Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jun 2020.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
98 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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; $127K paid to officers and key staff.
Melissa Helmbrecht’s $111K as Executive Di is at the 25th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2832 $1–10M community development 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
| Name | FY2024 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melissa Helmbrecht | $110,833 | $63,333 | $13,333 |
| William Helmbrecht | $27,000 | — | — |
| Domenic Merendino | — | — | $3,333 |
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
Invests in communities by supporting change-makers, social justice advocates, and programs for local children and families.
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First star education, formally known as the south jersey first star collaborative partners with rowan university and rutgers university to increase the college graduation rate among foster youth by preparing them through a college exposure program and supporting the whole family with resources, education and life coaching.
To provide long term supportive services for youth who has faced hardships.
To create opportunities for our communities to thrive, and replicate our model across the nation and around the globe.
Grant writing & journalism focuses on hiring student intern journalist to write stories for following south jersey, which is a hyperlocal news and digital advocacy platform with the mission of informing and engaging the community by shining a spotlight on the plight, challenges, successes and needs of people living in southern new jersey.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
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By the numbers
The FY2022 990, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest | $1.7M | $1.6M | $111K | $242K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $45K | $131K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 Viewing | $760K | $830K | −$70K | −$40K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $205K | $105K | $100K | $103K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $815 | $815 | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2022 990 (1 part)
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 4 to look at
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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