SACRAMENTO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES INC
Building Stronger Communities
SACRAMENTO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES INC
EIN: 68-0118032
as of September 2023
as of September 18, 2023
Programs and results
Reports and documents
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Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Home buyer Education and Counseling
We enable people to become homebuyers, through interactive and unbiased education and counseling that allows our clients to make informed decisions that are in their best long-term interest for purchasing or preserving their homeownershidelivered with current and standardized curriculum, delivered by our qualified, trained and certified counseling staff, our clients are learning how to handle their debt and to build wealth, making them vital consumers in the regional economy. Our educational classes and individual counseling are making for knowledgeable, default-resistant homebuyers who can make informed decisions when working with Realtors, lenders, and insurance professionals.
Our educational offerings are HUD approved and meet the highest national standards as offered by the NeighborWorks Counseling and Homebuyer Education Center (NCHEC).
Community Development
Our community building work and projects in the neighborhood provide countless opportunities for partnership and resident involvement and empowerment. These strategies and activities keep our organization and, through us, our stakeholders, connected to the neighborhoods.
We help increase access to healthy food in Oak Park through our Oak Park Farmers Market, which runs weekly on Saturday mornings from May through October and welcomes clients with SNAP (formerly Food Stamp) EBT cards and WIC Farmer Market Benefits. We also run the Oak Park Crop Swap, which provides an opportunity for residents to meet weekly to swap home grown produce and learn information about gardening topics.
Paint the Town is a signature community event for NeighborWorks, bringing private sector business sponsors and their volunteer teams out into the neighborhood to paint and improve the homes of residents who own their home but are unable to complete the needed maintenance to care for it.
National NeighborWorks Week activities, completed in coordination with the over 200 other NeighborWorks organizations across the nation the first week of June, include volunteers working together to improve the community.
Other on-going projects and activities throughout the community include sponsoring residents into the annual NeighborWorks Community Leadership Institute to develop resident leadership; assisting and working together with various neighborhood associations to promote neighborhood improvements.
Financial Literacy
The objective of the project is to help individuals with the tools they need to become mortgage-qualified buyers. We assist individuals by helping them to identify the obstacles to their becoming mortgage ready, our program then provides a detailed action plan to improve their financial status and remove barriers to successfully apply for a home loan.
Customers with credit issues are referred to our Financial Literacy program. The program includes: identifying specific deficiencies, learning about customer debt, learning and building a savings, developing a savings goal, creating a budget that works, managing money and most importantly understanding credit and why its so important.
Housing Services
NeighborWorks Sacramento has worked with over 20 cities and counties in Northern California to provide support in administering first-time homebuyer assistance and funding for home repairs. This section describes the programs that we currently administer on behalf of our regional partners.
USDA Mutual Self-Help Housing Program-Group #1
The USDA Mutual Self-Help Housing is a 50 year old housing program where participating home buyers build their own home with the guidance of a provider, NeighborWorks Sacramento. the labor commitment is 35 hours a week for 10 months of building their own home and earn sweat equity in the process.
Where we work
Awards
Exemplory 2017
NeighborWorks
Exemplory 2018
NeighborWorks America
Affiliations & memberships
NeighborWorks America - Member 2017
Center for Nonprofit Management Excellence Network 2015
Best New Farmers Market 2009
SMUD Shine Award 2018
SMUD Shine Award 2019
Bank of America Neighborhood Excellence Award 2005
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of people in the area with access to affordable housing as a result of the nonprofit's efforts
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Home buyer Education and Counseling
Type of Metric
Other - describing something else
Direction of Success
Increasing
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
-The rehab of newly constructed homes thru self-help housing
-Creating opportunity for reverse mortgages
-Accessing HOME funds for affordable construction and rehab
-Creating a call center and loan development
-Expanding contracts with local jurisdictions
-Work in new markets
-Self-Help target market of 60%-80% of AMI
-Increase brand recognition and understanding
-Expand community impact and development
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
1. Building communities through homeownership.
2. More people need access to high quality affordable housing – ownership or rental – tiny houses are possible, rent-to-own, IDAs. (Fewer ownership paths are available than in past).
3. Public policy advocacy – we can join efforts by others and do better to help elected officials understand what we do.
4. Many know and trust our brand, but do not understand all we do.
5. Our success in the Oak Park Farmers Market creates opportunities to expand healthy food access and affect family health through improved nutrition and eating habits, although we are not sure how to measure the impact of that work.
6. Social Media opportunities to maximize on our cause and product.
Possibilities:
1. Reach very-low income people and create stability – vis-à-vis the types of families we served through LIFT, financial stability work, mutual self-help housing, etc.
2. Help individuals build credit - use our SalesForce database for outreach and communication.
3. Continue with single family acquisition/rehabilitation program.
4. Explore small rental and rent-to-own possibilities, including tiny houses.
5. Communication plan – we have the technology, now we need a plan to expand and deepen the understanding of our brand. Social media. Message refresh. Possible pro-bono partnerships and university interns. Cause driven marketing.
6. Explore expanding individual donors and supporters through crowd funding.
7. Develop educational outreach and EBT efforts to expand healthy food access and use new success measures tools to measure.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Each week, our Senior Management team meets to discuss the goals, challenges, opportunities and accomplishments of the organization. The team also discus's progress towards the goals in each of their departments. Managers lead staff to follow strategies set for each goal, and report outcomes at their sr. management meeting. We find this strategy to be effective and are achieving our goals.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
-Creating a call center and loan development
-Expanding contracts with local jurisdictions
-Increase brand recognition and understanding
-Expand community impact
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
Financial documents
Download audited financialsRevenue vs. expenses: breakdown
Liquidity in 2021 info
2.26
Months of cash in 2021 info
14.6
Fringe rate in 2021 info
19%
Funding sources info
Assets & liabilities info
Financial data
SACRAMENTO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES INC
Revenue & expensesFiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31
SACRAMENTO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES INC
Balance sheetFiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.
SACRAMENTO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES INC
Financial trends analysis Glossary & formula definitionsFiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31
This snapshot of SACRAMENTO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES INC’s financial trends applies Nonprofit Finance Fund® analysis to data hosted by GuideStar. While it highlights the data that matter most, remember that context is key – numbers only tell part of any story.
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Business model indicators
Profitability info | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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Unrestricted surplus (deficit) before depreciation | $232,123 | $692,467 | $31,196 | $81,605 | -$275,815 |
As % of expenses | 5.2% | 17.3% | 0.8% | 1.8% | -6.4% |
Unrestricted surplus (deficit) after depreciation | $99,379 | $590,024 | -$63,535 | $2,235 | -$347,096 |
As % of expenses | 2.2% | 14.3% | -1.6% | 0.0% | -8.0% |
Revenue composition info | |||||
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Total revenue (unrestricted & restricted) | $1,589,953 | $2,336,445 | $6,948,641 | $2,503,371 | $2,492,347 |
Total revenue, % change over prior year | -71.8% | 47.0% | 197.4% | -64.0% | -0.4% |
Program services revenue | 31.8% | 27.4% | 9.4% | 41.2% | 57.8% |
Membership dues | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Investment income | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
Government grants | 40.5% | 37.8% | 6.6% | 22.6% | 18.8% |
All other grants and contributions | 23.7% | 30.7% | 83.8% | 36.1% | 23.4% |
Other revenue | 3.8% | 4.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
Expense composition info | |||||
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Total expenses before depreciation | $4,486,319 | $4,011,936 | $3,883,397 | $4,476,557 | $4,283,116 |
Total expenses, % change over prior year | -1.1% | -10.6% | -3.2% | 15.3% | -4.3% |
Personnel | 37.3% | 38.4% | 49.1% | 44.7% | 51.8% |
Professional fees | 2.1% | 1.9% | 2.6% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
Occupancy | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.3% |
Interest | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
Pass-through | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
All other expenses | 59.2% | 58.5% | 47.0% | 52.1% | 42.0% |
Full cost components (estimated) info | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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Total expenses (after depreciation) | $4,619,063 | $4,114,379 | $3,978,128 | $4,555,927 | $4,354,397 |
One month of savings | $373,860 | $334,328 | $323,616 | $373,046 | $356,926 |
Debt principal payment | $1,979,392 | $541,871 | $39,189 | $528,507 | $1,049,888 |
Fixed asset additions | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Total full costs (estimated) | $6,972,315 | $4,990,578 | $4,340,933 | $5,457,480 | $5,761,211 |
Capital structure indicators
Liquidity info | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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Months of cash | 10.2 | 12.7 | 17.4 | 14.8 | 14.6 |
Months of cash and investments | 10.6 | 12.7 | 17.4 | 14.8 | 14.6 |
Months of estimated liquid unrestricted net assets | 7.3 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 8.7 | 8.1 |
Balance sheet composition info | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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Cash | $3,797,674 | $4,250,701 | $5,637,296 | $5,526,686 | $5,218,797 |
Investments | $156,267 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Receivables | $9,257,271 | $7,851,995 | $9,652,689 | $7,531,029 | $5,477,774 |
Gross land, buildings, equipment (LBE) | $2,090,844 | $2,113,315 | $2,156,857 | $2,206,188 | $2,164,769 |
Accumulated depreciation (as a % of LBE) | 27.7% | 32.3% | 36.0% | 38.8% | 39.9% |
Liabilities (as a % of assets) | 24.4% | 24.0% | 20.0% | 21.4% | 19.0% |
Unrestricted net assets | $2,726,530 | $3,316,554 | $3,253,019 | $3,255,254 | $2,908,158 |
Temporarily restricted net assets | $10,674,354 | $8,306,396 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Permanently restricted net assets | $0 | $0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Total restricted net assets | $10,674,354 | $8,306,396 | $11,340,444 | $9,285,653 | $7,770,699 |
Total net assets | $13,400,884 | $11,622,950 | $14,593,463 | $12,540,907 | $10,678,857 |
Key data checks
Key data checks info | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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Material data errors | No | No | No | No | No |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
CEO
Lauretta Casimir-Mahoney
Number of employees
Source: IRS Form 990
SACRAMENTO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES INC
Officers, directors, trustees, and key employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
SACRAMENTO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES INC
Highest paid employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
SACRAMENTO NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES INC
Board of directorsas of 07/18/2023
Board of directors data
Donna Huckleby
Debra Winstead
KB HOMES
Donna Huckleby
John Ojo
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Sexual orientation
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Disability
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Equity strategies
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- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.