The Front Door Agency Inc

Overview

Mission

The agency's mission is to provide a holistic approach to break the cycle of poverty by assisting families and individuals to stabilize, transform, and become empowered to untimately achieve sustainable independence.

What it reported doing in 2024

Other programs service include: financial literacy a series of workshops that is offered to the general public and program participants. Personal credit reports and budgets are examined and facilitators provide direction and education on basic banking opportunities, ways to save, and how to reduce costs. Affordable housing providing 48 units of affordable housing with 40 units specific to single women experiencing homelessness. Youth homelessness demonstration program that provides transitional housing, rapid rehousing and supportive services to young adults 18-24. Project joy holiday program serves over 500 children annually during the holiday season with gifts, clothing and holiday meals.total served throughout all our programming was 731 families, 1561 total individuals and provided 38,652 units of service. This past year, the transformational housing program had two families headed by single mothers graduate into homeownership.during fy25, the agency expanded its services and introduced the youth homelessness demonstration program serving single young adults ages 18-24 experiencing homelessness the opportunity to participate in transitional housing, rapid rehousing and supportive services programming. The agency also introduced another new program expansion to assist removing barriers to housing through a landlord incentive fund program in partnership with the city of nashua housing trust fund. The program will become fully operational in fy26.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
020405852
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Nashua, NH, USA
Phone
6038160290
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.5%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 81%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.8%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.03; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.5% of revenue deployed · 81% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 27 of 27 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 26 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 12 annual filings from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

Leadership & pay

26 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.