Illinois · Nonprofit
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE ELDERLY INC
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE ELDERLY INC (Illinois) receives grants from 68 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,231,749 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($801,950). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 68
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $5.3M
What Housing Opportunities and Maintenance for the Elderly Inc does
Mission
Committed to improving the quality of life for chicago's low-income elderly, housing opportunities and maintenance for the elderly (h.o.m.e.) helps seniors remain independent and part of their community by offering opportunities for intergenerational living and by providing a variety of citywide support services.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Intergenerational housing: h.o.m.e. Owns and manages 78 apartments in three affordable intergenerational buildings where seniors choose between private apartments or, for those who desire more support and a family-like setting, communal living residences with private rooms. All seniors have access to social services and engagement opportunities, with families with children and young adults living alongside older adults. H.o.m.e.'s overall goal with its intergenerational housing is to own and manage housing for seniors with low incomes in chicago in an inclusive setting that centers connection and intergenerational community-building. The fiscal year ended with twelve vacancies, or 83% occupancy.
$1,302,202 spent$569,580 earned by the program61% of program spendingUpkeep and repair program: h.o.m.e. Added two part-time assistants to its long-time crew of home repair specialists in 2024 to ensure that senior homeowners live in healthy and safe conditions by conducting electrical, plumbing, and carpentry repairs in historically disinvested south and west side neighborhoods in chicago. Senior homeowners pay a $25 service fee, significantly lower than other service providers, and the repairs allow seniors to age safely in their own homes. Injury sidelined one of the three specialists for most of the year, resulting in a lower number of seniors served than usual. H.o.m.e. Completed 742 repairs in 94 homes.
$525,088 spent$10,756 earned by the program24% of program spendingShopping bus: h.o.m.e.'s shopping bus program facilitates transportation to grocery stores and offers seniors assistance with unloading shopping items. H.o.m.e. Partners with senior housing buildings across chicago to provide roundtrip services for seniors without regular, reliable access to healthful food and essential supplies. The bus trip is also a social event. H.o.m.e. Provided shopping trips to 1,466 people in 32 buildings.
$140,478 spent$45,209 earned by the program7% of program spendingMoving program: the moving program helps seniors live in safe, stable housing as they age by providing an affordable moving assistance service in collaboration with commercial moving companies. H.o.m.e.'s moving coordinator schedules the move and supports seniors before, during, and after. As a trained case manager, she acts as a liaison between seniors and vetted moving companies to provide a physically and emotionally safe, affordable moving experience. All seniors pay a $25 service fee and, using an income-based sliding scale, pay for a portion of the moving costs. H.o.m.e. Provided 51 moves.
$103,935 spent5% of program spendingVolunteer engagement: at h.o.m.e.'s pat crowley house and nathalie salmon house good life residences, volunteers cook on weekends, facilitate social activities, and help with occasional projects like seasonal gardening.advocacy and neighborhood engagement: h.o.m.e.'s community advisory council of seniors served by h.o.m.e. Through its housing and community programs organized one "senior summit" to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas between older people and people with disabilities with city council members, staff, and the mayor's office. H.o.m.e. Also facilitated fix our homes illinois, a coalition of agencies and older people focused on increasing home repair resources for low-income older homeowners.
$79,737 spent$5,346 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,151,440.
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 2024 to 2025, from $7.4M to $8.4M (+13%).
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 3% · 2018 3% · 2019 3% · 2020 3% · 2021 10% · 2022 12% · 2023 14% · 2024 26% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
Gail Schechter
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 27 funders, grant income rose $116k → $310k.
12 of 68 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 OPPORTUNITIES AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE ELDERLY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 68 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 OPPORTUNITIES AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE ELDERLY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% 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
57% 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 OPPORTUNITIES AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE ELDERLY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 52% · 2019 32% · 2020 15% · 2021 45% · 2022 25% · 2023 13% — 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
39% of HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE ELDERLY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
72% of HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE ELDERLY INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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.
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE ELDERLY INC?
- HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE ELDERLY INC (Illinois) receives grants from 68 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,231,749 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($801,950). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE ELDERLY INC have?
- IRS filings report 68 organizations giving $3,231,749 in grants to HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE ELDERLY INC, 39 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE ELDERLY INC?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $801,950 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE ELDERLY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 68 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