Unbound FY2024 filing

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Kansas City, KS501(c)(3)Since 1981Human ServicesEIN 43-1243999

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Unbound's mission is to support families and communities worldwide on their self-directed paths out of poverty.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.5M 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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FY2024 · 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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $4.7M a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.5M
to officers and key staff · 1% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 1% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
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
4
named funders · $85K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.9M
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$136.4M
-3% vs prior year
Spent
$132.4M
To programs
91%
Net assets
$89.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$136.4M
FY2024▼ -3%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$141.5M
FY2021$145.4M
FY2022$139.3M
FY2023$140.0M
FY2024$136.4M
FY2025$137.2M
Expenses
$132.4M
FY2024▼ -5%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$133.7M
FY2021$135.5M
FY2022$136.2M
FY2023$138.9M
FY2024$132.4M
FY2025$135.1M
Net assets
$89.1M
FY2024▲ +5%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$72.8M
FY2021$83.2M
FY2022$81.2M
FY2023$84.5M
FY2024$89.1M
FY2025$92.9M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · 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 Dec 1983.

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Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $120.7M Management & general 4% · $5.1M Fundraising 5% · $6.6M

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

22 people listed on the 990; $1.5M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Interim Pres./CEO (until March 2024 ) Pres./CEO (beg March 2024) (non-Voting)
$308,530Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$206,737Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer (non-Voting)/CFO
$180,011Pt VII · Sec A
Chief International Program Officer
$178,928Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Technology Officer
$171,635Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President, Marketing & Communications
$153,064Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President, Technology Infrastructure
$141,044Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary (non-Voting)(retired July 2024)/VP Finance
$105,359Pt VII · Sec A

Ashley Hufft’s $329K as President/CEO (non-Voting) is at the 34th percentile of top reported officer pay among 249 $100M+ human services 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
Scott Wasserman——$330,476$255,160$249,448$236,444
Ashley Hufft$328,715$308,530$243,669———
Andrea Ewing$212,148$206,737$189,227———
Deborah Johns$200,180—————
Rob McElroy$175,815$171,635$193,987$153,941$136,591$137,620
Martin Kraus$185,472$180,011$182,744$150,115$136,676$134,613
Dan Winholtz Pearson$179,866$178,928$171,073$137,168$125,603—
Steve McClain——$167,730$144,356$135,603$128,583

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

Walks with the poor and marginalized globally, offering support and partnership.

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2 program services account for $120.7M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

Sponsorship

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$116.4Mprogram expense
02

Scholarship

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$4.3Mprogram expense

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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 · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$136.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$131.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$4.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$408K
Money outPt IX
$132.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$120.7M
Managementcol C$5.1M
Fundraisingcol D$6.6M
Owns and owesPt X
$89.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$14.8M
Total assetsLn 16$91.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
22
listed · VII A
PaidVII A9
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$131.9M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$436K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$408K
Investment incomeLn 3$4.1M
Other incomeLn 4–11$280
Gains on assetsLn 7$1.3M
Total revenueLn 12$136.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.4M
SavingsLn 2$13.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$14.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$61.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.7M
Other assetsLn 15$10.9M
Total assetsLn 16$91.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.9M
Net assetsLn 32$89.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5117
VolunteersI 63,542
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$18.8M$14.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$51.7M$61.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.8M$2.7M
Total assetsLn 16$86.2M$91.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.7M$1.9M
Net assetsLn 32$84.5M$89.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$113.1M$113.1M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$816K$816K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$8.4M$4.2M$1.2M$2.9M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$505K$253K$64K$188K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.4M$788K$163K$444K
Payroll taxesLn 10$698K$328K$148K$222K
Legal feesLn 11b$74K$74K
Accounting feesLn 11c$213K$213K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$2K$2K
Investment management feesLn 11f$54K$54K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$619K$121K$16K$481K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1.0M$851$5K$1.0M
Office expensesLn 13$3.3M$618K$2.0M$695K
Information technologyLn 14$625K$364K$93K$168K
OccupancyLn 16$185K$108K$28K$50K
TravelLn 17$484K$167K$42K$275K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$24K$4K$4K$15K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$291K$181K$39K$71K
InsuranceLn 23$182K$106K$27K$49K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$316K$266K$39K$11K
All other expensesLn 24e$117K$39K$43K$35K
Total functional expensesLn 25$132.4M$120.7M$5.1M$6.6M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $137.2M$135.1M$2.1M$92.9M 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $136.4M$132.4M$4.0M$89.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $140.0M$138.9M$1.1M$84.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $139.3M$136.2M$3.1M$81.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $145.4M$135.5M$9.9M$83.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $141.5M$133.7M$7.8M$72.8M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $136,399,466 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$38,542
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$131,872,649
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$436,188
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$131,911,191
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $407,643$407,643
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,787,856$2,787,856
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $1,292,496$1,292,496
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $280$280
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $407,643 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $4,080,632$136,399,466
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $132,434,117 across 21 lines filed
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $113,143,301$113,143,301
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $815,522$815,522
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $4,229,980 · Management $1,219,330 · Fundraising $2,929,997$8,379,307
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $253,179 · Management $63,615 · Fundraising $187,957$504,751
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $787,599 · Management $163,442 · Fundraising $444,421$1,395,462
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $328,497 · Management $147,862 · Fundraising $221,809$698,168
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $73,809$73,809
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $212,684$212,684
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $2,305$2,305
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $53,905$53,905
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $121,039 · Management $16,192 · Fundraising $481,364$618,595
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $851 · Management $4,839 · Fundraising $1,009,361$1,015,051
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $618,010 · Management $1,982,988 · Fundraising $695,359$3,296,357
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $364,150 · Management $93,146 · Fundraising $167,730$625,026
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $107,594 · Management $27,815 · Fundraising $50,046$185,455
IX-17 TravelPrograms $166,516 · Management $42,135 · Fundraising $275,307$483,958
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $4,332 · Management $4,462 · Fundraising $14,994$23,788
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $181,156 · Management $39,338 · Fundraising $70,808$291,302
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $105,838 · Management $27,372 · Fundraising $49,269$182,479
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $265,937 · Management $38,689 · Fundraising $11,415$316,041
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $38,626 · Management $43,136 · Fundraising $35,089$116,851
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $120,716,605 · Management $5,070,281 · Fundraising $6,647,231$132,434,117
Part X · Balance sheet $90,966,050 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,231,043$1,448,691
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $16,615,433$13,302,864
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $621,034$771,819
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $610,414$421,233
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,750,532$2,686,171
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $51,654,248$61,397,574
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $11,675,293$10,937,698
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $86,157,997$90,966,050
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,071,867$1,117,479
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $630,850$787,403
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,702,717$1,904,882
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $50,523,037$53,265,597
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $33,932,243$35,795,571
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $84,455,280$89,061,168
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $86,157,997$90,966,050
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $89,061,168 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$136,399,466
XI-2 Total expenses$132,434,117
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$3,965,349
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$84,455,280
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$702,036
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$61,497
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$89,061,168

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