Beyond Housing Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
510179471
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Pine Lawn, MO, USA
Phone
3145330600
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Housing Rehabilitation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,761,450
Expenses
$15,920,621
Assets
$35,913,617
Liabilities
$28,223,281

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTOPHER KREHMEYER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHRISTOPHER KREHMEYER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $282,254 total reported compensation
  • DEBORAH DOMBAR (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $187,181 total reported compensation
  • STEVEN JANSEN (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $155,201 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Beyond housing helps entire communities become better places to live. We begin with actual homes and housing preservation, focusing on quality and stability to give people a place to start. But there is more to home than the house. Beyond housing is a community development organization that works in defined geographies like the normandy school district. We understand that in order to have real impact we must focus on all of the areas that make up a thriving community - education, housing, health, job readiness and access, and economic development.

What it reported doing in 2024

Homeownership, purchase, and rehabilitation services through community building. 722 people were served through this program in 2024. Of this total, 123 people were served through homeownership services, 470 people were served through homebuyer education courses and 179 people were served through housing counseling and financial housing counseling. Beyond housing receives grants from governmental agencies for the purpose of issuing and managing forgivable and low-interest housing rehab. Loans to high credit risk individuals in designated areas. The program revenue amount includes program service fees only and does not include contributions and grants totaling $308,802 that support this program.

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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.2%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 82.4%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: -7.9%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.26; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.79; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.2% of revenue deployed · 82.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $13.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $282K · 20 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.5M reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 24 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.