Net Positive INC FY2023 filing

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Buffalo, NY501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 46-2666977Revenue $913K in FY2023

On file with the IRSthefoundrybuffalo.org298 Northampton St, 14208-2303 · Buffalo, NYTax-exempt since Jan 2016Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The Foundry uses an inclusive approach to advance individuals through hands-on learning, entrepreneurship, and exposure to possibilities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
94¢ 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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FY2023 · 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 $150K a year · 22% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
94%
of spending
Looks good: 94% 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
13 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 13.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
5
named funders · $153K
Looks good: 5 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$242K
22% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 22% 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
$913K
+120% vs prior year
Spent
$532K
To programs
94%
Net assets
$861K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$913K
FY2023▲ +120%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$342K
FY2021$474K
FY2022$415K
FY2023$913K
FY2024$1.3M
Expenses
$532K
FY2023▲ +22%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$278K
FY2021$348K
FY2022$435K
FY2023$532K
FY2024$1.1M
Net assets
$861K
FY2023▲ +87%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$350K
FY2021$482K
FY2022$461K
FY2023$861K
FY2024$1.1M

From the FY2023 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 2016.

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Where the money goes

94 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 94% · $501K Management & general 5% · $26K Fundraising 1% · $5K

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

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

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$47,848Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Megan McNally’s $62K as Executive Director is at the 8th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Megan McNally$62,080$47,848$42,311$37,199$25,242
Russ Reinagel——$21,346$2,480$3,181

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Helps people grow through hands-on learning, starting businesses, and exploring new opportunities.

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3 programs · $501K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Education, Empowerment, and Employment

The Foundry works with on average, 200 students, to explore various career paths, hands-on skill-building and new digital literacies through STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics) sessions in our shops and labs, job training partnerships (Baker-Victory Services, Youth Build), part time employment at the…

$256Kprogram expense
02

Small Business Incubation

The Foundry believes that creating the entrepreneurs, youth entrepreneurship programs, opportunities and conditions necessary for self-sufficiency and economic stability promotes a healthier community.

$153Kprogram expense
03

Community Workshops offer hands-on classes in woodshop, metal shop, textile, and tech labs are offered to adults where they can learn more or use tools for projects.

$92Kprogram expense

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 · FY2024
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Grants paid · 5 grants · $326K · 2024–2024
Fruitbelt United INCNY · FY2024$111,960
Real TalkFY2024$76,432
Feed BuffaloNY · FY2024$50,000
Peace INCNY · FY2024$45,500
Galactic Tribe INCNY · FY2024$41,750

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$913K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$746K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$158K
Investment incomeLn 3$9K
Money outPt IX
$532K
Ln 25
Programscol B$501K
Managementcol C$26K
Fundraisingcol D$5K
Owns and owesPt X
$861K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$590K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$242K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$746K
Government grantsLn 1e$173K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$158K
Investment incomeLn 3$9K
Total revenueLn 12$913K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$19K
SavingsLn 2$571K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$590K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$353K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$242K
Net assetsLn 32$861K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 527
VolunteersI 60
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$253K$590K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$367K$353K
Total assetsLn 16$662K$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$200K$242K
Net assetsLn 32$461K$861K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$48K$36K$10K$3K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$216K$215K$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$20K$19K$810$202
Payroll taxesLn 10$7K$6K$263$66
Accounting feesLn 11c$4K$4K$180$45
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$11K$11K$556$113
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1K$1K$50$12
Office expensesLn 13$5K$5K$194$49
Information technologyLn 14$3K$3K$123$31
OccupancyLn 16$44K$39K$4K$435
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$4K$3K$142$36
InterestLn 20$10K$9K$925$103
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$26K$24K$2K$263
InsuranceLn 23$12K$11K$1K$121
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$117K$111K$5K$1K
All other expensesLn 24e$4K$3K$152$35
Total functional expensesLn 25$532K$501K$26K$5K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $1.3M$1.1M$198K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $913K$532K$381K$861K 990 PDF
FY2022 $415K$435K−$21K$461K 990 PDF
FY2021 $474K$348K$127K$482K 990 PDF
FY2020 $342K$278K$64K$350K 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
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $913,103 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $257,774$745,639
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $155,982$158,036
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $24$9,428
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $950$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $414,730$913,103
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 $203,745$291,065
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $231,537$241,240
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $435,282$532,305
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$20,552$380,798
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-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $913,103 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$173,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$572,639
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$745,639
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $158,036$158,036
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $9,428$9,428
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $167,464 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$913,103
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $532,305 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $35,639 · Management $9,570 · Fundraising $2,639$47,848
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $215,395 · Management $1,000$216,395
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $19,228 · Management $810 · Fundraising $202$20,240
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $6,253 · Management $263 · Fundraising $66$6,582
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $4,275 · Management $180 · Fundraising $45$4,500
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $10,640 · Management $556 · Fundraising $113$11,309
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,181 · Management $50 · Fundraising $12$1,243
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,623 · Management $194 · Fundraising $49$4,866
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,930 · Management $123 · Fundraising $31$3,084
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $39,155 · Management $3,915 · Fundraising $435$43,505
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $3,388 · Management $142 · Fundraising $36$3,566
IX-20 InterestPrograms $9,249 · Management $925 · Fundraising $103$10,277
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $23,711 · Management $2,372 · Fundraising $263$26,346
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $10,878 · Management $1,088 · Fundraising $121$12,087
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $111,092 · Management $4,569 · Fundraising $1,173$116,834
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $3,436 · Management $152 · Fundraising $35$3,623
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $501,073 · Management $25,909 · Fundraising $5,323$532,305
Part X · Balance sheet $1,103,025 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $21,786$19,304
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $231,227$571,149
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $10,000$108,000
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $23,075$48,755
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $3,740$3,096
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $366,956$352,721
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $4,999$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $661,783$1,103,025
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $19,171$35,655
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $20,550$54,748
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $4,960$8,106
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $200,470$241,636
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $429,720$495,111
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $31,593$366,278
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $461,313$861,389
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $661,783$1,103,025
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $861,389 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$913,103
XI-2 Total expenses$532,305
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$380,798
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$461,313
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$25,190
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$5,912
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$861,389

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