Habitat for Humanity of Springfield Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 431470360
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Springfield, MO, USA
- Phone
- 4178294001
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Housing Development, Construction, Management
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,603,559
- Expenses
- $3,375,875
- Assets
- $5,228,260
- Liabilities
- $399,177
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KATIE JACKSON (PRESIDENT)
- ILA VANDEL (VICE PRESIDENT)
- DAVID CHRESTMAN (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
- CHRISTOPHER TUCKNESS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- CHRISTOPHER TUCKNESS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $110,272 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 gods love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope by helping partners achieve their goals of owning a home and helping those who own a home to preserve and repair it.
What it reported doing in 2024
The springfield habitat restore provides several important benefits to the community by supporting affordable housing, providing affordable goods to the local community and promoting environmental sustainability.first, the restore helps fund habitat for humanity's mission of building and repairing affordable homes. The money earned from selling donated building materials, funiture, appliances, etc. Goes directly toward helping families in need achieve safe and stable housing, in addition to helping cover habitat's administrative costs.second, the restore makes home improvement and furnishing more affordable for the community. Items are sold at significantly lower prices than traditional retail stores, allowing the community to access quality items they might not otherwise afford. Third, the habitat restore benefits the environment by reducing waste. By accepting donated items such as cabinets, doors, flooring, and furniture, the restore keeps usable materials out of landfills.additionally, the restore creates local jobs and volunteer opportunities. It provides employment, job training, and skill-building experiences, especially for individuals who may face barriers to employment. Volunteers also gain valuable experience while contributing to a meaningful cause.overall, the habitat restore strengthens communities by supporting affordable housing, protecting the environment, offering low-cost goods, and creating economic and volunteer opportunities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 63% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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.
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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 87.5%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: $3.28 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 9; 9th 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: 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: 6.3%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.55; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.3%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 85% of revenue deployed · 87.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $110K · 21 people listed
- Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 9/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.