Caring for the Homeless of Peekskill Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133437332
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Peekskill, NY, USA
- Phone
- 9147362636
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,493,053
- Expenses
- $3,358,615
- Assets
- $1,766,608
- Liabilities
- $585,440
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CYNTHIA KNOX (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- CYNTHIA KNOX (CEO): $159,753 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
At caring for the hungry and homeless of peekskill (chhop), we believe that every person is entitled to safe and affordable housing and healthy nutritious food.
What it reported doing in 2025
Jan peek house was opened in 1988 to provide shelter and support services to adults experiencing homelessness. We operate 24/7 365 days a year, providing shelter, food, housing assistance and support services to assist homeless adults on their journey to regain independence. Clients, some elderly who have lost their jobs and homes due to illness, others who are young and without families or other means of emotional/ financial support, come to us with a broad range of issues. Our social work/case management staff work with each individual to assist them with developing the supports and skills they need to maintain long-term independence. In 2025, we assisted 46 residents of all genders, providing 6,348 bed nights and 19,044 meals. In addition to our residential shelter programs for veterans and clients of the westchester county department of social services, we provide overnight shelter to clients who need emergency shelter. Someone who is evicted from an apartment or discharged from a medical facility may access jan peek house on a temporary basis. We provide overnight shelter, food and housing assistance and support services to these clients to assist them with regaining independence. In 2025, we provided 139 emergency services clients a bed, providing 2,666 bed nights and 7,998 meals. Healthcare for homeless vets is a transitional housing program for va- eligible veterans. In 2025, chhop served 48 veterans with transitional housing support services and linkages to va medical and support services to regain housing stability, resulting in 2,442 bed nights and 7,326 meals.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 70% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 69% for direct work, and 31% for 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 87
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74.8%; rating input score 75
- Program expense ratio: 77.8%; rating input score 78
- Fundraising efficiency: $32.91 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th 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: 8 of 8 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: 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: 3.8%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.53; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.8%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 74.8% of revenue deployed · 77.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $160K · 14 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.