Advocating self-sufficiency and collaboration with community partners to teach, train and serve the African American community by providing a mentoring program for urban middle school students.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$82K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2022 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $37K a year · 17% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$82K
to officers and key staff · 41% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 41% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $437K in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 2.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $175K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$7K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$194K
+25% vs prior year
Spent
$202K
To programs
78%
Net assets
$531K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$194K
FY2022▲ +25%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$123K
FY2021$155K
FY2022$194K
FY2023$196K
FY2024$409K
Expenses
$202K
FY2022▲ +23%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$115K
FY2021$165K
FY2022$202K
FY2023$199K
FY2024$213K
Net assets
$531K
FY2022▼ -10%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$576K
FY2021$587K
FY2022$531K
FY2023$588K
FY2024$838K

From the FY2022 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Dec 1993.

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Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $157K Management & general 14% · $28K Fundraising 9% · $18K

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; $82K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Lead Operations Officer
$62,336Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Executive Officer
$20,088Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Carmelia Osley’s $100K as Chief Operations Officer is at the 86th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M human services 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Carmelia Osley$100,097$65,450$62,336——
Carolyn Wright——$20,088$56,160—
Carolyn E Wright————$48,654

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Mentors urban middle school students, teaching self-sufficiency and collaboration for the African American community.

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1 program · $157K · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Operation of a mentoring program for urban middle school students.

$157Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$175K

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$194K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$151K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$39K
Other incomeLn 4–11$5K
Money outPt IX
$202K
Ln 25
Programscol B$157K
Managementcol C$28K
Fundraisingcol D$18K
Owns and owesPt X
$531K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$40K
Total assetsLn 16$538K
LiabilitiesLn 26$7K
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$151K
Government grantsLn 1e$104K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$36K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$39K
Other incomeLn 4–11$5K
Total revenueLn 12$194K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$40K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$40K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$437K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K
Total assetsLn 16$538K
LiabilitiesLn 26$7K
Net assetsLn 32$531K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 615
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$67K$40K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$504K$437K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K
Total assetsLn 16$599K$538K
LiabilitiesLn 26$12K$7K
Net assetsLn 32$587K$531K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
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$82K$58K$12K$12K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4K$4K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$16K$11K$2K$2K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$5K$5K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$333$333
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$279$279
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$7K$3K$3K$1K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$8K$6K$1K$1K
TravelLn 17$0
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$6K$4K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$65K$64K$421$421
All other expensesLn 24e$8K$7K$880$175
Total functional expensesLn 25$202K$157K$28K$18K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $409K$213K$196K$838K 990 PDF
FY2023 $196K$199K−$3K$588K 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $194K$202K−$8K$531K 990 PDF
FY2021 $155K$165K−$10K$587K 990 PDF
FY2020 $123K$115K$8K$576K 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 FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $194,226 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $83,469$150,976
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $41,250$38,600
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $30,322$4,650
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $155,041$194,226
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $95,326$102,089
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $69,387$99,944
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $164,713$202,033
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$9,672−$7,807
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $194,226 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$36,042
VIII-1e Government grants$103,701
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$11,233
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$150,976
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)$38,600
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$4,650
VIII-12 Total revenue$194,226
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $202,033 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
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 $57,697 · Management $12,364 · Fundraising $12,364$82,425
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $4,009$4,009
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $11,177 · Management $2,239 · Fundraising $2,239$15,655
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $4,800$4,800
IX-11d Lobbying feesManagement $333$333
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesFundraising $279$279
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,827 · Management $3,250 · Fundraising $1,077$7,154
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $5,734 · Management $1,149 · Fundraising $1,149$8,032
IX-17 Travel$0
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 $4,101 · Management $2,176$6,277
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $64,125 · Management $421 · Fundraising $421$64,967
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $7,047 · Management $880 · Fundraising $175$8,102
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $156,717 · Management $27,612 · Fundraising $17,704$202,033
Part X · Balance sheet $538,070 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $66,990$40,013
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $25,400$56,710
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,964$1,964
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$1,928
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $504,209$437,455
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $598,563$538,070
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $11,544$6,889
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $11,544$6,889
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $587,019$531,181
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $587,019$531,181
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $598,563$538,070
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $531,181 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$194,226
XI-2 Total expenses$202,033
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$7,807
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$587,019
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$48,031
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$531,181

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