Gi Go Fund INC

Tax-deductible

New Brunswick, NJ501(c)(3)Public & Societal BenefitEIN 20-4990937

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To assist military veterans and their families with their transition back to civilian life, by providing employment, education, housing, and va benefit opportunities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 250 volunteers and 5 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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
1 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $130K a year · 15% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
Looks good: 85% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$362K
to officers and key staff · 55% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 85% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 55% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $138K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$567K
255% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 255% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$732K
+4% vs prior year
Spent
$659K
To programs
85%
Net assets
−$345K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$732K
FY2025▲ +4%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$810K
FY2022$913K
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$703K
FY2025$732K
Expenses
$659K
FY2025▼ -30%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$901K
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$945K
FY2025$659K
Net assets
−$345K
FY2025▼ -16%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$289K
FY2021$287K
FY2022$65K
FY2023−$54K
FY2024−$297K
FY2025−$345K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending February 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2008.

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

Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $563K Management & general 14% · $90K Fundraising 1% · $6K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $362K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President CEO
$123,000Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer CFO
$121,500Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary COO
$118,000Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jack Fanous’s $123K as President CEO is at the 85th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1043 $100K–1M public & societal benefit 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jack Fanous—$150,000$150,000$141,334$126,000$129,000
Alexander Manis—$148,500$148,500$139,536$124,500$127,500
James Fanous—$145,000$145,000$135,782$121,000$124,000
Jack Fanous$123,000—————
Alexander Manis$121,500—————
James Fanous$118,000—————

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Helps veterans and families transition to civilian life with jobs, education, housing, and VA benefits.

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1 program service account for $563K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
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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 · 7 grants · $281K · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$15,577
Unitemized GrantFY2023$49,551
Unitemized GrantFY2022$91,557
Unitemized GrantFY2021$73,540
Unitemized GrantFY2020$12,500
Unitemized GrantFY2020$2,079
Unitemized GrantFY2019$35,764

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$732K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$666K
Other incomeLn 4–11$66K
Money outPt IX
$659K
Ln 25
Programscol B$563K
Managementcol C$90K
Fundraisingcol D$6K
Owns and owesPt X
−$345K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$199K
Total assetsLn 16$223K
LiabilitiesLn 26$567K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$666K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$15K
Other incomeLn 4–11$66K
Total revenueLn 12$732K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$199K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$199K
Other assetsLn 15$4K
Total assetsLn 16$223K
LiabilitiesLn 26$567K
Net assetsLn 32−$345K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 6250
Fiscal year endsHeaderFebruary
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$103K$199K
Total assetsLn 16$270K$223K
LiabilitiesLn 26$567K$567K
Net assetsLn 32−$297K−$345K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$16K$16K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$362K$362K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$62K$62K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$26K$26K
Payroll taxesLn 10$34K$34K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$37K$37K
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$5K$5K
Office expensesLn 13$2K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$44K$44K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$3K
InterestLn 20$5K$5K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$13K$13K$396$264
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$36K$35K$1K
All other expensesLn 24e$14K$13K$409$273
Total functional expensesLn 25$659K$563K$90K$6K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $732K$659K$73K−$345K 990 PDF
FY2024 $703K$945K−$243K−$297K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.1M$1.2M−$120K−$54K 990 PDF
FY2022 $913K$1.2M−$309K$65K 990 PDF
FY2021 $810K$901K−$91K$287K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.1M$1.2M−$93K$289K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $732,131 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$666,177
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$15,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$666,177
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)$65,954
VIII-12 Total revenue$732,131
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $659,246 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $15,577$15,577
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $362,500$362,500
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $62,000$62,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $26,242$26,242
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $34,367$34,367
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $37,062$37,062
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $5,173$5,173
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $2,097$2,097
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $43,992$43,992
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,645$2,645
IX-20 InterestManagement $4,858$4,858
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $12,541 · Management $396 · Fundraising $264$13,201
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $34,547 · Management $1,351$35,898
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $12,952 · Management $409 · Fundraising $273$13,634
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $563,371 · Management $90,165 · Fundraising $5,710$659,246
Part X · Balance sheet $222,736 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $102,780$198,737
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $121,667$16,667
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $8,082$3,000
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $37,960$4,332
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $270,489$222,736
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $42,054$67,268
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $500,000$500,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $567,139$567,268
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$401,650−$344,532
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$296,650−$344,532
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $270,489$222,736
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$344,532 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$732,131
XI-2 Total expenses$659,246
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$72,885
XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$296,650
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$120,767
XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$344,532

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