Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads
Legal name: Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 541476409
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Norfolk, VA, United States
- Phone
- 757-640-0590
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Housing Development, Construction, Management
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,814,609
- Expenses
- $4,510,670
- Assets
- $7,777,183
- Liabilities
- $711,274
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BEN HUGER IV (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- FRANK J HRUSKA (EXECUTIVE DI): $72,837 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads brings people together to build and preserve safe, affordable homes, advancing strength, stability, and self-reliance through homeownership. Vision: A world where everyone has a decent place to live. Founded in 1988, Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads partners with families, volunteers, and community supporters to advance safe, affordable homeownership. Through new home construction, critical home repairs, and housing services, we help families build stability, preserve dignity, and create stronger futures across our region. Read More About Us Statistics. long-term housing stability for families in our community. Services Since 1988, Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads has provided housing services that support safe, affordable homeownership across our region.
What it reported doing in 2024
The habitat operates re-stores selling donated inventory consisting of construction materials, home furnishing, appliances, clothing and other accessories.
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 assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 70
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70.9%; rating input score 71
- Program expense ratio: 91.1%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: $11.28 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 41; 41st 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: 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: NotApplicable
- 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: 22.4%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.72; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.6%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 70.9% of revenue deployed · 91.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $4.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $73K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 41/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.