Community Housing Innovations
Legal name: Community Housing Innovations Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133627750
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- White Plains, NY, USA
- Phone
- 9146831010
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $117,566,203
- Expenses
- $117,331,820
- Assets
- $121,785,217
- Liabilities
- $108,327,108
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RONALD ABAD (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Highest reported compensation
- RONALD ABAD (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $652,928 total reported compensation
- DAVID DANIELLO (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $451,611 total reported compensation
- VIVIAN LOUIE (CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER): $360,002 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Founded in 1991, community housing innovations, inc. (chi) is a not-for-profit organization serving several New York counties. Chi's mission is to provide housing and human services that support social and economic independence. Chi's vision is to end generational poverty and foster upward mobility by ensuring that all families and individuals live in quality housing, have a home of their own and a job to support them. Chi believes quality, affordable housing provides a firm foundation for a prosperous life.
What it reported doing in 2025
Suffolk county department of social services, nassau county department of social services, orange county department of social services, dutchess county department of social services, office of mental health, nyc department of homeless services, and nyc human resource administration. Through the suffolk county department of social services, chi operated ny state tier ii certified, 8 congregate supervised singles residence (sess), one which is certified tier i by nys, and 2 supervised adult shelters, with a concentrated population on adult families. Sess have staff available 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. Through on-site case management and referrals to community services, the homeless persons are assisted in becoming personally and economically self-sufficient. The search for permanent housing is the primary goal for all shelter residents and chi promotes and assists them with the housing search. Parents, single individuals, and children are provided with a safe home and access to educational, vocational, employment and other community services based upon the goals they set for themselves. This also includes referrals to resources for those with mental illnesses, histories of substance abuse, physical disabilities, and other specialized needs. Chi has implemented a tutoring initiative for parents working towards a ged as well as homework tutoring for children. With consistent intensive case management and supervision by highly qualified social workers and other staff, shelter residents are helped to secure permanent housing or other appropriate residence if they are determined to have special needs. Parents are counseled and children are encouraged to attend school and complete homework. At the family shelter locations, childcare and recreation are provided to support the children and their families. Summer camps and field trip opportunities enhance the recreational experience. Workshops are frequently provided offering guidance in areas such as nutrition, budgeting, and parenting. The services provided during the shelter stay are designed to assist participants with finding and retaining appropriate permanent housing. Chi also operates smaller but similar services in dutchess, orange, and nassau counties: 1 emergency family shelter in both orange and dutchess county, 1 emergency housing shelter for single men in both orange and dutchess county, 1 emergency short term shelter for single men on parole in dutchess county, 1 mixed use facility (combined transitional and permanent housing) in orange county, and 3 emergency housing shelters in nassau county. Nassau county consists of 2 shelters for families with children and 1 single adult. 664 people including 162 families and 265 singles were assisted by chi social service programs in dutchess, orange, and nassau counties. Dutchess county served: 285 individuals, composed of 85 singles and 81 families vanderbilt: 81 families, 200 people - 32 families moved to permanent housing rose st.: 45 men - 5 moved to permanent housing north hamilton: 40 men - 19 moved to permanent housing orange county served: 287 people in 135 single and 61 family households 44 grand: 125 men were housed. 31 moved to permanent housing. 9w: 59 families, 150 people were housed - 22 families moved to permanent housing. Port jervis: 4 families, 12 people. 2 moved to permanent housing. Nassau county served: 92 individuals including 20 families. Jerusalem ave: 45 single males, 10 singles moved to permanent housing cornell st: 26 families served, 47 individuals, 3 moved to permanent housing through the city of New York department of homeless services, chi operates 9 emergency housing programs - five for single adults and four for families with children. Under the program for families, chi operates 5 hotels located in manhattan and brooklyn with total room capacity of 362 households consisting of over 1,140 individuals daily. These sites are staffed 24/7 plus contracted security, including a social service team
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 93% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 85
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.9%; rating input score 92
- Program expense ratio: 91.7%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: $269.92 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st 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; 65th 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: 0.2%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.04; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.89; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.5%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 91.9% of revenue deployed · 91.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $107.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $653K · 14 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $23.8M reported
- Consistency: 37 of 38 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- 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 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.