Determined to Live Transition House

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
872417506
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Phone
4437434937
Rating
50
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Temporary Housing

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$55,631
Expenses
$64,042
Assets
$6,683
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • George Carter (President)
  • Beverly Carter (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • George Carter (President)
  • Beverly Carter (Vice President)
  • Rev Carlos Battle (Board Member)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Determined to Live Transition House Inc. is a place of hope and opportunity for recovering men to become productive and law-abiding citizens in the community by providing support services and temporary housing.

What it reported doing in 2024

Determined to Live Transition House received a grant from the Sisters of Bon Secours Foundation. The funds provided operating costs for the second year of operation. The organization also received a considerable amount of donations that were used to fund security for the facility and transportation for residents to and from the Returning Citizens Violence Reduction Program where residents are enrolled in the five-week TYRO Track where they will receive job training such as resume writing and interviewing skills, educational opportunities, and life skills training. The program has been successful in the past year in assisting several ex-offenders reintegrate into society with livable wage employment and their own housing.

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.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 28
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 30.4%; rating input score 30
  • Program expense ratio: 26.4%; rating input score 26

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -15.1%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -64.7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 34.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -68.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 30.4% of revenue deployed · 26.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $17K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 30/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.