Community Opportunity Fund
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
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- Income
- $1.2 million
- Spending
- $555,097
- Spent on programs
- 84%
- Reserves
- Over 10 years of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 67%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 0
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 85 out of 100. Higher than 73% of charities in its peer group (housing, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover more than ten years of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 52% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 72% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1584% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 84 out of 100. Higher than 38% of charities in its peer group (housing, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 254 of 5 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no 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.
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 December 31, 2024, 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 (3)
- DEVELOPING AND INVESTING IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
- $466,913 spent. PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITIES OF OPPORTUNITY ACADEMIC RESEARCH PROJECT. WE HAVE BROUGHT TOGETHER A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND PRACTITIONER TEAM COMPRISED OF NATIONAL EXPERTS WHO WILL DEVELOP AND FIELD TEST AN ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY TO UNDERSTAND THE KEY PATHWAYS NECESSARY TO IMPROVE LIFE OUTCOMES FOR RESIDENTS LIVING IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS IS PROVIDING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSESSMENTS VIA ITS OPPORTUNITY 360 PROGRAM, AND IS LEADING ON POLICY AND SYSTEMS CHANGE. THE ASSESSMENTS WILL BE DESIGNED AND LED BY NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EXPERTS FROM THE DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE, THE HARVARD T.H. CHAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, FOCUSING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRIBUTORS TO HEALTH; AND COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY'S MAILMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. SUCCESS MEASURES, A SUBSIDIARY OF NEIGHBOR WORKS, WILL LEAD THE DATA COLLECTION PROCESS. THE PROJECT WILL TAKE PLACE IN A VARIETY OF EXISTING JONATHAN ROSE COMPANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROPERTIES USING A FACTORIAL DESIGN METHODOLOGY, WHICH SEEKS TO DISENTANGLE THE CAUSE AND EFFECT OF VARIOUS PROGRAM INTERVENTIONS UNDER DIFFERENT COMMUNITY CIRCUMSTANCES. WE WILL DEVELOP ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION TOOLS AND STRATEGIES THAT WILL BROADEN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW INDIVIDUALS, BUILDING-BASED COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS INTERACT TO CREATE PATHWAYS TO OPPORTUNITY AND IMPROVED LIFE OUTCOMES FOR OUR RESIDENTS. ASSESSMENTS WILL BE MADE AT THE INDIVIDUAL, BUILDING AND COMMUNITY LEVELS.THE PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION TOOLS TO MEASURE THE IMPACT AND COST EFFECTIVENESS OF IMPLEMENTING RESIDENT SERVICES IN LOW INCOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITIES. IT SEEKS TO DEVELOP THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND AND RESPOND TO THE COMPLEXITY OF THE ECOSYSTEM IN WHICH RESIDENTS LIVE, AND THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THEIR INDIVIDUAL LIFE OUTCOMES. OUR APPROACH IS TO COLLECT BASELINE DATA ON IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THIS ECOSYSTEM, MEASURE SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT INTERVENTIONS AND COLLECT DATA TO ASSESS THAT IMPACT AT INTERVENTION SITES AND COMPARISON SITES. THE RESEARCH PROJECT SEEKS TO DEMONSTRATE THE EFFICACY OF THE COMMUNITIES OF OPPORTUNITY MODEL FOR RESIDENTS, OWNERS AND NEIGHBORHOODS, WITH THE GOAL OF SCALING SUCCESSFUL INTERVENTIONS.AN EXCITING AND UNIQUE FEATURE OF THIS PROJECT IS ITS FOCUS ON ENGAGING RESIDENTS AS PARTNERS IN THIS WORK, NOT ONLY IN THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS BUT ALSO AS CO-CREATORS OF INNOVATIVE, HOUSING-BASED APPROACHES TO IMPROVING THEIR HEALTH. A KEY ELEMENT OF OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS THE CONCEPT OF CO-PRODUCTION: INCLUDING THE RESIDENTS AS CO-DESIGNERS AND CO-IMPLEMENTERS OF THE INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE RESIDENT HEALTH OUTCOMES AND REDUCE HEALTH CARE COSTS. CO-PRODUCTION HAS PROVEN TO BE A KEY COMPONENT OF INCREASED RESIDENT PARTICIPATION AND IMPROVED OUTCOMES. POST-IMPLEMENTATION, WE WILL CARRY OUT RE-ASSESSMENTS AND CONDUCT A DETAILED EVALUATION OF THE RESULTS, COMPARING THE OUTCOMES OF THE INTERVENTION SITES WITH THE COMPARISON SITES. WE HYPOTHESIZE THIS DATA WILL INDICATE PATHWAYS TO INCREASE RESIDENT HEALTH AND WELLBEING, REDUCE HEALTH CARE COSTS AND PROPERTY OWNERSHIP COSTS, AND COMPARE THE EFFICACY OF THE RANGE OF INTERVENTIONS.AND THEN, WITH MEANINGFUL DATA, WORKING WITH ENTERPRISE, INTERVENING AT THE LEVEL OF PRIVATE FINANCING, AND PUBLIC CITY AND STATE HOUSING PROGRAMS, WE WILL SCALE THESE IDEAS, WITH THE VISION THAT ONE DAY, EVERY CHILD IN AMERICA WILL GROW UP IN A COMMUNITY OF OPPORTUNITY, REGARDLESS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN WHICH THEY LIVE.
- TO CREATE AND PRESERVE STABLE, THRIVING COMMUNITIES BY ENABLING AND PROVIDING COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS AND RESIDENT SERVICES IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITIES.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 November 6, 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 December 2024.
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 January 2017.
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 November 4, 2026.
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