Future 5 connects motivated, under-resourced students in stamford to the people and resources they need to achieve their educational, career and life goals.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$144K 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
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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
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $209K a year · 11% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$144K
to officers and key staff · 14% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 14% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
18 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 18.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
44
named funders · $1.2M
Looks good: 44 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$155K
8% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 8% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.4M
Spent
$1.0M
To programs
80%
Net assets
$1.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.4M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$2.0M
FY2025$2.7M
Expenses
$1.0M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.0M
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$2.0M
FY2024$2.1M
FY2025$2.4M
Net assets
$1.7M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.7M
FY2021$2.2M
FY2022$2.5M
FY2023$2.3M
FY2024$2.2M
FY2025$2.6M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · 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

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $837K Management & general 6% · $57K Fundraising 14% · $147K

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

17 people listed on the 990; $144K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$104,000Pt VII · Sec A
Founder/Board Member
$40,000Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Amanda Dubois-Mwake’s $151K as Exec Director is at the 67th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1552 $1–10M 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Amanda Dubois-Mwake$150,999$145,500$124,908———
Rachel Dewey—————$104,000
Clifton McFeely$19,173$36,000$36,000$36,000$39,000$40,000

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

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

Connects motivated students with people and resources for educational, career, and life success.

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3 programs · $654K · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Here to There

Is the future 5 character building program that is a requirement for all high school students to be considered a future 5 member and be eligible for all other general membership benefits. Students meet weekly for a 6 week workshop to define and discuss short and long term goals and address obstacles ("gremlins") that stand in the way of…

$323Kprogram expense
02

College Success

Future 5's college success program ensures our students thrive during their college journey by connecting them to the people and resources they need to ensure college progression and secure a pathway to reach their early career goals.

$174Kprogram expense
03

College Prep

A year round program taht guides high school seniors and juniors through the entire college search process. This workshop is staff led and formally meets between 1-2 hours per week for seniors and 2 hours monthly for juniors from january through MAY.ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 100% high school graduation# served: 90 high school juniors & seniors…

$157Kprogram 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 · 7 grants · $1.1M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$256,977
Unitemized GrantFY2023$202,848
Unitemized GrantFY2022$185,927
Unitemized GrantFY2021$168,331
Unitemized GrantFY2020$105,643
Unitemized GrantFY2020$105,643
Unitemized GrantFY2019$52,616

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$14K
Money outPt IX
$1.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$837K
Managementcol C$57K
Fundraisingcol D$147K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.6M
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$155K
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.4M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$18K
Investment incomeLn 3$14K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$203
Total revenueLn 12$1.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$164K
SavingsLn 2$1.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$176K
Other assetsLn 15$15K
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$155K
Net assetsLn 32$1.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 529
VolunteersI 6125
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.0M$1.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$185K$176K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$28K$155K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M$1.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$53K$53K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$144K$129K$5K$10K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$376K$314K$5K$56K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$51K$40K$525$11K
Payroll taxesLn 10$53K$46K$1K$6K
Accounting feesLn 11c$40K$3K$32K$6K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$15K$15K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$7K$1K$5K$400
Advertising and promotionLn 12$18K$4K$100$14K
Office expensesLn 13$21K$8K$1K$12K
Information technologyLn 14$23K$17K$541$5K
OccupancyLn 16$88K$81K$2K$5K
TravelLn 17$3K$925$564$1K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$5K$3K$232$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$18K$17K$825$614
InsuranceLn 23$8K$7K$232$656
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$119K$113K$4K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e−$2K$554−$2K−$383
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.0M$837K$57K$147K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $2.7M$2.4M$359K$2.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.0M$2.1M−$111K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.8M$2.0M−$185K$2.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.9M$1.6M$328K$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.7M$1.2M$478K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $1.4M$1.0M$385K$1.7M 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 $1,426,349 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $897,668$1,412,714
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $8,001$13,635
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $905,669$1,426,349
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $47,792$52,616
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $465,430$624,490
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $35,750$14,750
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $388,278$349,616
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $937,250$1,041,472
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$31,581$384,877
Part VI · Governance 14 of 16 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
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 $1,426,349 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,412,714
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$17,809
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,412,714
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $13,838$13,838
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$203−$203
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $13,635$1,426,349
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,041,472 across 18 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $52,616$52,616
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $128,844 · Management $5,271 · Fundraising $9,885$144,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $314,328 · Management $5,213 · Fundraising $56,366$375,907
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $39,717 · Management $525 · Fundraising $11,216$51,458
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $45,928 · Management $1,169 · Fundraising $6,028$53,125
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $2,800 · Management $31,850 · Fundraising $5,600$40,250
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $14,750$14,750
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,200 · Management $5,440 · Fundraising $400$7,040
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,255 · Management $100 · Fundraising $13,948$18,303
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $7,955 · Management $1,052 · Fundraising $11,886$20,893
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $17,247 · Management $541 · Fundraising $4,729$22,517
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $80,563 · Management $2,368 · Fundraising $5,393$88,324
IX-17 TravelPrograms $925 · Management $564 · Fundraising $1,375$2,864
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $3,038 · Management $232 · Fundraising $1,655$4,925
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $16,851 · Management $825 · Fundraising $614$18,290
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $7,361 · Management $232 · Fundraising $656$8,249
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $113,209 · Management $3,805 · Fundraising $2,467$119,481
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $554 · Management −$1,691 · Fundraising −$383−$1,520
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $837,391 · Management $57,496 · Fundraising $146,585$1,041,472
Part X · Balance sheet $1,876,717 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $42,004$164,337
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $981,570$1,413,112
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $136,994$87,900
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $607$1,731
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $4,797$19,387
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $184,721$175,672
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $14,578$14,578
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,365,271$1,876,717
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $28,078$43,047
X-19 Deferred revenue$4,000
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$107,600
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $28,078$154,647
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,152,293$1,292,774
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $184,900$429,296
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,337,193$1,722,070
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,365,271$1,876,717
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,722,070 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,426,349
XI-2 Total expenses$1,041,472
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$384,877
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,337,193
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,722,070

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