New York · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY HOUSING INNOVATIONS INC
COMMUNITY HOUSING INNOVATIONS INC (New York) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $663,220 to it, the largest being THE JESK FOUNDATION INC ($250,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $112M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $663k
- Net assets
- $13M
What Community Housing Innovations Inc does
Mission
Founded in 1991, community housing innovations, inc. (chi) is a not-for-profit organization serving several new york counties. Chi's mission is to provide housing and human services that support social and economic independence. Chi's vision is to end generational poverty and foster upward mobility by ensuring that all families and individuals live in quality housing, have a home of their own and a job to support them. Chi believes quality, affordable housing provides a firm foundation for a prosperous life.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Suffolk county department of social services, nassau county department of social services, orange county department of social services, dutchess county department of social services, office of mental health, nyc department of homeless services, and nyc human resource administration. Through the suffolk county department of social services, chi operated ny state tier ii certified, 8 congregate supervised singles residence (sess), one which is certified tier I by nys, and 2 supervised adult shelters, with a concentrated population on adult families. Sess have staff available 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. Through on-site case management and referrals to community services, the homeless persons are assisted in becoming personally and economically self-sufficient. The search for permanent housing is the primary goal for all shelter residents and chi promotes and assists them with the housing search. Parents, single individuals, and children are provided with a safe home and access to educational, vocational, employment and other community services based upon the goals they set for themselves. This also includes referrals to resources for those with mental illnesses, histories of…
$95,730,055 spent$99,629,864 earned by the program89% of program spendingIn westchester county, chi's emergency housing apartment program (ehap) provides scattered-site temporary housing in traditional apartments. The ehap program went to rfp in late 2022. Chi was awarded five one-year contracts for 2023-2027. In 2025, the chi ehap budget total was $2,493,057 to provide up to 66 units of emergency housing units (ehus) located in mt. Vernon and new rochelle rental buildings. The contract is for one year with four one-year renewals. Dss's case management unit does the full family holistic case management to work with the families in the ehap regarding their needs (academic, vocational, mental health, treatment, etc.). Chi ehap staff are housing specialists who focus specifically on assisting families to secure permanent housing. They assess the family's housing needs and budget, teach family members how to maintain the units, to self-advocate with the building superintendent, and provide critical skills needed as they seek permanent housing. They call and advocate for the clients with landlords, do role-playing with families for housing interviews, assist in obtaining necessary documents to obtain housing and moves, meet with landlords, and conduct…
$2,133,800 spent$2,092,565 earned by the program2% of program spendingChi has two nys omh funded supported housing programs in westchester county. In 2025, the modern served a total of 21 people in 22 beds of permanent supportive housing with operating funding from omh. Two people left the program. Five people moved into the vacancies. The 2025 nys omh contract totaled $561,657.in 2025, the mayfair apartments esshi program housed 22 people in 20 units of housing. The units are for homeless single adults with a disability over the age of 62. Two moved out, and the vacancies were filled. The 2025 nys omh contract totaled $536,673.
$2,935,089 spent$6,741,331 earned by the program3% of program spendingChi operates other smaller programs to help low to moderate income individuals and families. For many years chi has offered a variety of services for homeowners. Chi helps both first-time homebuyers and current homeowners facing delinquency & foreclosure. Foreclosure clients benefited from a short-term financial assistance program chi offered, funded by westchester and dutchess county. Additionally, chi offered a westchester and dutchess county-funded financial literacy training program; chi held sessions aimed at current shelter residents. Homeownership & foreclosure prevention counseling served 1634people. Provided homebuyer counselingto53individuals provided the e-home online courseto144individuals provided orientations for1127people enabled the purchaseof18homes with down payment and rehabilitation assistance grants enabled the purchaseof 197 homesthrough education, counseling, and grant assistance provided foreclosure prevention counseling to507 households & secured17loan modifications provided financial literacy counseling to 103 individuals
$6,837,847 spentof which $697,950 as grants$8,990,210 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $107,636,791.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $69M to $126M (+83%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 8% · 2018 5% · 2019 8% · 2020 12% · 2021 10% · 2022 4% · 2023 4% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Ronald Abad
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Steve Gifford
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 4 funders, grant income fell $32k → $15k.
6 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of COMMUNITY HOUSING INNOVATIONS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
COMMUNITY HOUSING INNOVATIONS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 92% · 2019 48% · 2020 41% · 2021 75% · 2022 31% · 2023 65% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
40% of COMMUNITY HOUSING INNOVATIONS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
56% of COMMUNITY HOUSING INNOVATIONS INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $104k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Government funding COMMUNITY HOUSING INNOVATIONS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $677k on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$677k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like COMMUNITY HOUSING INNOVATIONS INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Chi Mt Vernon Inc · exempt
- Chi Yonkers Inc · exempt
- Chi Realty Inc · exempt
- Mayfair Housing Development Fund Company Inc · corp_trust
- Mhp Chi Member LLC · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COMMUNITY HOUSING INNOVATIONS INC?
- COMMUNITY HOUSING INNOVATIONS INC (New York) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $663,220 to it, the largest being THE JESK FOUNDATION INC ($250,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY HOUSING INNOVATIONS INC have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $663,220 in grants to COMMUNITY HOUSING INNOVATIONS INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY HOUSING INNOVATIONS INC?
- THE JESK FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY HOUSING INNOVATIONS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 16 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing