Destiny Power & Purpose INC

Tax-deductible

Washington, DC501(c)(3)Since 2006Human ServicesEIN 20-5514658Revenue $440K in FY2025

On file with the IRSdestinypowerpurpose.org909 43rd Pl Ne, 20019-3713 · Washington, DCTax-exempt since Oct 2007Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Help individuals break the vicious cycle of repeated drugs and incarceration off their lives through empowerment.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
58¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$70K 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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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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $22K a year · 6% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
58%
of spending
Worth a look: 58% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$70K
to officers and key staff · 17% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 61% of similar orgs
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 17% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.6 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $6K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$108K
92% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 92% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 5 voting members
Concern: none of 5 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$440K
-9% vs prior year
Spent
$412K
To programs
58%
Net assets
$9K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$440K
FY2025▼ -9%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$321K
FY2021$378K
FY2022$372K
FY2023$349K
FY2024$482K
FY2025$440K
Expenses
$412K
FY2025▼ -29%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$296K
FY2021$407K
FY2022$405K
FY2023$375K
FY2024$582K
FY2025$412K
Net assets
$9K
FY2025▲ +130%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$161K
FY2021$132K
FY2022$98K
FY2023$70K
FY2024−$30K
FY2025$9K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

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

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

Where the money goes

58 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 58% · $237K Management & general 42% · $174K

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

4 people listed on the 990; $70K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President and Executive Officer
$70,132Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Assistant Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Deborah a Corley’s $70K as President and Executive Officer is at the 61st 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Deborah a Corley$70,132$119,239$17,640$16,160$16,882$15,040

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

Empowering individuals to break cycles of drug abuse and incarceration through recovery and reentry support.

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3 programs · $221K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Prince Georges County, Maryland State Care Coordination, services include care coordination, case management, for individuals engaged in residential, jail based and community outpatient substance abuse programs. DPP provided case management for 265 clients.

$175Kprogram expense
02

Employ Prince George's County Returning Citizen's Affair Division (RCAD), DPP provides client support services such as transportation assistance, MD IDs, phones and gift cards for food, clothes, bedding and toiletries. DPP has provided these support services to over 67 clients.

$25Kprogram expense
03

Damascus, DHCDC Ristore Program, DPP provides case management consulting for 28 clients in 2025.

$21Kprogram 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 · FY2022
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$6K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$440K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$440K
Money outPt IX
$412K
Ln 25
Programscol B$237K
Managementcol C$174K
Owns and owesPt X
$9K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$88K
Total assetsLn 16$118K
LiabilitiesLn 26$108K
PeoplePt VI, VII
4
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$440K
Government grantsLn 1e$408K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Total revenueLn 12$440K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$88K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$88K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Other assetsLn 15$2K
Total assetsLn 16$118K
LiabilitiesLn 26$108K
Net assetsLn 32$9K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 60
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$42K$88K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$67K$118K
LiabilitiesLn 26$97K$108K
Net assetsLn 32−$30K$9K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$70K$42K$28K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$138K$84K$54K$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$66K$59K$7K$0
Management feesLn 11a$6K$0$6K$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$0$3K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$43$0$43$0
Office expensesLn 13$9K$3K$7K$0
Information technologyLn 14$3K$0$3K$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$24K$0$24K$0
TravelLn 17$10K$9K$469$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$7K$0$7K$0
InterestLn 20$8K$0$8K$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$5K$0$5K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$62K$40K$22K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$412K$237K$174K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $440K$412K$29K$9K 990 PDF
FY2024 $482K$582K−$100K−$30K 990 PDF
FY2023 $349K$375K−$25K$70K 990 PDF
FY2022 $372K$405K−$33K$98K 990 PDF
FY2021 $378K$407K−$29K$132K 990 PDF
FY2020 $321K$296K$24K$161K 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
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $440,268 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $482,469$440,268
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 $482,469$440,268
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $331,458$273,785
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $251,015$137,743
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $582,473$411,528
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$100,004$28,740
Part VI · Governance 0 of 5 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members0
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 $440,268 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$408,026
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$32,242
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$440,268
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$440,268
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $411,528 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $42,079 · Management $28,053 · Fundraising $0$70,132
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $84,046 · Management $53,867 · Fundraising $0$137,913
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $58,905 · Management $6,835 · Fundraising $0$65,740
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $5,673 · Fundraising $0$5,673
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $2,937 · Fundraising $0$2,937
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $43 · Fundraising $0$43
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,546 · Management $6,879 · Fundraising $0$9,425
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $3,165 · Fundraising $0$3,165
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $24,318 · Fundraising $0$24,318
IX-17 TravelPrograms $9,489 · Management $469 · Fundraising $0$9,958
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $7,366 · Fundraising $0$7,366
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $7,927 · Fundraising $0$7,927
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $4,896 · Fundraising $0$4,896
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $40,162 · Management $21,873 · Fundraising $0$62,035
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $237,227 · Management $174,301 · Fundraising $0$411,528
Part X · Balance sheet $117,525 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $42,062$87,915
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $22,626$27,610
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,000$2,000
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $66,688$117,525
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $18,616$21,870
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $78,063$86,512
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $96,679$108,382
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$29,991$9,143
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$29,991$9,143
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $66,688$117,525
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $9,143 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$440,268
XI-2 Total expenses$411,528
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$28,740
XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$29,991
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$10,394
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$9,143

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