Thea Bowman Center FY2020 filing

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Cleveland, OH501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 52-2157682Revenue $772K in FY2020

On file with the IRStheabowmancenter.org11901 Oakfield Ave, 44105-1872 · Cleveland, OHTax-exempt since Sep 1999Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Tbc mission statement: we listen to the people of mt pleasant, learn and DO what they want and need.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$45K 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
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $36K a year · 5% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
Looks good: 85% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$45K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
9
named funders · $138K
Looks good: 9 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$47K
6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 6% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$772K
Spent
$464K
To programs
85%
Net assets
$727K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$772K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$772K
FY2021$611K
FY2022$846K
FY2023$957K
FY2024$868K
FY2025$598K
Expenses
$464K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$464K
FY2021$524K
FY2022$853K
FY2023$866K
FY2024$941K
FY2025$789K
Net assets
$727K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$727K
FY2021$815K
FY2022$808K
FY2023$899K
FY2024$828K
FY2025$639K

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1999.

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

Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $392K Management & general 10% · $49K Fundraising 5% · $23K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $45K 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
Executive Di
$45,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ella Holt Thomas’s $55K as Former Exec is at the 44th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M human services 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
Ella Holt Thomas$55,000$55,000$55,000$55,000$45,000$45,000
Jeremy Taylor$3,269—————

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Listens to and acts on the needs and desires of Mt. Pleasant residents.

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3 programs · $392K · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Health and Wellness Food Support Program

Provides weekly groceries on saturday (12 - 1 PM) and the last tuesday (6:00PM) of each month to 6,300 MT. Pleasant residents annually. The center has a partnership with the cleveland food bank, the primary food linkage source.

$261Kprogram expense
02

Children's programs after-school and summer programs @the center and after-school program @ nathan hale elementary school: these after-school programs are open to youth ages 5 - 13. The youth are provided tutoring services AND/OR help with their homework and other structured activities including computer- based activities at the center.

$111Kprogram expense
03

Adult Education

Open to any adult, 18 or older interested in completing a high school education obtaining a ged. The program offers classes 12-2 PM and 5:30- 7:30 PM daily. The program is one-on-one, tutor-based and provides assistance in reading, writing, math, social studies and science.

$20Kprogram 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 · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$772K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$763K
Other incomeLn 4–11$5K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3K
Money outPt IX
$464K
Ln 25
Programscol B$392K
Managementcol C$49K
Fundraisingcol D$23K
Owns and owesPt X
$727K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$206K
Total assetsLn 16$774K
LiabilitiesLn 26$47K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$763K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$36K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$39K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Other incomeLn 4–11$5K
Total revenueLn 12$772K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$4K
SavingsLn 2$202K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$206K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$277K
Other assetsLn 15$4K
Total assetsLn 16$774K
LiabilitiesLn 26$47K
Net assetsLn 32$727K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 514
VolunteersI 6700
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$170K$206K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$195K$277K
Total assetsLn 16$369K$774K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$47K
Net assetsLn 32$369K$727K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$45K$25K$10K$10K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$129K$110K$14K$5K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$14K$11K$2K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$15K$2K$13K$265
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$86K$86K
Office expensesLn 13$9K$6K$2K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$2K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$42K$32K$6K$4K
TravelLn 17$8K$8K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$11K$11K
InsuranceLn 23$11K$8K$1K$946
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$90K$89K$683
Total functional expensesLn 25$464K$392K$49K$23K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $598K$789K−$191K$639K 990 PDF
FY2024 $868K$941K−$74K$828K 990 PDF
FY2023 $957K$866K$91K$899K 990 PDF
FY2022 $846K$853K−$7K$808K 990 PDF
FY2021 $611K$524K$87K$815K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $772K$464K$308K$727K 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 FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $772,044 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $447,018$762,607
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $5,305$2,509
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $472$1,444
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $21,950$5,484
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $474,745$772,044
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $131,641$189,022
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $234,599$274,683
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $366,240$463,705
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $108,505$308,339
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $772,044 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$38,620
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$723,987
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$35,580
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$762,607
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,509$2,509
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission −$81 · Excluded from tax $1,525$1,444
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $5,484$5,484
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,428 · Excluded from tax $7,009$772,044
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $463,705 across 13 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $25,000 · Management $10,000 · Fundraising $10,000$45,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $109,834 · Management $13,746 · Fundraising $5,000$128,580
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,502$1,502
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $10,876 · Management $1,835 · Fundraising $1,229$13,940
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $2,343 · Management $12,824 · Fundraising $265$15,432
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $86,464$86,464
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,960 · Management $1,548 · Fundraising $1,947$9,455
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,035$2,035
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $31,621 · Management $6,454 · Fundraising $3,570$41,645
IX-17 TravelPrograms $8,085$8,085
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $10,893$10,893
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $8,381 · Management $1,498 · Fundraising $946$10,825
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $89,166 · Management $683$89,849
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $392,160 · Management $48,588 · Fundraising $22,957$463,705
Part X · Balance sheet $774,172 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $21,154$4,275
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $148,638$201,914
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$275,000
X-4 Accounts receivable$12,224
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $195,379$276,847
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $3,912$3,912
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $369,083$774,172
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$15,651
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$31,100
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$46,751
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $222,513$332,259
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $146,570$395,162
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $369,083$727,421
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $369,083$774,172
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $727,421 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$772,044
XI-2 Total expenses$463,705
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$308,339
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$369,083
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$49,999
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$727,421

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