Without Walls Community Development Corporation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
WOWCDCS PURPOSE IS TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TO PROVIDE HOUSING-RELATED COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR FAMILIES IN THE WESTERN ADDITION AND FILLMORE NEIGHBORHOODS IN SAN FRANCISCO THE MOST UNDERSERVED AND UNDERINVESTED COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY.
- Income
- $75,000
- Spending
- $130,635
- Reserves
- 1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 100%
- Highest pay
- $120,025, executive dir.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 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 (1)
- $73,420 spent. WITHOUT WALLS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (WOW-CDC) PARTNERED WITH THE MOHCD AND THE MISSION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (MEDA) IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING MARKET TO SAVE A 6-UNIT BUILDING IN THE WA FROM OUTSIDE INVESTORS BY USING THE SSP. THE OUTSIDE INVESTORS PLANNED TO ELLIS ACT THE BUILDING, EVICT THE RESIDENTS, RENOVATE IT, ADDING TWO UNITS, AND RE-OPEN IT AT MARKET RENTS. OF THE SIX TENANTS, FIVE ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN, FIVE ARE SENIORS. IF EVICTED, THE TENANTS WOULD HAVE HAD TO LEAVE SAN FRANCISCO. BY PURCHASING THE BUILDING FROM THE INVESTORS, OUR GROUP ALLOWED THESE RESIDENTS TO REMAIN IN THE CITY. THEYLL RETURN TO THEIR UNITS UPON RENOVATION COMPLETION WITH TWO ADDED UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. RACIAL EQUITY AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION WERE PROVIDED TO 5 RESIDENTS AND MAYBE 7. 8 UNITS OF HOUSING WERE ADDED TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK AD INFINITEM, PROVIDING EQUITY AND INCLUSION ON AN ONGOING BASIS.THE ORGANIZATION BEGAN PARTNERING WITH MCCORMICK, BARON SALAZAR ON THE COMPLETE REBUILDING OF THE PLAZA EAST DEVELOPMENT COMPLEX. PLAZA EAST IS A 193-UNIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLEX IN THE WESTERN ADDITION THAT WAS FIRST BUILT IN THE 1970S. THE COMPLEX WAS REHABILITATED IN 2001. HOWEVER, DESPITE THE REHAB WORK THE DEVELOPMENT HAS EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES. THE DEVELOPER HAS GAINED THE RIGHT TO REBUILD THE ENTIRE COMPLEX. WOWCDC AGREED TO PARTNER WITH THE DEVELOPER TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY SUPPORT. ITS ROLE IS TO WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS AND THE DEVELOPER TO ENSURE THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS ARE HEARD AND ADDRESSED BY THE DEVELOPER.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 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 December 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 April 2019.
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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