Common Wealth Associates INC

Tax-deductible

Charlotte, NC501(c)(3)EducationEIN 30-0842673Revenue $1.2M in FY2025

On file with the IRScommonwealthcharlotte.org5301 Wilkinson Blvd, 28208-5455 · Charlotte, NCTax-exempt since Feb 2015Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To equip low-income wage earners with increased financial capability so they can attain financial stability and decrease reliance on charitable assistance. This is achieved through a trauma-informed approach including education, personalized counseling, access to banking, and no-interest loans.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 200 volunteers and 11 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
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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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $215K a year · 17% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 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
$140K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 59% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $580K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$18K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% 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
$1.2M
-39% vs prior year
Spent
$1.5M
To programs
77%
Net assets
$1.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.2M
FY2025▼ -39%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$995K
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.9M
FY2025$1.2M
Expenses
$1.5M
FY2025▲ +11%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$672K
FY2021$748K
FY2022$985K
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$1.5M
Net assets
$1.6M
FY2025▼ -14%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$876K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.9M
FY2025$1.6M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2015.

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% · $1.1M Management & general 12% · $181K Fundraising 11% · $161K

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; $140K 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 Dir.
$139,944Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Chuck Jones’s $140K as Executive Dir. is at the 59th 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Chuck Jones$139,944$125,212$127,449$121,720$99,000$80,732

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

Empowers low-income workers with financial skills, counseling, and resources for stability.

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3 programs · $1.1M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Provide emergency short-term, unsecured low-interest loans to clients who have high barriers to mainstream financial services, and provide banking or rebanking with partner financial institutions.

$582Kprogram expense
02

VITA Latino exists to build relationships within the Latinx community, laying foundations which lead to trust-based counseling and easier access to reliable credit union services. VITA Latino has to date served 3,102 individuals with 1,549 filings accounting for $2,150,508 in refunds, and $479,050 in tax preparation savings.

$299Kprogram expense
03

Financial literacy education, including workshops and certified one-to-one credit counseling focused on creating and reviewing a balanced spending plan, a deep dive into credit reports, identifying strategic pay-off of debt items, recognizing the high cost of predatory financial products, and rebanking at non-predatory financial…

$231Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 3 grants · $67K · 2022–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$41,409
Unitemized GrantFY2023$13,820
Unitemized GrantFY2022$11,832

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$34K
Other incomeLn 4–11$22K
Money outPt IX
$1.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$181K
Fundraisingcol D$161K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$970K
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$18K
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$1.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$34K
Other incomeLn 4–11$22K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$1.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$970K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$970K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$213K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$18K
Net assetsLn 32$1.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 511
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
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.1M$970K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$203K$213K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$16K$18K
Net assetsLn 32$1.9M$1.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$41K$41K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$145K$58K$58K$29K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$744K$654K$61K$29K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$68K$55K$6K$7K
Payroll taxesLn 10$75K$60K$10K$5K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$173K$77K$19K$77K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$18K$10K$87$8K
Office expensesLn 13$22K$16K$1K$5K
Information technologyLn 14$21K$14K$6K$628
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$12K$11K$886$27
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$21K$8K$12K$726
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$113K$108K$5K
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$414$2K$141
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.5M$1.1M$181K$161K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.2M$1.5M−$262K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.9M$1.3M$627K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.2M$1.3M−$105K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.2M$985K$233K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $995K$748K$248K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.2M$672K$548K$876K 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
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,191,040 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,906,660$1,134,844
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $31,826$34,209
I-11 Other revenue$21,987
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,938,486$1,191,040
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $13,820$41,409
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,031,835$1,031,189
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $265,858$380,575
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,311,513$1,453,173
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $626,973−$262,133
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 $1,191,040 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,134,844
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,134,844
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $34,209$34,209
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$21,987
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $34,209$1,191,040
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,453,173 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $41,409$41,409
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $57,801 · Management $57,801 · Fundraising $28,900$144,502
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $653,629 · Management $61,475 · Fundraising $28,702$743,806
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $55,393 · Management $5,726 · Fundraising $7,192$68,311
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $59,720 · Management $10,014 · Fundraising $4,836$74,570
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $76,674 · Management $18,796 · Fundraising $77,412$172,882
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $10,477 · Management $87 · Fundraising $7,827$18,391
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $16,118 · Management $1,189 · Fundraising $4,529$21,836
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $13,513 · Management $6,395 · Fundraising $628$20,536
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $10,651 · Management $886 · Fundraising $27$11,564
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $8,203 · Management $11,648 · Fundraising $726$20,577
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $107,680 · Management $5,011$112,691
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $414 · Management $1,543 · Fundraising $141$2,098
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,111,682 · Management $180,571 · Fundraising $160,920$1,453,173
Part X · Balance sheet $1,634,934 assets, 20 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $169,655; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,104,042$969,526
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $412,900$278,447
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $561$4,582
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $203,260$212,724
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,894,145$1,634,934
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $5,822$2,187
X-25 Other liabilities$16,257
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $15,522$18,444
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,198,839$1,237,560
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $679,784$378,930
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,878,623$1,616,490
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,894,145$1,634,934
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,616,490 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,191,040
XI-2 Total expenses$1,453,173
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$262,133
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,878,623
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,616,490

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

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