St John's Community Services

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The mission of St. John's Community Services is to advance inclusive communities where every person, regardless of circumstances, has the right and opportunity to live their best life.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 53-0196554) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
12¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 13 volunteers and 1,205 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
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
0 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $6.3M a year · 144% of revenue · last 6 filings
A surplus in 0 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
12%
of spending
12% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.8M
to officers and key staff · 16% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 16% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
1.2 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $1.9M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
1.2 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $8K
1 funder names it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$12.2M
195% of total assets
Liabilities are 195% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 15 voting members
14 of 15 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$1.8M
-77% vs prior year
Spent
$11.0M
To programs
12%
Net assets
−$6.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.8M
FY2025▼ -77%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.9M
FY2021$3.0M
FY2022$4.2M
FY2023$5.3M
FY2024$8.1M
FY2025$1.8M
Expenses
$11.0M
FY2025▼ -28%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$7.1M
FY2021$9.1M
FY2022$10.2M
FY2023$11.8M
FY2024$15.2M
FY2025$11.0M
Net assets
−$6.0M
FY2025▼ -697%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.1M
FY2021$3.1M
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$2.9M
FY2024$1000K
FY2025−$6.0M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Is it real?

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

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

Where the money goes

12 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 12% · $1.4M Management & general 88% · $9.6M

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

22 people listed on the 990; $1.8M paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President & CEO
$391,926Pt VII · Sec A
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
$300,622Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Finance (until 7/28/25)
$226,677Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$201,987Pt VII · Sec A
State Director for Virginia
$174,619Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Strategic Initiative
$169,699Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Development & Marketing Officer
$147,203Pt VII · Sec A
State Director for Tennessee
$145,077Pt VII · Sec A

Gordon a Thornton’s $392K as President & CEO is at the 98th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3395 $1–10M 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
Alan Thornton—$407,009$382,353$382,826$290,633$253,957
Gordon a Thornton$391,926—————
George Liacopoulos$300,622$228,631$240,512$272,002—$186,111
Sherrie Harrison-Rumble$226,677$165,250$188,631$187,681$140,768—
George Liacopoulos PHD————$205,295—
Corey Kociela$201,987$180,056$160,192———
Precious Myers-Brown—$148,343$165,960$194,642——
Thalia Simpson-Clement—————$184,856

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

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1 program · $1.4M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

ST. John's community services (SJCS) is a historic (founded in 1868) non-profit corporation initially established as a hospital in washington, DC, by ST. John's episcopal church, the "church of the presidents," following the civil war.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 53-0196554) · Dispute this line
$1.4Mprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$8K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.8M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.0M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$701K
Other incomeLn 4–11$62K
Money outPt IX
$11.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.4M
Managementcol C$9.6M
Owns and owesPt X
−$6.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$6.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12.2M
PeoplePt VI, VII
22
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$701K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$449K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$60K
Other incomeLn 4–11$62K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$1.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.1M
Accounts receivableLn 4$66K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$146K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$740K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.9M
Other assetsLn 15$2.3M
Total assetsLn 16$6.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12.2M
Net assetsLn 32−$6.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51,205
VolunteersI 613
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
Abroad and in kindSch F, M
Noncash gifts receivedSch M Pt I$449K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.9M$1.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.8M$1.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.4M$740K
Total assetsLn 16$13.4M$6.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12.4M$12.2M
Net assetsLn 32$1000K−$6.0M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$146K$23K$122K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.0M$645K$3.4M
Other employee benefitsLn 9$743K$98K$645K
Payroll taxesLn 10$311K$53K$258K
Legal feesLn 11b$79K$5K$74K
Accounting feesLn 11c$226K$226K
Investment management feesLn 11f$1K$1K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.4M$42K$1.3M
Advertising and promotionLn 12$142K$142K
Office expensesLn 13$281K$44K$237K
OccupancyLn 16$1.3M$316K$960K
TravelLn 17$407K$18K$389K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$81K$1K$80K
InterestLn 20$349K$33K$316K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$129K$53K$75K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$376K$19K$356K
All other expensesLn 24e$1.1M$19K$1.0M
Total functional expensesLn 25$11.0M$1.4M$9.6M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Aug 17, 2026 $1.8M$11.0M−$9.1M−$6.0M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Aug 13, 2025 $8.1M$15.2M−$7.1M$1000K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Aug 6, 2024 $5.3M$11.8M−$6.5M$2.9M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Aug 10, 2023 $4.2M$10.2M−$5.9M$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Jun 15, 2022 $3.0M$9.1M−$6.0M$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Aug 16, 2021 $3.9M$7.1M−$3.2M$4.1M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support B · Donors D · Assets and endowments J · Pay M · Noncash O · Explanations R · Related orgs
See the full FY2025 990
Part I · Summary $1,829,034 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,674,758$700,834
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $6,171,214$1,006,923
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $171,952$59,591
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $74,844$61,686
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $8,092,768$1,829,034
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $5,826,338$5,204,485
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $9,396,692$5,773,366
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $15,223,030$10,977,851
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$7,130,262−$9,148,817
Part VI · Governance 14 of 15 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members14
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 $1,829,034 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$700,834
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$448,641
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$700,834
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,006,923$1,006,923
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $59,591$59,591
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $61,686$61,686
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,006,923 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $121,277$1,829,034
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $10,977,851 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $23,446 · Management $122,126$145,572
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $644,701 · Management $3,359,900$4,004,601
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $97,845 · Management $645,286$743,131
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $52,756 · Management $258,425$311,181
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $5,077 · Management $73,595$78,672
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $226,084$226,084
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $1,309$1,309
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $41,516 · Management $1,327,201$1,368,717
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $142,343$142,343
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $43,591 · Management $236,983$280,574
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $316,189 · Management $960,259$1,276,448
IX-17 TravelPrograms $18,459 · Management $388,542$407,001
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,448 · Management $79,543$80,991
IX-20 InterestPrograms $33,162 · Management $316,125$349,287
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $53,418 · Management $75,307$128,725
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $19,197 · Management $356,436$375,633
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $18,636 · Management $1,038,946$1,057,582
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,369,441 · Management $9,608,410 · Fundraising $0$10,977,851
Part X · Balance sheet $6,256,534 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,885,972$1,110,057
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $3,789,869$65,614
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $176,919$145,757
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,399,819$740,314
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,819,647$1,877,669
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $4,286,973$2,317,123
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $13,359,199$6,256,534
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,570,695$3,098,877
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $491,600$863,189
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $2,278,279$2,125,138
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $6,018,753$6,141,807
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $12,359,327$12,229,011
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $999,872−$5,972,477
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $999,872−$5,972,477
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $13,359,199$6,256,534
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$5,972,477 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,829,034
XI-2 Total expenses$10,977,851
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$9,148,817
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$999,872
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$85,156
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$2,261,624
XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$5,972,477

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