The Housing Advocates Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
510141693
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2010
Forms available
Form 990 2010
Location
Cleveland, OH, USA
Phone
2164317400
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Legal Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$300,654
Expenses
$558,153
Assets
$148,608
Liabilities
$522,023

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Hai is a public interest consumer advocacy organization whose purpose is to increase equal housing opportunities and promote safe, decent and reasonable cost housing for low and moderate income families. Mission statement a legal system in which only the politically powerful and wealthy can afford legal representation is not only inherently unfair, but justice will be better served, if all persons are represented. The housing advocates, inc was organized to offer minorities, disabled and the poor an opportunity for housing justice. In the ensuing 30 years the organization has emerged as a full-service non-profit tax exempt public interest law firm, consumer and fair housing organization with a multiplicity of projects.

What it reported doing in 2010

The activites and projects of hai combine traditional lawyering activities with research, organizing and public education. Some projects, such as the fair housing law clinic and the fair housing legal support center, incorporate clinical teaching programs for lawyers and law students. Others, such as the technical assistance program, seek to enforce compliance with federal housing laws through educational and outreach efforts. In addition, there are projects addressing the specific legal needs of particular clients, such as the mobile/manufactured home advocacy project, the housing disability law porject and the hispanic housing law project. The diversity of the porjects underscores hai's multidimensional approach to the eradication of housing injustice.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 84% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 57
  • Sustainability: 15
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 59th 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: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -85.6%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 3.51; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $441K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

Key Signals

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

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.