Public Charity

HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN INC

HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN INC is a Public Charity headquartered in CHICAGO, IL. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $10.9M revenue, $11.9M expenses, $9.9M total assets. 90 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $3.9M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 363263818 CHICAGO, IL Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$10.9M
Total Expenses$11.9M
Total Assets$9.9M
Grant Records90
Funding Total$3.9M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN, INC.'S ("HOW") MISSION IS TO EMPOWER WOMEN, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO PERMANENTLY BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS. FOR THE1,000 INDIVIDUALS HOW SERVES EVERY YEAR WE PROVIDE PERMANENTSUPPORTIVE HOUSING, HELP INDIVIDUALS INCREASE THEIR INCOME AND ACCESSTO BENEFITS AND IMPROVE OUR CLIENTS TO OVERCOME THE MULTIPLE BARRIERSTHAT OFTEN PREVENT HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS FROM ACHIEVING THEIR HIGHESTAND BEST POTENTIAL.

Officers & Directors

CEO Britt Shawver
INTERIM DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Carin Weingarten
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Cassidy Stein
VICE PRESIDENT Denis Pierce
TREASURER Jason C Sullivan
MEMBER Julien O'brien

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Top Grant Purposes

UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
$780,000 4 grants
PROMOTE PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE DEALING WITH HIV/AIDS
$723,100 4 grants
ASSIST AGENCY'S AIDS RELATED PROGRAMS
$510,126 4 grants
CASE MANAGEMENT
$413,936 3 grants
Unspecified
$183,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $10.9M $11.9M $9.9M
2023 $10.2M $11.0M $9.2M
2022 $10.0M $10.6M $9.8M
2020 $9.5M $9.2M $9.2M
2019 $8.1M $8.6M $7.5M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $8.1M to $10.9M (+35%), with total assets most recently reported at $9.9M.

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