House of Refuge Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 860662244
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Mesa, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 4809889242
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Temporary Housing
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,643,526
- Expenses
- $4,795,445
- Assets
- $6,156,229
- Liabilities
- $133,913
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
22 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KAYLA KOLAR (PRESIDENT &)
Highest reported compensation
- KAYLA KOLAR (PRESIDENT &): $171,468 total reported compensation
- ANA MONZON (CFO): $98,372 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
House of refuge, inc. (the organization) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving families experiencing homelessness in Arizona. Founded on april 17, 1996, the organization provides transitional housing in a neighborhood setting along with comprehensive support services designed to promote long-term stability and self-sufficiency. Participants may receive housing and supportive services for up to 12 months, including case management, employment and education support, and access to essential resources. These services are tailored to address the unique needs of each family as they work toward securing permanent housing and financial independence. On any given day, approximately 250 individuals reside at house of refuge. Through structured programming and ongoing support, participants develop the skills and stability needed to improve their current circumstances and build a stronger future for themselves and their children.
What it reported doing in 2024
House of refuge provides transitional housing and essential wrap-around supportive services to help homeless families identify and overcome their individual barriers to stable housing as they work to become selfsufficient. All adult residents meet at least monthly with workforce development- and family services-case managers.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72.9%; rating input score 73
- Program expense ratio: 85.2%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: $19.49 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- 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: 9 of 9 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: 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: 15%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.28; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.6%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 72.9% of revenue deployed · 85.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $171K · 22 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 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.
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 58/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.