New Beginnings Sober Living Foundation

What it reported doing in 2025

CFH Community Impact Report of 2024 Changing the Faces of Homelessness (CFH) is a nonprofit 501c3 organization serving the community as a permanent supportive housing provider for individuals experiencing homelessness. We offer shared housing with supportive services such as case management and general counseling on site. Our motto is Healing with Housing and Self-Ownership = Great Success. We also provide social services through our Resource Movement Center that brings financial stability, youth empowerment services, housing resources, health and wellness to families and individuals experiencing hardships or losses due to trauma, unemployment etc. Our goal is to empower others by providing the necessary resources and tools to help them regain self-sufficiency by offering life altering programs. CFH also provides life-changing outreach programs throughout the year. During October of 2025 Changing the Faces of Homelessness partnered with American Job Center PRRR Work Development program and launched CFH Community Outreach Worker Employment training program where 15 individuals experiencing homelessness and unemployment were enrolled into the 6-week employment training program. The participants learned case management and community engagement skills. During training 12 out of 15 completed the course and received a certificate of completion with obtaining full time case management employment. CFH also launched their Youth Empowerment Mentoring program by partnering with Home At Last Transitional Shelter servicing the youth between the ages of 18-24. The Youth Empowerment Peer Led Group offers life development skills to over 20 youth experiencing homelessness bringing hope with empowerment and change. CFH continues to host community outreach events providing food, clothing, hygiene kits, housing and employment services up to 2500 individuals and families experiencing homelessness. CFH continues to provide housing and referrals through their Mobile Resource Movement Center on Skid Row where we partnered with Helping Hands of LA Food Bank to provide groceries to over 250 individuals including families with groceries. During the CFH 6th Annual Breakthrough aka the Skid Row Community Ministry Block Party where CFH partnered with the Helping Hands of LA Food Bank, DPSS, LA County Board of Supervisor Hilda Solis, El Nido, CFM Radio Show, Dr. Homie, Salvation Army, American Job Center, Aids Health Services and Christian Mobile Health Services to bring services to help over 1300 individuals which included families, veterans, seniors, mothers with children and transitional age youth between the ages of 18-24 experiencing homelessness, poverty, brokenness, trauma, addiction and loneliness. The 2025 Breakthrough Event provided healthcare, food, clothing, resources, housing and love with God to individuals and families who felt alone and hopeless. CFH partners are Bank of Hope, LA County Supervisor Holly Mitchell, Financial Literacy Training Academy, El Nido, American Job Center, Home At Last, Changing the Faces of Homelessness is committed to providing services that will bring a positive impact to the community we serve by implementing a program that restores hope with empowerment that moves people from a life of hopelessness into a new life of success. CFH is a recipient of the 2025 CRA Funding Grant, JCOD CFCI Grant with the Amity Foundation and the recipient of CCF Ready to Rise Youth Grant.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 86.6%; rating input score 87
• Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Fail
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 13.4%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 79% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: Limited