Shelter the Homeless Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742548948
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Phone
8013590698
Rating
94
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,583,861
Expenses
$10,812,077
Assets
$93,880,867
Liabilities
$10,351,843

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOSH ROMNEY (PRESIDENT)
  • LAURIE HOPKINS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • LAURIE HOPKINS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $248,620 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Obtain and own property to be used for the benefit of individuals experiencing homelessness.

What it reported doing in 2025

Emergency shelter resources 4 homeless resource centers (hrcs) and 2 non-congregate shelter (ncs): connie crosby family resource center: 300 beds for families, operated by the road home, 1,586 served in 2025. Family interim non-congregate housing 400 beds for families, operated by the road home, 318 served in 2025geraldine e king resource center: 200 beds for women, operated by volunteers of america, 806 served in 2025.gail miller resource center: 200 beds 160 for men and 40 for women, operated by the road home 790 served in 2025.pamela atkinson resource center: 300 beds for men, operated by the road home, 1,035 served in 2025.medically vulnerable people non-congregate shelter: 165 beds for seniors and medically vulnerable, operated by the road home and fourth street clinic, 464 served in 2025. In 2025 there were 1,740 beds total across salt lake valley, with 5,021 unduplicated individuals served in 2025, an average of 100% bed utilization for hrcs and 82% for the mvp ncs program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 89% 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.

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 some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 95
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 94.6%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: $41.31 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 21st 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: 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: -12.8%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.68; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.3%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.5% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $10.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $249K · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.