Financials & Transparency
Last updated: September 2026
We believe funders deserve to know exactly how their investment creates transformation. Here's where every dollar goes, and the return it generates.
Transparency as a Value
We operate with open books and open hearts. Your trust is earned through accountability.
501(c)(3) Status
IRS 501(c)(3) status; determination received
501(c)(3) Status: GrantedForm 990
Our first Form 990 will be filed after the close of the 2026 fiscal year and posted here
After Fiscal Year 2026GuideStar/Candid
Nonprofit profile for verification
In ProgressAnnual Report
Impact data published yearly
Starting 2027Projected Social Return on Investment
Projected pre-program estimate. Every dollar invested is modeled to generate measurable social value. Actual results will be reported beginning in Year One (2027).
What This Means
This is a pre-program projection, not a measured result. The Foundation has not yet run a cohort. Two of the five unit values below are drawn from published sources and are marked SOURCED. The remaining values, and all participant counts, are internal assumptions and are marked ASSUMPTION. Sourced inputs account for $293,870 of the $1,488,910 total, or 20 percent. Formula: each line is participant count multiplied by unit value; the total is divided by the $500,000 Year One budget.
How Value Is Modeled (Year One projection)
Year 1 Budget Breakdown
Transparent allocation focused on maximum impact.
Sources and assumptions. SOURCED · Homelessness: National Alliance to End Homelessness, Ending Chronic Homelessness Saves Taxpayers Money(February 17, 2017), which reports that a chronically homeless person costs taxpayers an average of $35,578 per year, that supportive housing reduces those costs by 49.5%, and that supportive housing costs on average $12,800, "making the net savings roughly $4,800 per year." We use the net $4,800 per person. SOURCED · Incarceration: Vera Institute of Justice, The Price of Prisons: Prison spending in 2015, which reports a Missouri average cost per incarcerated person of $22,187. ASSUMPTION · Employment, eviction, healthcare, and credit and mentorship unit values are internal assumptions and are not drawn from a published source. ASSUMPTION · All participant counts and the $500,000 Year One budget are targets, not results. No cohort has completed the Academy. Actual outcomes will be reported after Year One.
Total Year 1 Budget
Prevention vs. Crisis
Compare the Academy's cost to the alternatives.
Chronic Homelessness
Jails, hospitalizations, emergency departments and other crisis services
Academy Transformation
Planned cost per participant (Year One budget estimate) for an 8-domain program designed to break cycles
Projection: one-time vs. yearly costState Incarceration
State prison spending per incarcerated person, Missouri, 2015 (Vera)
Partner With Us
Choose the investment level that matches your capacity for impact.
Pathway Partner
- Website recognition
- Annual report acknowledgment
- Impact updates
- Tax-deductible
Community Investor
- Website recognition
- Biannual impact updates
- Graduation ceremony invitation
- Invitation to the annual graduation celebration
Founding Champion
- Named cohort sponsorship
- Logo on all materials
- Annual advisory briefing with leadership (advisory only, no governance role)
- Quarterly strategy sessions
If a sponsorship or partner level includes benefits, such as event attendance or recognition, the deductible amount is limited to the amount of your gift above the fair market value of those benefits, and we will give you a good faith estimate of that value in writing.
Financial Controls
Professional standards protect your investment.
Dedicated Nonprofit Account
Dual signature requirement for all disbursements
QuickBooks Nonprofit
Industry-standard accounting with full audit trail
Board Approval
Once the Board is seated, expenditures over $5,000 will require Board approval
Conflict of Interest Policy
Annual disclosure by all board members once seated and staff once hired
Document Retention
7-year retention policy for all financial records
Ready to Invest in Transformation?
Your dollars don't just fund a program. They generate a projected 3.0:1 social return ($2.98 in modeled value per $1; a projection, not a measured result).