Task Force on Violent Crime Charitable Fund, doing business as Partnership For A Safer Cleveland, advances innovations in intelligence-oriented policing complemented by cultural transformation and resident engagement, with an emphasis on police as first social responders.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
95¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 150 volunteers and 3 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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FY2024 · 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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $32K a year · 5% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
95%
of spending
Looks good: 95% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$12K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.3 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $150K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$13K
6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 6% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$610K
+8% vs prior year
Spent
$550K
To programs
95%
Net assets
$195K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$610K
FY2024▲ +8%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$494K
FY2021$656K
FY2022$759K
FY2023$566K
FY2024$610K
Expenses
$550K
FY2024▼ -23%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$436K
FY2021$594K
FY2022$630K
FY2023$716K
FY2024$550K
Net assets
$195K
FY2024▲ +45%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$93K
FY2021$155K
FY2022$284K
FY2023$134K
FY2024$195K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in May 1985.

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Where the money goes

95 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 95% · $522K Management & general 3% · $16K Fundraising 2% · $12K

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; $12K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$12,000Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee, Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee, Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee, Vice-Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Michael Walker’s $12K as Executive Director is at the 6th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2094 $100K–1M mental health 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Michael Walker$12,000$107,120$85,696$127,218$115,968
Doug Merritt—$12,000$16,000——

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

Improves community safety through innovative policing, resident engagement, and treating police as first social responders.

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1 program · $522K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Program initiatives promote the well-being of the greater Cleveland community by studying and developing strategies to reduce and prevent violence, including the promotion of effective policing strategies, development and coordination of violence prevention strategies in the city of Cleveland, and community engagement to promote safety…

$522Kprogram 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 1 funder$150K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$610K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$609K
Investment incomeLn 3$788
Money outPt IX
$550K
Ln 25
Programscol B$522K
Managementcol C$16K
Fundraisingcol D$12K
Owns and owesPt X
$195K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$57K
Total assetsLn 16$207K
LiabilitiesLn 26$13K
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$609K
Government grantsLn 1e$329K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Investment incomeLn 3$788
Total revenueLn 12$610K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1K
SavingsLn 2$56K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$57K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$2K
Total assetsLn 16$207K
LiabilitiesLn 26$13K
Net assetsLn 32$195K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 6150
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$8K$57K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$170K$207K
LiabilitiesLn 26$37K$13K
Net assetsLn 32$134K$195K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$12K$6K$3K$3K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$168K$158K$5K$5K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$8K$8K$300$204
Other employee benefitsLn 9$47K$45K$0$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$15K$13K$777$696
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1K$0$1K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$15K$11K$4K$0
Information technologyLn 14$9K$9K$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$24K$24K$0$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$3K$0$0
InterestLn 20$113$0$113$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$1K$0$1K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$244K$244K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$550K$522K$16K$12K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $610K$550K$61K$195K 990 PDF
FY2023 $566K$716K−$150K$134K 990 PDF
FY2022 $759K$630K$129K$284K 990 PDF
FY2021 $656K$594K$62K$155K 990 PDF
FY2020 $494K$436K$58K$93K 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
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Part I · Summary $610,270 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $565,579$609,482
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $46$788
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $565,625$610,270
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $363,219$250,905
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $352,372$298,713
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $715,591$549,618
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$149,966$60,652
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members16
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $610,270 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$329,394
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$280,088
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$609,482
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $788 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$788
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $788 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$610,270
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $549,618 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $6,180 · Management $3,090 · Fundraising $3,090$12,360
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $158,239 · Management $5,000 · Fundraising $5,101$168,340
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $7,556 · Management $300 · Fundraising $204$8,060
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $44,576 · Management $0 · Fundraising $2,630$47,206
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $13,466 · Management $777 · Fundraising $696$14,939
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $1,464 · Fundraising $0$1,464
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $11,147 · Management $4,073 · Fundraising $0$15,220
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $9,046 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$9,046
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $24,419 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$24,419
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,958 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,958
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $113 · Fundraising $0$113
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $1,288 · Fundraising $0$1,288
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $244,205 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$244,205
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $521,792 · Management $16,105 · Fundraising $11,721$549,618
Part X · Balance sheet $207,357 assets, 23 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,130$1,010
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $6,528$56,403
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $97,500$75,000
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $63,828$73,438
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,506$1,506
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $170,492$207,357
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $36,607$12,820
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $36,607$12,820
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $12,102$144,537
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $121,783$50,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $133,885$194,537
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $170,492$207,357
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $194,537 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$610,270
XI-2 Total expenses$549,618
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$60,652
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$133,885
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$194,537

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