Found House
Legal name: Found House-Interfaith Housing Network
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 311335474
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Cincinnati, OH, United States
- Phone
- 5134711100
- Rating
- 93
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Interfaith
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,667,580
- Expenses
- $5,005,862
- Assets
- $2,528,262
- Liabilities
- $469,366
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Chara Fisher MS JD (President)
- Brian Kershner (Vice President)
- Stacey Burge (President)
Highest reported compensation
- Stacey Burge (President): $119,474 total reported compensation
- Jessica Mount (VP of Operations): $93,001 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Found House Interfaith Housing Network’s mission is to provide shelter, housing, and support to families experiencing housing insecurity—to strengthen those services through interfaith and community partnerships—in pursuit of a community where all families have access to affordable housing. FOUND HOUSE MISSION Found House Interfaith Housing Network’s mission is to provide shelter, housing, and support to families experiencing housing insecurity–to strengthen those services through interfaith and community partnerships–in pursuit of a community where all families have access to affordable housing. Found House provides emergency shelter and housing programs for homeless families in Cincinnati, Ohio and surrounding areas. For the past 30 years, Found House IHN has been a beacon of hope for families in our community with nowhere else to turn. Found House remains focused on our...
What it reported doing in 2024
Found House-Interfaith Housing Network (FHIHN) provides emergency shelter and housing programs for homeless families. FHIHN programs are designed to break the cycle of homelessness. In 2024, FHIHN served 304 families comprised of 1,061 individuals, 62% of whom were children. 93% of families served in 2024 achieved stable housing and 92% of those families maintained their housing and did not return to homelessness within two years. The emergency shelter program met the basic needs of 43 households in 2024. Normal operations are provided with the help of more than 100 partner congregations provided overnight shelter sites and three daily meals at houses of worship located throughout the City of Cincinnati/Hamilton County. During this time the FHIHN utilitzed Lyft transport the families to and from the congregations. At the Day Center, families worked with staff to gain stable housing and income. Children's needs were addressed through the child enrichment program, which provided school and developmental support for 70 children. The pet program extended care and/or assistance to four-legged family members with 1,043 pets served, including shelter, vaccines, pantry and other pet retention services. Case Management and housing goals were implemented in the same way as in normal operations, and the use of congregational volunteers was limited, to ensure the health and safety for all.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 77% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.5%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 90.9%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: $20.2 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: -7.2%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.2%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 97.5% of revenue deployed · 90.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $4.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $119K · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 3 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 59/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 59/100.