Fair Chance FY2023 filing

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Washington, DC501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 74-3091832

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Strengthen sustainability of community based non-profits to benefit those experiencing poverty.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
62¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$494K 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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $25K a year · 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
62%
of spending
Worth a look: 62% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$494K
to officers and key staff · 20% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 20% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $776K
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$547K
30% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 30% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.1M
-27% vs prior year
Spent
$2.5M
To programs
62%
Net assets
$1.3M
By yearFY2019–FY2024
Revenue
$2.1M
FY2023▼ -27%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$3.5M
FY2020$1.9M
FY2021$1.9M
FY2022$2.9M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$2.0M
Expenses
$2.5M
FY2023▼ -6%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019$2.0M
FY2020$2.4M
FY2021$2.3M
FY2022$2.6M
FY2023$2.5M
FY2024$2.4M
Net assets
$1.3M
FY2023▼ -24%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019$2.3M
FY2020$1.8M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$872K

From the FY2023 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 Jul 2003.

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

Where the money goes

62 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 62% · $1.5M Management & general 15% · $382K Fundraising 23% · $558K

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

21 people listed on the 990; $494K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Chief Executive Officer
$144,724Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Program Officer
$118,038Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Advancement Officer
$116,014Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$114,927Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Gretchen Van Der Veer’s $148K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 72nd 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 · 7 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019
Gretchen Van Der Veer$148,000$144,724$155,119$148,000$144,923$146,072
Ann G Birnbaum Miles$117,840$118,038————
Jason McCray$116,840$114,927$114,978$116,840——
Tamala Scott$116,340$116,014————
Ann Birnbaum Miles——$113,286$111,760$107,893—
J McCray————$105,947—
Neel Saxena———$101,600——

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

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3 programs · $1.0M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Ready for Work Nonprofit Capacity Building Initiative

Ready for work initiative is an invitation-only program for nonprofits in prince george's county, MD. It is a 3-YEAR partnership with selected nonprofits to help improve organizational outcomes and strengthen their capacity to support young people in achieving their goals.

$482Kprogram expense
02

Pathways Partnership

Pathways is an 8-MONTH partnership for small nonprofits (typically with budgets between $50K-$250K) that deepens nonprofit leaders' knowledge and skills across four key areas of an organization (board development, fundraising, leadership & management, and program evaluation) and provides tools and support to advance the organization's…

$270Kprogram expense
03

Praxis partnership- praxis focuses on strengthening leadership and organizational systems across four or more of the following areas: board development, financial management, fundraising, human resources, leadership & management, outreach & communications, planning & strategy, and program evaluation.

$263Kprogram 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 · 3 grants · $75K · 2024–2024
Leep to College FoundationMD · FY2024$25,000
Bcauseican INCMD · FY2024$25,000
Art Works Studio School INCMD · FY2024$25,000

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$470K
Investment incomeLn 3$13K
Money outPt IX
$2.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.5M
Managementcol C$382K
Fundraisingcol D$558K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$736K
Total assetsLn 16$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$547K
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$2K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$452K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$470K
Investment incomeLn 3$13K
Total revenueLn 12$2.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$418K
SavingsLn 2$318K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$736K
Other assetsLn 15$3K
Total assetsLn 16$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$547K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 519
VolunteersI 645
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$720K$736K
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$221K$547K
Net assetsLn 32$1.7M$1.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$309K$221K$42K$46K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.2M$724K$186K$323K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$26K$15K$3K$7K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$144K$81K$27K$37K
Payroll taxesLn 10$119K$73K$18K$28K
Accounting feesLn 11c$63K$63K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$37K$37K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$310K$299K$9K$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$106$76$16$14
Office expensesLn 13$49K$22K$8K$19K
Information technologyLn 14$74K$48K$7K$19K
OccupancyLn 16$49K$30K$8K$12K
TravelLn 17$4K$692$282$3K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$24K$8K$4K$12K
InterestLn 20$1K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$11K$4K$5K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$15K$4K$809$11K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.5M$1.5M$382K$558K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $2.0M$2.4M−$394K$872K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $2.1M$2.5M−$321K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.9M$2.6M$307K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.9M$2.3M−$390K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.9M$2.4M−$548K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2019 $3.5M$2.0M$1.5M$2.3M 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
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,149,664 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$451,516
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,299,663
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,625
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,751,179
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $470,258$470,258
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $13,308$13,308
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$85,081−$85,081
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $470,258 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$71,773$2,149,664
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,470,471 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $221,350 · Management $41,878 · Fundraising $46,083$309,311
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $724,413 · Management $186,239 · Fundraising $323,113$1,233,765
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $15,489 · Management $3,352 · Fundraising $7,005$25,846
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $80,836 · Management $26,614 · Fundraising $36,826$144,276
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $73,160 · Management $17,570 · Fundraising $28,365$119,095
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $63,400$63,400
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $36,900$36,900
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $298,866 · Management $8,529 · Fundraising $2,926$310,321
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $76 · Management $16 · Fundraising $14$106
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $22,052 · Management $8,143 · Fundraising $18,502$48,697
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $48,037 · Management $6,879 · Fundraising $19,061$73,977
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $29,546 · Management $7,730 · Fundraising $11,722$48,998
IX-17 TravelPrograms $692 · Management $282 · Fundraising $3,123$4,097
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $8,319 · Management $3,887 · Fundraising $12,257$24,463
IX-20 InterestManagement $1,082$1,082
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,084 · Management $5,266 · Fundraising $1,366$10,716
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,730 · Management $809 · Fundraising $10,882$15,421
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,530,650 · Management $381,676 · Fundraising $558,145$2,470,471
Part X · Balance sheet $1,812,875 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $313,838$418,088
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $405,719$317,507
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,160,639$1,038,011
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $12,374$36,049
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $3,220$3,220
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,895,790$1,812,875
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $105,478$61,391
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $115,579$298,353
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $221,057$547,385
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $796,254$401,049
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $878,479$864,441
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,674,733$1,265,490
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,895,790$1,812,875
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,265,490 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,149,664
XI-2 Total expenses$2,470,471
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$320,807
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,674,733
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$65,000
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$23,436
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,265,490

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