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Begin Anew

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Nashville, TN501(c)(3)Since 2003Religion EIN 76-0718734Revenue $895K in FY2025

On file with the IRSbeginanew.org1111 Foster Ave, 37210-4405 · Nashville, TNTax-exempt since Mar 2003Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Begin Anew empowers individuals to overcome obstacles caused by poverty by providing education, mentoring, and resources.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 203 volunteers and 18 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
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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $93K a year · 13% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
Looks good: 82% 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 · 13% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 83% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 10.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $23K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$88K
8% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 8% 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
$895K
+55% vs prior year
Spent
$672K
To programs
82%
Net assets
$1.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$895K
FY2025▲ +55%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$639K
FY2021$716K
FY2022$745K
FY2023$591K
FY2024$576K
FY2025$895K
Expenses
$672K
FY2025▲ +7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$566K
FY2021$564K
FY2022$566K
FY2023$615K
FY2024$625K
FY2025$672K
Net assets
$1.1M
FY2025▲ +28%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$536K
FY2021$695K
FY2022$870K
FY2023$861K
FY2024$821K
FY2025$1.1M

From the FY2025 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2003.

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

Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $548K Management & general 14% · $97K Fundraising 4% · $27K

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

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

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Pam Bryant
Executive Di
$87,892Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Leslie Lenser
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Kelvin Ault
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Kate Madden
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Pam Bryant’s $88K as Executive Di is at the 83rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 2133 $100K–1M religion 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Pam Bryant$87,892$83,202————
Heather Norvell—$25,434$80,332$79,277$75,763$73,600

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

Provides education, mentoring, and resources to help people overcome poverty's challenges.

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1 program · $548K · in their own filed words · FY2025
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Begin anew (formerly christian women's job corps of middle tennessee) was established in 1997 and received 501(c)(3) status in 2003. The organization rebranded as begin anew in 2016 and legally changed its name to begin anew in 2024.

$548Kprogram 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
United Way of Middle Tennessee INCFY2025$23K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$23K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$895K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$900K
Investment incomeLn 3$25K
Money outPt IX
$672K
Ln 25
Programscol B$548K
Managementcol C$97K
Fundraisingcol D$27K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$557K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$88K
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$900K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$249K
Investment incomeLn 3$25K
Gains on assetsLn 7$553
Total revenueLn 12$895K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$66K
SavingsLn 2$491K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$557K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$511K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$37K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$88K
Net assetsLn 32$1.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 518
VolunteersI 6203
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$543K$557K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$260K$511K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$26K$37K
Total assetsLn 16$905K$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$85K$88K
Net assetsLn 32$821K$1.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$85K$64K$21K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$395K$359K$15K$21K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$12K$11K$1K$518
Payroll taxesLn 10$39K$34K$3K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$10K$10K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$30K$30K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$2K$644$605
Office expensesLn 13$11K$9K$2K$123
Information technologyLn 14$9K$5K$3K$1K
OccupancyLn 16$5K$4K$1K
TravelLn 17$2K$2K$40$150
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$9K$7K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$7K$5K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$50K$42K$6K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$5K$5K
Total functional expensesLn 25$672K$548K$97K$27K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $895K$672K$223K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $576K$625K−$49K$821K 990 PDF
FY2023 $591K$615K−$23K$861K 990 PDF
FY2022 $745K$566K$180K$870K 990 PDF
FY2021 $716K$564K$152K$695K 990 PDF
FY2020 $639K$566K$74K$536K 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $894,778 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $581,794$899,861
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $23,459$24,507
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$29,749−$29,590
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $575,504$894,778
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $500,106$530,990
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $124,758$140,609
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $624,864$671,599
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$49,360$223,179
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members16
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $894,778 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$23,000
VIII-1c Fundraising events$249,245
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$627,616
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$899,861
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $23,954$23,954
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $553$553
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events−$29,590
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $553 · Excluded from tax $23,954$894,778
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $671,599 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $64,000 · Management $21,392$85,392
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $358,890 · Management $14,559 · Fundraising $21,192$394,641
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $10,636 · Management $1,046 · Fundraising $518$12,200
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $33,622 · Management $3,288 · Fundraising $1,847$38,757
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $10,142$10,142
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $29,744$29,744
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,082 · Management $644 · Fundraising $605$3,331
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $8,582 · Management $2,151 · Fundraising $123$10,856
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $5,128 · Management $2,772 · Fundraising $1,042$8,942
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $4,050 · Management $1,350$5,400
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,764 · Management $40 · Fundraising $150$1,954
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $6,872 · Management $2,291$9,163
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $5,008 · Management $1,670$6,678
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $42,406 · Management $5,544 · Fundraising $1,716$49,666
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $4,733$4,733
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $547,773 · Management $96,633 · Fundraising $27,193$671,599
Part X · Balance sheet $1,141,319 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $56,573$66,233
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $486,832$490,846
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $61,412$27,650
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $14,333$9,025
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $26,045$36,910
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $192,965$509,314
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $66,940$1,341
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $905,100$1,141,319
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $14,899$8,395
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $69,681$79,850
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $84,580$88,245
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $755,674$978,209
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $64,846$74,865
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $820,520$1,053,074
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $905,100$1,141,319
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,053,074 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$894,778
XI-2 Total expenses$671,599
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$223,179
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$820,520
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$6,141
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$3,234
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,053,074

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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