Housing Works

Legal name: Housing Works Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133584089
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Phone
3474737400
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$63,841,706
Expenses
$63,474,521
Assets
$54,662,636
Liabilities
$47,084,916

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

38 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHARLES KING (EX-OFFICIO MEMBER & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHARLES KING (EX-OFFICIO MEMBER & CEO): $566,893 total reported compensation
  • ANDREW GREENE (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF): $359,566 total reported compensation
  • MICHAEL CLARKE (SVP PROGRAMS): $301,243 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We are a grassroots organization dedicated to ending the dual crises of homelessness and AIDS through relentless advocacy and accessible lifesaving services. Our care is accessible for all regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, diagnosis, immigration status, or ability to pay.

What it reported doing in 2024

Clinical services - housing works' primary exempt mission is to support individuals with AIDS or HIV-related illnesses. Housing works provides these services through its network of housing works entities. Housing works offers our clients more than just check-ups: we have the option of either stand-alone medical services or a holistic health care program that also includes meals, counseling, wellness, and other supportive services for people living with HIV/AIDS. Housing works health care integrates primary care, social services, case management, mental health and complementary therapies into a coherent treatment plan designed to address multiple challenges, such as mental illness, chemical dependency, homelessness, incarceration, and domestic violence. Housing works accepts medicaid, and is open to people with HIV/AIDS. Certain programs, including our transgender services and dental clinic are open to all new yorkers, regardless of HIV status. Our services, located at five locations in manhattan andbrooklyn, include: primary caremental health servicesa full-service dental clinictransgender servicesadult day health careour AIDS services address the complex issues facing our clients.services highlights:202 units of housing for homeless new yorkers living with HIV/AIDS. Four "2 one-stop shop" adult day health centers and 98 case managers and care coordinators who provide help to 3,200 clients annually. Comprehensive services, including primary care, dental care, mental health services, case management, transgender health services, job training, wellness programs and more

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 76% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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 most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 98
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.8%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 99.3%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: $39.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • 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: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 96%; rating input score 96; 50th 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: 0.6%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.86; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.86; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 98.8% of revenue deployed · 99.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 24 of 25 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $63.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $567K · 38 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.9M reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 30 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.