Frontline Housing Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
844391959
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Atlanta, GA, USA
Phone
4047757953
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,629,054
Expenses
$3,193,283
Assets
$953,190
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mary Grace King (Executive Director)
  • Ann Thompson (President)
  • Destiny Thompson (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Mary Grace King (Executive Director): $78,045 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Frontline Housing, Inc.'s mission is to provide low barrier permanent housing options to individuals and families experiencing homelessness. Once placed in housing, Frontline Housing provides Financial Well-Being services to the community to provide education and resources to promote long-term stability.

What it reported doing in 2024

Housing and Savings- Through Frontline Housing, Inc.'s (Frontline) various housing programs, Frontline places families and individuals into permanent housing and enrolls participants in a cash transfer savings program. Frontline conducts outreach at motels, identifying families living in motels as long-term housing. Frontline works with families living in motels to address their barriers to finding housing and assists families with their move in costs once approved for permanent housing. Frontline placed 323 families living in motels into permanent housing. School Social Workers referred families that were coded as homeless in the school system for housing services. Frontline Housing, Inc. placed 219 families referred by the school system into permanent housing. Frontline also placed 56 families that were survivors of domestic violence into permanent housing. Once placed into permanent housing, Frontline provides a savings cash transfer program and Financial Well-Being workshops to participants. Families and individuals graduate from the program with stable housing, more knowledge on financial literacy topics such as budgeting, savings, credit, and asset building and with $1,000 in an emergency savings. Frontline Housing, Inc. graduated 235 families from the Housing and Savings Programs in 2024.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 74% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.3%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 93.5%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $74.81 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 83; 83rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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; 63rd 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: 12%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.3; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 33.1% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.3% of revenue deployed · 93.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $78K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.