Bench Mark Program EIN 46-5047462

Bench Mark Program FY2023 filing

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Empowers students to discover and develop their leadership potential. For fiscal year 2023 it reported $845K in revenue, $903K in expenses, and $1.1M in net assets.Pt I

Type
Public charity (501(c)(3)) · Unclassified
Location
Lancaster, PA
Website
www.benchmarkprogram.org
Filings
5 on file (2020–2023)
Revenue
$845KFY2023
Expenses
$903K
Net assets
$1.1M
People
10
Filings
5
Updates
0
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EIN  46-5047462 Public charity (501(c)(3)) Lancaster, PA
Form 990 (PDF)
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Size
$1–10M
What they do
Empowers students to discover and develop their leadership potential.
Leadership
Will Kiefer · Executive Director · $69K
Money in and out
$845K revenue, $903K expenses
Bottom line
95% program efficiency
Where the money goes · FY2023
Total revenue
$845K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$903K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$1.1M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): −$58K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
Program services $0.95 Management & general $0.02 Fundraising $0.02
Program efficiency
95%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
5.0mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
-7%
revenue over expenses, this year

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2023 · Form 990
Revenue
$845K
FY2023▼ -26%
Expenses
$903K
FY2023▲ +83%
Total assets
$1.1M
FY2023▼ -8%
Total liabilities
$41K
FY2023▼ -43%
Total revenue
$845K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$903K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$1.1M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19−$58K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$1.1M
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B95%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 39
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 49
Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

3 program services account for $704K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2023.
01

Bench mark program is in our 10TH year of operating our open gym program and we now serve an average of more than 60 YOUTH/NIGHT during regular opeation. This equates to over 250 individual YOUTH/YEAR in this program alone.

$450Kprogram expense
02

We are in our sixth year of operating our strength-based skill building program and it now serves over 30 YOUTH/YEAR.

$179Kprogram expense
03

We are in our second year of operating our predisposition program, which provides 1:1 mentoring to high-risk youth with gun crime charges. This program initially served 4 YOUTH/DAY and is now serving up to 8 YOUTH/DAY.

$75Kprogram expense

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Identity & Classification

Form 990 Header · IRS Business Master File
Legal nameHdr · item CBench Mark Program
EINHdr · item D46-5047462
Principal addressHdr · item CLancaster, PA
WebsiteHdr · item Jwww.benchmarkprogram.org
Year of formationHdr · item Lpending
State of legal domicileHdr · item MPA
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
NTEE classificationIRS BMFUnclassified (Z99)
Ruling yearIRS BMFJul 2014

Governance & Policies

Part VI
Voting members of the governing bodyPt VI · Ln 1a9
Independent voting membersPt VI · Ln 1b9
Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aYes
Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13Yes
Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14Yes
CEO/top-official compensation independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Family or business relationships among officers/directorsPt VI · Ln 2Yes

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$68,819Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Will Kiefer$90,720$68,819$56,920$51,960$50,000

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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Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Contributions & grants$729K · 86%
Program service revenue$101K · 12%
Investment income$6K · 1%
Other revenue$9K · 1%
Contributions & grants86%$729K
Program service revenue12%$101K
Investment income1%$6K
Other revenue1%$9K
— government grantsLn 1e$358K
Total revenueLn 12$845K

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.95 Management & general $0.02 Fundraising $0.02
Program services95%$859K
Management & general2%$22K
Fundraising2%$22K
Total functional expensesLn 25$903K

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1$373K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
Total liabilitiesLn 26$41K
Total net assetsLn 32$1.1M
Months of cash on handcomputed5.0

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2023 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $373K · Operating expenses/yr $903K
5.0 months
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $859K · Total expenses $903K
95%
Management & General
Management & general $22K · Total expenses $903K
2%
Fundraising
Fundraising $22K · Total expenses $903K
2%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense (3-yr avg) $16K · Solicited contributions (3-yr avg) $545K
$0.03 to raise $1 (3-yr avg)
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $729K · Total revenue $845K
86%
Government reliance
Government grants $358K · Total revenue $845K
42%
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $101K · Total revenue $845K
12%
Investment reliance
Investment income $6K · Total revenue $845K
+0.7%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $101K · Total expenses $903K
11%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $845K · Prior year $1.1M
-26%
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $1.1M · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $845K · Expenses $903K
-7%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $1.1M
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $1.1M · Total assets $1.1M
96%
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) — · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) — · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $1.1M
Excludes program-related investments (Pt X, ln 13)
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Will Kiefer · Reported title EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · Highest reported compensation $69K · Total expenses $903K
8%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $617K · Total expenses $903K
68%
Peer comparison

Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 95%
Overhead ratio 2%
Fundraising cost ratio 3%
Revenue growth -26%
Legal fee ratio 0.3%
Accounting fee ratio 2%

Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$5K

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Filings & Schedule Manifest

Part IV
III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
FY2024 (Latest)$1.5M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2023$845K revenue · viewing · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2022$1.1M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2021$537K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2020$472K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF

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Sources

Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2023IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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