Hosanna House

Legal name: Hosanna House Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
251627718
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Phone
4122437711
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,972,216
Expenses
$6,486,640
Assets
$25,576,815
Liabilities
$1,567,848

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BISHOP JOSEPH GARLINGTON SR (PRESIDENT)
  • DARIN HAYES (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • LEON E HAYNES III (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • LEON E HAYNES III (CEO): $248,317 total reported compensation
  • STEVEN HELLNER-BURRIS (COO): $176,743 total reported compensation
  • MICHAEL SHUPE (CFO): $142,950 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

People working together providing opportunities that will empower families and individuals to discover, acknowledge and develop their maximum potential physically, spiritually and economically. Unforgettable celebrations and lasting memories are made at Hosanna House's event venues. Our Destinations Team partners with you to bring your special event to life. We offer flexible event spaces and unmatched support to ensure your event is perfect. And, your rental dollars go father with Hosanna House - they are used to fuel our mission. Learn More Wallace Event Center. Support our mission. When you support the work of Hosanna House, you impact children, families, individuals, the neighborhood and the community at large. Read More.

What it reported doing in 2025

Other program services include summer camp, health and wellness and youth services: summer camp - each summer, hosanna house offers the community a nine-week day camp for school-aged children through age 13. The camp is held at hosanna house's 14-acre sherwood community center. This facility provides urban children with opportunities to experience a variety of recreational and educational activities in a safe and nurturing environment. The children participate in such activities as swimming, basketball, tennis, deck hockey, crafts, dance and drama, and educational programming in aviation, health and wellness, nature and character building. In addition, the children are taken on field trips that are recreational and educational. Youth services and health and wellness are for children ages 14 through 18. Our primary objectives are to deliver gender-specific programming that will have a positive influence on at-risk youth. This is done through the following three interventions: (1) building self-esteem, self-confidence, social skills, problem solving and leadership skills; (2) participating in gender-specific activities and intramurals sports; and (3) career exploration activities and field trips.

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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 82.7%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.95 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: -30.5%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.94; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.8%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 82.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $5.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $248K · 15 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $764K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.