Homeward Alliance Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

Re-entry: we provide intensive, employment-and-housing-focused case management to people on parole. The program is funded by the state of colorados work and gain employment and education skills (wagees) program; wagees funds a statewide network of agencies that use shared practices to provide similar servicesin collaboration with paroleto people on parole. The program serves about 100 participants per year. In 2025, only 5% of program participants recidivated (returned to prison). About 50% of program participants obtained job-training certifications/credentials, and about 64% retained employment for at least 90 days. Family services (formerly listed as family housing and family resources, now combined): we provide a range of short- and long-term services to families who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness: (a) regular family resource fairs, through which we and other organizations provide a range of services/information to families, (b) clothing/hygiene closet for families, known as family resource connection, that can be accessed by other services providers 24/7 (or by appointment for families), (c) rent/security deposit assistance for families escaping or avoiding homelessness, (d) bilingual resource navigation, comprised of housing navigation and task-oriented assistance similar to that of homeward alliances resource navigation and housing navigation programs, but catered to families. In 2025, we helped 63 families avoid homelessness and provided move-in assistance to 80 families. We served 1,662 families at the closet or at family resource fairs. Hmis: homeward alliance is the homeless management information system (hmis) lead agency for the northern Colorado continuum of care. Through this role, we oversee the data systems for more than 20 agencies across larimer and weld counties. Most agencies that receive federal or state funding to serve people who are homeless are required to use hmis. We submit all required federal and state reports, ensure data quality across the region, and ensure that the system (a) is compliant and makes possible millions of dollars per year in grant funding across the region and (b) works on a day-to-day basis as a means of collaboration/coordination across agencies, reduce duplication, and improve client care. Bike repair: we hold bike repair/maintenance clinics to (a) ensure that people who are homelessmany who utilize bicycles as their primary means of transportationhave safe and reliable bicycles and (b) build relationships with and help those same individuals connect to other community-based resources. In 2025, the all-volunteer bike repair team held 18 bike repair clinics at the murphy center, mobile home parks, and other key community locations; they served 266 individuals and distributed 17 new or refurbished bicycles. The team volunteered 417 cumulative hours. Mobile laundry: we operate a mobile laundry vehicle, equipped with six washers and six dryers, that visits key community locations and completes loads of laundry for homeless and low-income individuals and families. The all-volunteer team is active (and at different locations) on most weekdays. In 2025, the team completed more than 5,700 loads of laundry and served about 1,850 individuals. Volunteers contributed approximately 3,000 hours. Technical services: homeward alliance provides technical servicesstrategic planning, database management, content expertiseto communities and nonprofits seeking to improve their efforts to address homelessness. In 2025, this included several initiatives: (1) the development of a strategic plan to address homelessness in larimer county, (2) the development of a new hmis comparable database for domestic violence providers across the state of Colorado, (3) technical support/training to other continuums of care and other agencies within the northern Colorado continuum of care).

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 83.1%; rating input score 83
• Program expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86
• Fundraising efficiency: $20.67 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • 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; 75th 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 3.4%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 17.3% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings