Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2009.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
81 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
11 people listed on the 990; $135K paid to officers and key staff.
Charleita Richardson’s $135K as Former CEO is at the 55th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1552 $1–10M 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charleita M Richardson | — | $155,000 | $31,250 | — | — |
| Charleita Richardson | $134,547 | — | — | — | — |
| David Reese | — | — | $97,916 | $131,604 | $104,361 |
| Nicky Charles | — | — | — | — | $69,528 |
| Trina Clayeux | — | — | — | — | $7,133 |
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.
See Durham Childrens Initiative executive salaries →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 15aNo
Programs and updates
Supports Durham youth with academic, mentoring, and family programs for their success.
Questions for Durham Childrens Initiative
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Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $899K | $1.1M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $2K | $4K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $2.0M | $2.2M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $762K | $900K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $42K | $42K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $176K | $132K | $44K | |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $325K | $250K | $11K | $63K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $5K | $4K | $238 | $710 |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $52K | $41K | $6K | $5K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $35K | $28K | $4K | $2K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $62K | $62K | ||
| Professional fundraising feesLn 11e | $26K | $26K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $655K | $623K | $6K | $25K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $21K | $10K | $65 | $11K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $36K | $34K | $2K | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $144K | $113K | $31K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $4K | $4K | $4 | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $10K | $10K | ||
| InterestLn 20 | $997 | $997 | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $6K | $6K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $94K | $89K | $6K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $14K | $11K | $3K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $1.7M | $1.4M | $183K | $133K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Dec 22, 2025 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $142K | $900K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Dec 2, 2024 | $1.2M | $1.8M | −$590K | $762K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Mar 14, 2024 | $1.8M | $2.4M | −$605K | $1.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Mar 15, 2023 | $2.5M | $2.7M | −$177K | $1.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Feb 9, 2022 | $3.5M | $3.0M | $577K | $1.9M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,850,793 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 2 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,850,793 across 6 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,708,479 across 18 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $2,246,600 assets, 15 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $899,896 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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