Our House of the Way
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Our objective is to improve the community through identification of individuals and families in need and provide material and spiritual help. We promote growth and support while assisting families in need of love and to awaken the need for mutual assistance among us all.
- Income
- $13,717
- Spending
- $15,067
- Reserves
- 10 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 64%
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 (4)
- The Auta de Souza Fraternal Food and Clothes aims to take the sublimity of the teachings of Jesus, through spiritual teachings, to the visited homes, in the form of a word of confort and good spirit, a teaching or loving vibrations, through messages, as well as raising donations for families that lack food, clothing, and goods. Volunteers visit home door to door in Saint Joseph and Benton Harbor areas with the objective of disseminating the sprit teachings through the diffusion of messages and giving people who desire to practice charity by donating food and clothing to be distributed to needy families. The food and clothing collected is brought to our care center, prepared by volunteers, and then served/given to the the needy. Part of the donations are also organized into kits and monthly distributed to families.
- Provide clients with a divine reinforcement of human brotherhood and universal redemption. The volunteers provides the clients with confidence and acceptance with love and tolerance with the hope of modifying behavior. God has ceaselessly assisted us through his envoys. We teach about Christ Jesus as an example of unceasing support and an invitation to love God and our neighbors as ourselves and to serve our community with humility. These activities also allow growth of the volunteers.
- Care screening: the interviewer works to identify the specific needs of the individual/family and refers those in need to one of the services available in our center.
- $1,610 spent. Page 2 Part III Activity #4 explained on Sch O
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 January 2020.
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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