Supportive Housing Association of New Jersey Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223532525
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
South Orange, NJ, USA
Phone
9089311131
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Housing Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$507,435
Expenses
$445,803
Assets
$317,375
Liabilities
$43,073

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • KATHERINE KELLY (EXECUTIVE DI): $90,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Sha serves its members through networking events and provision of technical assistance, information, and advocacy in order to assist them in developing and managing permanent affordable housing with supportive services for people with mental illness, addictions, intellectual and developmental disabilities, the homeless and other special needs. Sha runs meetings with its full membership every other month, with housing developer members, with families and consumer representatives and also hosts an annual statewide conference in november for the entire industry. The organization strives to inform its membership about policy and rules and regulations affecting the industry as well as innovative and creative approaches to suportive housing.

What it reported doing in 2025

Technical assistance and advocacy for other non profit organizations in helping to develop or manage permanent, affordable, and supportive housing for persons with disabilities. Technical assistance and advocacy accomplishments: hosting of membership meetings in trenton featuring speakers from government organizations and other related institutions. Also featuring other topics of interest for the membership such as employment for people with disabilties, financing options for the industry, regional plan updates and more. Sha meets 6 times annually with its housing developer members to discuss issues of mutual concern and to work together to solve problems associated with housing development for low income people with disabilities. Sha meets 6 times annually with representatives of family and consumer groups to discuss housing issues and to identify topics for advocacy and innovation. Advocacy initiatives: supporting system partners in efforts to access municipal housing trust funds and ensure that the courts approve municipal housing plans. Creation of an investors council to expand special needs housing with private investment. Encouraging new ideas in housing for more efficiency and expansion to those in need. Research and writing of a housing guide for families and consumers. (a guide to supportive housing; a road map for consumers and their families) meet with representatives of state government (both executive and legislative bodies) to modify rules and regulations governing supportive housing that will strengthen provider roles and expand housing and services for those in need. Sending of weekly email blasts to approximately 3,000 email addresses on topics ranging from supportive housing policy, articles of interest and developments in affordable housing for people with disabilities. Continued updates of sha's website.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.6%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 77%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $14.7 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

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: NotApplicable
    • 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: 12.1%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.71; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.2%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.6% of revenue deployed · 77% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $343K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $90K · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 47/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.