The Yes We Must Coalition strives to increase degree attainment of low-income students by promoting the work of small, independent, not-for-profit colleges and universities committed to this purpose.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
65¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$141K 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
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
1 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $331K a year · 36% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 1 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
65%
of spending
Worth a look: 65% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$141K
to officers and key staff · 38% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 38% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
18 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 18.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $1.3M
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$52K
8% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 8% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 5 voting members
Concern: none of 5 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$175K
Spent
$373K
To programs
65%
Net assets
$601K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$175K
FY2021
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$175K
FY2022$67K
FY2023$2.6M
FY2024$140K
FY2025$756K
Expenses
$373K
FY2021
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$373K
FY2022Not on file
FY2023$246K
FY2024$782K
FY2025$988K
Net assets
$601K
FY2021
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$601K
FY2022$353K
FY2023$2.8M
FY2024$2.1M
FY2025$1.9M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · 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 Jul 1988.

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Where the money goes

65 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 65% · $241K Management & general 24% · $91K Fundraising 11% · $41K

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

5 people listed on the 990; $141K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
$140,582Pt VII · Sec A
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$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Dr Gloria Nemerowicz$190,038$190,038$116,178$140,192$140,582

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

Helps low-income students earn degrees by supporting small, dedicated colleges.

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3 programs · $241K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Membership support is the primary mission of yes we must coalition and includes research and data collection, dissemination of literature and best practices via the website, webinars,a newsletter and the annual meeting.

$141Kprogram expense
02

Collaborative projects are projects in which yes we must coalition works with a defined group of member schools on a specific goal. The organization typically receives a grant to fund this type of project.

$100Kprogram expense
03

Other projects includes the advocacy work of the coalition, involvement in the values commission and consulting projects.

Pt IX · col B

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 FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$175K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$87K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$87K
Investment incomeLn 3$321
Money outPt IX
$373K
Ln 25
Programscol B$241K
Managementcol C$91K
Fundraisingcol D$41K
Owns and owesPt X
$601K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$573K
Total assetsLn 16$653K
LiabilitiesLn 26$52K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$87K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$87K
Investment incomeLn 3$321
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$175K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$36K
SavingsLn 2$536K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$573K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$653K
LiabilitiesLn 26$52K
Net assetsLn 32$601K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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$675K$573K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$860K$653K
LiabilitiesLn 26$60K$52K
Net assetsLn 32$800K$601K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$141K$84K$14K$42K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$110K$86K$23K$467
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$20K$13K$3K$3K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$43K$43K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$3K$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$3K$3K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$1K$1K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$3K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$103K$102K$682$250
All other expensesLn 24e−$53K−$46K−$1K−$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$373K$241K$91K$41K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $756K$988K−$232K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2024 $140K$782K−$643K$2.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.6M$246K$2.4M$2.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $67K$353K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $175K$373K−$199K$601K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $174,565 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $249,005$86,894
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $86,650$87,350
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $513$321
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $336,168$174,565
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $293,076$270,760
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $231,347$102,398
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $524,423$373,158
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$188,255−$198,593
Part VI · Governance 0 of 5 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
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-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $174,565 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$86,894
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$86,894
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $61,950 · Excluded from tax $25,400$87,350
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $321$321
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $62,271 · Excluded from tax $25,400$174,565
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $373,158 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $84,349 · Management $14,058 · Fundraising $42,175$140,582
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $86,482 · Management $23,420 · Fundraising $467$110,369
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $13,420 · Management $3,037 · Fundraising $3,352$19,809
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $42,836$42,836
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $2,553$2,553
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $2,931$2,931
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,069$1,069
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $3,106$3,106
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $101,739 · Management $682 · Fundraising $250$102,671
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms −$45,969 · Management −$1,274 · Fundraising −$5,525−$52,768
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $241,090 · Management $91,349 · Fundraising $40,719$373,158
Part X · Balance sheet $652,826 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $49,111$36,132
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $626,069$536,391
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $182,984$76,714
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,403$3,589
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $859,567$652,826
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $32,202$36,704
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $27,550$14,900
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $59,752$51,604
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $339,867$409,733
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $459,948$191,489
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $799,815$601,222
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $859,567$652,826
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $601,222 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$174,565
XI-2 Total expenses$373,158
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$198,593
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$799,815
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$601,222

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