Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver
Legal name: Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 742050021
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Denver, CO, USA
- Phone
- 720-515-6956
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $35,823,088
- Expenses
- $37,597,775
- Assets
- $75,396,819
- Liabilities
- $27,222,903
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
27 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JAIME GOMEZ (CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- JAIME GOMEZ (CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $292,650 total reported compensation
- LORI PIDICK (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER): $196,986 total reported compensation
- DANA GRIFFIN (SVP PEOPLE AND CULTURE): $191,261 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, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. From raising walls to raising spirits, our AmeriCorps members have brought commitment, compassion, and curiosity to every project they have touched. They embrace new learning curves, show up for homeowners and volunteers alike, and help create homes that will serve Denver families for generations. To Topher, Cinna, Ayden, and Xaryia—**thank you**. Thank you for choosing service, for believing in the power of affordable housing, and for being part of the Habitat Metro Denver community. Your dedication strengthens our mission and inspires us all. Happy AmeriCorps Week— we’re celebrating you today and always!
What it reported doing in 2024
Habitat for humanity of metro denver, inc. Is an affordable homeownership program. We build new and rehabilitate existing homes to sell to partner families whose income is 80% or less of the area median income. Through the neighborhood revitalization program, we also provide critical exterior repairs to qualifying homeowners. In fy25, habitat built and sold homes and renovated homes and continued with the home repair program with homes. We also supported the construction of homes with habitat for humanity partners around the world. Altogether we served 211 families in fy25.continued on schedule o.families apply to participate in our homeownership program, and those who qualify are: 1) currently in need of decent, stable and affordable housing, 2) meet our financial requirements, and 3) willing to help build their home and meet other partnership requirements. Our homeowner families participate in home buyer education classes which help foster increased economic independence and self-reliance, and they also contribute sweat-equity to help build their own home, as well as the homes of other habitat families. Homes are sold with no profit motive, using below-market interest rate loans. Their monthly mortgage payment helps to fund more habitat homes.
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 99% 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 88
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 86.7%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: $7.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- 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; 66th 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: -5%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.01; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.3%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 86.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $32.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $293K · 27 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $9.4M reported
- Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
- Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 5 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 29/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.