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Grad Cincinnati INC FY2020 filing

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Cincinnati, OH501(c)(3)Education EIN 31-1816376Revenue $794K in FY2020

On file with the IRSgradcincinnati.org301 Oak St, 45219-2508 · Cincinnati, OHTax-exempt since Feb 2002Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Grad Cincinnati raises expectation and achievement for all students by building high impact partnerships within the community to provide a premiere college readiness, access and support program.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
74¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$108K 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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FY2020 · 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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $28K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
74%
of spending
Fine: 74% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$108K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $16K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$166K
37% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 37% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
23
of 23 voting members
Looks good: 23 of 23 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$794K
Spent
$879K
To programs
74%
Net assets
$277K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$794K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$794K
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.6M
FY2025$1.3M
Expenses
$879K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$879K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.6M
FY2025$1.3M
Net assets
$277K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$277K
FY2021$339K
FY2022$513K
FY2023$530K
FY2024$524K
FY2025$528K

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · 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 2002.

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

Where the money goes

74 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 74% · $654K Management & general 26% · $225K

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

24 people listed on the 990; $108K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Ms Patricia Stewart-Adams
Executive Director
$108,174Pt VII · Sec A
Dr Robin Lightner
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Ms Eve Bolton
Cps Liasion
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Patricia Stewart-Adams’s $108K as Executive Director is at the 37th 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Ms Patricia Stewart-Adams——$107,952$107,952$107,952$108,174
Patricia Stewart-Adams$107,952$107,952————

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

Builds partnerships to provide college readiness, access, and support for all students.

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3 programs · $654K · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Campus Family Support

Grad cincinnati has five resource coordinators. Three are at western hills university high school, taft information technology high school, riverview east academy and two at roll hill academy and ethel taylor academy.

$454Kprogram expense
02

21ST century community learning center (CCLC) after school program - the 21ST CCLC program is authorized under title iv, part b of the elementary and secondary education act (esea), as amended by the no child left behind act of 2001 (NCLB).

$195Kprogram expense
03

Scholarship

In the 9TH grade parents and students are made aware of the grad scholarship which outlines the course, grade point average, summer institute and counseling requirements to qualify for a scholarship from grad.

$5Kprogram expense

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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 · FY2025
Peter and Mary Levin Family FoundationFY2025$16K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$16K
Grants paid · 6 grants · $48K · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$10,500
Unitemized GrantFY2023$12,500
Unitemized GrantFY2022$6,100
Unitemized GrantFY2021$9,100
Unitemized GrantFY2020$5,500
Unitemized GrantFY2019$4,700

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$794K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$794K
Investment incomeLn 3$67
Money outPt IX
$879K
Ln 25
Programscol B$654K
Managementcol C$225K
Owns and owesPt X
$277K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$318K
Total assetsLn 16$443K
LiabilitiesLn 26$166K
PeoplePt VI, VII
24
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a23
IndependentVI 1b23
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$794K
Government grantsLn 1e$549K
Investment incomeLn 3$67
Total revenueLn 12$794K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$318K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$318K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$906
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$443K
LiabilitiesLn 26$166K
Net assetsLn 32$277K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 518
VolunteersI 6700
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$218K$318K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$904$906
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$385K$443K
LiabilitiesLn 26$23K$166K
Net assetsLn 32$362K$277K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$5K$5K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$117K$90K$26K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$613K$475K$138K
Accounting feesLn 11c$15K$15K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$97K$66K$32K
Office expensesLn 13$8K$8K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$30$30
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$22K$17K$5K
All other expensesLn 24e$1K$493$907
Total functional expensesLn 25$879K$654K$225K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.3M$1.3M$5K$528K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.6M$1.6M−$7K$524K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.5M$1.5M$17K$530K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.6M$1.4M$175K$513K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.2M$1.1M$61K$339K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $794K$879K−$85K$277K 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 FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $794,086 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $977,443$794,019
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $88$67
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $3,325$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $980,856$794,086
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $7,100$4,700
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $837,322$729,650
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $188,392$144,281
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,032,814$878,631
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$51,958−$84,545
Part VI · Governance 23 of 23 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body23
VI-1b Independent voting members23
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 $794,086 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$62,400
VIII-1e Government grants$549,366
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$182,253
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$794,019
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $67$67
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $67$794,086
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $878,631 across 9 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $4,700$4,700
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $90,420 · Management $26,202$116,622
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $475,296 · Management $137,732$613,028
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $15,100$15,100
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $65,785 · Management $31,564$97,349
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $8,032$8,032
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $30$30
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $17,053 · Management $5,317$22,370
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $493 · Management $907$1,400
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $653,747 · Management $224,884 · Fundraising $0$878,631
Part X · Balance sheet $442,999 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $218,499$318,497
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $165,515$123,596
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $904$906
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $384,918$442,999
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $23,156$25,080
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$140,702
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $23,156$165,782
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $306,569$277,217
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $55,193$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $361,762$277,217
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $384,918$442,999
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $277,217 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$794,086
XI-2 Total expenses$878,631
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$84,545
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$361,762
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$277,217

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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