Nonprofit · EIN 03-0522656
HOUSING WORKS
Tax-exempt · LOS ANGELES, CA 90041
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $8,086,410 | $7,946,606 | $139,804 | $5,124,930 | $601,604 | $4,523,326 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $6,889,400 | $6,288,202 | $601,198 | $4,897,800 | $539,401 | $4,358,399 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $6,179,582 | $4,907,522 | $1,272,060 | $4,020,771 | $357,410 | $3,663,361 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $7,849,659
- of which government grants
- $5,342,171
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $233,615
- Net gain from sales of assets
- -$5,823
- Other revenue
- $3,136
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $164,557
- Other salaries and wages
- $3,622,455
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $4,564,562
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $51,984
- Accounting fees
- $60,876
- Occupancy
- $140,730
- Travel
- $71,844
- Depreciation
- $40,439
- Program services (functional)
- $6,747,488
- Management and general (functional)
- $861,043
- Fundraising (functional)
- $338,075
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $4,897,800
- Total assets, end of year
- $5,124,930
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $601,604
- Net assets, end of year
- $4,523,326
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $139,538
- Publicly traded securities
- $978,710
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $4,279,711
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $243,615
- Gross receipts
- $8,643,021
- Employees
- 83
- Volunteers
- 15
- Year formed
- 2003
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CELINA ALVAREZ | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $129,294 | $12,558 |
| LINDA PEACORE | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| ANN-SOPHIE MORRISSETTE | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| ROD STEPHENS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| YALDA NOORZAI | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| DULCE ACOSTA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| GARY BLASI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SABRINA FIELDS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SABA MWINE-CHANG | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MOLLIE KAISER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ZELLA KNIGHT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| AGNES ORSI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| HEATHER SANCHEZ | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMES THING | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| GRACE DYRNESS PHD | BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 03/2025) Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARY KIRCHEN | BOARD MEMBER/FOUNDER (UNTIL 03/2025) Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CELINA ALVAREZ | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $126,978 | $3,854 |
| NEIL NAVIN | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| GARY BLASI | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| ANN-SOPHIE MORRISSETTE | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| YALDA NOORZAI | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| GRACE DYRNESS PHD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MARY KIRCHEN | BOARD MEMBER/FOUNDER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SABA MWINE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| AGI ORSI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| LINDA PEACORE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ROD STEPHENS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMES THING | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CELINA ALVAREZ | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $111,181 | $3,509 |
| NEIL NAVIN | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| GARY BLASI | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| ANN-SOPHIE MORRISSETTE | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| YALDA NOORZAI | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| GRACE DYRNESS PHD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MARY KIRCHEN | BOARD MEMBER/FOUNDER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SABA MWINE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| AGI ORSI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| LINDA PEACORE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ROD STEPHENS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMES THING | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 825 COLORADO BLVD STE 243, LOS ANGELES, CA 90041-1732
- In care of
- % HOUS
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- CELINA ALVAREZ, 121 N AVE 59, LOS ANGELES, CA 90042
- Signed the 990
- CELINA ALVAREZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (323) 466-0042
- Website
- WWW.HOUSINGWORKSCA.ORG
- Return prepared by
- VASQUEZ & CO LLP
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 03-0522656 or by the name HOUSING WORKS.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
OUR MISSION IS TO CREATE HOUSING AND SERVICE OPTIONS THAT MODEL, WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY, SUSTAINABLE, ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE, AFFORDABLE COMMUNITIES FOR PEOPLE OF LIMITED RESOURCES.
Program accomplishments
- DURING FISCAL YEARS 2025 AND 2024, HOUSING WORKS SERVED A TOTAL OF 1,452 AND 1,185 INDIVIDUALS, RESPECTIVELY, WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE OF CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS. THIS INCLUDED 1,175 AND 894 INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN SCATTERED-SITE OR PROJECT-BASED HOUSING, AS WELL AS 277 AND 291 INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVED OUTREACH AND HOUSING NAVIGATION SERVICES IN 2025 AND 2024, RESPECTIVELY. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO HELPED 260 AND 207 INDIVIDUALS MOVE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING IN 2025 AND 2024, RESPECTIVELY. HOUSING WORKS SERVES AS THE ON-SITE SERVICES PROVIDER FOR NINE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS WITH A TOTAL OF 1,170 AND 548 UNITS OF SITE-BASED HOUSING IN 2025 AND 2024, RESPECTIVELY. THE ORGANIZATION'S HOUSING RETENTION RATE WAS 98.8% IN 2025 AND 97% IN 2024. THE FOOD BOOST PROGRAM DISTRIBUTED A TOTAL OF 54,240 AND 13,550 FOOD BOXES, VEGAN FOOD BAGS, AND SACK LUNCHES IN 2025 AND 2024, RESPECTIVELY.SERVICES WERE DELIVERED IN GEOGRAPHIC AREAS THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY, INCLUDING HOLLYWOOD, WEST HOLLYWOOD, PASADENA, DOWNTOWN, THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, EAST, CENTRAL AND SOUTH LOS ANGELES.PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING - THE ORGANIZATION WORKS WITH BOTH FOR-PROFIT AND NONPROFIT HOUSING DEVELOPERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS TO CREATE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OPTIONS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. THESE INCLUDE SECURING UNITS IN SITE-BASED AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, AS WELL AS SCATTERED SITE UNITS.HOME FIRST PROGRAM - ASSISTS PEOPLE EXPERIENCING CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS WHO ARE DIAGNOSED WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS (OR WHO ARE MULTI-DIAGNOSED WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, ADDICTION, HIV AND/OR OTHER CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS) TO FIND, SECURE, AND SUSTAIN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. SERVICES ARE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT PARTICIPANTS' ABILITY TO RETAIN PERMANENT HOUSING AND THRIVE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THEY ARE DELIVERED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S MOBILE INTEGRATED SERVICES TEAM (MIST) AND/OR VIA LINKAGES AND REFERRALS BY THE MOBILE INTEGRATED SERVICES TEAM TO LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDERS. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE CASE MANAGEMENT, 24/7 CRISIS RESPONSE, COUNSELING, PSYCHIATRIC CARE, MEDICATION MANAGEMENT, MONEY MANAGEMENT (INCLUDING SERVICES AS REPRESENTATIVE PAYEE), HEALTH CARE, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES, BENEFITS ADVOCACY, EMPLOYMENT READINESS AND SEARCH ASSISTANCE, COMMUNITY-BUILDING AND RECREATIONAL/SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.ENRICHED SERVICES - PROGRAM STAFF ASSIGNED TO SINGLE-SITE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS COORDINATE A BROAD RANGE OF SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR INDIVIDUALS AND TO BUILD COMMUNITY AMONG RESIDENTS. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT OF RESIDENTS IN SERVICES, SCHEDULING AND COORDINATION OF ON-SITE EVENTS SUCH AS HEALTH FAIRS, SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND WORKSHOPS, INTERFACING WITH THE FOOD BOOST STAFF FOR FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENTS AND PROMOTING ON-SITE EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.EMPOWERMENT WORKS - ASSISTS PARTICIPANTS IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO ACCESS PAID AND VOLUNTEER WORK OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY INTEGRATION ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THEATRE, SPORTING EVENTS, RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, CONCERTS AND CELEBRATIONS. FOOD BOOST NUTRITION ASSISTANCE & DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM - PROVIDES WEEKLY SUPPLEMENTAL GROCERIES AND SERVED MEALS TO HOUSING WORKS' MOST ILL, VULNERABLE AND FOOD-INSECURE PARTICIPANTS AND COORDINATES MONTHLY FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENTS AT SINGLESITE SETTINGS.Expenses $6,747,488
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 03-0522656
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2004
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Housing and shelter (L20)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $5,124,930
- Income (IRS master file)
- $8,643,021
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $8,086,410 | $7,946,606 | $5,124,930 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $6,889,400 | $6,288,202 | $4,897,800 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $6,179,582 | $4,907,522 | $4,020,771 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $4,712,157 | $4,431,348 | $2,642,718 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 03-0522656).
Questions about HOUSING WORKS
- What is the EIN of HOUSING WORKS?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of HOUSING WORKS is 03-0522656.
- Is HOUSING WORKS tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2004.
- Are donations to HOUSING WORKS tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does HOUSING WORKS file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of HOUSING WORKS due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did HOUSING WORKS last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of HOUSING WORKS?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names CELINA ALVAREZ.
- Who are the officers and directors of HOUSING WORKS?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 16 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $129,294 (CELINA ALVAREZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does HOUSING WORKS have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $8,086,410, expenses of $7,946,606 and total assets of $5,124,930 at year end.
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