Genunity exists to shift our civic culture and to activate the leadership potential of everyday adults. We bring residents together across differences to build trust, collective knowledge, and power to drive change on the issues most impacting our communities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
70¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$147K 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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FY2023 · 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
3 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $89K a year · 11% of revenue · last 4 filings
Fine: a surplus in 3 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 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
$147K
to officers and key staff · 24% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 24% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
9
named funders · $637K
Looks good: 9 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$4K
0.9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 3 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$862K
+157% vs prior year
Spent
$612K
To programs
70%
Net assets
$403K
By yearFY2022–FY2025
Revenue
$862K
FY2023▲ +157%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2022$335K
FY2023$862K
FY2024$839K
FY2025$1.3M
Expenses
$612K
FY2023▲ +105%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2022$299K
FY2023$612K
FY2024$984K
FY2025$1.1M
Net assets
$403K
FY2023▲ +105%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2022$196K
FY2023$403K
FY2024$434K
FY2025$650K

From the FY2023 Form 990 (year ending June 2023) · 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 Feb 2022.

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Where the money goes

70 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 70% · $427K Management & general 21% · $127K Fundraising 10% · $59K

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

3 people listed on the 990; $147K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
President
$80,795Pt VII · Sec A
$65,829Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jerren Chang’s $111K as President 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Jerren Chang$111,077$99,377$80,795$63,000
Ilona Rabovsky$97,364———
Nimisha Ganesh——$65,829$63,000

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

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

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Connects adults to build an inclusive community where everyone belongs.

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3 programs · $336K · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Lifetime- through the facilitated, inquiry-based conversations that members engage in throughout the program connect people's lived experiences to the systems and power structures that shape them. In the process, folks uncover "why" issues persist in their community and "how" they can use their power to drive change.

$154Kprogram expense
02

Health equity- genunity issue-focused community leadership programs (E.G., health equity in boston) center lived experience and connection, bringing together proximate experts who have experienced the issue firsthand and siloed experts working in institutions to address them.

$141Kprogram expense
03

Housing-through facilitated whole-cohort meetings and small group discussions with community partners, members gain understanding of community needs, how service provision meets or fails to meet those needs, how policy and funding shape the status quo, and how they can use their own individual positionality and collective power to take…

$41Kprogram expense

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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 · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$862K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$862K
Money outPt IX
$612K
Ln 25
Programscol B$427K
Managementcol C$127K
Fundraisingcol D$59K
Owns and owesPt X
$403K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$347K
Total assetsLn 16$407K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$862K
Total revenueLn 12$862K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$347K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$347K
Other assetsLn 15$544
Total assetsLn 16$407K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K
Net assetsLn 32$403K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 59
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$117K$347K
Total assetsLn 16$232K$407K
LiabilitiesLn 26$36K$4K
Net assetsLn 32$196K$403K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$380K$289K$49K$42K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$36K$27K$4K$4K
Payroll taxesLn 10$29K$22K$4K$3K
Legal feesLn 11b$24K$24K
Accounting feesLn 11c$8K$8K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$69K$47K$16K$5K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$380$2K$68
Office expensesLn 13$11K$8K$2K$1K
Information technologyLn 14$4K$3K$512$454
OccupancyLn 16$4K$3K$566$397
TravelLn 17$5K$379$4K$2
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1K$265$740
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$1K$211$175
InsuranceLn 23$2K$1K$345$211
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$33K$22K$11K
All other expensesLn 24e$3K$2K$1K$213
Total functional expensesLn 25$612K$427K$127K$59K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.3M$1.1M$216K$650K 990 PDF
FY2024 $839K$984K−$144K$434K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $862K$612K$249K$403K 990 PDF
FY2022 $335K$299K$36K$196K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $861,663 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $335,288$861,663
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $335,288$861,663
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $221,321$444,929
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $78,150$167,529
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $299,471$612,458
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $35,817$249,205
Part VI · Governance 3 of 5 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members3
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 $861,663 across 3 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$861,663
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$861,663
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$861,663
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $612,458 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $288,746 · Management $48,802 · Fundraising $42,487$380,035
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $27,330 · Management $4,391 · Fundraising $4,209$35,930
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $22,016 · Management $3,712 · Fundraising $3,236$28,964
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $24,424$24,424
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $8,135$8,135
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $46,925 · Management $16,424 · Fundraising $5,250$68,599
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $380 · Management $1,799 · Fundraising $68$2,247
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $8,374 · Management $1,754 · Fundraising $1,306$11,434
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,099 · Management $512 · Fundraising $454$4,065
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,626 · Management $566 · Fundraising $397$3,589
IX-17 TravelPrograms $379 · Management $4,344 · Fundraising $2$4,725
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $265 · Fundraising $740$1,005
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,210 · Management $211 · Fundraising $175$1,596
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,454 · Management $345 · Fundraising $211$2,010
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $22,216 · Management $10,570$32,786
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,629 · Management $1,072 · Fundraising $213$2,914
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $426,649 · Management $127,061 · Fundraising $58,748$612,458
Part X · Balance sheet $406,774 assets, 12 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $117,158$346,686
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $114,917$55,667
X-14 Intangible assets$3,877
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $268$544
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $232,343$406,774
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,043$3,585
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $35,000$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $36,043$3,585
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $35,817$289,272
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $160,483$113,917
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $196,300$403,189
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $232,343$406,774
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $403,189 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$861,663
XI-2 Total expenses$612,458
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$249,205
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$196,300
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$42,316
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$403,189

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