Shelter Tech
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 383984099
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4084069183
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Homeless Centers
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $171,035
- Expenses
- $170,176
- Assets
- $91,279
- Liabilities
- $3,113
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Melissa King (Co-Executive Director/Director)
- William Soward (Co-Executive Director/Director)
- Hicham Sabir (President/Chairman/Co-Founder)
People named in this filing
- Melissa King (Co-Executive Director/Director)
- William Soward (Co-Executive Director/Director)
- Hicham Sabir (President/Chairman/Co-Founder)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
ShelterTech is solving the biggest technology challenges faced by those experiencing homelessness.
What it reported doing in 2024
ShelterTech hosts and partners with other organizations to put on a minimum of 9 outreach events per year (subject to COVID restrictions) to get the word out about sfserviceguide.org and teach people how to access and use the database. ShelterTech performs outreach events both for staff at community-based nonprofits and also for people experiencing homelessness themselves. Aside from events aimed at introducing people to sfserviceguide.org, ShelterTech hosts events (in-person and remote) to educate the community about issues around homelessness and help bridge the gap between the housed/tech community and individuals who are currently or formerly homeless. These events range from speaker and panel events, interactive dinners and hackathons, and volunteering opportunities. ShelterTech also continues a program with Code Tenderloin where ST Community Reps participate in periodic street outreach events where they help distribute materials (food, masks, hygiene kits) and information to people in need while also building awareness of SFSG.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 77%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 77.4%; rating input score 77
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.5%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.54; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 47%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 29.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 22.1% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 77% of revenue deployed · 77.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $132K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 35/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.