Ezer Initiative FY2021 filing

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Hampton, VA501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 83-0849639Revenue $569K in FY2021

On file with the IRStheezerinitiative.comPo Box 8071, 23666-8071 · Hampton, VATax-exempt since Jul 2021Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Emergency Services Food Assistance Help needed people and/or families get groceries or something to eat for up to 2 days. Financial Assistance Provides emergency financial assistance when funds are available. Safe Shelter Provide a room or hotel for one or two nights. Future Goal - Ezer Emergency Shelter Stabilization Food & Financial Assistance Find a Home connect and advocate for people and families in need with programs that have transitional and permanent housing. Dream - Back on Your Feet Discipleship Program assist and advocate for people wanting to work and get a job, including resume writing, interview skills & life skills training, connecting them with companies hiring, jobs fairs, and assisting with transportation. Ezer Transitional Housing - Minimal cost all-inclusive Ezer-managed housing, aid with furnishings, ongoing need assessment, development and maintenance of healthy habits, including life skills training, budgeting, financial management, and oversight SUPPORT, and pa

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
98¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$45K 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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FY2021 · 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 $25K a year · 6% 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
98%
of spending
Looks good: 98% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$45K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.9 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $15K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$668
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 5 voting members
Concern: none of 5 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$569K
Spent
$534K
To programs
98%
Net assets
$43K
By yearFY2021–FY2024
Revenue
$569K
FY2021
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$569K
FY2023$257K
FY2024$100K
Expenses
$534K
FY2021
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$534K
FY2023$241K
FY2024Not on file
Net assets
$43K
FY2021
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$43K
FY2023$10K
FY2024$9K

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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jul 2021.

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

Where the money goes

98 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 98% · $526K Management & general 2% · $8K Fundraising 0% · $530

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

8 people listed on the 990; $45K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Dir.
$24,440Pt VII · Sec A
Assistant Director
$15,500Pt VII · Sec A
$4,800Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kecia St Clair’s $22K as Executive Dir. is at the 50th 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.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2021
Kecia St Clair$22,330$24,440
Ashley Staley$15,300$15,500
Rachel Causey—$4,800

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides emergency food, shelter, and financial aid, plus job and housing assistance.

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1 program · $526K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

193 Community referrals 32 placements 223 emergency service recipients 28 discharges 336 advocacy recipients 402 initial contact 50 currently housed 0 ENDLESS Employment participants 780 annual outreach recipients 31 food pantry clients served 2,340 hot meals distributed TOTAL IMPACT 2,130 UNDUPLICATED INDIVIDUALS

$526Kprogram 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 · FY2022
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$15K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$569K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$373K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$197K
Money outPt IX
$534K
Ln 25
Programscol B$526K
Managementcol C$8K
Fundraisingcol D$530
Owns and owesPt X
$43K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$39K
Total assetsLn 16$44K
LiabilitiesLn 26$668
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$373K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$197K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$569K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$39K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$39K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$5K
Total assetsLn 16$44K
LiabilitiesLn 26$668
Net assetsLn 32$43K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 630
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$7K$39K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$13K$44K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K$668
Net assetsLn 32$11K$43K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
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$40K$36K$4K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$5K$4K$480
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$598$538$60
Payroll taxesLn 10$3K$3K$342
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$525$525
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$6K$6K$641
Information technologyLn 14$1K$1K$117
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$53$48$5
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$78$70$8
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$469K$469K
All other expensesLn 24e$9K$6K$2K$530
Total functional expensesLn 25$534K$526K$8K$530

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $100K$9K 990 PDF
FY2023 $257K$241K$16K$10K 990 PDF
FY2022 Not on file
FY2021 Viewing $569K$534K$35K$43K 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 FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $569,378 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $318,141$372,779
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $182,498$196,599
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $500,639$569,378
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,744$48,761
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $486,856$485,623
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $488,600$534,384
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $12,039$34,994
Part VI · Governance 0 of 5 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $569,378 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$372,779
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$372,779
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $196,599$196,599
VIII-3 Investment income$0
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $196,599$569,378
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $534,384 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
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 $35,946 · Management $3,994$39,940
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $4,320 · Management $480$4,800
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $538 · Management $60$598
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,081 · Management $342$3,423
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $525$525
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,771 · Management $641$6,412
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,058 · Management $117$1,175
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $48 · Management $5$53
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $70 · Management $8$78
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 Insurance$0
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $468,758$468,758
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $6,143 · Management $1,949 · Fundraising $530$8,622
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $525,733 · Management $8,121 · Fundraising $530$534,384
Part X · Balance sheet $44,146 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $7,073$39,038
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $6,408$5,108
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $13,481$44,146
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$168
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,000$500
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,000$668
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $11,481$43,478
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $13,481$44,146
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $43,478 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$569,378
XI-2 Total expenses$534,384
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$34,994
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$11,481
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$2,997
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$43,478

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