Established to build healthy families by creating opportunities for wealth building through homeownership, lowering the barriers to educational and economic opportunities and addressing legacy pollution to create improved quality lives.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
53¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 15 volunteers and 1 employee.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $5K a year · 2% of revenue · last 3 filings
Fine: a surplus in 2 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Spent on programs
53%
of spending
Worth a look: 53% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$43K
to officers and key staff · 22% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 22% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
25 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 25.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $135K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$155K
-56% vs prior year
Spent
$195K
To programs
53%
Net assets
$409K
By yearFY2022–FY2024
Revenue
$155K
FY2024▼ -56%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2022$319K
FY2023$354K
FY2024$155K
Expenses
$195K
FY2024▼ -45%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2022$294K
FY2023$354K
FY2024$195K
Net assets
$409K
FY2024▼ -9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2022$407K
FY2023$448K
FY2024$409K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Exemption reinstated (2013-05-15). Per the IRS revocation list. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 2016.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

53 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 53% · $103K Management & general 45% · $87K Fundraising 2% · $4K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $43K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Co-Executive Director
$21,692Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Executive Director
$21,075Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman of the Board
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Rodly Millet’s $22K as Co-Executive Director is at the 12th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2167 $100K–1M human services 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022
Ernest Muhammad$21,075$72,635$128,088
Rodly Millet$21,692$5,000—

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.

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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

Programs and updates

Builds healthy families by creating wealth, education, and environmental opportunities.

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1 program · $103K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Through a grant award, facilitated environmental justice academy training and technical assistance to low-income community organizations in lower richland county, SC and mocksville, NC. Provided elementary and middle school tutoring in two low-income communities in north charleston, SC. Total number of students served - 15.

$103Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 2 grants · $21K · 2023–2023
Charleston MovesFY2023$16,000
Concerned Citizens of AccabeeFY2023$5,200

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$155K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$155K
Money outPt IX
$195K
Ln 25
Programscol B$103K
Managementcol C$87K
Fundraisingcol D$4K
Owns and owesPt X
$409K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$409K
Total assetsLn 16$409K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$155K
Total revenueLn 12$155K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$409K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$409K
Other assetsLn 15−$300
Total assetsLn 16$409K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$409K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 615
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$448K$409K
Total assetsLn 16$448K$409K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$448K$409K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$66K$49K$13K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$5K$4K$1K$251
Legal feesLn 11b$844$844
Accounting feesLn 11c$8K$8K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$32K$29K$3K$63
Office expensesLn 13$19K$18K$153
Information technologyLn 14$4K$4K
OccupancyLn 16$40K$39K$504
TravelLn 17$4K$4K$182
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$5K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$13K$13K$8
Total functional expensesLn 25$195K$103K$87K$4K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $155K$195K−$39K$409K 990 PDF
FY2023 $354K$354K$20$448K 990 PDF
FY2022 $319K$294K$26K$407K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $155,380 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $353,990$155,380
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $353,990$155,380
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $25,800$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $160,236$70,717
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $167,934$124,043
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $353,970$194,760
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $20−$39,380
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $155,380 across 3 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$155,380
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$155,380
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$155,380
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $194,760 across 11 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $49,269 · Management $13,138 · Fundraising $3,285$65,692
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,769 · Management $1,005 · Fundraising $251$5,025
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $844$844
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $7,983$7,983
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $28,660 · Management $2,852 · Fundraising $63$31,575
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $18,477 · Fundraising $153$18,630
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $3,864$3,864
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $39,037 · Fundraising $504$39,541
IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,696 · Management $182$3,878
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $4,710$4,710
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $13,010 · Management $8$13,018
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $103,114 · Management $87,390 · Fundraising $4,256$194,760
Part X · Balance sheet $408,831 assets, 8 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $448,211$409,131
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0−$300
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $448,211$408,831
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $127,704$88,324
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $320,507$320,507
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $448,211$408,831
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $448,211$408,831
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $408,831 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$155,380
XI-2 Total expenses$194,760
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$39,380
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$448,211
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$408,831

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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