2017; 10/31/2017 (two shipments); 12/10/2017; 12/17/2017, more than 2700 pounds were shipped. This year we helped about 2500 members with our donations. High Class Cargo Express was used for the shipments to Dominican Republic. During 2018, we plan to help those affected by the storm in Puerto Rico.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133890499
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2016
Headquarters
Bronx, NY, USA
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Housing Search Assistance
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports that some governance safeguards are missing and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 73
  • Accountability: 58
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited
  • Public monitoring controls: Limited
  • Public policy transparency: Limited
  • Public financial transparency: Limited
  • Impact reporting controls: Limited
  • Public relationship transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Public governance controls: Limited
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -74.8%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 1; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $101K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 9 annual filings from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.