Lincoln Civic Housing Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237088165
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Lincoln, NE, USA
Phone
4024345500
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Housing Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,956
Expenses
$2,931
Assets
$977,027
Liabilities
$140

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DALLAS MCGEE (President)
  • BECKY HANNA (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHRIS LAMBERTY (SECRETARY/TREAS): $185,934 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Organization's primary exempt purpose is to: 1. Promote and advance affordable housing projects and related facilities for low income residents of lincoln, Nebraska, by financing the acquistion, construction and rehabilitation of one or more facilities located in the city of lincoln. 2. Provide and improve living conditions for such residents by provding affordable housing through rent subsidy programs provided by the us government and the department of housing and urban developement. 3. To hold title to certain dwellings and real estate within the city of lincoln, and to lease such properties to the housing authority of the city of lincoln to be used in providing low income housing pursuant to existing laws of Nebraska and the federal government. 4. To serve as manager of low income housing.

What it reported doing in 2025

Providing rent subsidies and low income housing to low income individuals

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 26
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 12%; rating input score 12
  • Program expense ratio: 57.3%; rating input score 57
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 79%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 333.34; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 12% of revenue deployed · 57.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $186K · 6 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 2 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 12/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 57/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.