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Nonprofit · EIN 42-1311668

WILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER INC

Tax-exempt · CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 52403

Financials

$3.3M$2.9M2023$3.5M$3.4M2024$3.7M$3.5M2025
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of WILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2025990$3,735,517$3,460,153$275,364$10,040,521$265,358$9,775,163
December 31, 2024990$3,503,372$3,408,796$94,576$9,715,572$257,205$9,458,367
December 31, 2023990$3,320,381$2,895,815$424,566$9,816,806$499,946$9,316,860
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$3,185,350
of which government grants
$1,817,986
Program service revenue
$376,455
Investment income
$98,903
Net rental income
$75,889
Net gain from sales of assets
$8,492
Net income from fundraising events
-$6,492
Other revenue
$74,809

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$240,686
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$202,896
Other salaries and wages
$1,715,807
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$2,262,956
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$37,296
Occupancy
$160,604
Travel
$29,829
Depreciation
$277,483
Program services (functional)
$2,619,130
Management and general (functional)
$502,796
Fundraising (functional)
$338,227

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$9,715,572
Total assets, end of year
$10,040,521
Total liabilities, end of year
$265,358
Net assets, end of year
$9,775,163
Land, buildings and equipment
$6,378,026
Publicly traded securities
$2,646,196
Net assets without donor restrictions
$8,777,423
Net assets with donor restrictions
$997,740
Gross receipts
$4,670,920
Employees
137
Volunteers
179
Year formed
1987
State of legal domicile
IA

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 December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
FAUST ALICIAEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$100,748$6,986
ANDERSON REGINAFINANCE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$86,408$8,753
HICKS LUCASPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
REASNER AMYVICE PRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
KRAFT TEDTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
NOVOTNY ANDREWSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
BEARDSWORTH JOHNDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
BURNETT RENJENADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
DEWEES CHANDLERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
GEIS VINCEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
JACKSON KENDALLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
MONG ANDYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
SHATZER KATIEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
SHIRLEY WESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
VOGELER JOSHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 16 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
FAUST ALICIAEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$95,228$6,434
REASNER AMYPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
HICKS LUCASVICE PRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
KRAFT TEDTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
NOVOTNY ANDREWSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
NEWHOUSE JOYPAST PRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
BEARDSWORTH JOHNDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
BURNETT RENJENADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
DEWEES CHANDLERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
GEIS VINCEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
JACKSON KENDALLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
PIPKIN JACOBDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
POOLE MARKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
SHIRLEY WESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
STIER CINDYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
TUPPER BARBDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 17 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
ALICIA FAUSTEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$86,671$6,182
GISELE TALLMANPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
JOY NEWHOUSEVICE PRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
LUCAS HICKSTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
THERESE STEVENSSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
STEPHANIE HARRISPAST PRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
JOHN BEARDSWORTHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
DAN DEVOREDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
NATHAN FISHERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
VINCE GEISDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
KENDALL JACKSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
TED KRAFTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
MARK POOLEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
AMY REASNERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
SARAH REGANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
BARB TUPPERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
TARA WALKERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
1247 4TH AVE SE, CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 52403-4020
In care of
% PAT FORD
Principal officer (990 for 2025)
DAVID KARPICK, 1247 4TH AVENUE SE, CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 52403
Signed the 990
DAVID KARPICK, INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Phone
(319) 362-7555
Return prepared by
CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP

Mission

TO EMPOWER ALL EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO BUILD FUTURES OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY THROUGH ADVOCACY, HOUSING, AND EMPLOYMENT, WITH THE VISION OF HAVING A COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYONE HAS HOUSING, STABILITY, AND OPPORTUNITY.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • EMERGENCY SHELTER WITH CASE MANAGEMENT: IN 2025 WE SERVED 185 INDIVIDUALS WITH EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES. THIS INCLUDES 144 INDIVIDUALS AND 9 FAMILIES. 54% OF SHELTER CLIENTS EXITED TO HOUSING. WE PROVIDE SHELTER AND CASE MANAGEMENT FOR SHORT AND LONGER-TERM STAYS FOR VETERANS THROUGH A GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. IN SERVICE-INTENSIVE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, THE VETERAN CAN STAY FOR UP TO 2 YEARS. PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND CARE COORDINATION. PARTICIPANTS IN THE BRIDGE HOUSING PROGRAM CAN STAY IN SHELTER UP TO 6 MONTHS. THESE PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE CARE COORDINATION WITH THE VA AND NON-VA VETERAN SERVICE PROVIDERS, WITH A GOAL OF LEAVING FOR HOUSING AND INCREASING INCOME.IN 2025 73% OF THE VETERANS IN THIS PROGRAM HAD POSITIVE EXITS.
    Expenses $943,850 · grants $25,811 · revenue $44,040
  • SUPPORTIVE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM: IN 2025 WE CONTINUED SERVING INDIVIDUALS IN OUR EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM BY PROVIDING DIRECT HOURLY PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT. WE FILLED UP TO 8 FULL-TIME POSITIONS AT FRONTIER CO-OP EACH DAY ACROSS THREE SHIFTS AND PROVIDED TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM FRONTIER. WE ALSO OFFERED 8-10 PART-TIME POSITIONS IN OUR MATTRESS RECYCLING SOCIAL ENTERPRISE AND 5 SEASONAL PART-TIME POSITIONS WITH THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS TO PERFORM LITTER ABATEMENT IN PUBLIC SPACES AROUND CEDAR RAPIDS. ACROSS ALL OF OUR EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROGRAM IN 2025 WE EMPLOYED 63 CLIENTS FOR A TOTAL OF 14,637 HOURS WORKED AND $217,669 WAGES EARNED.
    Expenses $627,801 · grants $10,643 · revenue $332,415
  • PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING: WE PROVIDE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS OF INCOME-BASED HOUSING WITH CASE MANAGEMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN. THESE UNITS ARE FOR THOSE QUALIFYING AS CHRONICALLY HOMELESS BASED BY HUDS DEFINITION. ON-SITE CASE MANAGEMENT IS PROVIDED TO BUILD STABILITY AND PREVENT CYCLING THROUGH COMMUNITY SUPPORT SYSTEMS. FEELING SAFE HASTENS BETTER SELF-CARE PRACTICES, IMPROVED HEALTH, AND OUTLOOK. IN 2024 WE OPENED A 14-UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX TO FURTHER OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PORTFOLIO. IN 2025 WE OPERATED A TOTAL OF 36 UNITS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. IN 2025 WE SERVICED 57 ADULTS AND 6 CHILDREN IN OUR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM.
    Expenses $540,779 · grants $6,776 · revenue $75,889
  • RAPID REHOUSING AND VETERAN CASE MANAGEMENT: WE PROVIDE RAPID REHOUSING TO CLIENTS WHO ARE LITERALLY HOMELESS. RAPID REHOUSING IS A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES CASE MANAGEMENT AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF TEMPORARY RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP PEOPLE MOVE OUT OF HOMELESSNESS AND INTO HOUSING WITH DEPOSIT AND/OR RENT MONEY. IN 2025 WE SERVED 72 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH HIS PROGRAM. 60% OF THE HOUSEHOLDS SERVED EXITED THE PROGRAM TO HOUSING. WE ALSO HOUSED 17 VETERANS THROUGH OUR MEDIUM-TERM HOUSING PROGRAM, TRANSITION IN PLACE. TRANSITION IN PLACE IS FUNDED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS AND ALLOWS US TO REHOUSE VETERANS EXPERIENCING LITERAL HOMELESSNESS AND PROVIDE UP TO TWO YEARS OF RENT ASSISTANCE AND INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORTS. IN 2023, WE STARTED A HOUSING RETENTION CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THROUGH THE VA, WORKING UPSTREAM TO KEEP VETERANS IN THEIR HOUSING AND OUT OF THE LITERAL HOMELESS SYSTEM. IN 2025, WE SERVED 68 VETERANS WITH THIS PROGRAM.
    Expenses $313,920 · grants $183,280
  • STREET OUTREACH: IN 2025, WE SERVED 185 PEOPLE WHO WERE SLEEPING UNSHELTERED IN LINN COUNTY. OUR STREET OUTREACH PROGRAM REACHES INDIVIDUALS SLEEPING IN PLACES NOT MEANT FOR HUMAN HABITATION SUCH AS IN ENCAMPMENTS, UNDER BRIDGES, IN ALLEYS, OR IN THEIR VEHICLES. WE ARE ABLE TO CONNECT THEM WITH THEIR BASIC NEEDS SUCH AS HYGIENE PRODUCTS, BLANKETS, PILLOWS, TENTS AND CLOTHING. OUR CASE MANAGERS ARE ABLE TO ASSIST CLIENTS IN THIS PROGRAM ACCESS VITAL DOCUMENTS TO WORK TOWARDS SECURING STABLE HOUSING. IN 2022, WE EXPANDED OUR STREET OUTREACH PROGRAM TO OPEN HECTOR'S PLACE DAY CENTER AT OUR WILLIS DADY WORKS EMPLOYMENT HUB. THE DAY CENTER PROVIDES IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO SHOWER AND LAUNDRY FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS SLEEPING UNSHELTERED WITH ADDITIONAL ACCESS TO IMMEDIATE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND REFERRALS TO EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND JOB TRAININGS AT THE EMPLOYMENT HUB. FROM APRIL THROUGH DECEMBER 2025, A TOTAL OF 3,809 SHOWERS AND LAUNDRY SERVICES WERE PROVIDED WITH AN AVERAGE OF 35 CLIENTS PER DAY.
    Expenses $192,780 · grants $14,176

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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026990 on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
42-1311668
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
1989
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$10,040,521
Income (IRS master file)
$4,670,920

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2025$3,735,517$3,460,153$10,040,521IRS
990December 2024$3,503,372$3,408,796$9,715,572XML
990December 2023$3,320,381$2,895,815$9,816,806XML
990December 2022$5,009,266$3,416,776$9,042,236IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2019–––IRS
990December 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 42-1311668).

Questions about WILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER INC

What is the EIN of WILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of WILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER INC is 42-1311668.
Is WILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1989.
Are donations to WILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does WILLIS DADY EMERGENCY 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 WILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER INC due?
The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did WILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER INC last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
Who is the principal officer of WILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names DAVID KARPICK.
Who are the officers and directors of WILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 15 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $100,748 (FAUST ALICIA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
How much revenue does WILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $3,735,517, expenses of $3,460,153 and total assets of $10,040,521 at year end.

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