Crossroads at Park Place Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270004168
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2015
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Phone
7139072813
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Homeless Centers

Reported finances

Revenue
$190,701
Expenses
$182,553
Assets
$157,655
Liabilities
$1,335

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DOUG FORTNER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DOUG FORTNER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $6,750 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 2001 by three local congregations, crossroads at park place, inc. Is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit located on the campus of st. Paul's episcopal church in southeast houston. Guided by enduring faith-based values of compassion, dignity, and service, crossroads promotes the health, hygiene, and stability of people experiencing homelessness and poverty. The organization operates a welcoming day center open to anyone in need, providing hot meals, showers, laundry, mail, and clothing-plus an access point to healthcare, housing, and benefits-without conditions, paperwork, or judgement. Guests include veterans, people with chronic mental health conditions, disabilities or limited mobility, and individuals rebuilding after eviction, violence, or job loss. Crossroads is led by a part-time executive director and volunteer board and holds a four-star charity navigator rating. Crossroads operates on philanthropic support, funds from our charity golf tournament, and individual contributions.

What it reported doing in 2025

Crossroads provides hot meals each tuesday and thursday, serving breakfast and lunch to approximately 105 to 155 clients weekly. In 2025 more than 21,256 meals were served to adults experiencing homelessness. Staff and volunteers serve meals to people in need, free of charge and without fees, conditions, or applications in an environment that emphasizes human connection. Weekly on wednesday at the crossroads site, a houston food bank distribution provides fresh produce and staples to over 600 families monthly. During our wednesday operations in 2025 we gave 13,632 boxes of groceries to families experiencing food insecurity. Crossroads provides shower suites which are safe, private facilities that include soap, shampoo, and fresh towels. In 2025 approximately 4,700 showers were provided. Volunteers maintain clean, welcoming spaces, helping clients maintain self-respect and prepare for employment interviews, medical appointments, and housing meetings. Many clients are referred by nearby encampments. This service also connects them with health and behavioral-health partner, s including harris health and the harris center for mental health. Crossroads provides wash and dry clothing at no cost which serves to reinforce a sense of well-being and confidence for work and daily life. Over 3,540 loads of laundry were done in 2025. Crossroads provides mail services which provides a stable address for receipt of identification and documents and for communicating with family, potential employers, and case managers. These combined mail services provide a more stable life situation which facilitates the process of moving to a more self-sustaining lifestyle. In partnership with organizations who work with crossroads, guests gain access to case-management support, healthcare, and banking services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.9%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 92.9%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: $38.69 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 24th 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: 77.8%; rating input score 78; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.3%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.86; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.9% of revenue deployed · 92.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 9 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $170K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $7K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.