RochesterMonroe County Homeless Continuum of Care Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
465691570
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Rochester, NY, USA
Phone
5853195091
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Homeless Shelters

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,051,539
Expenses
$1,019,278
Assets
$508,503
Liabilities
$204,078

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tree Clemonds (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Tree Clemonds (Executive Director): $120,831 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 Rochester/Monroe County Homeless Continuum of Care (CoC) is a collaborative partnership which provides leadership, linkages, education, and guidance to eliminate homelessness.

What it reported doing in 2025

CoC Planning - Planning and coordinating of homeless housing and services in Monroe County. Responsible for oversight of HMIS and Coordinated Entry, and coordinating a transparent, equitable application process to allocate $14 million of HUD funding annually. Responsible for monitoring projects annually that receive CoC funding, identifying gaps in service provision, and determining community priorities.Continued on Schedule O.Coordinated Entry - Coordinated Entry utilizes HMIS and a community wide assessment tool (Homelessness Assessment Tool) data to create a prioritization list to ensure that homeless persons with the highest needs are prioritized for housing and that homeless households are linked to programs and services that will best meet the needs of their household. Homeless Management Information System - Manage a web-based database that collects demographic, service and performance data on all persons entering the homeless system; train users on data entry and basic reporting (200 users); run and submit all HUD required reports that provide an unduplicated number of persons served; tracks services and movement through the homeless system, program and system wide performance measures and data quality.CoC is mainly supported by grants totaling $1,006,353.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 96% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.9%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 78.3%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.1%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.4; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.9%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.9% of revenue deployed · 78.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $798K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $121K · 21 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.