Justice for Housing Inc

Analysis

Justice for Housing Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Boston, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Justice for Housing Inc reported income of $1.9m and spending of $1.1m, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $403k to $1.9m (+384%), an average of +120% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 275%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Justice for Housing Inc sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include East Lake Community Development Inc ($1.9m), Habitat for Humanity International Inc ($2.0m) and Sunnybrook Estates ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 4.7% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $457k (40% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $267k, net assets of $940k. It reported 15 employees.