Delaware Valley Fairness Project FY2021 filing

Tax-deductible

Philadelphia, PA501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 81-1289427Revenue $133K in FY2021

On file with the IRSdvfairness.org2101 Market St, 19103-1333 · Philadelphia, PATax-exempt since Apr 2016Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Providing supplies, material and resources to underprivileged students, their families and their schools.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78

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FY2021 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
FY2026
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2026, this tax year; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $11K a year · 5% of revenue · last 3 filings
Fine: a surplus in 2 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
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Revenue
$133K
-65% vs prior year
Net assets
$141K
By yearFY2020–FY2026
Revenue
$133K
FY2021▼ -65%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$380K
FY2021$133K
FY2022$204K
FY2023$76K
FY2024$68K
FY2025$91K
FY2026$142K
Expenses
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FY2021
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$271K
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$289K
FY2023Not on file
FY2024Not on file
FY2025Not on file
FY2026$132K
Net assets
$141K
FY2021▼ -51%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$284K
FY2021$141K
FY2022$56K
FY2023$18K
FY2024$12K
FY2025$17K
FY2026$27K

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2026. IRS ruling in Apr 2016.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

4 people listed on the 990-EZ.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Cynthia Smidga’s $31K as Assistant Project Manager is at the 62nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 202 <$100K 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.

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Programs and updates

Supplies underprivileged students, families, and schools with needed resources.

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3 programs · $186K · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

School-specific donation management services; we maintain one or more funds for each of the supported schools for which we and other donate money for use by the school's principal. The total number of funds for the seven schools for which we provided this service was 19.

$102Kprogram expense
02

Home-Delivery Pantry

Twice monthly deliveries of uniquely-packaged food for food-insecure families of K-12 students as identified to us by the schools. Benefitted 230 families.

$49Kprogram expense
03

Emergency Family Assistance

provision of clothing, furniture, rent and utility assistance, emergency housing, home repair assistance, funeral expenses, new-born diapers and clothing to families of K-12 students as identified to us by the schools.

$35Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K
Grants paid · 3 grants · $470K · 2019–2021
Philadelphia Public SchoolsFY2021$278,940
Philadelphia Public SchoolsFY2019$154,274
Unitemized GrantFY2019$37,175

By the numbers

The FY2021 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$133K
Other income$133K
Owns and owes
$141K
net assets
People
4
listed
Paid0
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$133K
Total revenue$133K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Net assets$141K
Operations
Employees10
Volunteers25
Fiscal year endsJune

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2026 Latest $142K$132K$9K$27K 990 PDF
FY2025 $91K$17K 990 PDF
FY2024 $68K$12K 990 PDF
FY2023 $76K$18K 990 PDF
FY2022 $204K$289K−$85K$56K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $133K$141K 990 PDF
FY2020 $380K$271K$109K$284K 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

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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