Shelter House Community Shelter and Transition Services

What it reported doing in 2025

Housing services: rapid rehousing is a housing-first approach that minimizes the amount of time an individual or family experiences homelessness and helps them find and stabilize in their own housing. Rapid rehousing solves the immediate crisis of homelessness while connecting families and individuals with community resources to address other needs. Shelter house executes each of the three core components of rapid rehousing utilizing a progressive engagement approach: 1) housing identification; 2) financial assistance (security deposit, moving assistance, and rent assistance for three to six months); and 3) housing stability case management (connecting participants to jobs, services, and the support needed to successfully maintain their housing). Stability services continue for up to six months after rent assistance ends to ensure stability.shelter house offers permanent supportive housing as an evidence-based intervention serving individuals and families with complex health and behavioral health issues through both scattered site and single site approaches. The fairweather lodge is a scattered site model. It is a recovery-focused, peer-driven program for adults experiencing homelessness who have been diagnosed with a serious persistent mental illness, many of whom have a co-occurring disorder. The model is based on the understanding that people who live and work together, and have significant control over their lives, can overcome homelessness and recover from their mental illnesses.cross park place and 501 southgate are single site properties comprised of one-bedroom apartments (24 units and 36 units respectively) these are housing first interventionsan approach based on the concept that, for an individual experiencing homelessness, the first and primary need is to obtain stable housing (a basic necessity), and that other issues that may affect the individual should be addressed voluntarily and only after housing is obtained. Housing opportunities are exclusively for adults who meet the hud definition of chronic homelessness who categorically have a disabling condition.both scattered site and single site permanent supportive housing interventions incorporate comprehensive supportive services including case management, life skills and daily living supports, and support to apply for and maintain mainstream resources. The approach is person-centered, and trauma informed with a focus on harm reduction. Clinical primary and behavioral health care services are embedded in all permanent supporting housing programs. These services are available weekly through longstanding partnerships with community stakeholders.scattered site permanent supportive housing opportunities were increased by shelter house in partnership with the Iowa city housing authority and area landlords with specialized vouchers (78 mainstream vouchers and 69 emergency housing vouchers) assigned through coordinated entry to households indicating need for permanent supportive housing but where no permanent supportive housing unit was otherwise available. Access to case management and supportive services is available, including access to clinical primary and behavioral health care providers.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 88.6%; rating input score 89
• Program expense ratio: 89%; rating input score 89
• Fundraising efficiency: $20.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• 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: 9 of 9 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: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 0.5%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.17; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 4.1%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings