Unified Housing Foundation, Inc.

Legal name: Unified Housing Foundation Inc Fka Housing Assistance Foundation for Se

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
760557203
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Farmers Branch, TX, USA
Phone
2147508845
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nonprofit Management

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$38,009,373
Expenses
$33,821,114
Assets
$245,025,545
Liabilities
$289,491,237

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • R NEIL CROUCH II (DIR, PRESIDENT, TREASURER)

Highest reported compensation

  • CAROLYNN F BEVERS (DIRECTOR): $6,000 total reported compensation
  • MELANIE CARTER (DIR, VP, SECRETARY): $6,000 total reported compensation
  • MARTHA C STEPHENS (DIRECTOR): $5,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Unified Housing Foundation, Inc. (UHF) is a non-profit organization that offers quality, affordable apartment homes for low to moderate-income individuals and families at fourteen communities throughout Texas.

What it reported doing in 2024

Operating low-income housing properties within the guidelines of IRS notice 93-1. In furtherance of its mission to serve the affordable housing community, the organization provides social service programs to the residents at its various apartment communities. The organization currently provides a senior citizen discount program for those 55 and over and a rental assistance program at all of its communities. Furthermore, at select properties, the organization provides esl classes, vacation bible school classes, youth employment opportunities, and various community events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 91% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.2%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 88.1%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.24; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.18; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.1%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -9.5% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -17.2% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 71.2% of revenue deployed · 88.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $29.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $6K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 19 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 20 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.