Haitian Heritage House
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 933517059
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Princeton, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 6092085167
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $67,550
- Expenses
- $67,693
- Assets
- $2,212
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Dardelle Francois (President)
- Darnell Francois (Vice-President/Secretary)
People named in this filing
- Dardelle Francois (President)
- Johny Belorme (Treasurer)
- Darnell Francois (Vice-President/Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Haitian Heritage House, Inc. is dedicated to preserving Haiti's cultural heritage and empowering Haitian communities through education, wellness, economic development, and advocacy-both in the United States and in Haiti. We focus on sustainable solutions, community engagement, and uplifting those affected by political and economic challenges.
What it reported doing in 2025
Haitian Heritage House expanded its role as a trusted community resource by helping Haitian and other underserved families access essential services, including healthcare, employment resources, language assistance, food support, educational opportunities, and government benefit programs. The organization provided culturally and linguistically appropriate guidance to reduce barriers faced by immigrant and low-income families while connecting residents with partner agencies throughout Mercer County. These efforts strengthened community awareness of available resources and improved access to critical services. Community Resource Navigation and Family Support Program helped 500 people in 2025.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 81% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.5%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 86.3%; rating input score 86
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.2%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 119.7% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 112.2% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.5% of revenue deployed · 86.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $58K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.