Agate Housing and Services

Legal name: Agate Housing & Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
010639118
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Minneapolis, MN, United States
Phone
612-874-0311
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$29,864,383
Expenses
$23,350,668
Assets
$19,668,417
Liabilities
$6,614,865

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KYLE HANSON (CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KYLE HANSON (CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $248,507 total reported compensation
  • LAURA STRAW (DIR OF FINANCE & ADMIN): $172,480 total reported compensation
  • MORCINE SCOTT-WARREN (DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HR & DEI): $163,508 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Ending homelessness through action and advocacy. When someone asks Agate for help, they’re not just getting shelter or housing. They’re entering a safe and supportive community. They’re finding someone who will work side by side with them. They’re on the path to stabilize their lives and restore their sense of possibility. Here, they don’t just survive; they rebuild. I need shelter. Agate Housing and Services offers holistic support to help people facing homelessness take the next step on their path to housing stability. We offer a wide range of programs and services, including street outreach, emergency shelter, permanent housing, eviction prevention, and much more. I need shelter I need housing.

What it reported doing in 2024

Permanent supportive housing programs 1,038 served: supportive housing programs - family and single adult supportive housing programs provide long term, scattered-site housing (non-agate owned) supportive services for families and single adults who have experienced long term homelessness and have a documented disability. In fy2025, 512 households received services (804 total individuals, including 188 children).Minnesota housing - housing trust fund subsidies - rental subsidies are an important tool for helping single adults and families maintain their housing while they work toward self-sufficiency. Agate administers housing trust fund subisidies through Minnesota housing and served 86 households in fiscal year 2025. 510 board and lodge - this program closed in october 2024. The program provided permanent housing and support services to single adults and was maintained in a dormitory style living environment, where residents were provided three daily meals. In fy2025, 83 individuals were served in this program.va beds - prior to the closing of our 510 board and lodge in october 2024, this program provided 11 beds at the 510 board and lodge site for use by veterans. Our veteran residents typically stayed in this setting for a few months while they utilized our case management services to seek more independent settings for their next move. This program served 5 individuals in fiscal year 2025.park7 - agate provides permanent housing and support services to residents at the park 7 building in downtown minneapolis, with 61 units of affordable housing. The building is managed by trellis, an affordable housing provider in the area, and all services are provided by agate. 65 individuals were served in fiscal 2025.metro inn - agate operated a converted motel where it provided single room occupancy permanent housing units in fiscal year 2024. The property provides 38 affordable homes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 74% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.1%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 75.7%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $22.99 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 21.8%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.1% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 60.1% of revenue deployed · 75.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $17.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $249K · 21 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.9M reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.