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See part III, line 1

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 46-4285577) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
49¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 16 volunteers and 25 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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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
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $249K a year · 8% of revenue · last 5 filings
A surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
49%
of spending
49% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.8M
to officers and key staff · 58% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 58% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
5.4 mo
of spending, in cash
5.4 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
10
named funders · $934K
10 funders name it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$743K
30% of total assets
Liabilities are 30% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 6 voting members
5 of 6 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$4.8M
+49% vs prior year
Spent
$3.1M
To programs
49%
Net assets
$1.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$4.8M
FY2024▲ +49%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.2M
FY2021$2.8M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$3.3M
FY2024$4.8M
Expenses
$3.1M
FY2024▼ -13%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.6M
FY2021$2.0M
FY2022$3.3M
FY2023$3.6M
FY2024$3.1M
Net assets
$1.7M
FY2024▲ ×955
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.9M
FY2022$327K
FY2023−$2K
FY2024$1.7M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jul 2014.

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

Where the money goes

49 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 49% · $1.5M Management & general 42% · $1.3M Fundraising 10% · $309K

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

16 people listed on the 990; $1.8M paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$312,266Pt VII · Sec A
$227,429Pt VII · Sec A
$226,913Pt VII · Sec A
Head of Finance
$174,690Pt VII · Sec A
Head of Dev and Narrative
$146,874Pt VII · Sec A
National Director of Field Strategy
$136,283Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Communications Offic
$134,444Pt VII · Sec A
Director Data
$119,639Pt VII · Sec A

Erin Vilardi’s $312K as CEO is at the 87th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2832 $1–10M community 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Erin Vilardi$312,266$242,871$215,864$181,022$145,717
Mayra Jaqueline Ferreira$227,429$151,055———
Sabrina Shulman$226,913$210,993$86,468——
Cheryl Waide$108,448$206,760$96,905——
Pakou Hang———$195,185$171,340
Yvonne Boose$174,690————
Theresa Selucky$146,874————
Melissa Jackowski$136,283————

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

Trains women to develop leadership skills and civic engagement to address community issues.

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1 program · $1.5M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

To provide non-partisan training, information, networking and educational opportunities to build women's personal leadership skills in order to help more individual women address community issues through their participation as civic leaders.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 46-4285577) · Dispute this line
$1.5Mprogram 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 FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.8M
Other incomeLn 4–11$62K
Investment incomeLn 3$9K
Money outPt IX
$3.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.5M
Managementcol C$1.3M
Fundraisingcol D$309K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$2.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$743K
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A11
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$9K
Other incomeLn 4–11$62K
Total revenueLn 12$4.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.4M
Accounts receivableLn 4$991K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$34K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$43K
Total assetsLn 16$2.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$743K
Net assetsLn 32$1.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 525
VolunteersI 616
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$309K$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$57K$43K
Total assetsLn 16$985K$2.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$987K$743K
Net assetsLn 32−$2K$1.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$686K$231K$419K$36K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$756K$446K$216K$93K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$94K$44K$41K$8K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$158K$67K$78K$13K
Payroll taxesLn 10$133K$63K$59K$12K
Legal feesLn 11b$10K$10K
Accounting feesLn 11c$119K$119K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$444K$309K$51K$85K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$62K$62K
Office expensesLn 13$106K$59K$21K$26K
OccupancyLn 16$34K$34K
TravelLn 17$38K$30K$5K$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$10K$9K$248$144
InterestLn 20$32K$32K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$22K$22K
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$413K$194K$185K$34K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.1M$1.5M$1.3M$309K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 13, 2025 $4.8M$3.1M$1.7M$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2024 $3.3M$3.6M−$328K−$2K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2023 $1.7M$3.3M−$1.6M$327K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2022 $2.8M$2.0M$771K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2021 $2.2M$1.6M$647K$1.1M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support I · Grants J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $4,841,273 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,248,757$4,770,411
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$9,014
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $4,750$61,848
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,253,507$4,841,273
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 $1,329,992$1,827,635
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,251,923$1,291,158
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,581,915$3,118,793
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$328,408$1,722,480
Part VI · Governance 5 of 6 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members5
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 $4,841,273 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,770,411
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,770,411
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $9,014$9,014
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $61,848$61,848
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $70,862 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$4,841,273
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,118,793 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $231,084 · Management $419,416 · Fundraising $35,773$686,273
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $446,347 · Management $216,243 · Fundraising $93,489$756,079
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $44,143 · Management $41,421 · Fundraising $8,423$93,987
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $66,759 · Management $78,436 · Fundraising $12,739$157,934
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $62,636 · Management $58,774 · Fundraising $11,952$133,362
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $10,197$10,197
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $118,693$118,693
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $308,654 · Management $50,598 · Fundraising $84,788$444,040
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $62,300$62,300
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $59,293 · Management $21,334 · Fundraising $25,753$106,380
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $34,431$34,431
IX-17 TravelPrograms $30,417 · Management $5,195 · Fundraising $1,901$37,513
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $9,494 · Management $248 · Fundraising $144$9,886
IX-20 InterestManagement $31,510$31,510
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $21,571$21,571
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $1,789$1,789
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $193,791 · Management $185,120 · Fundraising $33,937$412,848
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,514,918 · Management $1,294,976 · Fundraising $308,899$3,118,793
Part X · Balance sheet $2,463,242 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $308,964$1,395,562
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $599,010$990,831
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $20,805$33,706
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $56,530$43,143
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $985,309$2,463,242
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $156,969$22,001
X-19 Deferred revenue$1,409
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $830,146$719,158
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $987,115$742,568
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$1,806$1,609,378
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$111,296
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$1,806$1,720,674
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $985,309$2,463,242
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,720,674 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,841,273
XI-2 Total expenses$3,118,793
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,722,480
XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$1,806
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,720,674

Form 990 e-file FY2024 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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