Strategies to End Homelessness
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Standards For Charity Accountability
Governance
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Strategies to End Homelessness meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Stated Purpose:
Strategies to End Homelessness leads the coordinated community effort to end homelessness in Greater Cincinnati and envisions a community in which everyone has a stable home--and the resources needed to maintain it. Through the administration of funding to partner agencies, the analysis of community-wide data, the operation of programs, and the coordination of the local homeless services system, Strategies to End Homelessness prevents homelessness whenever possible, assists people out of homelessness, and offers solutions to homelessness through housing.
Year, State Incorporated:
2007, OH
Strategies to End Homelessness coordinates and leads local homeless services:
Continuum of Care (CoC) Coordination: oversee and coordinate U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) funds, in partnership with Hamilton County and Cincinnati, to 16 partner agencies providing supportive housing and services to people who have already experienced homelessness.
Data Analytics: evaluate, analyze data, and recommend improvements for the services and programs receiving funding, and to identify unmet needs. Using data to identify those most at risk of housing loss and homelessness.
Coordinated Entry & Exit for Housing: provide a uniform assessment of the needs of all people who are homeless for placement in housing programs. Partner with the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority to move up to 1,150 formerly homeless households into the Housing Choice Voucher program each year.
Programs we operate:
RentConnect: engaging property owners to identify affordable rental units for formerly homeless and at-risk households.
Central Access Point Helpline: connects people in crisis with housing services, housing programs or emergency shelter.
Shelter Diversion: helps those most at-risk of homelessness back into their own permanent housing by providing rental assistance and case management.
Community Initiatives we lead:
Housing Stability Collaborative: with homeless services partners and data analytics partners, use predictive data analytics to identify households in the very early stages of a housing crisis and proactively help.
KEYS to a Future Without Youth Homelessness: HUD-sponsored partnership and strategic plan which seeks to end youth homelessness.
Solutions for Family Homelessness: strategic plan and initiative to identify and implement strategies to address the needs of homeless and at-risk families.
Homeless to Homes: region’s comprehensive plan to end homelessness for single individuals. Supported by the Hamilton County Indigent Care Levy.
For the year ended December 31, 2023, Strategies to End Homelessness's program expenses were:
| Shelter/Housing | $29,066,054 |
| Prevention | $2,681,931 |
| Homeless Management Information System | $454,999 |
| Coordinated Entry | $436,649 |
| Total Program Expenses | $32,639,633 |
Chief Executive
Kevin Finn, President & CEO
Chair of the Board
Mr. Thomas Bosse, Board Chairperson
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Board Size
13
Paid Staff Size
40
Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals
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 Strategies to End Homelessness's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023.
Source of Funds
| Government grants | $32,196,045 |
| Foundation grants | $999,436 |
| Contributions | $247,173 |
| Other income | $214,532 |
| Interest income | $173,406 |
| Agency fees | $120,605 |
| Total Income | $33,951,197 |
Programs: 98% Fundraising: 1% Administrative: 2%
| Total Income | $33,951,197 |
| Total expenses: | $33,441,522 |
| Program expenses | $32,639,633 |
| Fundraising expenses | $240,848 |
| Administrative expenses | $561,041 |
| Other expenses | $0 |
| Income in Excess of Expenses | $509,675 |
| Beginning Net Assets | $6,384,431 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets | $0 |
| Ending Net Assets | $6,894,106 |
| Total Liabilities | $4,571,876 |
| Total Assets | $11,465,982 |
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