Area Churches Together Serving Acts INC

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The organization served 11,231 households with emergency assistance representing 18,704 individuals in Aiken County, SC in 2020. Services include food, clothing, utility and medical assistance, transportation, childcare scholarship, furniture and housewares. 12,586 volunteer hours were recorded. The total community impact of ACTS programs and services was $359,204.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 484 volunteers and 19 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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FY2024 · 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
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $207K a year · 20% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$95K
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
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $1.3M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 4.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $44K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$12K
0.7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
18
of 18 voting members
Looks good: 18 of 18 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.2M
+18% vs prior year
Spent
$921K
To programs
90%
Net assets
$1.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.2M
FY2024▲ +18%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$906K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$1.2M
Expenses
$921K
FY2024▲ +0.9%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$770K
FY2021$782K
FY2022$880K
FY2023$912K
FY2024$921K
Net assets
$1.7M
FY2024▲ +22%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$776K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.7M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Dec 1986.

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

Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $825K Management & general 6% · $54K Fundraising 4% · $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

19 people listed on the 990; $95K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$95,433Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Suzanne Jackson’s $95K as Executive Dir. is at the 31st percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Suzanne Jackson$95,433$92,532$88,963$75,731$81,966

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

Provides emergency food, clothing, utility, medical, and transportation aid to Aiken County households.

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3 programs · $804K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

The organization provided services in the form of food, clothing, medical an dental assistance, utility assistance, rent assistance, furniture and housewares and transportation in 2024. 17,328 volunteer hours were recorded. The total value of the volunteer hours to operating acts programs and services was $580,315.

$483Kprogram expense
02

Acts operates three food programs. The food pantry is open five days a week to help clients who are food insecure. The senior food program operates the third saturday of every month and serves approximately 348 qualified seniors with a weeks worth of supplemental food (food for 21 meals per week).

$191Kprogram expense
03

Acts provides emergency utility assistance including utility payments, portable fans and portable electric heaters to individuals and families in need of supplemental assistance. When it is established that the client is qualified, utility companies are contacted to verify the bill and overdue status.

$130Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$44K
Grants paid · 15 grants · $1.5M · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$190,750
Unitemized GrantFY2024$130,357
Unitemized GrantFY2024$20,689
Unitemized GrantFY2023$218,461
Unitemized GrantFY2023$85,167
Unitemized GrantFY2023$24,960
Unitemized GrantFY2022$189,365
Unitemized GrantFY2022$104,594
Unitemized GrantFY2022$24,067
Unitemized GrantFY2021$170,953
Unitemized GrantFY2021$84,237
Unitemized GrantFY2021$17,630
Unitemized GrantFY2020$137,282
Unitemized GrantFY2020$105,362
Unitemized GrantFY2020$21,049

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$834K
Other incomeLn 4–11$308K
Investment incomeLn 3$57K
Money outPt IX
$921K
Ln 25
Programscol B$825K
Managementcol C$54K
Fundraisingcol D$41K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$305K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12K
PeoplePt VI, VII
19
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a18
IndependentVI 1b18
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$834K
Investment incomeLn 3$57K
Other incomeLn 4–11$308K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$1.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$305K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$305K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$71K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12K
Net assetsLn 32$1.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 519
VolunteersI 6484
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
EndowmentSch D · Pt V
LineFY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
End of yearLn 1g$703K$657K$595K$567K$348K
Given inLn 1b$108K$177K$25
SpentLn 1d–1f$7K$7K$7K$5K$4K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$380K$305K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$907K$1.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$85K$71K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$404$12K
Net assetsLn 32$1.4M$1.7M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$342K$342K
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$95K$72K$10K$14K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$281K$253K$19K$9K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$15K$13K$895$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$26K$22K$2K$2K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$33K$24K$6K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$70K$58K$7K$5K
TravelLn 17$0
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$15K$11K$2K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$13K$11K$1K$725
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$30K$19K$8K$3K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$921K$825K$54K$41K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Sep 6, 2025 $1.2M$921K$278K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Oct 14, 2024 $1.0M$912K$101K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Aug 17, 2023 $1.1M$880K$239K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Oct 7, 2022 $1.1M$782K$283K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Sep 30, 2021 $906K$770K$135K$776K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,198,280 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $698,685$833,574
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $19,865$57,060
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $295,177$307,646
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,013,727$1,198,280
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $328,588$341,796
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $408,888$418,035
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $174,954$160,697
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $912,430$920,528
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $101,297$277,752
Part VI · Governance 18 of 18 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body18
VI-1b Independent voting members18
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 $1,198,280 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $302,794 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$42,360
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$791,214
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$833,574
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $57,060$57,060
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$4,852
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $359,854$1,198,280
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $920,528 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $341,796$341,796
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 $71,575 · Management $9,543 · Fundraising $14,315$95,433
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $253,054 · Management $18,873 · Fundraising $9,452$281,379
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $12,678 · Management $895 · Fundraising $1,342$14,915
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $22,362 · Management $1,578 · Fundraising $2,368$26,308
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $24,216 · Management $5,583 · Fundraising $3,403$33,202
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $58,162 · Management $6,557 · Fundraising $5,267$69,986
IX-17 Travel$0
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 amortizationPrograms $11,066 · Management $2,184 · Fundraising $1,311$14,561
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $10,826 · Management $1,391 · Fundraising $725$12,942
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $19,302 · Management $7,589 · Fundraising $3,115$30,006
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $825,037 · Management $54,193 · Fundraising $41,298$920,528
Part X · Balance sheet $1,678,308 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $379,686$305,305
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $85,225$70,664
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $906,501$1,302,339
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 $1,371,412$1,678,308
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $404$12,411
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $404$12,411
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,371,008$1,665,897
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,371,008$1,665,897
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,371,412$1,678,308
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,665,897 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,198,280
XI-2 Total expenses$920,528
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$277,752
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,371,008
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$19,239
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$2,102
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,665,897

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