Nonprofit · EIN 38-2245793
SHELTER INC
Also known as HOPE SHORES ALLIANCE
Tax-exempt · ALPENA, MI 49707
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | 990 | $2,862,389 | $2,781,993 | $80,396 | $1,625,698 | $529,704 | $1,095,994 |
| September 30, 2024 | 990 | $2,452,583 | $2,391,735 | $60,848 | $1,252,419 | $238,687 | $1,013,732 |
| September 30, 2023 | 990 | $2,342,758 | $1,854,076 | $488,682 | $1,246,266 | $293,382 | $952,884 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $2,591,611
- of which government grants
- $2,025,820
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $12,086
- Other revenue
- $258,692
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $85,887
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,273,125
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,641,686
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $2,822
- Accounting fees
- $16,932
- Occupancy
- $141,181
- Travel
- $47,567
- Depreciation
- $18,457
- Program services (functional)
- $2,411,233
- Management and general (functional)
- $370,760
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,252,419
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,625,698
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $529,704
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,095,994
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $696,158
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,095,994
- Gross receipts
- $2,862,389
- Employees
- 52
- Volunteers
- 80
- Year formed
- 1977
- State of legal domicile
- MI
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 September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valerie Williams | Executive Dir. Trustee or director | 40 | $85,887 |
| Tammy Meredith | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Sara Lane | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Paige Gordier | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Cynthia Muszynski JD | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Bonnie Wirgau | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Theresa Sanford | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Kailey O'Brien | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Christina Dehring | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 8 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valerie Williams | Executive Dir. Trustee or director | 40 | $78,828 |
| Char Keune | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Sara Lane | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Robyn Christy Parris MBA-HR | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Amanda Bergeron | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Tammy Meredith PhD | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Cynthia Muszynski JD | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Bonnie Wirgau | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 9 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valerie Williams | Executive Dir. Trustee or director | 40 | $82,357 |
| Kelli Leask MSN Ed APRN FNP-C | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Amanda Bergeron | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Carley Detloff | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| David Ladd | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Cynthia Muszynski JD | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Char Keune | President Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Edna Sorensen | Treasurer Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Tammy Meredith PhD | Secretary Officer | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 3022 US HIGHWAY 23 S STE D, ALPENA, MI 49707-4845
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Tammy Meredith, 3022 US 23 S Ste D PO Box 797, Alpena, MI 49707
- Signed the 990
- Valerie Williams, Executive Director
- Phone
- (989) 356-2560
- Website
- www.hopeshores.org
- Return prepared by
- AMMP Business Solutions
Mission
Hope Shores Alliance is a community supported human service organization dedicated to assisting victims/survivors and their families in ending domestic and sexual violence and discrimination in their lives.
Program accomplishments
- 4a. Domestic Violence: To ensure domestic violence primary and secondary victim support and advocacy services remain available and accessible. To enhance and sustain victim services through systems change and community coordinated response throughout the service area as well as state and national systems/social change opportunities focused on the dynamics and root causes of domestic violence. Hope Shores Alliance provided hotline help and support to 635 people, 3812 emergency shelter bed-nights, safe shelter to 99 survivors, 3416 instances of supportive advocacy and listening to 426 survivors, 351 instances to 158 survivors of legal advocacy and court accompaniment, 357 hours or counseling, and 33 instances of childrens activities and childcare.Expenses $1,414,379
- Sexual Assault: To increase access and availability of primary and secondary victim immediate response as well as historical post-trauma advocacy and support through direct services, building and sustaining community coordinated capacity as well as local, state, and national social/systems change focused on the dynamics and root causes of sexual assault. The agency has two sexual assault response teams SART that provide 24/7/365 per year sexual assault advocacy through the collaborative SART team of prosecuting attorney, law enforcement and hospital staff on each team providing a trauma-informed response to rape victims. In fiscal year 2025 our advocates provided 30 SART calls with 37.25 hours of supportive advocacy for rape victims in emergency rooms.Expenses $448,026
- Supportive Housing: To provide access to long-term safe, affordable housing for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and their dependent children. Additionally, the program provides advocacy, support and education focused on assisting victims in transitioning from homelessness to permanent housing through 24 months of transitional supportive housing assistance and support. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, Hope Shores Alliance provided transitional supportive housing to 16 adults and 38 children.Expenses $443,555
- Prevention: To...The purpose of the DELTA AHEAD program is to decrease risk factors and increase protective factors related to intimate partner violence. Hope Shores Alliance, through the DELTA AHEAD program and in partnership with the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence will address: 1 Intimate partner violence, 2 Social determinants of health and 3 Health equityExpenses $105,273
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 September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | September 30, 2026 | February 15, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | September 30, 2025 | February 16, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | September 30, 2024 | February 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 38-2245793
- 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
- 1979
- Accounting year ends
- September
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Housing and shelter (L41Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,625,698
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,862,389
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | September 2025 | $2,862,389 | $2,781,993 | $1,625,698 | XML |
| 990 | September 2024 | $2,452,583 | $2,391,735 | $1,252,419 | XML |
| 990 | September 2023 | $2,342,758 | $1,854,076 | $1,246,266 | XML |
| 990 | September 2022 | $1,808,359 | $1,887,908 | $790,202 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 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 38-2245793).
Questions about SHELTER INC
- What is the EIN of SHELTER INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of SHELTER INC is 38-2245793.
- Is SHELTER INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1979.
- Are donations to SHELTER INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does SHELTER 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 SHELTER INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did SHELTER INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of SHELTER INC?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names Tammy Meredith.
- Who are the officers and directors of SHELTER INC?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 9 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $85,887 (Valerie Williams, Executive Dir.).
- How much revenue does SHELTER INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,862,389, expenses of $2,781,993 and total assets of $1,625,698 at year end.
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