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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: April 2025 Expires: April 2027

Home for Families

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(888) 474-3587
727 E Main St
Columbus, OH, 43205-1760
https://www.homeforfamilies.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Home for Families meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:

MISSION STATEMENT:

Home for Families empowers families and youth in a housing crisis by resolving immediate needs, providing access to resources, and promoting long-term stability through safe housing, financial independence, and equitable education.

Year, State Incorporated:
1986, OH

Also Known As:
HFF Homeless Families Foundation

PROGRAMS & SERVICES:

Home for Families provides direct and supportive services to 1,200 families and youth each year across its suite of housing, financial, and educational programs. HFF’s programming aims to resolve housing crises, avert the lasting trauma of homelessness, and provide each family and youth with the stable foundation they need to thrive.

HOUSING – Home for Families helps housing insecure families and youth stay in their homes, or find and secure affordable and stable housing when necessary, through direct housing assistance and housing navigation services. HFF’s team of specialized Case Managers provide individualized and targeted supportive services, working with families and youth to help them develop their own goals for success and providing the wraparound services needed to help them overcome barriers to lasting stability.

FINANCIAL – Home for Families provides targeted financial and material assistance to eliminate barriers that may extend beyond housing but directly impact a family’s or youth’s ability to stay stably housed. When determined necessary to ensure a family or youth’s stability, HFF can provide financial support with utilities, eviction debt, childcare, and transportation; access to healthy food through the HFF Emergency Pantry; and referrals and linkages with essential community resources, including mental healthcare providers and assistance with preparing resumes and job searches.

EDUCATION – Home for Families helps ensure the educational stability of its families by providing in-home, kindergarten readiness programming for children ages 3-5 and year-round, Out-of-School Time (OST) programming for K–8th grade students after school and during summer months. HFF’s educational programming centers on a Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, & Mathematics (STEAM) curriculum with a special emphasis on teaching Social-Emotional Learning skills and positive peer relationships. HFF also supports continuing education for adults through programming that provides housing assistance and supportive services to unstably housed clients who are enrolled in vocational training provided by Franklin County or in full-time classes at Columbus State Community College.

For the year ended December 31, 2024, Home for Families's program expenses were:

Program Services $7,300,507
Total Program Expenses $7,300,507

Chief Executive
Beth Fetzer-Rice, President/CEO

Chair of the Board
Ms. Stephanie Couhig Esquire, EHS Director - Insulation

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Owens Corning

Board Size
16

Paid Staff Size
65

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Invitations to fund raising events, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Grant proposals, Internet, Planned giving arrangements, Appeals via Social Media (Facebook, etc.)

% of Related Contributions on Fundraising: 2.36%

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Home for Families's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Source of Funds
Restricted Operating Grants $6,776,364
Contributions $1,419,015
Interest Income $23,593
Income from Beneficial Interest in Assets Held by Third Party; Unrealized Gain $13,465
Other Income $10,000
Income from Beneficial Interest in Assets Held by Third Party: Interest and Dividends $5,991
Total Income $8,248,428

Programs: 87% Fundraising: 2% Administrative: 11%

Total Income $8,248,428
Total expenses: $8,413,740
  Program expenses $7,300,507
  Fundraising expenses $193,768
  Administrative expenses $919,465
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-165,312
Beginning Net Assets $3,212,839
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $3,047,527
Total Liabilities $892,541
Total Assets $3,940,068

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