Austin Skyline Foundation FY2020 filing

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Round Rock, TX501(c)(3)Arts & CultureEIN 82-1437939Revenue $927K in FY2020

On file with the IRSaustinskylinefoundation.org2650 Gattis School Rd Ste 700, 78664-2037 · Round Rock, TXTax-exempt since Jan 2018Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Aims to cultivate friendship and promote mutual understanding through its unique services to the community. We strive to build strong connections between Turkish and Americancultures

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
34¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$159K 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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FY2020 · 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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $371K a year · 26% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
34%
of spending
Concern: 34% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$159K
to officers and key staff · 27% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 27% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $289K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$189K
19% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 19% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$927K
Spent
$578K
To programs
34%
Net assets
$813K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$927K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$927K
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$2.0M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$1.8M
Expenses
$578K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$578K
FY2021$681K
FY2022$802K
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.5M
FY2025$1.6M
Net assets
$813K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$813K
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$2.6M
FY2023$2.7M
FY2024$2.4M
FY2025$2.7M

From the FY2020 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 Jan 2018.

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

Where the money goes

34 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 34% · $194K Management & general 15% · $89K Fundraising 5% · $26K

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

14 people listed on the 990; $159K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$46,603Pt VII · Sec A
Community Engagement
$44,000Pt VII · Sec A
$31,167Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$25,000Pt VII · Sec A
Facility Manager
$12,000Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Omer Kara’s $49K as Director is at the 4th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3925 $1–10M arts & culture 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2021FY2020
Omer Kara$49,253$25,000
Abdulkadir Akkus$46,333$46,603
Seyid N Erkal$22,770$44,000
Abdullah Boztas$16,667$31,167
Mesut Kocak—$12,000

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Fosters friendship and understanding between Turkish and American cultures through community services.

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3 programs · $153K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Young Professionals Opportunities for Young Professionals to network and receive training on cultureal aspects of working in the United States and other support services.

$99Kprogram expense
02

Engagement The Foundation provides an opportunity for families to come together for an educational retreat

$49Kprogram expense
03

Youth Academy After school opportunities for local youth/young adults grades 6 through college, including tutoring, emotional development and reading and support services

$4Kprogram 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 2 funders$289K
Grants paid · 46 grants · $1.2M · 2020–2025
Alliance for Shared Values INCNJ · FY2025$110,000
Rain Drop Foundation -HoustonFY2025$27,000
Respect Graduate SchoolPA · FY2025$20,000
Austin Community CollegeFY2025$18,223
St Edward's UniversityFY2025$12,932
Texas State UniversityFY2025$6,253
Unitemized GrantFY2025$5,500
Friends of Gt ParksFY2025$5,272
Individual RecipientFY2024$80,000
The Journalists and Writers FFY2024$66,500
Unitemized GrantFY2024$8,400
Rain Drop Foundation HoustonFY2024$7,800
Unitemized GrantFY2024$7,200
Unitemized GrantFY2024$7,200
Unitemized GrantFY2024$6,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$6,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$5,650
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$927K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$831K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$96K
Investment incomeLn 3$24
Money outPt IX
$578K
Ln 25
Programscol B$194K
Managementcol C$89K
Fundraisingcol D$26K
Owns and owesPt X
$813K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$297K
Total assetsLn 16$1.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$189K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$831K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$96K
Investment incomeLn 3$24
Total revenueLn 12$927K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$297K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$297K
Other assetsLn 15$93K
Total assetsLn 16$1.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$189K
Net assetsLn 32$813K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 57
VolunteersI 6245
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$28K$297K
Total assetsLn 16$483K$1.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$19K$189K
Net assetsLn 32$464K$813K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$500$500
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$188K$188K
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$159K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$11K
Management feesLn 11a$17K$17K
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$5K$5K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$8K$9K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$9K$8K$1K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$70K$5K$65K$3K
TravelLn 17$2K$2K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$660$660
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$102K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$578K$194K$89K$26K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.8M$1.6M$239K$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.2M$1.5M−$262K$2.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.3M$1.2M$74K$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.0M$802K$1.2M$2.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.3M$681K$595K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $927K$578K$348K$813K 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
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $926,960 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $799,063$830,699
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $97,863$96,237
I-10 Investment income$24
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $896,926$926,960
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $155,965$188,977
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $91,120$170,088
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $396,698$219,406
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $643,783$578,471
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $253,143$348,489
Part VI · Governance 6 of 9 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $926,960 across 5 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $16,750 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$830,699
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$830,699
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Excluded from tax $79,487$79,487
VIII-3 Investment income$24
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $79,487$926,960
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $578,471 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $500$500
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $188,477$188,477
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 staff$158,770
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxes$11,318
IX-11a Management feesFundraising $17,401$17,401
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $4,777$4,777
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $8,838$8,145
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $2,830$2,830
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $7,799 · Fundraising $1,423$9,222
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $5,269 · Management $64,764 · Fundraising $2,866$70,033
IX-17 TravelManagement $2,491$2,491
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsFundraising $1,587$1,587
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $660$660
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$102,260
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $194,246 · Management $89,329 · Fundraising $26,107$578,471
Part X · Balance sheet $1,001,619 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $27,785$296,606
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $221,572$514,796
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $161,981$92,371
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $5,022$5,022
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $67,000$92,824
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $483,360$1,001,619
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $19,006$188,776
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $19,006$188,776
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $464,354$812,843
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $464,354$812,843
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $483,360$1,001,619
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $812,843 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$926,960
XI-2 Total expenses$578,471
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$348,489
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$464,354
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$812,843

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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