Empowering middle school students to explore and launch innovative Ideas and spark positive change.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
76¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$60K 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
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 $46K a year · 8% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
76%
of spending
Looks good: 76% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$60K
to officers and key staff · 19% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 19% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $53K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$29K
23% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 23% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 9 voting members
Concern: none of 9 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$328K
Spent
$314K
To programs
76%
Net assets
$96K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$328K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$328K
FY2021$441K
FY2022$608K
FY2023$659K
FY2024$755K
Expenses
$314K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$314K
FY2021$363K
FY2022$518K
FY2023$709K
FY2024$656K
Net assets
$96K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$96K
FY2021$176K
FY2022$272K
FY2023$243K
FY2024$356K

From the FY2020 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jan 2013.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

76 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 76% · $237K Management & general 24% · $76K

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

9 people listed on the 990; $60K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dreamer/Board Member
$60,000Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Joel Daniel Harris’s $68K as Executive Director/Board Member is at the 59th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1992 $100K–1M youth development 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
Joel Daniel Harris$68,128—$62,400——
Joel Daniel Haris—$66,144—$60,000$60,000

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 15aYes

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Helps middle schoolers develop and launch innovative ideas for positive change.

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3 programs · $237K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Classes and Clubs

During the school year, tomtod ideas facilitates a variety of school-based classes and clubs including whatif 101, what if explorers, and creator clubs. These creative, weekly partnerships walk students through an ideation journey(explore,create, enact) using real world topics.

$187Kprogram expense
02

What If You Could

Thoughout the year tomtod ideas runs experimental mentorship adventures designed to empower middle school students to launch ideas for the good of their community. What if you could walks with middle schoolers through developing and prototyping their ideas, starting with idea creation and evaluation, continuing to team building, idea…

$27Kprogram expense
03

Camp What If

Tomtod ideas offers a variety of summer enrichment opportunities including community day camps and summer school partnerships. Throughout all camp what if programming, tomtod creates experiential laboratories that engage students in design-thinking approaches to issues surrounding the common good, develop core soft skills, and connect…

$24Kprogram 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
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$328K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$140K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$139K
Other incomeLn 4–11$48K
Money outPt IX
$314K
Ln 25
Programscol B$237K
Managementcol C$76K
Owns and owesPt X
$96K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$95K
Total assetsLn 16$125K
LiabilitiesLn 26$29K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$139K
Government grantsLn 1e$39K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$140K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Other incomeLn 4–11$48K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$328K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$14K
SavingsLn 2$81K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$95K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$21K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$125K
LiabilitiesLn 26$29K
Net assetsLn 32$96K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 514
VolunteersI 6250
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$62K$95K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$19K$21K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$3K
Total assetsLn 16$81K$125K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K$29K
Net assetsLn 32$80K$96K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
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$62K$50K$12K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$176K$143K$33K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$5K$4K$952
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$18K$15K$3K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$3K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$423$423
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$17K$12K$5K
All other expensesLn 24e$32K$13K$19K
Total functional expensesLn 25$314K$237K$76K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $755K$656K$100K$356K 990 PDF
FY2023 $659K$709K−$50K$243K 990 PDF
FY2022 $608K$518K$89K$272K 990 PDF
FY2021 $441K$363K$78K$176K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $328K$314K$15K$96K 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 $328,483 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $94,948$139,144
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $58,603$139,826
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $866$1,292
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $24,731$48,221
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $179,148$328,483
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 $124,278$261,081
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $26,155$52,481
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $150,433$313,562
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $28,715$14,921
Part VI · Governance 0 of 9 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $328,483 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$38,828
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$100,316
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$139,144
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)$139,826
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $1,292$1,292
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 events$37,972
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $10,249$10,249
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $11,541$328,483
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $313,562 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
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 $50,234 · Management $11,554$61,788
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $143,275 · Management $32,955$176,230
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $4,141 · Management $952$5,093
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $14,610 · Management $3,360$17,970
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $2,984$2,984
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $423$423
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 Insurance$0
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $12,062 · Management $4,605$16,667
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $13,083 · Management $19,324$32,407
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $237,405 · Management $76,157 · Fundraising $0$313,562
Part X · Balance sheet $124,858 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $16,143$14,008
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $45,461$80,584
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$6,223
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
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$2,599
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $18,981$21,444
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 $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $80,585$124,858
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,085$974
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-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$28,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,085$28,974
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $68,227$91,209
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $11,273$4,675
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $79,500$95,884
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $80,585$124,858
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $95,884 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$328,483
XI-2 Total expenses$313,562
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$14,921
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$79,500
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,463
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$95,884

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