Civic Works INC

Tax-deductible

Baltimore, MD501(c)(3)Since 1993EducationEIN 52-1925614Revenue $20.8M in FY2025

On file with the IRScivicworks.com2701 Saint Lo Drive, 21213-1100 · Baltimore, MDTax-exempt since Jun 1996Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Strengthening baltimore's communities through education, skills development and community service.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 494 volunteers and 383 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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FY2025 · 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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2.2M a year · 14% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$712K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 58% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.3 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $14K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$5.5M
21% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 21% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
25
of 25 voting members
Looks good: 25 of 25 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$20.8M
+18% vs prior year
Spent
$17.9M
To programs
81%
Net assets
$21.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$20.8M
FY2025▲ +18%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$9.1M
FY2021$12.8M
FY2022$13.1M
FY2023$19.6M
FY2024$17.7M
FY2025$20.8M
Expenses
$17.9M
FY2025▲ +0.8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$9.2M
FY2021$10.3M
FY2022$10.5M
FY2023$14.0M
FY2024$17.7M
FY2025$17.9M
Net assets
$21.0M
FY2025▲ +16%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$6.4M
FY2021$9.5M
FY2022$12.0M
FY2023$17.7M
FY2024$18.1M
FY2025$21.0M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 2025) · 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 Jun 1996.

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Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $14.5M Management & general 16% · $2.9M Fundraising 3% · $494K

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

31 people listed on the 990; $712K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$214,979Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Finance
$128,461Pt VII · Sec A
Development Director
$126,802Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Program Director
$122,591Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Program Director
$119,663Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Dana Stein’s $215K as Executive Director is at the 42nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3683 $10–100M 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Dana Stein$214,979$231,231$144,946$190,992$119,018$155,072
Stephanie Miller—$163,046$155,403$146,602$139,731$135,918
Dion Wright———$146,268$142,252$139,638
Lydia Colston$128,461$33,654————
Kristen Wommack$126,802$113,537$107,283$100,477——
Eli Allen$122,591$110,908$101,191———
Lauren Averella$119,663$119,108————
Lauran Averella——$103,111———

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

Strengthens local communities by providing education, job training, and employment to residents for cleaning and maintaining vacant lots and public spaces in underinvested neighborhoods.

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3 programs · $12.4M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Center for Sustainable Careers

Civic works teaches job skills for sustainable careers, provides on-the-job training by installing solar on low income homes and provides job placement upon completion, training in solar, roofing, and utility infrastructure.

$6.9Mprogram expense
02

Clean corps is a multi-agency initiative, led by the baltimore city department of planning and operated in close collaboration with baltimore-based nonprofits: civic works and bon secours community works.

$3.2Mprogram expense
03

Elder Services

Civic works provides the facilitation of aging-in-place through fall prevention, case management and connection to services.

$2.3Mprogram expense

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 · FY2025
Grants paid · 127 grants · $3.5M · 2019–2024
Lifebridge Health INCMD · FY2024$50,000
Moveable Feast INCMD · FY2024$10,000
Johns Hopkins UniversityMD · FY2024$10,000
Outcast Food Network INCMD · FY2023$52,500
Casa INCMD · FY2023$50,000
Pleasant Housing INCMD · FY2023$48,558
Clay PotsMD · FY2023$48,332
Maryland Physicians CareFY2023$27,436
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$20.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$17.3M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$676K
Money outPt IX
$17.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$14.5M
Managementcol C$2.9M
Fundraisingcol D$494K
Owns and owesPt X
$21.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16$26.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.5M
PeoplePt VI, VII
31
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a25
IndependentVI 1b25
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$17.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$11.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$676K
Other incomeLn 4–11$278K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$13K
Total revenueLn 12$20.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$805K
SavingsLn 2$1.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$6.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$10.6M
Other assetsLn 15$46K
Total assetsLn 16$26.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.5M
Net assetsLn 32$21.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5383
VolunteersI 6494
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.7M$1.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$5.4M$6.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6.0M$10.6M
Total assetsLn 16$23.9M$26.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.7M$5.5M
Net assetsLn 32$18.1M$21.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$286K$286K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$779K$139K$499K$140K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$8.9M$8.0M$680K$203K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$88K$73K$11K$3K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2.3M$2.2M$80K$29K
Payroll taxesLn 10$713K$605K$82K$25K
Legal feesLn 11b$97K$31K$66K
Accounting feesLn 11c$104K$104K
Investment management feesLn 11f$56K$56K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.7M$1.4M$305K$30K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$109K$5K$103K
Office expensesLn 13$700K$667K$21K$12K
OccupancyLn 16$303K$223K$80K$78
TravelLn 17$225K$210K$11K$5K
InterestLn 20$54K$54K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$341K$49K$292K
InsuranceLn 23$249K$74K$175K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$542K$268K$254K$20K
All other expensesLn 24e$417K$328K$62K$27K
Total functional expensesLn 25$17.9M$14.5M$2.9M$494K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $20.8M$17.9M$2.9M$21.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $17.7M$17.7M−$38K$18.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $19.6M$14.0M$5.7M$17.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $13.1M$10.5M$2.6M$12.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $12.8M$10.3M$2.5M$9.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 $9.1M$9.2M−$108K$6.4M 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
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $20,791,145 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $15,017,493$17,291,925
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $2,139,675$2,545,062
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $402,730$675,812
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $121,321$278,346
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $17,681,219$20,791,145
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $466,925$286,479
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $11,970,423$12,692,545
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $5,281,464$4,888,264
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $17,718,812$17,867,288
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$37,593$2,923,857
Part VI · Governance 25 of 25 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body25
VI-1b Independent voting members25
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 $20,791,145 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$11,395,164
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$5,896,761
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$17,291,925
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,545,062$2,545,062
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $688,658$688,658
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $89,545$89,545
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$12,846−$12,846
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $188,801$188,801
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,545,062 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $954,158$20,791,145
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $17,867,288 across 19 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $286,479$286,479
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $138,905 · Management $499,173 · Fundraising $140,497$778,575
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $7,969,362 · Management $679,945 · Fundraising $202,890$8,852,197
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $73,196 · Management $11,098 · Fundraising $3,486$87,780
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,152,035 · Management $80,430 · Fundraising $28,793$2,261,258
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $605,458 · Management $82,415 · Fundraising $24,862$712,735
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $30,977 · Management $66,118$97,095
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $104,480$104,480
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $56,087$56,087
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,355,167 · Management $304,937 · Fundraising $30,218$1,690,322
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,297 · Management $103,300$108,597
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $667,273 · Management $21,056 · Fundraising $11,860$700,189
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $223,210 · Management $79,840 · Fundraising $78$303,128
IX-17 TravelPrograms $209,757 · Management $10,743 · Fundraising $4,936$225,436
IX-20 InterestPrograms $54,340$54,340
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $49,046 · Management $291,964$341,010
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $73,729 · Management $175,172$248,901
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $267,972 · Management $254,186 · Fundraising $19,712$541,870
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $327,938 · Management $62,032 · Fundraising $26,839$416,809
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $14,490,141 · Management $2,882,976 · Fundraising $494,171$17,867,288
Part X · Balance sheet $26,580,939 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,759,617$804,856
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,934,647$1,094,362
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $4,290,438$7,163,330
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $755,574$413,876
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $174,525$294,760
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $5,968,011$10,579,425
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $5,449,299$6,184,021
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $3,525,547$46,309
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $23,857,658$26,580,939
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $977,843$1,726,665
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $28,647$2,454
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,504,594$2,057,998
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $5,747,533$5,546,957
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $16,134,408$15,532,854
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,975,717$5,501,128
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $18,110,125$21,033,982
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $23,857,658$26,580,939
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $21,033,982 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$20,791,145
XI-2 Total expenses$17,867,288
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,923,857
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$18,110,125
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$21,033,982

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