Community Housing Resources

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
412011396
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Phone
6123421400
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Housing Development, Construction, Management

Reported finances

Revenue
$20,516,662
Expenses
$14,604,770
Assets
$57,495,248
Liabilities
$2,559,298

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ABDULKADIR WARSAME (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • ABDULKADIR WARSAME (CEO): $349,739 total reported compensation
  • LISA GRIEBEL (GENERAL COUN): $290,845 total reported compensation
  • DOMINIC MITCHELL (DEPUTY EXEC): $278,112 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To provide affordable housing solutions for low-income persons in minneapolis, Minnesota.

What it reported doing in 2025

On october 1, 2020, the minneapolis public housing authority (mpha) donated 707 scattered site public housing units to community housing resources (chr). On may 1, 2021 mpha donated 3 units to chr. On november 22, 2022 chr executed a ground lease agreement with family housing resources lp (fhr), for fhr to demolish 21 existing chr units and redevelop more units on those sites that would be owned and operated by fhr for the term of the lease. On may 9, 2023 mpha donated 5 additional units to chr. As of december 31, 2025, chr has 694 units which are leasesd to low-income families at approximately 30% of the families adjusted income under the rules governing federal section 8 project-based housing.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 83% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.5%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 89.2%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 90%; rating input score 90; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 28.8%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.94; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.8% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -13.3% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.5% of revenue deployed · 89.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 10 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $350K · 21 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 4 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.