Making a Change Group EIN 80-0779697 Form 990 (PDF) Claim this org

Making a Change Group FY2022 filing

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Empowering youth, strengthening families, and connecting communities in Chester and surrounding areas. For fiscal year 2022 it reported $589K in revenue, $524K in expenses, and $155K in net assets.Pt I

Type
Public charity (501(c)(3)) · Youth Development
Location
Chester, PA
Filings
5 on file (2020–2022)
Revenue
$589KFY2022
Expenses
$524K
Net assets
$155K
People
11
Filings
5
Updates
0
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EIN  80-0779697 Public charity (501(c)(3)) Chester, PA
Form 990 (PDF)
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Size
$1–10M
What they do
Empowering youth, strengthening families, and connecting communities in Chester and surrounding areas.
Leadership
Cory Long · Executive Director · $84K
Money in and out
$589K revenue, $524K expenses
Bottom line
73% program efficiency
Where the money goes · FY2022
Total revenue
$589K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$524K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$155K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $65K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
Program services $0.73 Management & general $0.26 Fundraising $0.02
Program efficiency
73%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
3.3mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
+11%
revenue over expenses, this year

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2022 · Form 990
Revenue
$589K
FY2022▲ +50%
Expenses
$524K
FY2022▲ +44%
Total assets
$186K
FY2022▲ +87%
Total liabilities
$31K
FY2022▲ +236%
Total revenue
$589K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$524K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$155K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$65K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$186K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B73%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 310
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 410

Identity & Classification

Form 990 Header · IRS Business Master File
Legal nameHdr · item CMaking a Change Group
EINHdr · item D80-0779697
Principal addressHdr · item CChester, PA
WebsiteHdr · item Jnone reported
Year of formationHdr · item Lpending
State of legal domicileHdr · item MPA
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
NTEE classificationIRS BMFYouth Development (O50)
Ruling yearIRS BMFFeb 2017

Governance & Policies

Part VI
Voting members of the governing bodyPt VI · Ln 1a10
Independent voting membersPt VI · Ln 1b10
Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aYes
Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13Yes
Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14No
CEO/top-official compensation independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Family or business relationships among officers/directorsPt VI · Ln 2No

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$84,000Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Cory Long’s $87K as Executive Di is at the 17th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1547 $1–10M youth development 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Cory Long$87,150$84,800$84,000$69,600
Cory Long$44,350
Ricky Taylor$13,831

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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Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

3 program services account for $367K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2022.
01

Gvine

Gun violence intervention empowerment network is designed to provide support to the target age groups of 14-24 by doing the following: street outreach and violence INTERVENTIONIST.IDENTIFICATION and engagement with individuals in our community who are more likely to become victims and or perpetrators of gun violence.

$165Kprogram expense
02

Connect Visions

Offers direct services to the youth as well as adults in households in which youth reside. Designed for thirty five low to moderate income households and supported in large part via a community development block grant from delaware county.

$150Kprogram expense
03

Team Mac

Making a change group's development program. We provide program participants with relationships and real world experiences as well as educational workshops and other resources that the youth would otherwise not have access to.

$51Kprogram expense

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Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Contributions & grants$469K · 80%
Program service revenue$119K · 20%
Contributions & grants80%$469K
Program service revenue20%$119K
Investment income$8
Other revenue$2K
— government grantsLn 1e$7K
Total revenueLn 12$589K

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.73 Management & general $0.26 Fundraising $0.02
Program services73%$380K
Management & general26%$135K
Fundraising2%$9K
Total functional expensesLn 25$524K

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1$144K
Total assetsLn 16$186K
Total liabilitiesLn 26$31K
Total net assetsLn 32$155K
Months of cash on handcomputed3.3

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2022 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $144K · Operating expenses/yr $524K
3.3 months
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $380K · Total expenses $524K
73%
Management & General
Management & general $135K · Total expenses $524K
26%
Fundraising
Fundraising $9K · Total expenses $524K
2%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense (3-yr avg) $17K · Solicited contributions (3-yr avg) $294K
$0.06 to raise $1 (3-yr avg)
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $469K · Total revenue $589K
80%
Government reliance
Government grants $7K · Total revenue $589K
1%
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $119K · Total revenue $589K
20%
Investment reliance
Investment income $8 · Total revenue $589K
<0.01%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $119K · Total expenses $524K
23%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $589K · Prior year $393K
+50%
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $155K · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $589K · Expenses $524K
+11%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $186K
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $155K · Total assets $186K
83%
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) — · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) — · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $186K
Excludes program-related investments (Pt X, ln 13)
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Cory Long · Reported title EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · Highest reported compensation $84K · Total expenses $524K
16%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $302K · Total expenses $524K
58%
Peer comparison

Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 73%
Overhead ratio 26%
Fundraising cost ratio 2%
Revenue growth 50%
Accounting fee ratio 4%

Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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Filings & Schedule Manifest

Part IV
III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
FY2024 (Latest)$1.0M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2023$850K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2022$589K revenue · viewing · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2021$393K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2020$227K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF

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Sources

Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2022IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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