Power Changes Lives INC FY2019 filing

IRS exemption revoked

Morris Plains, NJUnknown exempt organizationEIN 83-1855848Revenue $407K in FY2019

On file with the IRSpowerchangeslives.com403 Welsh Pl · Morris Plains, NJ

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POWER's (People Organized Working Evolving Reaching) mission is to give low-income minority and underserved communities the capacity to build and thrive eliminating disparities in aging education finance food insecurity health housing wellness and social justice and reform. Our significant activities include: 1. Senior Connect: Providing life-saving technology with pre-programmed Kindle Fire tablets to seniors ages 65+. The tablets connect to telehealth providers for chronic disease management ordering groceries ordering medications and community family wellness checks. Over 8,000 tablets distributed. 2. Project F.E.E.D. (Friends Ensuring Every Dinner): Providing nutritious USDA approved food boxes to those food insecure primarily in low-income minority and underserved communities. Annually over 9,000 food boxes have been distributed through pop-up locations and drive-thrus in response to COVID-19 and keeping our volunteers and staff safe while assisting the community.

18¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2019 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
Revoked
IRS exemption revoked
Concern: the IRS revoked its tax exemption.
IRS Auto-Revocation List
Latest return
FY2020
latest Form 990
Concern: the latest return is for FY2020, 6 tax years back; more than 4 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Spent on programs
18%
of spending
Concern: 18% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $18
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$301K
75% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 75% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 3 voting members
Concern: none of 3 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$407K
Spent
$306K
To programs
18%
Net assets
$101K
By yearFY2019–FY2020
Revenue
$407K
FY2019
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$407K
FY2020$198K
Net assets
$101K
FY2019
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019$101K
FY2020$11K

From the FY2019 Form 990 · see the original

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IRS revoked this organization's tax-exempt status on May 15, 2024
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Is it real?

No. The IRS revoked its tax exemption. Latest filing on record: FY2020.

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

Where the money goes

18 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 18% · $56K Management & general 44% · $136K

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

1 person listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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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

Empowers underserved communities with resources for health, education, and social justice.

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3 programs · $52K · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Provides FREE instruments with virtual music instruction to low-income minority and underserved K-12 students throughout the United States.

$25Kprogram expense
02

Providing FREE meals to those food insecure; drive-thru food box distribution food truck rental and selling of meals to general public at cost.

$24Kprogram expense
03

General Fundraising Fund for non-program specific donations throughout the year.

$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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$18
Grants paid · 3 grants · $149K · 2019–2019
Unitemized GrantFY2019$114,300
Unitemized GrantFY2019$23,500
Unitemized GrantFY2019$11,200

By the numbers

The FY2019 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$407K
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$362K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$45K
Money outPt IX
$306K
Ln 25
Programscol B$56K
Managementcol C$136K
Owns and owesPt X
$101K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$141K
Total assetsLn 16$402K
LiabilitiesLn 26$301K
PeoplePt VI, VII
1
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$45K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Other incomeLn 4–11$362K
Total revenueLn 12$407K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$141K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$141K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$402K
LiabilitiesLn 26$301K
Net assetsLn 32$101K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 615
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY19End FY19
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$25K$141K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$133K$402K
LiabilitiesLn 26$133K$301K
Net assetsLn 32$0$101K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$152K$38K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$110K$0$110K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0$0$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$14K$14K$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$4K$4K$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$7K$0$7K$0
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$19K$0$19K$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$306K$56K$136K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2020 Latest $198K$11K 990 PDF
FY2019 Viewing $407K$306K$101K$101K 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 FY2019 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $407,100 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$45,000
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$362,100
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $0$407,100
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$152,350
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$110,000
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $0$43,580
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $0$305,930
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $0$101,170
Part VI · Governance 0 of 3 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $407,100 across 13 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$15,000
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$30,000
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$45,000
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $362,100$362,100
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $362,100$407,100
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $305,930 across 28 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $38,050$152,350
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $110,000 · Fundraising $0$110,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $14,000 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$14,000
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $3,500 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,500
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $6,880 · Fundraising $0$6,880
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $19,200 · Fundraising $0$19,200
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $55,550 · Management $136,080 · Fundraising $0$305,930
Part X · Balance sheet $402,340 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $25,000$141,170
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $15,000$234,170
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $18,000$22,500
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $75,360$4,500
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $133,360$402,340
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $66,560$112,170
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $66,800$189,000
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $133,360$301,170
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $0$101,170
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $0$101,170
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $133,360$402,340
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $101,170 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$407,100
XI-2 Total expenses$305,930
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$101,170
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$0
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$101,170

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2019 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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