Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2023. IRS ruling in Jun 2009.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
70 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
17 people listed on the 990; $92K paid to officers and key staff.
Hanna Zahory’s $62K as CFO is at the 10th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3394 $1–10M education 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erin Barnes | $29,755 | $150,860 | $130,681 | $127,889 | $95,972 |
| Kenneth Nadolski | — | $147,144 | $124,675 | $111,513 | — |
| Brandon Whitney | — | — | — | $59,530 | $121,136 |
| Autumn Smoot | — | — | $70,887 | $119,190 | $110,341 |
| Hanna Zahory | $62,056 | $115,830 | — | — | — |
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 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Provides an online crowdfunding and resource platform that helps neighbors plan, fund, and implement positive improvement projects in their own communities.
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Project Support
This program comprises all of the services that we provide for projects using the ioby platform. In addition to the use of our website and its tools, project leaders benefit from optional coaching, training and technical assistance from the ioby team in the form of workshops and one-on-one consultations on: project planning and…
Project Outreach & Sourcing
This program comprises all of the activities and initiatives we design and manage in order to provide outreach and source new projects that use ioby to connect with potential donors and volunteers.
Online platformthis program is the functional heart of our organization and the core of our unique model; it enables most other aspects of our work. We design, build and maintain a web platform (IOBY.ORG) focused on meeting the needs of the project leaders we serve and the donors that support their work.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2023 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY23 | End FY23 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $1.7M | $830K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $92K | $42K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $2.6M | $1.3M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $528K | $174K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $2.1M | $1.1M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $1.5M | $1.5M | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $603K | $603K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $101K | $83K | $18K | |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $1.9M | $949K | $552K | $402K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $201K | $137K | $23K | $41K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $173K | $90K | $48K | $35K |
| Management feesLn 11a | $24K | $14K | $5K | $4K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $71K | $71K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $103K | $3K | $96K | $4K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $13K | $1K | $11K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $94K | $62K | $31K | $171 |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $118K | $32K | $79K | $8K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $12K | $11K | $2K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $25K | $7K | $10K | $8K |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $17K | $4K | $3K | $10K |
| InterestLn 20 | $17K | $17K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $55K | $44K | $11K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $6K | $2K | $4K | $911 |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $8K | $1K | $3K | $4K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $5.0M | $3.5M | $982K | $517K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 Latest Viewing | $4.0M | $5.0M | −$985K | $1.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $5.0M | $5.1M | −$56K | $2.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $5.9M | $6.5M | −$571K | $2.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $8.6M | $7.9M | $686K | $2.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2019 | $4.7M | $4.3M | $389K | $2.0M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $4,035,181 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $4,035,181 across 6 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,020,069 across 19 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $1,303,950 assets, 12 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,129,884 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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