LaPorte County Habitat for Humanity
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 351670358
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Michigan City, IN, United States
- Phone
- (219) 814-4985
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,147
- Expenses
- $146,830
- Assets
- $1,001,387
- Liabilities
- $18,981
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ED SEBASTIAN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BRIAN COLEMAN (BOARD MEMBER)
- SOPHIA COLEMAN (SECRETARY)
- MARTY CORLEY (BOARD MEMBER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Seeking to put God8s love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. We behave as if respect is our most mission-critical asset. On the job site, in the community, and in the office, we treat our families, volunteers, stakeholders, and coworkers the way we ourselves would like to be treated. Results We’re happy when we’re getting things done. We aim for short-term accomplishments that support long-term outcomes and impact. We value mutual accountability as a tool for continuous improvement. We’re humbled by the generosity of our donors, volunteers and other stakeholders. We do not take their support for granted. Nor do we take our environment and natural resources for granted. Doing more with less isn’t an economic tactic; it’s a fundamental guiding principle. © 2026 LaPorte County Habitat for Humanity.Privacy PolicyCharity Care |...
What it reported doing in 2024
To build houses for families who are financially distressed.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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 the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 56.4%; rating input score 56
- Fundraising efficiency: $12.28 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: 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1,702.3%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.82; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 56.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $83K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 58/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.