Bowery Residents Committee Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
SEE SCHEDULE O
- Income
- $206.9 million
- Spending
- $214.9 million
- Spent on programs
- 87%
- Reserves
- -1.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- government grants, 92%
- Employees
- 2,027
- Volunteers
- 1,150
- Highest pay
- $496,246, ceo and president
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 40 out of 100. Higher than 13% of charities in its peer group (human services, over $100m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
2 of 20It owes 97% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 4% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 12% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1587% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 1 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 28% of charities in its peer group (human services, over $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2521 of 21 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (5)
- $77.1 million spent. (Expenses $ 14,969,941 including grants of $)(Revenue $ 7,800,839) TREATMENT SERVICES - SEE SCHEDULE O GATEWAY SERVICES - BRC IS THE LARGEST AND LONGEST SERVING PROVIDER OF HOMELESS OUTREACH SERVICES IN NEW YORK CITY. BRC'S HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAMS WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS LIVING ON THE STREETS AND IN THE TRANSIT SYSTEM TO BUILD TRUST, MOTIVATE THEM TO ACCEPT SERVICES, AND CONNECT THEM TO SAFE AND STABLE PLACEMENTS, BOTH INITIALLY AND FOR THE LONG TERM. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, THESE OPERATIONS MADE OVER 5,500 CONTACTS PER MONTH WITH UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS, RESULTING IN 10,150 PLACEMENTS INTO SAFE HAVENS, SHELTERS, HOUSING, DROP-IN CENTERS, SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT AND OTHER CRITICAL SERVICES. BRC IS ALSO NEW YORK CITY'S LARGEST PROVIDER OF LOW-DEMAND HOUSING, OFFERING A SAFE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR CHRONICALLY HOMELESS ADULTS WHO HAVE LIVED ON THE STREET AND SUBWAYS. THESE PROGRAMS ADHERE TO A PHILOSOPHY OF HARM REDUCTION: SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE FOR HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, MEDICAL CARE, MENTAL HEALTH, AND SUBSTANCE USE, BUT PARTICIPATION IS NOT MANDATORY. BRC'S SAFE HAVEN AND STABILIZATION PORTFOLIO INCLUDES NEARLY 1,000 UNITS THROUGHOUT THE METROPOLITAN AREA, IN BOTH CONGREGATE AND SCATTERED SITE SETTINGS. THESE PROGRAMS SERVED 1,628 PEOPLE IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, AND POSITIVELY DISCHARGED 351 FORMERLY CHRONICALLY HOMELESS PEOPLE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING OR OTHER MORE APPROPRIATE SETTINGS.
- $74.0 million spent. HOMELESS SERVICES - IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, BRC OPERATED EIGHT SHELTERS WITH A TOTAL OF 1,530 BEDS IN MANHATTAN, BROOKLYN, THE BRONX AND QUEENS, AND A 174-BED ASSESSMENT CENTER IN BROOKLYN. ACROSS THESE PROGRAMS, BRC PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT, CLINICAL STABILIZATION, AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT SERVICES AIMED AT HELPING CLIENTS TRANSITION FROM SHELTER INTO HOUSING. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 BRC'S SHELTER PROGRAMS MADE 771 PLACEMENTS OF CLIENTS INTO HOUSING AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SETTINGS. AT THE ASSESSMENT CENTER, BRC EVALUATES EACH INDIVIDUAL AND LINKS THEM TO THE HOUSING AND SERVICES THAT BEST MEETS THEIR NEEDS, BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF THE SHELTER SYSTEM. IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, OUR ASSESSMENT CENTER DIVERTED 1,544 CLIENTS OUT OF THE DHS SHELTER SYSTEM, INCLUDING 91 PEOPLE WHO WERE PLACED DIRECTLY INTO HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. IN ADDITION TO THESE PROGRAMS, BRC EXPANDED ITS HOMELESS SERVICES PROGRAMS WITH THE OPENING OF THE INWOOD WOMEN'S RESIDENCE, A 116-BED RESIDENCE FOR WOMEN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, IN OCTOBER 2025; AND THE ASSUMPTION OF OPERATIONS AT THE TILLARY WOMEN'S RESIDENCE, A 200-BED RESIDENCE FOR WOMEN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL ILLNESS, IN JANUARY 2026.
- $21.2 million spent. (Expenses $ 14,969,941 including grants of $)(Revenue $ 7,800,839) TREATMENT SERVICES - SEE SCHEDULE O HOUSING SERVICES - BRC IS A MAJOR PROVIDER OF HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WITH A HISTORY OF HOMELESSNESS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE AGENCY OPERATED 1,103 UNITS OF PERMANENT HOUSING THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY, WHERE RESIDENTS HOLD LEASES AND FULL TENANCY RIGHTS. THESE INCLUDED 456 SCATTER-SITE SUPPORTED APARTMENTS IN MANHATTAN, BROOKLYN AND THE BRONX THROUGH THE HOMEPLUS PROGRAM; BRONX FAMILY HOUSING, A 183-UNIT PROGRAM OPERATING ACROSS THREE FACILITIES IN THE BRONX THAT OPERATES AS PART OF THE CITY'S EFFORT TO CONVERT "CLUSTER SITE" SHELTERS TO PERMANENT HOUSING; AND 464 UNITS OF CONGREGATE SUPPORTED HOUSING ACROSS SEVEN PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE 146-UNIT ROBERT C. WOOD APARTMENTS FACILITY THAT WAS OPENED IN DECEMBER 2024. BRC'S PERMANENT HOUSING PROGRAMS SERVE AS A CRITICAL RESOURCE FOR GRADUATES OF OUR SAFE HAVEN, SHELTER AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAMS, OFFERING LONG-TERM STABILITY AND SUPPORT. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, BRC HOUSED 1,285 INDIVIDUALS AT ITS PERMANENT HOUSING PROGRAMS. ADDITIONALLY, BRC OPERATES A SENIOR CENTER THAT PROVIDES MEALS, RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED OLDER ADULTS, PRIMARILY SERVING MARGINALLY HOUSED, MEDICALLY FRAIL AND UNDER-ACCULTURATED CHINESE-SPEAKING SENIORS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE SENIOR CENTER SERVED 506 INDIVIDUALS, WITH AN AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE OF 172 CLIENTS.
- $15.0 million spent. TREATMENT SERVICES - SEE SCHEDULE O
- TREATMENT SERVICES - IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, BRC OPERATED THREE SUPPORTED COMMUNITY RESIDENCES WITH A COMBINED CAPACITY OF 104 BEDS AND A 92-BED SUPPORTIVE APARTMENT TREATMENT PROGRAM, ALL SERVING FORMERLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS WHO REQUIREONGOING SUPPORT TO LIVE SUCCESSFULLY IN A COMMUNITY SETTING. THESE PROGRAMS ARE LICENSED THROUGH THE NYS OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, THESE PROGRAMS SERVED 227 INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING 30 PEOPLE WHO TRANSITIONED TO MORE INDEPENDENT HOUSING. IN ADDITION, BRC OPERATES TWO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAMS LICENSED BY NYS OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS. BRC'S FRED COOPER SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICE CENTER (SASC) PROVIDES STRUCTURED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH COMPLEX RECOVERY HISTORIES. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, SASC SERVED 281 INDIVIDUALS, WITH AN AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE OF 39 CLIENTS. BRC'S 32-BED CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY CRISIS CENTER (CDCC) PROVIDES INPATIENT REHABILITATION AND STABILIZATION SERVICES THAT HELP INDIVIDUALS WITH CHEMICAL ADDICTION BEGIN THEIR RECOVERY FROM SUBSTANCE USE. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, CDCC SERVED 126 PEOPLE, WITH CLIENTS STAYING AT THE PROGRAM FOR AN AVERAGE OF 56 DAYS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 1973.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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