The organization's mission is to facilitate leadership among students in the philadelphia area by developing mentoring programs with prominent philadelphia leaders to provide them opportunities to foster professional growth and civic citizenship.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
$290K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · Form 990-EZIndependent: 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-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $49K a year · 42% of revenue · last 4 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$290K
to officers and key staff
No data yet: the filing does not give pay as a share of spending.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
2
named funders · $165K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
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Revenue
$190K
+40% vs prior year
Net assets
$77K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$190K
FY2024▲ +40%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$108K
FY2021$62K
FY2022$156K
FY2023$135K
FY2024$190K
Expenses
—
FY2024
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$6K
FY2021$77K
FY2022$227K
FY2023$346K
FY2024Not on file
Net assets
$77K
FY2024▼ -62%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$500K
FY2021$484K
FY2022$413K
FY2023$202K
FY2024$77K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 2015.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990-EZ; $290K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Lead Branding O
$102,400Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Dir.
$96,000Pt VII · Sec A
Lead Projects O
$92,000Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Eliu Cornielle’s $102K as Lead Branding O is at the 85th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M education 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

NameFY2024FY2023
Eliu Cornielle$102,400$102,400
Robert Davis$96,000$96,000
Ryan Weisz$92,000$92,000

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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Programs and updates

Develops mentoring programs connecting Philadelphia students with leaders for professional growth and civic engagement.

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1 program · in their own filed words · FY2023
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The organization made grants to an organization, philadelphia citizen, which is in accordance with its mission statement of empowering the philadelphia region.

Pt IX · col B

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
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$165K
Grants paid · 4 grants · $125K · 2021–2023
Philadelphia CitizenPA · FY2023$25,000
Philadelphia CitizenPA · FY2022$25,000
Philadelphia CitizenPA · FY2021$25,000

By the numbers

The FY2024 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$190K
Other income$190K
Owns and owes
$77K
net assets
People
5
listed
Paid3
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$190K
Total revenue$190K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Net assets$77K
Operations
Employees0
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $190K$77K 990 PDF
FY2023 $135K$346K−$211K$202K 990 PDF
FY2022 $156K$227K−$71K$413K 990 PDF
FY2021 $62K$77K−$15K$484K 990 PDF
FY2020 $108K$6K$102K$500K 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

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

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