Chemung County Habitat for Humanity
Legal name: Habitat for Humanity International Chemung County
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 161361217
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Elmira, NY, USA
- Phone
- 607-734-1361
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $608,385
- Expenses
- $719,590
- Assets
- $285,285
- Liabilities
- $26,953
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CARANELL PARKS (PRESIDENT (EFFECTIVE 07/01)
- JOHN MALONEY (VICE PRESIDENT)
- EMILY BARRETT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- EMILY BARRETT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $61,319 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Dedicated to eliminating substandard housing through constructing, rehabilitating and preserving homes; by advocating for fair and just housing policies; and by providing training and access to resources to help families improve their shelter conditions. Building Homes. Strengthening Communities. Changing Lives. Volunteering together to help build the home of a hardworking Habitat family is a rewarding experience for everyone involved. Many businesses are now seeing the benefits of bringing employees outside the walls of the office, and into the volunteer space. Habitat provides a fun, easy and engaging team-building experience at our build sites. All skill levels are welcome! Construction tasks include framing, hanging drywall, painting, laying flooring, landscaping, and even installing the kitchen sink! Habitat provides protective gear, such as work gloves and goggles.
What it reported doing in 2024
The homeownership program is designed to assist low income, first-time homebuyers achieve their dream of homeownership. Habitat homes are sold to partner families at no profit and financed with affordable loans. Interested applicants must submit an application and meet eligibility requirements. In fiscal year 2024, one home was completed and sold and three homes were in process.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 20
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 91.2%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -18.3%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.5%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.2% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $656K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $61K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 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: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.