Minnesota · Nonprofit
HOUSING IN ACTION INC
HOUSING IN ACTION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,005,890 to it, the largest being CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA ($1,100,000). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 60
- Grants received
- $8.0M
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What Housing in Action Inc does
Mission
The mission of the organization is to lead the fight for housing justice so that all people have a safe, stable and dignified place to live. The vision of the organization is "housing justice for all".
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Rental programs -occupancy of housing:housing - rental programming - our restored units are well-built, maintained, affordable rental opportunities for individuals and families priced out of many twin cities rental markets. Partnerships with local social service organizations provide additional support by serving as advocates for the residents and providing necessary social services. Resources from these social service partners, combined with a supportive landlord and quality, dignified housing, weave a web of support for program participants. Through stable, dignified rental properties, individuals are able to become part of their community support structures, schools and economic opportunities.housing - ownership programming - project: reclaim preserves existing affordable housing by capturing properties that have not been maintained as viable units by market forces, and restores them to their highest use: perpetually affordable homeownership opportunities that are contributing physical assets for the neighborhood. Project: reclaim mitigates the economic and social impact of underutilized, vacant and/or foreclosed single family homes. Project: reclaim hinges on a responsible…
$2,639,705 spent$1,888,035 earned by the program84% of program spendingReal estate development acquisition of housing:urban homeworks has constructed, rehabilitated and managed scattered, multi-unit and single-family housing in distressed areas of minneapolis and st. Paul since 1995. We are unique in the twin cities in our focus on smaller, multi-unit rental properties. We have committed to this approach to building healthy neighborhoods through multiple access points in the housing ecosystem. Rehabilitation of housing:our model for rehabilitating housing leverages our housing development and construction process to maximize the economic and social benefit to the communities we serve. Reclaiming abandoned/foreclosed properties is a cost-effective approach to increasing the housing supply in the twin cities. We have looked at our real estate development efforts and determined the investment can do more than just add much needed housing units; our affordable housing investments are directly tied to our efforts to trigger both a housing and economic recovery through partnerships, and job creation. Through collaboration, our model is designed to expand economic opportunities and the economic impact of our work in the communities we serve through…
$260,603 spentof which $40,000 as grants$-162,409 earned by the program8% of program spendingCommunity engagementuhw executive director asalesol young and equity & engagement director temi ogunrinde were hard at work in this year's mn spring legislative session advocating for 6 policies that would improve housing stability for members of our community. Most notably, urban homeworks received a direct appropriation to drastically increase our production of deeply affordable homeownership options from 2024-2027, a historic breakthrough for the organization. We are hard at work fundraising for the funds needed to support this drastic increase in production!* we facilitated 2 housing justice forums, providing residents with a platform to engage directly with legislators and hold decision-makers accountable for their commitments to the community. In the spring, we welcomed state legislators to witness live testimonies from renters advocating for bring it home, mn, a bill meant to ensure all minnesotans get the rent support they need through rent vouchers. While the full need for rent vouchers was not funded, our advocacy brought us one step closer to meeting this need. $70 million from a new metro sales tax will generate close to 5,500 statewide vouchers. In our august forum,…
$244,782 spent$7,520 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,145,090.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $45M to $16M (−65%).
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 7% · 2018 3% · 2020 6% · 2021 16% · 2022 3% · 2023 3% · 2024 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
53% of HOUSING IN ACTION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Cassie Young
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $426k → $1.1M.
18 of 60 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 HOUSING IN ACTION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 60 funders by total. 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
HOUSING IN ACTION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
47% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund HOUSING IN ACTION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 48% · 2019 25% · 2020 43% · 2021 22% · 2022 33% · 2023 19% — 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
45% of HOUSING IN ACTION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
83% of HOUSING IN ACTION INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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.
Against its field
HOUSING IN ACTION INC's funding base is broadening — from 17 funders to 28 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,973 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like HOUSING IN ACTION 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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
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
- Uhw Rr I LLC · disregarded
- Uhw Rr II LLC · disregarded
- Uhw Rr III LLC · disregarded
- Uhw Rr IV LLC · disregarded
- Uhw Rr V LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HOUSING IN ACTION INC?
- HOUSING IN ACTION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,005,890 to it, the largest being CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA ($1,100,000). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HOUSING IN ACTION INC have?
- IRS filings report 60 organizations giving $8,005,890 in grants to HOUSING IN ACTION INC, 40 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HOUSING IN ACTION INC?
- CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA is the largest funder on record, with $1,100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOUSING IN ACTION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 60 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