Ithaca Welcomes Refugees INC

Tax-deductible

Ithaca, NY501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 82-1987282Revenue $349K in FY2024

On file with the IRSithacawelcomesrefugees.org315 N Cayuga St, 14850-4208 · Ithaca, NYTax-exempt since Jun 2018Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Ithaca Welcomes Refugees partners with newly arrived refugees and immigrants as they rebuild their lives in Tompkins County.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
70¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$67K 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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FY2024 · 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 2
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $85K a year · 27% of revenue · last 2 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 2 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
70%
of spending
Fine: 70% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$67K
to officers and key staff · 26% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 65% of similar orgs
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 26% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
12 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 12.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$349K
+30% vs prior year
Spent
$258K
To programs
70%
Net assets
$287K
By yearFY2021–FY2024
Revenue
$349K
FY2024▲ +30%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$116K
FY2022$131K
FY2023$269K
FY2024$349K
Expenses
$258K
FY2024▲ +36%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021Not on file
FY2022Not on file
FY2023$190K
FY2024$258K
Net assets
$287K
FY2024▲ +46%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$87K
FY2022$116K
FY2023$196K
FY2024$287K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jun 2018.

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

Where the money goes

70 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 70% · $180K Management & general 17% · $43K Fundraising 14% · $35K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $67K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$47,180Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Global Roots Play School
$19,359Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair, Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Casey Verderosa’s $47K as Executive Director is at the 35th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Casey Verderosa$47,180$38,850$24,537$14,200
Bronwyn Losey$19,359$23,036$11,694$2,880

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Helps refugees and immigrants rebuild their lives in Tompkins County.

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3 programs · $173K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Global Roots Play School

IWRs Global Roots Play School was established to allow parents of children aged 18 month to 5 years to attend English as a Second Language ESL classes. This part-time school is a play-based, trauma-informed early childcare environment which primarily serves refugee and immigrant families.

$97Kprogram expense
02

Response Projects

Response Projects are teams of 1-4 IWR volunteers assigned to each family or individual with whom IWR works. Each Response Team works with new arrivals towards self-expressed resettlement goals for a period ranging most commonly from 6 months to 2 years and represents the bulk of IWRs work.

$68Kprogram expense
03

IWR established a crisis fund in 2023 to respond to the loss of a father of a family of 6 who had arrived in the US mere weeks earlier. The father was meant to be the familys sole income earner. All four children were still in grade school in 2024.

$8Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$349K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$331K
Other incomeLn 4–11$8K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$7K
Money outPt IX
$258K
Ln 25
Programscol B$180K
Managementcol C$43K
Fundraisingcol D$35K
Owns and owesPt X
$287K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$267K
Total assetsLn 16$287K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$331K
Government grantsLn 1e$66K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$7K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Other incomeLn 4–11$8K
Total revenueLn 12$349K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$133K
SavingsLn 2$133K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$267K
Total assetsLn 16$287K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$287K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$196K$267K
Total assetsLn 16$196K$287K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$196K$287K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$66K$66K
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$67K$27K$19K$20K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$85K$68K$8K$9K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$13K$8K$2K$3K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$75$75
Accounting feesLn 11c$7K$345$7K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$4K$112$2K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$5K$5K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$8K$3K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$4K$2K$380$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$145$145
Total functional expensesLn 25$258K$180K$43K$35K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $349K$258K$91K$287K 990 PDF
FY2023 $269K$190K$79K$196K 990 PDF
FY2022 $131K$116K 990 PDF
FY2021 $116K$87K 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 FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $349,328 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $259,543$331,019
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $9,608$6,815
I-10 Investment income$3,252
I-11 Other revenue$8,242
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $269,151$349,328
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $46,699$66,251
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $119,971$164,704
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $23,445$27,470
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $190,115$258,425
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $79,036$90,903
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $349,328 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$2,303
VIII-1e Government grants$66,360
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$262,356
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$331,019
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)$6,815
VIII-3 Investment income$3,252
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$8,242
VIII-12 Total revenue$349,328
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $258,425 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $66,251$66,251
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 staffPrograms $27,380 · Management $18,872 · Fundraising $20,287$66,539
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $68,276 · Management $7,963 · Fundraising $8,689$84,928
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $8,357 · Management $2,352 · Fundraising $2,528$13,237
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $75$75
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $345 · Management $6,564$6,909
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $112 · Management $1,998 · Fundraising $1,549$3,659
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $5,075$5,075
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,090 · Management $4,504$7,594
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,579 · Management $380 · Fundraising $2,054$4,013
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $145$145
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $180,465 · Management $42,853 · Fundraising $35,107$258,425
Part X · Balance sheet $286,598 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $195,695$133,346
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$133,252
X-4 Accounts receivable$20,000
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $195,695$286,598
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $121,365$198,799
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $74,330$87,799
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $195,695$286,598
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $195,695$286,598
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $286,598 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$349,328
XI-2 Total expenses$258,425
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$90,903
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$195,695
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$286,598

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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