Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation FY2020 filing

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Baltimore, MD501(c)(3)HousingEIN 52-1767577Revenue $1.3M in FY2020

On file with the IRSgedco.org401 Woodbourne Ave, 21212-3827 · Baltimore, MDTax-exempt since Nov 1992Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To develop affordable housing with supportive services and assist in meeting emergency needs of community residents

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
70¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$109K 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
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $713K a year · 28% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
70%
of spending
Fine: 70% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$109K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.3 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $36K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$594K
90% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 90% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
26
of 26 voting members
Looks good: 26 of 26 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.3M
Spent
$1.6M
To programs
70%
Net assets
$67K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.3M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$2.3M
FY2022$2.8M
FY2023$2.6M
FY2024$4.1M
FY2025$2.1M
Expenses
$1.6M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.6M
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$1.8M
FY2025$2.0M
Net assets
$67K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$67K
FY2021$602K
FY2022$1.5M
FY2023$2.3M
FY2024$4.6M
FY2025$4.7M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending March 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 Nov 1992.

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

Where the money goes

70 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 70% · $1.1M Management & general 23% · $363K Fundraising 7% · $108K

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

28 people listed on the 990; $109K 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
Chief Executive Officer
$73,431Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Program Officer
$35,552Pt VII · Sec A
President Emeritus
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Nichole Doye Battle’s $100K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 33rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 2036 $1–10M housing 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Nichole Doye Battle$99,750$111,359$111,180$108,375$105,520$73,431
Ted Gross$31,350$35,298$35,796$33,926$32,596$35,552

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

Builds affordable homes and provides services for community residents' emergency needs.

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3 programs · $952K · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Community Services

Provides programs to stabilize families, for both short and longer terms, to meet emergency needs and foster self-sufficiency. The organization gave out farmers' market food certificates to recipients and people can come once every 30 days to the cares food PANTRY.KEY statistics of the community services program for fy 2020 are as…

$486Kprogram expense
02

Homeless and Supportive Services

Provides housing to help baltimore city and the state of maryland to meet their goals to end homelessness. These programs are comprehensive, providing supportive services and links to community resources, aimed at helping individuals to achieve the greatest level of self-sufficiency possible and achieve positive goals.

$305Kprogram expense
03

Senior Services

Provides housing and supportive services that help alleviate the affordable housing crises and allow elders to age in the community in a dignified atmosphere and provide activities for wellness.

$161Kprogram expense

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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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$36K
Grants paid · 31 grants · $861K · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$129,854
Unitemized GrantFY2024$36,875
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,382
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,050
Unitemized GrantFY2023$106,757
Unitemized GrantFY2023$20,297
Unitemized GrantFY2023$4,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$175
Unitemized GrantFY2022$109,242
Unitemized GrantFY2022$13,953
Unitemized GrantFY2022$4,971
Unitemized GrantFY2022$349
Unitemized GrantFY2021$135,078
Unitemized GrantFY2021$20,810
Unitemized GrantFY2021$16,887
Unitemized GrantFY2021$3,899
Unitemized GrantFY2021$1,283
Unitemized GrantFY2020$57,715
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$197K
Other incomeLn 4–11$78K
Money outPt IX
$1.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$363K
Fundraisingcol D$108K
Owns and owesPt X
$67K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$39K
Total assetsLn 16$661K
LiabilitiesLn 26$594K
PeoplePt VI, VII
28
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a26
IndependentVI 1b26
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$300K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$289K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$140K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$197K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Other incomeLn 4–11$78K
Total revenueLn 12$1.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$16K
SavingsLn 2$23K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$39K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$20K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5K
Other assetsLn 15$138K
Total assetsLn 16$661K
LiabilitiesLn 26$594K
Net assetsLn 32$67K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 523
VolunteersI 6453
Fiscal year endsHeaderMarch
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$31K$39K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$20K$20K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6K$5K
Total assetsLn 16$688K$661K
LiabilitiesLn 26$440K$594K
Net assetsLn 32$248K$67K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$372K$372K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$126K$95K$6K$25K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$476K$373K$29K$74K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$64K$39K$25K
Payroll taxesLn 10$52K$38K$8K$6K
Accounting feesLn 11c$153K$153K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$187K$119K$68K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K$94
Office expensesLn 13$23K$6K$17K$113
OccupancyLn 16$22K$6K$17K
TravelLn 17$1K$529$829$22
InterestLn 20$7K$7K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1K$1K$114$132
InsuranceLn 23$64K$49K$14K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$29K$16K$11K$884
All other expensesLn 24e$12K$6K$4K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.6M$1.1M$363K$108K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $2.1M$2.0M$129K$4.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $4.1M$1.8M$2.3M$4.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.6M$1.8M$771K$2.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.8M$1.9M$893K$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.3M$1.8M$473K$602K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $1.3M$1.6M−$293K$67K 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 $1,298,943 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,193,839$1,020,235
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $158,867$197,362
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,145$3,127
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $69,189$78,219
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,425,040$1,298,943
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $501,457$371,840
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $603,955$718,646
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $407,066$501,220
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,512,478$1,591,706
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$87,438−$292,763
Part VI · Governance 26 of 26 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body26
VI-1b Independent voting members26
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 $1,298,943 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$139,651
VIII-1e Government grants$299,808
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$580,776
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$289,435
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,020,235
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $197,362$197,362
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $3,127$3,127
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$1,969−$1,969
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $80,188$80,188
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $277,550 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,158$1,298,943
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,591,706 across 16 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $371,840$371,840
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $94,950 · Management $6,215 · Fundraising $24,861$126,026
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $372,962 · Management $29,133 · Fundraising $74,152$476,247
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $39,327 · Management $24,945$64,272
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $37,860 · Management $7,871 · Fundraising $6,370$52,101
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $152,955$152,955
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $119,378 · Management $68,106$187,484
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $1,785 · Fundraising $94$1,879
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,694 · Management $16,745 · Fundraising $113$22,552
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $5,600 · Management $16,625$22,225
IX-17 TravelPrograms $529 · Management $829 · Fundraising $22$1,380
IX-20 InterestManagement $7,171$7,171
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,002 · Management $114 · Fundraising $132$1,248
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $49,199 · Management $14,407$63,606
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $16,499 · Management $11,233 · Fundraising $884$28,616
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $6,398 · Management $4,491 · Fundraising $1,215$12,104
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,121,238 · Management $362,625 · Fundraising $107,843$1,591,706
Part X · Balance sheet $661,165 assets, 16 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $311,661; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $30,654$15,688
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$22,845
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $121,507$116,921
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $33,326$27,518
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $39,752$3,962
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $6,256$5,008
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $20,000$20,000
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $124,677$137,562
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $687,833$661,165
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $131,000$132,867
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $9,260$900
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $300,042$460,625
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $440,302$594,392
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $247,531$66,773
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $247,531$66,773
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $687,833$661,165
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $66,773 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,298,943
XI-2 Total expenses$1,591,706
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$292,763
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$247,531
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$112,005
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$66,773

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