Cent for Urban Community Svcs
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO CREATE COMPREHENSIVE, EFFECTIVE HOUSING AND SERVICE PROGRAMS FOR HOMELESS AND LOW-INCOME PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY THOSE SUFFERING FROM SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS, HIV/AIDS, AND OTHER DISABLING CONDITIONS.
- Income
- $104.2 million
- Spending
- $103.3 million
- Spent on programs
- 90%
- Reserves
- -5.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- government grants, 97%
- Employees
- 823
- Volunteers
- 15
- Highest pay
- $326,048, chief financial officer (through 12/24)
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: 44 out of 100. Higher than 7% of charities in its peer group (community improvement, over $100m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
2 of 20It owes 98% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 1% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 13% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1590% 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 36% of charities in its peer group (community improvement, over $100m).
Independent board
25 of 258 of 9 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 (7)
- $31.2 million spent. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SERVICES: IN 2025 CUCS PROVIDED ESSENTIAL SUPPORT SERVICES TO OVER 5,000 FORMERLY HOMELESS AND LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, ALLOWING THEM TO REMAIN STABLY HOUSED AND WORK TOWARD SELF-SUFFICIENCY. SERVICES INCLUDE CUSTOMIZED CASE MANAGEMENT, CRISIS INTERVENTION, LINKAGE TO HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES AND OTHER SERVICES DESIGNED TO INCREASE INDEPENDENCE. OF THE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES SERVED, 95% REMAIN STABLY HOUSED.
- $56.6 million spent. OUTREACH AND TRANSITIONAL SERVICES: IN 2025 CUCS' STREET TO HOME PROGRAM PLACED MORE THAN 275 CHRONICALLY HOMELESS PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS OR IN PUBLIC SPACES INTO HOUSING. CUCS' THREE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAMS WORK WITH HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS FROM ALL OVER THE CITY TO STABILIZE THEIR CONDITIONS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE SERVICES THEY NEED TO MOVE INTO PERMANENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IN 2024 CUCS' TRANSITIONAL PROGRAMS HELPED MORE THAN 275 MENTALLY ILL, HOMELESS ADULTS MOVE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
- $3.8 million spent. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: CUCS OFFERS TRAINING IN MORE THAN 50 DIFFERENT AREAS OF SERVICE DELIVERY AND IN 2025 TRAINED MORE THAN 15,000 DIRECT SERVICE STAFF FROM MORE THAN 350 ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY. CUCS ALSO PROVIDES CONSULTING SERVICES IN PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION, COMMUNITY PLANNING TO END HOMELESSNESS, IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES, AND STRATEGIC PLANNING.
- $132,751 spent. PROJECT FOR PSYCHIATRIC OUTREACH FOR HOMELESS SERVICES
- $871,467 spent. VOCATIONAL SERVICES
- $310,947 spent. RESEARCH
- MANAGEMENT FEES
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 October 13, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 1993.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 21, 2026.
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