To help northern virginia's low-income adults improve their career opportunities through Computer skills training, mentoring and job placement guidance.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$88K 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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FY2023 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $26K a year · 5% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 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
$88K
to officers and key staff · 16% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 16% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
10
named funders · $111K
Looks good: 10 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$19K
9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 9% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$505K
-17% vs prior year
Spent
$555K
To programs
81%
Net assets
$192K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$505K
FY2023▼ -17%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$472K
FY2021$508K
FY2022$609K
FY2023$505K
FY2024$632K
Expenses
$555K
FY2023▼ -17%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$533K
FY2021$513K
FY2022$666K
FY2023$555K
FY2024$590K
Net assets
$192K
FY2023▼ -21%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$303K
FY2021$299K
FY2022$242K
FY2023$192K
FY2024$233K

From the FY2023 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 2000.

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Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $451K Management & general 12% · $64K Fundraising 7% · $40K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $88K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$87,596Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Donna Walker James’s $91K as Executive Director is at the 79th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Donna Walker James$90,636$87,596$87,596$102,000$100,000

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

Trains low-income adults in computer skills, offers mentoring, and guides job placement for better careers.

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1 program · $451K · in their own filed words · FY2023
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Computer core community outreach and education is a 501c3 nonprofit, community-based organization whose mission is to help under-resourced adults acquire the technological and life skills needed to pursue their career aspirations.

$451Kprogram 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 · FY2024
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Grants paid · 1 grant · $300 · 2020–2020
Unitemized GrantFY2020$300

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$505K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$466K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$38K
Investment incomeLn 3$713
Money outPt IX
$555K
Ln 25
Programscol B$451K
Managementcol C$64K
Fundraisingcol D$40K
Owns and owesPt X
$192K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$112K
Total assetsLn 16$211K
LiabilitiesLn 26$19K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$466K
Government grantsLn 1e$50K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$125K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$38K
Investment incomeLn 3$713
Total revenueLn 12$505K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$30K
SavingsLn 2$82K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$112K
Other assetsLn 15$15K
Total assetsLn 16$211K
LiabilitiesLn 26$19K
Net assetsLn 32$192K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 57
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$189K$112K
Total assetsLn 16$293K$211K
LiabilitiesLn 26$52K$19K
Net assetsLn 32$242K$192K
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$107K$84K$13K$10K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$161K$128K$19K$14K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$6K$5K$771$771
Other employee benefitsLn 9$18K$13K$2K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$19K$14K$2K$2K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$8K$7K$710$444
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$7K$5K$1K$412
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$4K$2K$653$2K
Information technologyLn 14$25K$20K$5K$30
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$43K$29K$9K$5K
TravelLn 17$1K$910$470
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$20K$12K$6K$2K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$4K$2K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$131K$130K$190$119
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$555K$451K$64K$40K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $632K$590K$41K$233K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $505K$555K−$50K$192K 990 PDF
FY2022 $609K$666K−$57K$242K 990 PDF
FY2021 $508K$513K−$5K$299K 990 PDF
FY2020 $472K$533K−$61K$303K 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $504,724 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $581,174$466,058
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $27,605$37,953
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $703$713
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $609,482$504,724
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $352,726$311,796
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $313,448$242,837
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $666,174$554,633
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$56,692−$49,909
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
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 $504,724 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$378
VIII-1e Government grants$49,640
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$416,040
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$125,055
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$466,058
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $37,953$37,953
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $713$713
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $37,953 · Excluded from tax $713$504,724
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $554,633 across 30 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 $84,069 · Management $12,999 · Fundraising $10,332$107,400
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $127,547 · Management $19,352 · Fundraising $14,439$161,338
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $4,584 · Management $771 · Fundraising $771$6,126
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $13,424 · Management $2,259 · Fundraising $2,259$17,942
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $14,210 · Management $2,390 · Fundraising $2,390$18,990
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $6,548 · Management $710 · Fundraising $444$7,702
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $5,085 · Management $1,275 · Fundraising $412$6,772
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,700 · Management $653 · Fundraising $1,995$4,348
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $19,654 · Management $5,096 · Fundraising $30$24,780
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $29,000 · Management $9,434 · Fundraising $4,646$43,080
IX-17 TravelPrograms $910 · Management $470$1,380
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $11,842 · Management $5,623 · Fundraising $2,218$19,683
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,521 · Management $2,851$4,372
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $130,411 · Management $190 · Fundraising $119$130,720
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $450,505 · Management $64,073 · Fundraising $40,055$554,633
Part X · Balance sheet $211,111 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $27,436$29,809
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $162,013$82,151
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,600$3,200
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $83,170$79,660
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $956$956
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $18,270$15,335
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $293,445$211,111
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $33,295$3,805
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $18,270$15,335
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $51,565$19,140
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $241,880$191,971
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $241,880$191,971
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $293,445$211,111
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $191,971 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$504,724
XI-2 Total expenses$554,633
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$49,909
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$241,880
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$191,971

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