Disrupt the cycle of poverty for single mothers and their children two generations at a time.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.1M 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
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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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $1.2M a year · 6% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 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
$1.1M
to officers and key staff · 9% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 9% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $19.2M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 9.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
8
named funders · $175K
Looks good: 8 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$6.7M
17% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 17% 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
$12.6M
Spent
$11.7M
To programs
78%
Net assets
$32.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$12.6M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$12.6M
FY2021$13.4M
FY2022$21.0M
FY2023$23.6M
FY2024$17.9M
FY2025$27.7M
Expenses
$11.7M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$11.7M
FY2021$14.3M
FY2022$17.9M
FY2023$24.1M
FY2024$26.8M
FY2025$28.8M
Net assets
$32.9M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$32.9M
FY2021$32.8M
FY2022$33.6M
FY2023$33.5M
FY2024$24.4M
FY2025$22.7M

From the FY2020 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 1995.

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Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $9.1M Management & general 8% · $973K Fundraising 14% · $1.6M

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

23 people listed on the 990; $1.1M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President and CEO
$322,843Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer (former)
$131,382Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director, Msp
$123,189Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Development and Communications
$110,147Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director, Fargo/Moorhead
$105,682Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Parent Programming
$104,565Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director, Austin
$103,545Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$50,769Pt VII · Sec A

Chastity Lord’s $396K as President and CEO is at the 90th percentile of top reported officer pay among 676 $10–100M housing 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Chastity Lord$395,634$381,993$367,567$372,923$374,031$322,843
Melea Nalli$238,846—————
Jason Seifert$232,879$226,114$198,486$179,873$169,710$50,769
Payal Seth$209,150$174,369————
Shukurat Adamoh-Faniyan—$203,753————
Michera Brooks$200,053—————
Jennifer Morgan$191,283—————
Anedra Kerr——$181,627———

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

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Helps single mothers and their children overcome poverty through empowerment training, early childhood education, and supportive housing across multiple U.S. campuses.

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1 program · $9.1M · in their own filed words · FY2020
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Headquartered in minneapolis, MN, jeremiah program is expanding throughout the country to meet the growing demand of its model. The organization has campuses in minneapolis and ST. Paul, MN, rochester-se, MN, austin, TX, and fargo, ND as well as non-residential campuses in boston, ma and brooklyn, ny.

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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 · FY2025
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Grants paid · 18 grants · $966K · 2020–2025
Unitemized GrantFY2025$174,918
Unitemized GrantFY2025$68,245
Unitemized GrantFY2025$16,636
Unitemized GrantFY2024$242,498
Unitemized GrantFY2024$65,018
Unitemized GrantFY2024$15,125
Unitemized GrantFY2023$60,440
Unitemized GrantFY2023$55,068
Unitemized GrantFY2023$8,226
Unitemized GrantFY2022$65,784
Unitemized GrantFY2022$32,861
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,057
Unitemized GrantFY2021$53,263
Unitemized GrantFY2021$23,445
Unitemized GrantFY2021$972
Unitemized GrantFY2020$51,401
Unitemized GrantFY2020$17,932
Unitemized GrantFY2020$13,052

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$12.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$9.5M
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.6M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$958K
Money outPt IX
$11.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$9.1M
Managementcol C$973K
Fundraisingcol D$1.6M
Owns and owesPt X
$32.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$9.3M
Total assetsLn 16$39.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
23
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$9.5M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$44K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$560K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$958K
Investment incomeLn 3$506K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.6M
Gains on assetsLn 7$344K
Total revenueLn 12$12.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3.5M
SavingsLn 2$5.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$9.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$19.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7.9M
Other assetsLn 15$23K
Total assetsLn 16$39.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.7M
Net assetsLn 32$32.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5224
VolunteersI 6475
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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$8.6M$9.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$17.7M$19.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8.3M$7.9M
Total assetsLn 16$37.8M$39.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.2M$6.7M
Net assetsLn 32$31.6M$32.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$82K$82K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.4M$1.0M$113K$282K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$5.1M$3.9M$439K$789K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$74K$42K$12K$20K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$431K$307K$51K$73K
Payroll taxesLn 10$440K$313K$53K$75K
Management feesLn 11a$527K$394K$57K$76K
Legal feesLn 11b$49K$28K$21K
Accounting feesLn 11c$45K$45K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$68K$24K$14K$30K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$355K$183K$33K$139K
Office expensesLn 13$265K$187K$27K$51K
Information technologyLn 14$486K$437K$24K$24K
OccupancyLn 16$1.0M$993K$10K$10K
TravelLn 17$34K$6K$23K$5K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$17K$12K$2K$3K
InterestLn 20$91K$89K$913$913
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$538K$527K$5K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$17K$12K$2K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$681K$605K$38K$38K
Total functional expensesLn 25$11.7M$9.1M$973K$1.6M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $27.7M$28.8M−$1.1M$22.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $17.9M$26.8M−$8.9M$24.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $23.6M$24.1M−$489K$33.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $21.0M$17.9M$3.1M$33.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $13.4M$14.3M−$880K$32.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $12.6M$11.7M$885K$32.9M 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 M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $12,609,996 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $10,763,131$9,506,731
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,360,722$958,439
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $308,703$506,432
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $279,765$1,638,394
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $12,712,321$12,609,996
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $64,012$82,385
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $6,658,005$7,456,488
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $10,860$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,760,306$4,186,494
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $10,493,183$11,725,367
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $2,219,138$884,629
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
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 $12,609,996 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$559,883
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$8,946,848
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$44,422
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$9,506,731
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $958,439$958,439
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $162,491$162,491
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $343,941$343,941
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$19,620−$19,620
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $1,658,014$1,658,014
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $958,439 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,144,826$12,609,996
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $11,725,367 across 20 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $82,385$82,385
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $1,036,044 · Management $113,488 · Fundraising $281,635$1,431,167
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,852,240 · Management $438,782 · Fundraising $788,732$5,079,754
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $41,782 · Management $12,386 · Fundraising $19,693$73,861
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $306,511 · Management $51,389 · Fundraising $73,319$431,219
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $312,746 · Management $52,858 · Fundraising $74,883$440,487
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $393,701 · Management $56,923 · Fundraising $75,906$526,530
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $27,895 · Management $21,021$48,916
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $45,119$45,119
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $23,531 · Management $13,936 · Fundraising $30,449$67,916
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $182,743 · Management $33,242 · Fundraising $138,800$354,785
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $187,273 · Management $26,630 · Fundraising $50,942$264,845
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $437,273 · Management $24,293 · Fundraising $24,293$485,859
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $993,491 · Management $10,138 · Fundraising $10,138$1,013,767
IX-17 TravelPrograms $5,623 · Management $23,445 · Fundraising $5,127$34,195
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $12,186 · Management $2,113 · Fundraising $2,999$17,298
IX-20 InterestPrograms $89,492 · Management $913 · Fundraising $913$91,318
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $526,802 · Management $5,375 · Fundraising $5,376$537,553
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $12,298 · Management $2,132 · Fundraising $3,027$17,457
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $604,603 · Management $38,341 · Fundraising $37,992$680,936
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $9,128,619 · Management $972,524 · Fundraising $1,624,224$11,725,367
Part X · Balance sheet $39,607,229 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,737,425$3,541,707
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $6,822,684$5,769,346
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $2,793,748$2,383,266
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $287,574$472,859
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $107,510$264,606
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $8,334,267$7,904,835
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $5,514,210$6,113,578
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $387,976$914,580
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $11,780,332$12,219,727
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $65,008$22,725
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $37,830,734$39,607,229
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $316,554$759,754
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $24,740$3,570
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $6,184,178$6,695,920
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $24,674,236$26,186,812
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $6,972,320$6,724,497
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $31,646,556$32,911,309
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $37,830,734$39,607,229
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $32,911,309 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$12,609,996
XI-2 Total expenses$11,725,367
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$884,629
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$31,646,556
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$329,149
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$50,975
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$32,911,309

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