Razing the Bar is funded by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Continuum of Care grants in Santa Clara County, and by foundations, companies, congregations, and individuals.
Goes out
Homes and the people beside them.
Funds pay for leased homes, the mentors and staff who support the people living in them, direct support such as food and moving costs, and the operations that keep it all running.
Documented
Grant dollars follow the budget.
Federal grant funds may be drawn only for costs allowed in each grant’s approved budget, and Razing the Bar keeps the records behind every draw.
Reported
A public return, every year.
Razing the Bar files an IRS Form 990 every year. The Board receives a copy of the return before it is filed.
Who keeps the books
Four sets of eyes.
Board of Directors
Oversight.
The Board adopts the annual operating budget and reviews the Form 990 before it is filed.
Every dollar,
in the open.
How Razing the Bar receives money, how it is used, who keeps the books, and every public filing you need to check it yourself.
Where it comes from.
Where it goes.
Federal grants and private gifts.
Razing the Bar is funded by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Continuum of Care grants in Santa Clara County, and by foundations, companies, congregations, and individuals.
Homes and the people beside them.
Funds pay for leased homes, the mentors and staff who support the people living in them, direct support such as food and moving costs, and the operations that keep it all running.
Grant dollars follow the budget.
Federal grant funds may be drawn only for costs allowed in each grant’s approved budget, and Razing the Bar keeps the records behind every draw.
A public return, every year.
Razing the Bar files an IRS Form 990 every year. The Board receives a copy of the return before it is filed.
Four sets of eyes.
Oversight.
The Board adopts the annual operating budget and reviews the Form 990 before it is filed.
Our governance →John Hogan, MBA.
A volunteer officer of the Board who oversees Razing the Bar’s finances on the Board’s behalf.
DSM Business Services, LLC.
An external firm that provides bookkeeping and finance support, including grant tracking and records for audits.
Turner, Warren, Hwang & Conrad.
An independent certified public accounting firm that prepares Razing the Bar’s Form 990.
twhc.com →Five years,
as filed.
Totals from each year’s Form 990, as published by ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer from IRS data. Each row links to the full return.
July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025
July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024
July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023
July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022
July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021
Razing the Bar’s fiscal year runs July 1 through June 30. Figures are as reported on Form 990 and published by ProPublica (ProPublica, n.d.).
Every filing,
newest first.
July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025
July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024
July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023
July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022
July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021
Fiscal year ending June 2020
Fiscal year ending June 2019
Tax year ending December 2018
Tax year ending December 2017
IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search.
Search EIN 80-0441705 to see our 501(c)(3) status and filed returns, straight from the IRS.
IRS →Candid.
Our profile, mission, and leadership.
Candid →Ask us directly.
Write to us for a copy of any return listed here.
Request a copy →Ask about
our finances.
information@razingthebar.org · (669) 215-5310
Last updated October 31, 2026. Maintained by the Office of the Chief Operating Officer.
References
Internal Revenue Service. (n.d.). Tax exempt organization search. https://www.irs.gov/teos
ProPublica. (n.d.). Razing the Bar [Nonprofit Explorer profile, EIN 80-0441705]. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/800441705