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

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.3M 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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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
77%
of spending
Looks good: 77% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.3M
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
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $20.4M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 7.2 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
$6.9M
17% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 17% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$13.4M
+6% vs prior year
Spent
$14.3M
To programs
77%
Net assets
$32.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$13.4M
FY2021▲ +6%
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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
$14.3M
FY2021▲ +22%
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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
$32.8M
FY2021-0.3%
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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

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 1995.

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Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 77% · $10.9M Management & general 9% · $1.3M Fundraising 14% · $2.0M

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

21 people listed on the 990; $1.3M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President and CEO
$374,031Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$169,710Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Student Programming
$168,995Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Parent Programming
$162,630Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Campus Excellence
$152,086Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Talent and HR
$149,670Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Development and Commun
$136,199Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt 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 · $10.9M · in their own filed words · FY2021
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Headquartered in minneapolis, MN, jeremiah program continues to expand throughout the country to meet the growing demand for 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 FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$13.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$10.5M
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$941K
Money outPt IX
$14.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$10.9M
Managementcol C$1.3M
Fundraisingcol D$2.0M
Owns and owesPt X
$32.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$8.6M
Total assetsLn 16$39.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$10.5M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$76K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$252K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$941K
Investment incomeLn 3$537K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.4M
Gains on assetsLn 7$377K
Total revenueLn 12$13.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2.5M
SavingsLn 2$6.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$8.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$20.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7.6M
Other assetsLn 15$24K
Total assetsLn 16$39.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.9M
Net assetsLn 32$32.8M
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$9.3M$8.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$19.2M$20.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7.9M$7.6M
Total assetsLn 16$39.6M$39.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.7M$6.9M
Net assetsLn 32$32.9M$32.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$78K$78K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.4M$989K$224K$145K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$6.3M$4.6M$587K$1.1M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$77K$49K$10K$18K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$276K$202K$30K$44K
Payroll taxesLn 10$539K$395K$57K$87K
Management feesLn 11a$883K$727K$100K$56K
Legal feesLn 11b$153K$126K$27K
Accounting feesLn 11c$47K$47K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$59K$28K$24K$7K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$469K$134K$336K
Office expensesLn 13$365K$185K$45K$135K
Information technologyLn 14$459K$413K$23K$23K
OccupancyLn 16$1.2M$1.2M$11K$11K
TravelLn 17$14K$8K$5K$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$18K$14K$2K$3K
InterestLn 20$95K$95K$150
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$559K$547K$6K$6K
InsuranceLn 23$89K$66K$9K$14K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.1M$989K$81K$52K
All other expensesLn 24e$76K$76K
Total functional expensesLn 25$14.3M$10.9M$1.3M$2.0M

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 Viewing $13.4M$14.3M−$880K$32.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 $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 $13,376,447 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $9,506,731$10,509,079
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $958,439$940,658
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $506,432$536,579
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,638,394$1,390,131
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $12,609,996$13,376,447
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $82,385$77,680
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $7,456,488$8,552,038
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $4,186,494$5,626,970
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $11,725,367$14,256,688
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $884,629−$880,241
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members14
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 $13,376,447 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$252,181
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$10,256,898
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$76,314
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$10,509,079
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $940,658$940,658
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $159,570$159,570
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $377,009$377,009
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$69,426−$69,426
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $1,459,557$1,459,557
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $940,658 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,926,710$13,376,447
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $14,256,688 across 21 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $77,680$77,680
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $989,338 · Management $223,903 · Fundraising $144,827$1,358,068
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $4,628,388 · Management $586,611 · Fundraising $1,086,649$6,301,648
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $49,358 · Management $9,619 · Fundraising $17,907$76,884
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $202,405 · Management $29,523 · Fundraising $44,418$276,346
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $394,892 · Management $57,290 · Fundraising $86,910$539,092
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $727,121 · Management $99,923 · Fundraising $56,282$883,326
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $125,793 · Management $26,944$152,737
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $47,245$47,245
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $27,938 · Management $23,742 · Fundraising $7,023$58,703
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $133,517 · Fundraising $335,955$469,472
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $185,409 · Management $44,801 · Fundraising $135,063$365,273
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $412,974 · Management $22,943 · Fundraising $22,943$458,860
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,196,214 · Management $11,380 · Fundraising $11,380$1,218,974
IX-17 TravelPrograms $7,602 · Management $4,875 · Fundraising $1,870$14,347
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $13,591 · Management $1,721 · Fundraising $2,809$18,121
IX-20 InterestPrograms $94,561 · Management $150$94,711
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $547,479 · Management $5,587 · Fundraising $5,587$558,653
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $65,986 · Management $8,807 · Fundraising $13,964$88,757
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $988,563 · Management $80,819 · Fundraising $52,095$1,121,477
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $76,314$76,314
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $10,945,123 · Management $1,285,883 · Fundraising $2,025,682$14,256,688
Part X · Balance sheet $39,745,824 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $3,541,707$2,508,916
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $5,769,346$6,046,758
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $2,383,266$2,389,025
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $472,859$178,219
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$155,045
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $264,606$420,366
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $7,904,835$7,573,906
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $6,113,578$7,011,269
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $914,580$1,114,546
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $12,219,727$12,324,049
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $22,725$23,725
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $39,607,229$39,745,824
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $759,754$788,216
X-19 Deferred revenue$125,556
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,570$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $6,695,920$6,938,917
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $26,186,812$26,447,223
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $6,724,497$6,359,684
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $32,911,309$32,806,907
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $39,607,229$39,745,824
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $32,806,907 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$13,376,447
XI-2 Total expenses$14,256,688
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$880,241
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$32,911,309
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$775,839
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$32,806,907

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