Better Housing for Tompkins County Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$3.4m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$3.7m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$12.7m
$11.2m liabilities
Net assets
$1.5m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
13
7.0 years on average
Staff
35
13 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
6
named in Part VII
Better Housing for Tompkins County Inc's network
13 people5 organisationsi13 people and 5 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (13). Violet dotted lines (16) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
13 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 11 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan Wilbur | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Cooper Sirwatka | Trustee (Part Year) | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Cristine Donovan | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| H Matthys Van Cort | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Jeremy Thomas | President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Julee Johnson | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Lacey Lent | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Lisa Nicholas | Trustee | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Maureen Abbott | Trustee | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Michael Cannon | Trustee (Part Year) | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Nicole Carrier-Titti | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Sharon D Malone | Company secretary | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Steven Woods | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
6 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine G De La Garza | Executive Director | 2024 |
| Johanna Anderson | Executive Director (Part Year) | since 2018 |
| Joseph L Bowes | Director of Real Estate Development | 2021 |
| Lynn Truame | Director of Real Estate Development | since 2022 |
| Patricia Paolangeli | Director of Finance | since 2022 |
| Scott Reynolds | Director of Information Technology | since 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Cannon | Trustee (Part Year) | 0.12 | $0 | ||
| Nicole Carrier-Titti | Trustee | 0.13 | $0 | ||
| Julee Johnson | Treasurer | 0.13 | $0 | ||
| Sharon D Malone | Secretary | 0.13 | $0 | ||
| H Matthys van Cort | Trustee | 0.13 | $0 | ||
| Brendan Wilbur | Trustee | 0.13 | $0 | ||
| Lacey Lent | Trustee | 0.13 | $0 | ||
| Jeremy Thomas | President | 0.13 | $0 | ||
| Lisa Nicholas | Trustee | 0.13 | $0 | ||
| Maureen Abbott | Trustee | 0.13 | $0 | ||
| Cooper Sirwatka | Trustee (Part Year) | 0.13 | $0 | ||
| Cristine Donovan | Trustee | 0.13 | $0 | ||
| Steven Woods | Trustee | 0.13 | $0 | ||
| Catherine G de la Garza | Executive Director | 13 | $0 | $164k | $25k |
| Scott Reynolds | Director of Information Te | 13 | $0 | $113k | $12k |
| Patricia Paolangeli | Director of Finance | 13 | $0 | $111k | $20k |
| Lynn Truame | Director of Real Estate de | 13 | $0 | $107k | $7k |
About
- Legal name
- Better Housing for Tompkins County Inc
- EIN
- 222378089
- Address
- 115 W Clinton St, Ithaca, NY, 14850-5636
- State
- New York
- Mission
- Dedicated to expanding housing opportunities for low and moderate-income residents of cayuga, chemung, cortland, schuyler, seneca, tioga, and tompkins counties. It seeks to foster communities that embrace diversity, equity, and sustainability in ways that produce lasting outcomes. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- L20Z Housing and shelter
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Housing & Shelter
- Size band
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1981
- Principal officer
- Jeremy Thomas (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 March 1982
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Related organisations (Schedule R)
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsBrendan Wilbur
≥8years on the filingsH Matthys Van Cort
≥8years on the filingsJeremy Thomas
≥8years on the filingsJulee Johnson
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $12.7m
- Total liabilities
- $11.2m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $1.5m
- Contributions and grants received
- $543k
- Program service revenue
- $2.2m
- Grants and similar paid out
- $371k
- Employees
- 35
- Volunteers
- 13
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.4m | $3.7m | Deficit $340k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Better Housing For Tompkins County, Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: New York Department of State, active corporations (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6). Licence: New York open data terms of use. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- New York
- Entity type
- Domestic Not-For-Profit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 27 April 1981
- Registered agent
- Not stated