Journey Home Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472245325
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Mineral, VA, USA
Phone
5402593627
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Temporary Housing

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$275,870
Expenses
$126,772
Assets
$2,587,454
Liabilities
$7,241

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BENJAMIN REID (OPERATIONS DIRECTOR AND BOARD VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DEBRA READ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND BOARD PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • BENJAMIN REID (OPERATIONS DIRECTOR AND BOARD VICE PRESIDENT): $38,422 total reported compensation
  • JENNIFER SCHULZ (BOARD SECRETARY AND PROGRAM ASSISTANT): $6,294 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The journey home provides christ-centered transitional housing and supporting programs that bring hope and healing to individuals and families on the journey to stable housing.

What it reported doing in 2025

We continued to screen and accept new participants into the transitional housing program. We continued to operate the program providing housing, food, education, and coaching for participants and their children. During the 2025 calendar year, four new families were admitted into the program. There were five active program partcipants at the end of the year. The total number of participants with children at the end of the year was twelve.

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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 57
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 41.1%; rating input score 41
  • Program expense ratio: 86.2%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $54.89 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 57.1%; rating input score 57; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 54%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 20.41; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 35.3%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.6% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 41.1% of revenue deployed · 86.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $109K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $38K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 41/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 57/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.