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Nonprofit · EIN 06-1079879

MY SISTERS PLACE INC

Tax-exempt · HARTFORD, CT 06106

Financials

$3.9M$4M2022$8.6M$3.8M2023$5.2M$4.6M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of MY SISTERS PLACE INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
June 30, 2025990$5,242,497$4,592,905$649,592$23,547,180$7,268,759$16,278,421
June 30, 2024990$8,645,513$3,754,884$4,890,629$24,275,567$8,726,389$15,549,178
June 30, 2023990$3,895,096$4,034,743-$139,647$15,399,194$4,833,182$10,566,012
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$3,071,766
of which government grants
$2,186,772
Program service revenue
$1,945,309
Investment income
$86,846
Net gain from sales of assets
-$507
Net income from fundraising events
$53,397
Other revenue
$138,576

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$488,957
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$151,068
Other salaries and wages
$1,458,008
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$1,943,501
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Occupancy
$897,071
Depreciation
$637,305
Program services (functional)
$3,942,427
Management and general (functional)
$482,492
Fundraising (functional)
$167,986

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$23,627,410
Total assets, end of year
$23,547,180
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,268,759
Net assets, end of year
$16,278,421
Land, buildings and equipment
$18,061,487
Publicly traded securities
$1,971,542
Net assets without donor restrictions
$7,173,223
Net assets with donor restrictions
$9,105,198
Gross receipts
$5,281,500
Employees
27
Volunteers
138
Year formed
1982
State of legal domicile
CT

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.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationFrom related orgsOther / benefits
KARA A CAPONECEO
Officer
14$0$184,320$17,685
DANIEL GURVICHCFO
Officer
14$0$176,852$16,987
KATHLEEN SHAWCOO
Officer
14$151,068$0$16,734
DIANE BENGSTONCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
LISA HOISLVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
MATTHEW CANDILOROTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
LEAH CHAPMANSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
KEN MCAVOYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
MARVA PATTERSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
MARIE SPADORCIADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
NICOLE TERRYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
ANTHONY TORSIELLODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
MARK TUREKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
COLIN WRINNDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
JESSICA HAMILTONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
1 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
KAREN MATHESONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 21 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationFrom related orgsOther / benefits
KARA A CAPONECEO
Officer
14$0$214,851$33,815
KATHLEEN SHAWCHIEF OPERAT
Officer
14$182,921$0$31,680
DAN GURVICHCHIEF FINANC
Officer
14$0$182,366$30,555
AMANDA GORDONDIRECTOR OF
Highest-paid employee
14$0$110,082$34,207
ERROL BARTLEYDIRECTOR OF
Highest-paid employee
14$107,376$0$33,291
DIANE BENGSTONCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
KELLY BRITTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
LEAH CHAPMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
ERIC HANLYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
LISA HOISLVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
SISTER JANICE KIDNEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
ANDREW MEEHANSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
MATTHEW CANDILOROTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
KEN MCAVOYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
MARVA PATTERSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
MARIE SPADORCIADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
NICOLE TERRYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
ANTHONY TORSIELLODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
MARK TUREKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
TAYLOR SHEADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
COLIN WRINNDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 20 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationFrom related orgsOther / benefits
KARA A CAPONECEO
Officer
14$0$182,287$10,222
KATHLEEN SHAWCHIEF OPERAT
Officer
14$164,406$0$13,303
DAN GURVICHCHIEF FINANC
Officer
14$0$160,307$13,730
ERROL BARTLEYDIRECTOR OF
Highest-paid employee
14$0$113,104$18,325
AMANDA GORDONDIRECTOR OF
Highest-paid employee
14$0$115,823$10,932
CHRISTINA LESSARD THRU 6302023DIR OF DEVEL
Highest-paid employee
20$0$104,335$2,804
DIANE BENGSTONCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
MATTHEW CANDILOROTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
LISA HOISLVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
ANDREW MEEHANSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
MUHAMMAD CHUDARYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
FRANCIA ECHEVARRIA THRU 6302023DIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
ERIC HANLYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
SISTER JANICE KIDNEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
KEN MCAVOYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
MARVA PATTERSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
TAYLOR SHEADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
MARIE SPADORCIADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
NICOLE TERRYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
ANTHONY TORSIELLODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
221 MAIN ST, HARTFORD, CT 06106-1890
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
KARA A CAPONE, 221 MAIN STREET, HARTFORD, CT 06106
Signed the 990
KARA A CAPONE, CEO
Phone
(860) 808-2033
Return prepared by
FIONDELLA MILONE & LASARACINA LLP

Mission

MY SISTERS PLACE IS COMMITTED TO ENDING HOMELESSNESS BY EMPOWERING WOMEN, FAMILIES, AND OTHERS IN GREATER HARTFORD TO ACHIEVE INDEPENDENCE AND STABILITY IN THEIR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.

990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • AFFORDABLE HOUSING: 1. MARY SEYMOUR PLACE APARTMENTS, LOCATED IN HARTFORD,PROVIDES SINGLE MEN OR WOMEN AFFORDABLE RENTAL APARTMENTS. TENANTS HOLD THEIR OWN LEASES. UNITS ARE LEASED TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME TENANTS. THERE ARE 30 ONEBEDROOM APARTMENTS ONSITE,AS WELL AS VOLUNTARY CASE MANAGEMENT AND REFERRAL/ADVOCACY PROGRAMS AVAILABLE. 2. THE SUE ANN SHAY PLACE APARTMENTS CONSIST OF 34 AFFORDABLE ONE, TWO AND THREE BEDROOM RENTAL APARTMENTS FOR WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES LOCATED IN HARTFORD, CT. UNITS ARE LEASED TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME TENANTS. TENANTS HOLD THEIR OWN LEASES. VOLUNTARY CASE MANAGEMENT AND REFERRAL/ADVOCACY PROGRAMS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ONSITE. 3. THE BEAUMONT LOFTS, A 24 -UNIT APARTMENT AFFORDABLE AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMPLEX FOR BOTH FAMILIES AND SINGLE INDIVIDUALS, PROVIDES VOLUNTARY CASE MANAGEMENT AND REFERRAL/ADVOCACY PROGRAMS. UNITS ARE LEASED TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME TENANTS.
    Expenses $2,117,604
  • SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS: MY SISTERS' PLACE PROVIDES SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO WERE FORMERLY HOMELESS AND UNABLE TO HOLD THEIR OWN LEASE. THROUGH THE MARY SEYMOUR PLACE APARTMENTS AND SUE ANN SHAY PLACE APARTMENTS AND THE BEAUMONT LOFTS, MSP PROVIDES HOUSING AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO MEET ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: LOW INCOME, LIVING WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS, AND/OR CURRENTLY HOMELESS. SECURITY DEPOSIT PROGRAMS - MSP OPERATES A FEW DIFFERENT PROGRAMS PROVIDING LIMITED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SUCH AS SECURITY DEPOSITS, FIRST MONTH'S RENT, SECURITY DEPOSIT GUARANTEES AND SOMETIMES SMALL RENTAL ARREARS TO HOUSEHOLDS WHO ARE HOMELESS OR AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS. AVAILABLE FUNDING VARIES AND SPECIFIES WHAT HOUSEHOLDS MAY BE SERVED AND WHAT EXPENSES CAN BE COVERED. THE HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING, THE HARTFORD AND THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF VERNON HAVE BEEN LONG-TIME SUPPORTERS OF THESE PROGRAMS. LAST YEAR, A TOTAL OF 220 INDIVIDUALS WERE SERVED THROUGH THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. HOUSING MOBILITY PROGRAM - ASSISTS 100 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH HOUSING SUBSIDIES TO MOVE FROM AREAS OF LOW OPPORTUNITY (USUALLY IN CITIES) TO AREAS OF HIGHER OPPORTUNITY IN THE HARTFORD REGION. HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS ARE THOSE WITH BETTER SCHOOL SYSTEMS, LOW CRIME RATES, BETTER TRANSPORTATION AND BETTER JOB OPPORTUNITIES. STAFF PROVIDE TENANT EDUCATION, MOBILITY COUNSELING, AND HOUSING SEARCH ASSISTANCE BY MEETING WITH POTENTIAL CLIENTS, LANDLORDS, AND PROGRAM STAFF TO MATCH PEOPLE WITH OPPORTUNITIES. TO QUALIFY, CLIENTS MUST HAVE A SECTION 8 OR RAP HOUSING VOUCHER ALONG WITH AT LEAST ONE CHILD 13 OR YOUNGER LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD. LAST YEAR, A TOTAL OF 466 INDIVIDUALS WERE SERVED THROUGH THE HOUSING MOBILITY COUNSELING PROGRAM.
    Expenses $1,280,008 · grants $219,416
  • PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING: PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING (PSH) INTEGRATES PERMANENT, AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE HARTFORD AREA WITH THE BEST PRACTICE COMMUNITY BASED SUPPORTIVE SERVICES NEEDED TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS AND/OR HAVE SERIOUS AND LONGTERM DISABILITIES SUCH AS MENTAL ILLNESSES, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, AND CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS ACCESS AND MAINTAIN STABLE HOUSING IN THE COMMUNITY.
    Expenses $391,523 · grants $269,541
  • YOUTH PROGRAM CHILDREN WITH HISTORIES OF HOMELESSNESS EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTIES RELATED TO THEIR TIME BEING HOMELESS. MORE THAN 40% OF THOSE CHILDREN EXHIBIT SERIOUS EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS. BY AGE 8, MORE THAN 75% OF THOSE CHILDREN HAVE MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS THAT AFFECT THEIR LEVEL OF SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL AND ACADEMIC FUNCTIONING. CHILDREN WHO ARE HOMELESS ARE AT INCREASED RISK OF BEING HOMELESS AS ADULTS. WE FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON CHILDREN IN THIS PROGRAM TO HELP BREAK THE CYCLE OF HOMELESSNESS. THIS PROGRAM IS OFFERED TO ALL CHILDREN, FROM BIRTH TO AGE EIGHTEEN ENROLLED IN OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THOSE AT SUE ANN SHAY AND AT SCATTERED SITES. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR BOTH PARENT AND CHILD, PROVIDES ADVOCACY AT PPT SCHOOL MEETINGS, AND PROVIDES SCHOOL UNIFORMS AND SHOES, BOOK BAGS AND SUPPLIES TO ALL SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN. OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED INCLUDE AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING, READING WITH THERAPY DOGS, ARTS AND CRAFTS, GARDENING AND COOKING, IMAGINATION, AND OPEN PLAY AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIPS. GENERALLY, THE CHILDREN WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE YOUTH PROGRAM -ON-GOING IMPROVEMENT AND PROGRESS FOR EACH PARTICIPANT IN THE TUTORING AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS. -A DRASTIC REDUCTION IN BEHAVIORAL RELATED EVENTS IN SCHOOL AND AT HOME; -INCREASED SOCIALIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTABILITY FOR THE CHILDREN WHO ATTEND SOCIALIZATION ACTIVITIES, THERAPEUTIC RECREATION ACTIVITIES AND BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION GROUPS AND ACTIVITIES.
    Expenses $153,292

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 yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025June 30, 2026November 16, 2026Not due yet
2024June 30, 2025November 17, 2025990 on file
2023June 30, 2024November 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
06-1079879
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
1986
Accounting year ends
June
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$23,547,180
Income (IRS master file)
$5,281,500

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990June 2025$5,242,497$4,592,905$23,547,180IRS
990June 2024$8,645,513$3,754,884$24,275,567IRS
990June 2023$3,895,096$4,034,743$15,399,194XML
990June 2022$3,982,385$4,153,124$14,176,461IRS
990June 2021–––IRS
990June 2020–––IRS
990June 2019–––IRS
990June 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 06-1079879).

Questions about MY SISTERS PLACE INC

What is the EIN of MY SISTERS PLACE INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of MY SISTERS PLACE INC is 06-1079879.
Is MY SISTERS PLACE INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1986.
Are donations to MY SISTERS PLACE INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does MY SISTERS PLACE INC 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 MY SISTERS PLACE INC 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 MY SISTERS PLACE INC 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 MY SISTERS PLACE INC?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names KARA A CAPONE.
Who are the officers and directors of MY SISTERS PLACE INC?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 16 people; 1 received compensation from the organization.
How much revenue does MY SISTERS PLACE INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $5,242,497, expenses of $4,592,905 and total assets of $23,547,180 at year end.

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