Charlottesville Tomorrow FY2021 filing

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Charlottesville Tomorrow delivers in-depth, non-partisan reporting and analysis that improves local decision-making in central virginia. We seek to expand civic engagement to foster a vibrant, inclusive, and interdependent community.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
73¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$140K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $93K a year · 10% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
73%
of spending
Fine: 73% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$140K
to officers and key staff · 19% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 19% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.6 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $10K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$31K
58% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 58% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$673K
-9% vs prior year
Spent
$752K
To programs
73%
Net assets
$23K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$673K
FY2021▼ -9%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$737K
FY2021$673K
FY2022$698K
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$1.3M
Expenses
$752K
FY2021▲ +14%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$661K
FY2021$752K
FY2022$677K
FY2023$653K
FY2024$893K
FY2025$1.5M
Net assets
$23K
FY2021▼ -79%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$111K
FY2021$23K
FY2022$43K
FY2023$381K
FY2024$771K
FY2025$563K

From the FY2021 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 2007.

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Where the money goes

73 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 73% · $549K Management & general 15% · $114K Fundraising 12% · $90K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

14 people listed on the 990; $140K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Treasurer & Executive Director
$132,000Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$7,917Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Angilee Shah’s $102K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 21st 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
John G Morris———$93,500$132,000$130,800
Angilee Shah$102,170$95,733$100,000$96,384$7,917—

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.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

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2 programs · $549K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Cover Local News in Charlottesville and Albemarle County

Charlottesville Tomorrow's staff provided in-depth reporting by means of the Charlottesville Tomorrow website and weekly newsletters. The organization's Community Engagement & Marketing Specialist coordinated events and engaged readers through emails, newsletters, and social media.

$534Kprogram expense
02

Maintain News Website and E-Mail Mailing List

Charlottesville Tomorrow's website and associated social media tools are used along with an email marketing list to aid in the broad dissemination of Charlottesville Tomorrow's news and research information to the public. This supports the organization's goal to deliver in-depth reporting and analysis that improves local decision-making.

$15Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$10K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$673K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$632K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$32K
Investment incomeLn 3$10K
Money outPt IX
$752K
Ln 25
Programscol B$549K
Managementcol C$114K
Fundraisingcol D$90K
Owns and owesPt X
$23K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$40K
Total assetsLn 16$54K
LiabilitiesLn 26$31K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$632K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$32K
Investment incomeLn 3$10K
Gains on assetsLn 7$10K
Total revenueLn 12$673K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$40K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$40K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K
Other assetsLn 15$13K
Total assetsLn 16$54K
LiabilitiesLn 26$31K
Net assetsLn 32$23K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 514
VolunteersI 611
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$122K$40K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1K$2K
Total assetsLn 16$126K$54K
LiabilitiesLn 26$14K$31K
Net assetsLn 32$111K$23K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$132K$88K$24K$20K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$341K$230K$61K$51K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$2K$2K$414$345
Other employee benefitsLn 9$56K$38K$10K$8K
Payroll taxesLn 10$36K$24K$7K$5K
Legal feesLn 11b$25$0$25$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$0$3K$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$136K$136K$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$4K$4K$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$16K$13K$2K$400
OccupancyLn 16$8K$5K$1K$1K
TravelLn 17$235$235$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1K$1K$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$0$2K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$6K$3K$1$3K
All other expensesLn 24e$9K$4K$4K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$752K$549K$114K$90K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Jun 2, 2026 $1.3M$1.5M−$208K$563K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2025 $1.3M$893K$389K$771K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Oct 8, 2024 $1.0M$653K$358K$381K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Jul 13, 2023 $698K$677K$21K$43K 990 PDF
FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 9, 2022 $673K$752K−$79K$23K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 5, 2021 $737K$661K$76K$111K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $673,032 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $717,294$631,549
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $19,625$31,817
I-10 Investment income$9,666
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $736,919$673,032
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $491,224$568,103
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $169,626$184,373
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $660,850$752,476
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $76,069−$79,444
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members14
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $673,032 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$631,549
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$631,549
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$31,817
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $9,666 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$9,666
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $41,483 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$673,032
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $752,476 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $88,440 · Management $23,760 · Fundraising $19,800$132,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $229,827 · Management $60,622 · Fundraising $50,518$340,967
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,541 · Management $414 · Fundraising $345$2,300
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $37,836 · Management $10,165 · Fundraising $8,471$56,472
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $24,364 · Management $6,546 · Fundraising $5,454$36,364
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $25 · Fundraising $0$25
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $2,776 · Fundraising $0$2,776
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $136,110 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$136,110
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $3,547 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,547
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $13,038 · Management $2,370 · Fundraising $400$15,808
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $5,161 · Management $1,155 · Fundraising $1,387$7,703
IX-17 TravelPrograms $235 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$235
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,322 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,322
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $1,749 · Fundraising $0$1,749
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,798 · Management $1 · Fundraising $3,451$6,250
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $4,424 · Management $4,424 · Fundraising $0$8,848
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $548,643 · Management $114,007 · Fundraising $89,826$752,476
Part X · Balance sheet $54,395 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $122,105$39,794
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,394$1,751
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,016$12,850
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $125,515$54,395
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $14,199$31,284
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $14,199$31,284
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $111,316$23,111
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $111,316$23,111
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $125,515$54,395
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $23,111 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$673,032
XI-2 Total expenses$752,476
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$79,444
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$111,316
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$23,111

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