Camden Lutheran Housing, Inc.
Legal name: Camden Lutheran Housing Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 222417594
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Camden, NJ, United States
- Phone
- (856) 342-8088
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,206,626
- Expenses
- $1,097,765
- Assets
- $2,977,836
- Liabilities
- $969,432
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TAMEEKA MASON (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- BRANDI JOHNSON (EXECUTIVE DI): $134,245 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
CLHI is a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to community development in the North Camden neighborhood of Camden, NJ, rebuilding through housing development, job creation, urban beautification, and economic development. CLHI is a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to community development in the North Camden neighborhood of Camden, NJ. Our work brings people together to physically, socially, and economically rebuild North Camden through housing development, job creation, urban beautification, and economic development. CLHI has been serving North Camden since 1986. Provides free aids and services to people with disabilities to communicate effectively with us, such as: Written information in other formats (large print, audio, accessible electronic formats, other formats) Provides free language services to people whose primary language is not English, such as:.
What it reported doing in 2024
Property manager for two low-income housing tax credit projects totaling 81 units of affordable rental housing. In addition, acquires and rehabilitates abandoned/vacant properties for community revitalization to provide housing opportunities for low- and moderate-income families. Currently, several housing projects are in the development stage. Additionally, the organization conducts community development to bring people together physically, socially, and economically in accordance with the north camden neighborhood plan.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 68% 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.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 75.8%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 83.3%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $93.12 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
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: Limited
- 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 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 9%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.71; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.2%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 75.8% of revenue deployed · 83.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $914K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $134K · 6 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $102K reported
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 5 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.