Troy Center INC FY2021 filing

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Columbia City, IN501(c)(3)Since 2012EducationEIN 46-0656583Revenue $679K in FY2021

On file with the IRStroyalternativeschool.com1911 E Business 30, 46725-8425 · Columbia City, INTax-exempt since Jun 2014School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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TROY School provides the youth of our community with the tools and education necessary to succeed.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$48K 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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FY2021 · 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
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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $11K a year · 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$48K
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
Cash reserves
15 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 15.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $43K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$87K
9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 9% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$679K
+5% vs prior year
Spent
$540K
To programs
86%
Net assets
$842K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$679K
FY2021▲ +5%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$650K
FY2021$679K
FY2022$809K
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$621K
FY2025$806K
Expenses
$540K
FY2021▼ -8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$590K
FY2021$540K
FY2022$650K
FY2023$764K
FY2024$936K
FY2025$1.0M
Net assets
$842K
FY2021▲ +20%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$703K
FY2021$842K
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$925K
FY2025$757K

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending July 2021) · 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 Jun 2014.

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Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $467K Management & general 13% · $69K Fundraising 1% · $4K

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

13 people listed on the 990; $48K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Dir.
$48,470Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Cindy Baker’s $61K as Executive Dir. is at the 53rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M education 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2021FY2020
Cindy Baker$61,442$60,000$49,768$48,470$42,175

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Empowers northeast Indiana youth with education, tools, and support for success.

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1 program · $467K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

TROY Center served 51 students from Whitley, Allen, Kosciusko and Noble counties during the 2019-2020 school year.

$467Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$43K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$679K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$445K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$236K
Investment incomeLn 3$330
Money outPt IX
$540K
Ln 25
Programscol B$467K
Managementcol C$69K
Fundraisingcol D$4K
Owns and owesPt X
$842K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$694K
Total assetsLn 16$930K
LiabilitiesLn 26$87K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$445K
Government grantsLn 1e$25K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$106K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$236K
Investment incomeLn 3$330
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$679K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$694K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$694K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$235K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$930K
LiabilitiesLn 26$87K
Net assetsLn 32$842K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 528
VolunteersI 614
Fiscal year endsHeaderJuly
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$541K$694K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$249K$235K
Total assetsLn 16$790K$930K
LiabilitiesLn 26$87K$87K
Net assetsLn 32$703K$842K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$52$52
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$48K$42K$6K$485
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$315K$274K$38K$3K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$51K$44K$6K$506
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$6K$6K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$35K$30K$5K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$16K$12K$5K$23
Information technologyLn 14$1K$1K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$16K$14K$956$80
TravelLn 17$7K$7K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K$144$12
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$14K$14K
InsuranceLn 23$19K$17K$2K$193
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$11K$11K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$540K$467K$69K$4K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $806K$1.0M−$217K$757K 990 PDF
FY2024 $621K$936K−$315K$925K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.0M$764K$238K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $809K$650K$159K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $679K$540K$139K$842K 990 PDF
FY2020 $650K$590K$60K$703K 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 I · Summary $679,447 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $269,345$444,698
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $322,503$235,822
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,258$330
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $54,749−$1,403
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $649,855$679,447
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,760$52
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $447,193$413,751
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $141,020$126,530
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $589,973$540,333
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $59,882$139,114
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $679,447 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$6,000
VIII-1c Fundraising events$105,732
VIII-1e Government grants$25,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$307,966
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$444,698
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $235,822$235,822
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $330$330
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$1,403−$1,403
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $235,822 · Excluded from tax −$1,073$679,447
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $540,333 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $52$52
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $42,169 · Management $5,816 · Fundraising $485$48,470
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $273,815 · Management $37,768 · Fundraising $3,147$314,730
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $43,979 · Management $6,066 · Fundraising $506$50,551
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $5,976$5,976
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $29,888 · Management $5,150$35,038
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $11,708 · Management $4,627 · Fundraising $23$16,358
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,327$1,327
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $14,474 · Management $956 · Fundraising $80$15,510
IX-17 TravelPrograms $6,810$6,810
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,509 · Management $144 · Fundraising $12$1,665
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $13,902$13,902
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $16,725 · Management $2,307 · Fundraising $193$19,225
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $10,719$10,719
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $467,077 · Management $68,810 · Fundraising $4,446$540,333
Part X · Balance sheet $929,523 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $541,270$694,286
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $249,139$235,237
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $790,409$929,523
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $87,400$87,400
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $87,400$87,400
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $676,519$816,222
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $26,490$25,901
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $703,009$842,123
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $790,409$929,523
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $842,123 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$679,447
XI-2 Total expenses$540,333
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$139,114
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$703,009
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$842,123

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