Need in Deed improves teaching and learning in philadelphia's public schools.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
70¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 100 volunteers and 7 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
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $14K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
70%
of spending
Fine: 70% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$101K
to officers and key staff · 15% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 15% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $1.2M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 1.7 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $5K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$103K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
19
of 19 voting members
Looks good: 19 of 19 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$604K
-6% vs prior year
Spent
$676K
To programs
70%
Net assets
$1.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$604K
FY2025▼ -6%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$727K
FY2021$708K
FY2022$716K
FY2023$692K
FY2024$646K
FY2025$604K
Expenses
$676K
FY2025▲ +11%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$662K
FY2021$717K
FY2022$728K
FY2023$617K
FY2024$610K
FY2025$676K
Net assets
$1.4M
FY2025▲ +3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.4M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 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 Nov 1990.

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

Where the money goes

70 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 70% · $470K Management & general 17% · $116K Fundraising 13% · $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

20 people listed on the 990; $101K 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
Executive Di
$101,136Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$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

Kyra Atterbury’s $101K as Executive Di is at the 88th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1992 $100K–1M youth 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
Wendy-Anne Roberts-Johnson——$118,853$121,146$120,357$112,000
Kyra Atterbury$101,136$95,004$72,796———

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

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Improves teaching and learning in Philadelphia's public schools.

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1 program · $470K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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With a mission to improve the education of students grades 3-8 in philadelphia's traditional public and charter schools, need in deed serves 3,600 to 3,900 students annually, helping them to increase their academic and 21ST-CENTURY skills through the transformative experience of service- learning that connects the classroom with the…

$470Kprogram 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 1 funder$5K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$604K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$548K
Investment incomeLn 3$43K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$7K
Money outPt IX
$676K
Ln 25
Programscol B$470K
Managementcol C$116K
Fundraisingcol D$90K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$94K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$103K
PeoplePt VI, VII
20
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a19
IndependentVI 1b19
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$548K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$22K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$7K
Investment incomeLn 3$43K
Other incomeLn 4–11$6K
Total revenueLn 12$604K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$88K
SavingsLn 2$5K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$94K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.2M
Other assetsLn 15$66K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$103K
Net assetsLn 32$1.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 57
VolunteersI 6100
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$186K$94K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.1M$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$39K$103K
Net assetsLn 32$1.4M$1.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$115K$81K$18K$16K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$352K$246K$56K$49K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$10K$7K$2K$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$24K$16K$4K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$36K$25K$6K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$8K$8K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$35K$25K$6K$5K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$1K$342$299
Office expensesLn 13$10K$7K$2K$1K
OccupancyLn 16$16K$11K$3K$2K
InterestLn 20$3K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$7K$5K$1K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$6K$4K$912$798
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$45K$38K$4K$3K
All other expensesLn 24e$5K$2K$3K$335
Total functional expensesLn 25$676K$470K$116K$90K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $604K$676K−$72K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $646K$610K$36K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $692K$617K$76K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $716K$728K−$12K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $708K$717K−$9K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $727K$662K$65K$1.1M 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $604,075 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $585,472$548,344
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $21,725$6,920
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $36,874$42,756
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,448$6,055
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $645,519$604,075
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $479,458$537,241
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $130,053$138,955
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $609,511$676,196
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $36,008−$72,121
Part VI · Governance 19 of 19 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body19
VI-1b Independent voting members19
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 $604,075 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$22,077
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$526,267
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$548,344
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $6,920$6,920
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $42,756$42,756
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $6,055$6,055
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $12,975 · Excluded from tax $42,756$604,075
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $676,196 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $80,784 · Management $18,465 · Fundraising $16,157$115,406
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $246,391 · Management $56,317 · Fundraising $49,278$351,986
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $7,329 · Management $1,676 · Fundraising $1,466$10,471
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $16,480 · Management $3,766 · Fundraising $3,295$23,541
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $25,086 · Management $5,734 · Fundraising $5,017$35,837
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $7,750$7,750
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $25,100 · Management $5,520 · Fundraising $4,830$35,450
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,497 · Management $342 · Fundraising $299$2,138
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $7,017 · Management $1,689 · Fundraising $1,488$10,194
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $11,441 · Management $2,615 · Fundraising $2,288$16,344
IX-20 InterestManagement $3,393$3,393
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $5,005 · Management $1,144 · Fundraising $1,000$7,149
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,992 · Management $912 · Fundraising $798$5,702
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $38,454 · Management $3,590 · Fundraising $3,349$45,393
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,675 · Management $3,432 · Fundraising $335$5,442
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $470,251 · Management $116,345 · Fundraising $89,600$676,196
Part X · Balance sheet $1,536,355 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $181,002$88,366
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $5,493$5,494
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $100,000$121,667
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $5,923$6,594
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,141,125$1,248,451
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,800$65,783
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,436,675$1,536,355
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,613$4,822
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $34,377$98,643
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $38,990$103,465
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $848,606$831,117
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $549,079$601,773
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,397,685$1,432,890
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,436,675$1,536,355
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,432,890 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$604,075
XI-2 Total expenses$676,196
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$72,121
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,397,685
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$107,326
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,432,890

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