My Father's House
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 320550297
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Aurora, CO, USA
- Phone
- 7203202641
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Roman Catholic
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $723,101
- Expenses
- $613,122
- Assets
- $257,467
- Liabilities
- $62,899
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- James Blum (Chairman): $79,473 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
My Father’s House is a prison reentry nonprofit that provides transitional housing, job placement assistance, life-skills training, and a supportive community to men on parole so they can lead whole and productive lives. Our Men’s Challenges. Additionally, many of these individuals have higher rates of mental health issues and substance abuse disorders, which require treatment and support. They also have legal and financial obligations, such as restitution payments and court fees, that are difficult to meet without stable employment. Reentering society can be isolating, and most of the individuals we serve lack a strong support system of family and friends. Forming positive relationships and reintegrating into the community can be challenging for formerly incarcerated individuals, who may face stigma and judgment from others.
What it reported doing in 2024
Seeking to unite ourselves to Lord's mission to prepare a place for others, we at My Father's House are constantly amazed and inspired at the depth and breadth of what this means.It includes the preparation of a place to live for men coming out of prison, offering them a home and a room of their own. But, it is so much more.It also encompasses preparing a community of support for these sojourners as they reenter society and begin a new life. It requires us to prepare a place in our hearts for men wounded not only by their own sins, but the faults of others who have impacted them profoundly.It also requires us to remember that these men are not just broken, flawed human beings; but unique creations of the One who calls all of us out of ourselves, out of our misshapen pasts, to new heights of being. And this call is not simply pointing us in a new direction, not just beckoning us to something new; but enabling, equipping with the tools and the capacity to reach the goal laid out for us.We also must remember that the preparation of that place is not the purpose of our activity. That place is not an end in itself, but a means, a vehicle by which we participate in the Lord's intention to come for these men and take them to Himself. For, it is only in union with Him that they can find the fulfillment of their very lives and the accomplishment of His purpose for them.And, as we busy ourselves laying the groundwork for this journey the men take, we find that we, too, have found a resting place which has been prepared for us: a home in the Presence of the One Who is the final end of every man.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 71.7%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 84.5%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: $73.61 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 83; 83rd 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15.2%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 13%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 30.7% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 29.3% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 28.4% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 71.7% of revenue deployed · 84.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $518K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $79K · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.