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Philadelphia, PA501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 22-2629856Revenue $580K in FY2021

On file with the IRSsown.org4100 Main St Ste 403, 19127-1623 · Philadelphia, PATax-exempt since Sep 1986Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Sown provides innovative solutions so adults 50+ lead independent, healthy lives and age in place in their homes and communities. Our services prevent and reduce isolation, protecting older adults from depression and related serious health consequences.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$93K 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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $20K a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
77%
of spending
Looks good: 77% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$93K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.3 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $30K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$89K
6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 6% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
13
of 13 voting members
Looks good: 13 of 13 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$580K
+0.4% vs prior year
Spent
$698K
To programs
77%
Net assets
$1.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$580K
FY2021+0.4%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$578K
FY2021$580K
FY2022$931K
FY2023$966K
FY2024$852K
FY2025$706K
Expenses
$698K
FY2021▲ +7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$655K
FY2021$698K
FY2022$684K
FY2023$896K
FY2024$935K
FY2025$866K
Net assets
$1.3M
FY2021▲ +4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.3M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1986.

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

Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 77% · $538K Management & general 9% · $60K Fundraising 14% · $100K

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; $93K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$93,305Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair, Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Marypat Tracy’s $107K as Executive Director is at the 89th 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Marypat Tracy$107,001$104,874$99,062$94,428$93,305$61,538
Merle Drake—————$99,168

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

Helps adults 50+ live independently and age in place through innovative solutions.

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3 programs · $474K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Grandfamily resource center provides a myriad of services to grandparents raising their grandchildren. Sown connects at-risk children and the grandparents who are raising them to our comprehensive continuum of education, health, and social services designed especially for these families.

$246Kprogram expense
02

Philly families read together is an intergenerational program for grandparents enriching the education of their grandchildren. The main focus of the program is to improve literacy skills for children and also to improve the digital literacy skills of grandparents. Philly families read together provides weekly family literacy workshops.

$131Kprogram expense
03

Homebound group telephone counseling connects isolated older adults with their peers in weekly sessions factilitated by licensed clincal social workers. These groups provide essential support and 'safety net' services through consistent contact to identify issues, discuss solutions and access to needed services before a crisis occurs.

$97Kprogram expense

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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$30K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$580K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$371K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$132K
Investment incomeLn 3$78K
Money outPt IX
$698K
Ln 25
Programscol B$538K
Managementcol C$60K
Fundraisingcol D$100K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$136K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$89K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b13
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$371K
Government grantsLn 1e$75K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$132K
Investment incomeLn 3$78K
Total revenueLn 12$580K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$58K
SavingsLn 2$78K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$136K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$23K
Other assetsLn 15$5K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$89K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 640
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$237K$136K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$934K$1.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$23K$23K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$161K$89K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M$1.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$99K$86K$7K$6K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$274K$237K$19K$18K
Payroll taxesLn 10$68K$58K$5K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$62K$53K$6K$4K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$97K$26K$4K$67K
Office expensesLn 13$3K$3K$357$343
Information technologyLn 14$14K$9K$5K$0
OccupancyLn 16$39K$35K$4K$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$336$218$118$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$12K$10K$2K$0
InsuranceLn 23$6K$4K$1K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$16K$12K$4K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$7K$5K$1K$520
Total functional expensesLn 25$698K$538K$60K$100K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $706K$866K−$160K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $852K$935K−$83K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $966K$896K$70K$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $931K$684K$247K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $580K$698K−$117K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $578K$655K−$77K$1.3M 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 I · Summary $580,364 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $337,274$370,809
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $133,723$131,785
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $107,205$77,770
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $578,202$580,364
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $417,568$440,329
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $237,350$257,194
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $654,918$697,523
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$76,716−$117,159
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members13
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 $580,364 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$75,100
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$295,709
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$370,809
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$131,785
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $77,770$77,770
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $131,785 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $77,770$580,364
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $697,523 across 13 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $85,510 · Management $6,920 · Fundraising $6,425$98,855
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $236,639 · Management $19,150 · Fundraising $17,783$273,572
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $58,471 · Management $4,792 · Fundraising $4,639$67,902
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $52,743 · Management $5,627 · Fundraising $3,649$62,019
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $25,713 · Management $4,340 · Fundraising $66,847$96,900
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,669 · Management $357 · Fundraising $343$3,369
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $8,813 · Management $5,176 · Fundraising $0$13,989
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $35,031 · Management $4,330 · Fundraising $0$39,361
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $218 · Management $118 · Fundraising $0$336
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $10,088 · Management $1,780 · Fundraising $0$11,868
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,414 · Management $1,173 · Fundraising $0$5,587
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $12,036 · Management $4,416 · Fundraising $0$16,452
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $5,449 · Management $1,344 · Fundraising $520$7,313
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $537,794 · Management $59,523 · Fundraising $100,206$697,523
Part X · Balance sheet $1,408,297 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $72,656$58,410
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $163,978$77,755
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $183,600$31,096
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $44,002$23,704
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $7,400$13,467
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $23,096$23,448
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $934,145$1,175,017
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $5,400$5,400
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,434,277$1,408,297
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $22,744$16,494
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $62,666$72,216
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $160,510$88,710
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $893,120$1,160,344
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $380,647$159,243
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,273,767$1,319,587
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,434,277$1,408,297
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,319,587 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$580,364
XI-2 Total expenses$697,523
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$117,159
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,273,767
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$162,979
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,319,587

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