826dc INC: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 26-2426166)

Andrea Nelson’s $85K as Interim Ed (thru July) is at the 77th 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Zachary Clark	—	$78,311	$100,750	$95,900	$88,300	$94,550
Andrea Nelson	$84,910	$79,454	—	—	—	—
Robyn Lingo	$43,125	—	—	—	—	—

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 kids ages 6-18 improve their creative and expository writing.

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2 programs · $562K · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Student Programs

In FY25, 826DC served 2,000 students through its literacy-focused program, each designated to cultivate writing skills and provide publication opportunities for DC students. Our core programs include the young authors' book project, field trips, in-school programs, after-school writing lab, workshops, and reading all stars.

$483Kprogram expense

02

Public Programs

A small component of 826DC'S work is our public literary programming including our book release and student showcase events. 826DC staff uses this and other public-facing event as an opportunity to recruit new program volunteers, share our students' works with the broader public, and disseminate information about programming events.

$78Kprogram 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

826 NationalFY2024$69K

Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationFY2024$40K

Harman Family FoundationFY2024$25K

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$16K

Kettering Family FoundationFY2024$15K

Nora Roberts Foundation INCFY2024$15K

Judy Family FoundationFY2024$12K

Greater Washington Community FoundationFY2024$12K

Total grants receivedfrom 22 funders$310K

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By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$976K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$970K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$11K

Investment incomeLn 3$1K

Money outPt IX

$987K

Ln 25

Programscol B$562K

Managementcol C$157K

Fundraisingcol D$268K

Owns and owesPt X

$176K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$189K

Total assetsLn 16$877K

LiabilitiesLn 26$701K

PeoplePt VI, VII

17

listed · VII A

PaidVII A2

Voting boardVI 1a15

IndependentVI 1b15

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$970K

Government grantsLn 1e$243K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$65K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$11K

Investment incomeLn 3$1K

Gains on assetsLn 7$1K

Total revenueLn 12$976K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$144K

SavingsLn 2$46K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$189K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$18K

Other assetsLn 15$620K

Total assetsLn 16$877K

LiabilitiesLn 26$701K

Net assetsLn 32$176K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 59

VolunteersI 6200

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

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$220K	$189K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$32K	$18K
Total assetsLn 16	$453K	$877K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$266K	$701K
Net assetsLn 32	$187K	$176K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$124K	$77K	$11K	$36K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$439K	$272K	$38K	$128K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$38K	$24K	$3K	$11K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$48K	$30K	$4K	$14K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$43K		$43K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$63K	$9K	$10K	$45K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$106	$67	$7	$32
Office expensesLn 13	$30K	$15K	$10K	$4K
Information technologyLn 14	$5K	$2K	$2K	$938
OccupancyLn 16	$124K	$97K	$14K	$12K
TravelLn 17	$4K	$2K	$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$1K	$603	$294	$175
Payments to affiliatesLn 21	$20K	$7K	$7K	$6K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$14K	$11K	$1K	$812
InsuranceLn 23	$7K	$5K	$488	$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$27K	$9K	$10K	$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$987K	$562K	$157K	$268K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$976K	$987K	−$11K	$176K	990 PDF
FY2024	$746K	$930K	−$184K	$187K	990 PDF
FY2023	$896K	$984K	−$88K	$371K	990 PDF
FY2022	$1.0M	$771K	$261K	$459K	990 PDF
FY2021	$836K	$731K	$105K	$198K	990 PDF
FY2020	$668K	$777K	−$109K	$93K	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 M · Noncash O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $975,849 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $741,275$969,843

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $800$11,065

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $41$1,195

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $3,591−$6,254

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $745,707$975,849

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 $573,522$648,949

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $356,105$338,076

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $929,627$987,025

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$183,920−$11,176

Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15

VI-1b Independent voting members15

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 $975,849 across 8 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for −$6,254 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1e Government grants$243,132

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$726,711

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$65,432

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$969,843

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $11,065$11,065

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $28$28

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $1,167$1,167

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $11,065 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$5,059$975,849

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $987,025 across 16 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $77,183 · Management $10,831 · Fundraising $36,289$124,303

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $272,363 · Management $38,219 · Fundraising $128,058$438,640

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $23,833 · Management $3,344 · Fundraising $11,206$38,383

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $29,570 · Management $4,149 · Fundraising $13,904$47,623

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $43,074$43,074

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $9,131 · Management $9,775 · Fundraising $44,578$63,484

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $67 · Management $7 · Fundraising $32$106

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $15,212 · Management $10,410 · Fundraising $4,188$29,810

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,992 · Management $2,101 · Fundraising $938$5,031

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $97,344 · Management $14,471 · Fundraising $11,871$123,686

IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,899 · Management $1,990$3,889

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $603 · Management $294 · Fundraising $175$1,072

IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $6,943 · Management $7,085 · Fundraising $5,972$20,000

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $11,492 · Management $1,216 · Fundraising $812$13,520

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,699 · Management $488 · Fundraising $2,212$7,399

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $9,374 · Management $9,566 · Fundraising $8,065$27,005

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $561,705 · Management $157,020 · Fundraising $268,300$987,025

Part X · Balance sheet $876,576 assets, 16 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $98,323$143,596

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $121,481$45,775

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $12,500$43,500

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $12,932$1,948

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $7,707$3,361

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $31,914$18,394

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $167,846$620,002

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $452,703$876,576

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $75,770$69,330

X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$7,955

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $190,114$623,648

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $265,884$700,933

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $162,319$135,643

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $24,500$40,000

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $186,819$175,643

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $452,703$876,576

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $175,643 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$975,849

XI-2 Total expenses$987,025

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$11,176

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$186,819

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$175,643

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

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