La Puente Home
La Puente Home
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About this organization
Mission
La Puente Home, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Colorado's San Luis Valley providing a safety net of services where individuals and families get what they need to stabilize, heal, and ultimately thrive. With the objective of meeting the needs of the homeless and community members in crisis, La Puente’s services both restore and strengthen people’s lives, so that they can live independently, with dignity.
About
La Puente's shelter opened its doors in 1982 as a response to the community’s need to house and assist the homeless and under-served families and individuals in rural Colorado. Originally operating through a local Catholic church, La Puente began as a homeless shelter in the church’s basement. La Puente bought a home in the early 1980's, renovated it and hired a director for the program, becoming an independent organization. Throughout the late 1980's and 1990's, La Puente expanded its programming, in response to a growing number of other community needs. And in the year 2000, La Puente's shelter underwent renovations, doubling its size to meet the increasing needs of the growing community. Today, La Puente is a leading human service provider in rural Southern Colorado. Annually over 12,000 individuals and family members receives assistance by at least one of La Puente's services; including emergency shelter, nutritious food from 1 of our 15 food pantries, housing with support services, after-school youth-stabilization programming, educational gardening, crisis prevention resources, soup kitchen meals, home outreach visits, and more.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The non-profit's mission, as documented in the filing, is “Provide food and shelter to the homeless and poor.”.
When explaining its purpose, the activities were described as: “Provide food and shelter to the homeless and poor.”.
- The non-profit is legally allowed to operate in the state of CO, as reported.
- The filing provides the non-profit's address in 2020 as 911 State Street, Alamosa, CO, 81101.
- The non-profit has a total of 53 employees, as reported on their form for 2020.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Does not have foreign activities.
- Is not a donor-advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $418.
- The CEO compensation strategy within the organization is determined through a review and approval process by a neutral party.
- The organization has 9 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1982.
- The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization pays $1,555,292 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $191,846 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
- The organization's financial statements were reviewed by an accountant.