Always with US Charities FY2021 filing

Tax-deductible

Columbus, OH501(c)(3)Youth DevelopmentEIN 47-3774105Revenue $518K in FY2021

On file with the IRSawucharities.org4449 Easton Way Ste 200, 43219-7005 · Columbus, OHTax-exempt since Jan 2016Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Always With Us Charities does after school programming for low income families, tutoring, life skills, drug and alcohol prevention and sports instruction.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
100¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$65K 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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FY2021 · 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
2 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $6K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$65K
to officers and key staff · 19% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 19% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $16
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 3 voting members
Concern: none of 3 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$518K
+420% vs prior year
Spent
$339K
To programs
100%
Net assets
$182K
By yearFY2018–FY2024
Revenue
$518K
FY2021▲ +420%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2018$97K
FY2019$166K
FY2020$100K
FY2021$518K
FY2022$647K
FY2023$902K
FY2024$448K
Expenses
$339K
FY2021
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2018Not on file
FY2019Not on file
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$339K
FY2022$791K
FY2023$926K
FY2024$438K
Net assets
$182K
FY2021▲ ×102
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2018$5K
FY2019$10K
FY2020−$2K
FY2021$182K
FY2022$38K
FY2023$14K
FY2024$24K

From the FY2021 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 Jan 2016.

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Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $339K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

3 people listed on the 990; $65K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$65,000Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

George L Reese’s $58K as Executive Director is at the 48th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1992 $100K–1M 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
George L Reese$58,000$70,000$88,000$65,000$33,000

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides after-school programs, tutoring, life skills, and prevention for low-income families.

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1 program · $339K · in their own filed words · FY2021
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A.W.U. Charities does after school programming for low income families, tutoring, life skills, drug alcohol prevention and sports instruction

$339Kprogram 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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$16

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$518K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$310K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$208K
Money outPt IX
$339K
Ln 25
Programscol B$339K
Owns and owesPt X
$182K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$182K
Total assetsLn 16$182K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$208K
Government grantsLn 1e$158K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$310K
Total revenueLn 12$518K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$182K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$182K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$182K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$182K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2K$182K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$2K$182K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$2K$182K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$65K$65K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$122K$122K$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$9K$9K$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$5K$5K$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$12K$12K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$7K$7K$0
Office expensesLn 13$111K$111K$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$3K$3K$0$0
TravelLn 17$5K$5K$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$475$475$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$339K$339K$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $448K$438K$10K$24K 990 PDF
FY2023 $902K$926K−$23K$14K 990 PDF
FY2022 $647K$791K−$144K$38K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $518K$339K$180K$182K 990 PDF
FY2020 $100K−$2K 990 PDF
FY2019 $166K$10K 990 PDF
FY2018 $97K$5K 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
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Part I · Summary $518,322 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grants$208,422
I-9 Program service revenue$309,900
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $0$518,322
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefits$196,199
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expenses$142,391
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $0$338,590
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $0$179,732
Part VI · Governance 0 of 3 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $518,322 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$158,339
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$50,083
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$208,422
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $309,900 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$309,900
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $309,900 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$518,322
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $338,590 across 27 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $65,000$65,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $121,870 · Fundraising $0$121,870
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $9,329 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$9,329
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $5,000 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$5,000
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $11,500$11,500
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $6,657 · Fundraising $0$6,657
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $110,624 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$110,624
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,980 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,980
IX-17 TravelPrograms $5,155 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$5,155
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $475 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$475
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $338,590 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$338,590
Part X · Balance sheet $181,656 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,924$181,656
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,924$181,656
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,924$181,656
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,924$181,656
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,924$181,656
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $181,656 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$518,322
XI-2 Total expenses$338,590
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$179,732
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,924
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$181,656

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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