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Reflections of Trinity is a georgia based non-profit organization dedicated to providing food and basic necessities to individuals and families experiencing poverty, while also offering educational tools, resources, and experiences that empower long-term stability, transformation, and improved quality of life.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
95¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 2,838 volunteers and 20 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 $16K a year · under 1% 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
95%
of spending
Looks good: 95% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$129K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.3 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
8
named funders · $187K
Looks good: 8 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$482K
68% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 68% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.6M
-0.5% vs prior year
Spent
$5.8M
To programs
95%
Net assets
$229K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$5.6M
FY2025-0.5%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$6.1M
FY2021$7.5M
FY2022$7.4M
FY2023$6.7M
FY2024$5.7M
FY2025$5.6M
Expenses
$5.8M
FY2025▲ +4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$5.7M
FY2021$7.2M
FY2022$7.6M
FY2023$6.8M
FY2024$5.6M
FY2025$5.8M
Net assets
$229K
FY2025▼ -51%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$434K
FY2021$670K
FY2022$216K
FY2023$239K
FY2024$465K
FY2025$229K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Exemption reinstated (2015-05-15). Per the IRS revocation list. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2016.

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

Where the money goes

95 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 95% · $5.6M Management & general 4% · $258K Fundraising 0% · $8K

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

12 people listed on the 990; $129K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$128,638Pt 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
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Laurie Wong Burns’s $129K as Executive Director is at the 35th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2832 $1–10M community 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
Laurie Wong Burns$128,638—————
Laurie Wong—$123,874$123,874$90,184$84,374$75,294

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 15aNo

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2 programs · $5.6M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Food Pantry

Supports various programs - public food distribution, student backpack & in-school pantry, senior food delivery & community education & engagement - providing food, clothing an supplies to those in crisis. In support of the food pantry, we operate a thrift store, e-commerce store and a warehouse.

$5.5Mprogram expense
02

Benefits Outreach & Resource Navigation

On july 19, 2024, the organization launched the opening of a benefits office that provides assistance with applications and advocacy for the following programs: wic (women infants & children), snap (supplemental nutrition assistance program) , tanf (temporary assistance for needy families), medicaid, and caps (the childcare and parents…

$70Kprogram 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 · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$363K
Investment incomeLn 3$137K
Money outPt IX
$5.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.6M
Managementcol C$258K
Fundraisingcol D$8K
Owns and owesPt X
$229K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$167K
Total assetsLn 16$711K
LiabilitiesLn 26$482K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$135K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$4.6M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$363K
Investment incomeLn 3$137K
Other incomeLn 4–11$21K
Gains on assetsLn 7$137K
Total revenueLn 12$5.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$91K
SavingsLn 2$76K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$167K
Accounts receivableLn 4$78K
Inventories for sale or useLn 8$76K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$7K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$119K
Intangible assetsLn 14$264K
Total assetsLn 16$711K
LiabilitiesLn 26$482K
Net assetsLn 32$229K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 520
VolunteersI 62,838
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
Abroad and in kindSch F, M
Noncash gifts receivedSch M Pt I$4.7M
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$393K$167K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$274K$119K
Total assetsLn 16$1.0M$711K
LiabilitiesLn 26$570K$482K
Net assetsLn 32$465K$229K
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$4.7M$4.7M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$125K$0$125K$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$429K$364K$66K$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$43K$27K$16K$0
Management feesLn 11a$100K$92K$0$8K
Accounting feesLn 11c$9K$0$9K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$14K$14K$0$0
Information technologyLn 14$2K$2K$360$0
OccupancyLn 16$64K$64K$0$0
TravelLn 17$21K$21K$154$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1K$1K$41$0
InterestLn 20$13K$0$13K$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$36K$29K$7K$0
InsuranceLn 23$40K$36K$4K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$63K$56K$7K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$175K$164K$11K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.8M$5.6M$258K$8K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS May 15, 2026 $5.6M$5.8M−$195K$229K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Jun 2, 2025 $5.7M$5.6M$31K$465K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 15, 2024 $6.7M$6.8M−$135K$239K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Jul 13, 2023 $7.4M$7.6M−$190K$216K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS May 11, 2022 $7.5M$7.2M$236K$670K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Jul 8, 2021 $6.1M$5.7M$346K$434K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $5,635,152 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $5,260,382$5,114,279
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $402,032$362,869
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$23,766$136,556
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $23,626$21,448
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $5,662,274$5,635,152
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $4,506,451$4,695,001
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $542,854$597,472
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $581,964$537,396
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,631,269$5,829,869
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $31,005−$194,717
Part VI · Governance 10 of 11 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $5,635,152 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$134,932
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,979,347
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$4,556,426
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$5,114,279
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$362,869
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $4$4
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $19,000$19,000
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $136,552$136,552
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $2,448 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$2,448
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $365,317 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $155,556$5,635,152
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,829,869 across 16 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $4,695,001$4,695,001
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $125,000 · Fundraising $0$125,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $363,604 · Management $65,627 · Fundraising $0$429,231
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $27,333 · Management $15,908 · Fundraising $0$43,241
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $91,573 · Management $0 · Fundraising $8,250$99,823
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $9,150 · Fundraising $0$9,150
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $13,835 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$13,835
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,669 · Management $360 · Fundraising $0$2,029
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $64,157 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$64,157
IX-17 TravelPrograms $20,670 · Management $154 · Fundraising $0$20,824
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,231 · Management $41 · Fundraising $0$1,272
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $12,688 · Fundraising $0$12,688
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $28,931 · Management $6,635 · Fundraising $0$35,566
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $35,669 · Management $4,129 · Fundraising $0$39,798
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $55,769 · Management $7,375 · Fundraising $0$63,144
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $164,051 · Management $11,059 · Fundraising $0$175,110
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,563,493 · Management $258,126 · Fundraising $8,250$5,829,869
Part X · Balance sheet $711,051 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $340,442$91,157
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $52,370$75,814
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $16,992$78,434
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $108,109$76,265
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,660$6,910
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $273,772$118,786
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $207,542$263,685
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $34,801$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,035,688$711,051
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $48,972$28,400
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $482,782$454,027
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $38,510$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $570,264$482,427
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $374,683$206,035
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $90,741$22,589
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $465,424$228,624
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,035,688$711,051
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $228,624 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,635,152
XI-2 Total expenses$5,829,869
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$194,717
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$465,424
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$42,083
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$228,624

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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