Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311209423
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Cleveland, OH, USA
Phone
2164291299
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Housing Development, Construction, Management
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,321,036
Expenses
$12,728,729
Assets
$30,027,944
Liabilities
$14,884,331

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

Leadership & pay

31 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN LITTEN (PRESIDENT/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOHN LITTEN (PRESIDENT/CEO): $225,444 total reported compensation
  • PEGGY SOBUL (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER): $163,330 total reported compensation
  • JOSEPH GABBARD (CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER): $152,557 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Seeking to put god's love into action, greater cleveland habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope. Cleveland habitat gives families a path towards financial stability, safety and a lasting legacy for their family by building and rehabbing affordable homes.

What it reported doing in 2024

Cleveland habitat gives families a path towards financial stability, safety and a lasting legacy for their family by building and rehabbing homes. Habitat homeowners are low to moderate income, have stable employment and a decent credit history. Homebuyers are chosen based on need, ability to pay and the willingness to partner with habitat by fulfilling 200 - 300 hours of "sweat equity." since 1987, this transformative process has impacted hundreds of familiies, revitalized communities and united greater clevelanders to give their time, talent and treasure around the cause of affordable homeownership.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 93
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.9%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 88.5%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $16.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 96.2%; rating input score 96; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.1%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.36; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.5; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.4%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.9% of revenue deployed · 88.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 25 of 26 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $11.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $225K · 31 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $768K reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 53/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.