Connecticut · Nonprofit
MHA MERTON HOUSE LLC
MHA MERTON HOUSE LLC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $81,000 to it, the largest being WALTER & MERLE BAUM FOUNDATION INC ($80,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $472k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $81k
- Net assets
- $-5413556
What Mha Merton House LLC does
Mission
A wholly-owned subsidiary of mutual housing association of southwestern connecticut, inc., which was created to develop and then operate a residential housing project complex of 22 units in bridgeport, ct. The development provides housing for low income families and women coming out of foster care.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Operation of a residential housing project complex of 22 units in bridgeport, ct. The development provides housing for low income families and women coming out of foster care.
$895,980 spent$96,500 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $895,980.
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 $5.3M to $5.0M (−5%).
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 78% · 2018 84% · 2019 85% · 2020 85% · 2021 68% · 2022 82% · 2023 81% · 2024 80%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of MHA MERTON HOUSE LLC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (37% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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
Renee Dobos
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $26k → $30k.
From the IRS filings of MHA MERTON HOUSE LLC’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
MHA MERTON HOUSE LLC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 96% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
Where its funders are
99% of MHA MERTON HOUSE LLC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
MHA MERTON HOUSE LLC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,828 housing & shelter nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like MHA MERTON HOUSE LLC
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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Mutual Housing Assn of Swct · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MHA MERTON HOUSE LLC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds MHA MERTON HOUSE LLC?
- MHA MERTON HOUSE LLC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $81,000 to it, the largest being WALTER & MERLE BAUM FOUNDATION INC ($80,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MHA MERTON HOUSE LLC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $81,000 in grants to MHA MERTON HOUSE LLC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MHA MERTON HOUSE LLC?
- WALTER & MERLE BAUM FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $80,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MHA MERTON HOUSE LLC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
Play a game about who funds Mha Merton House LLC →
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 2 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