Brandt House Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
881975185
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Papillion, NE, USA
Rating
94
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Housing Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$82,319
Expenses
$136,367
Assets
$304,435

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Bob Brandt (CEO & Board Member)
  • Tia Berend (President & Treasurer)
  • Dan Schaecher (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Bob Brandt (CEO & Board Member)
  • Tia Berend (President & Treasurer)
  • Dan Schaecher (Vice President)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for exempt purposes including relief of the poor the distressed or underprivileged elimination of prejudice and discrimination defending human and civil rights combatting community deterioration and juvenile delinquency and educational purposes as set forth within I.R.C. Section 501c3. Such activities may include: provision of food shelter and temporary housing assistance transitional housing and affordable housing employment assistance transportation assistance and educational assistance. The corporation may carry out its purposes directly or by making gifts grants or other payments to other qualifying organizations.

What it reported doing in 2025

The mission of Brandt House is to break the cycle of poverty through home ownership. Our primary program provides emergency assistance to low income persons in crisis housing situations. This includes rent or mortgage assistance utility payments rent-to-own and housing down-payment assistance.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 71% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 95.5%; rating input score 95

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -65.7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.23; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 33.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12.2% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21.7% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $130K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.