Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Sep 1980.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Who runs it and what they're paid
21 people listed on the 990; $1.0M paid to officers and key staff.
Melanie Courtright’s $389K as CEO is at the 93rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 2832 $1–10M community development nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melanie Courtright | $389,215 | $485,031 | $385,000 | $313,925 | $310,000 | — |
| David W Almy | — | — | — | — | $177,692 | $300,000 |
| Lisa Beck | $237,421 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nicole Symelidis | $164,583 | $160,136 | $140,000 | $134,000 | $120,823 | $120,000 |
| Jonathan Saxe | — | — | — | — | $155,747 | $162,500 |
| Howard J Fienberg | — | $140,069 | $125,000 | $115,000 | $120,774 | $110,833 |
| Art Flanagan | $125,000 | $132,685 | — | — | $119,823 | $119,000 |
| Howard Fienberg | $130,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See Insights Association INC executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
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By the numbers
The FY2020 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY20 | End FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $151K | $357K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $1.0M | $1.1M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $62K | $23K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $1.5M | $1.7M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $1.2M | $1.2M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $300K | $435K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $490K | |||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $528K | |||
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $30K | |||
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $77K | |||
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $79K | |||
| Legal feesLn 11b | $160K | |||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $17K | |||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $156K | |||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $51K | |||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $58K | |||
| Information technologyLn 14 | $124K | |||
| OccupancyLn 16 | $27K | |||
| TravelLn 17 | $22K | |||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $170K | |||
| InterestLn 20 | $12K | |||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $38K | |||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $2K | |||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $895K | |||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $2.9M |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Nov 10, 2025 | $5.0M | $4.8M | $234K | $512K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Oct 21, 2024 | $4.8M | $5.0M | −$226K | $607K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Oct 3, 2023 | $4.2M | $4.1M | $44K | $667K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 7, 2022 | $2.5M | $2.3M | $204K | $806K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 4, 2021 | $2.1M | $2.9M | −$865K | $435K | 990 PDF |
| FY2019Filed with the IRS Feb 1, 2021 | $2.9M | $3.3M | −$439K | $300K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,071,652 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,071,652 across 6 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,936,690 across 18 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $1,684,958 assets, 13 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $435,286 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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