Community Services Agency

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Reno, NV501(c)(3)Since 1965EIN 88-0095799

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Educational purposes & for the advancement of civic, economic, urban and rural activities to effect permanent improvement to those in poverty.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 500 volunteers and 163 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $632K a year · 5% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$619K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.9 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $70K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.5M
22% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 22% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$13.2M
-7% vs prior year
Spent
$13.0M
To programs
89%
Net assets
$8.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$13.2M
FY2025▼ -7%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$10.6M
FY2021$10.3M
FY2022$11.5M
FY2023$13.0M
FY2024$14.3M
FY2025$13.2M
Expenses
$13.0M
FY2025▼ -5%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$10.1M
FY2021$9.6M
FY2022$10.8M
FY2023$11.9M
FY2024$13.7M
FY2025$13.0M
Net assets
$8.8M
FY2025▲ +4%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$5.5M
FY2021$6.3M
FY2022$7.0M
FY2023$8.0M
FY2024$8.5M
FY2025$8.8M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending March 2025) · 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 Mar 1974.

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

Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $11.5M Management & general 11% · $1.4M

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

21 people listed on the 990; $619K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
$163,276Pt VII · Sec A
Finance Director
$145,844Pt VII · Sec A
Program Director
$106,650Pt VII · Sec A
Program Director
$102,148Pt VII · Sec A
Program Director
$100,856Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Leslie Colbrese$163,276$163,902$160,887$154,060$155,076$150,797
Renee L Olson$145,844$143,809$110,492$101,686——
William Kandaras——$130,604$125,926$121,734$119,712
Bruce Atkinson————$109,367$106,256
Jessica Mahon$106,650$105,373$98,304—$86,769—
Linda Houghton———$103,125$101,505$100,535
Valieria T Koss$102,148$40,008————
Kristen L Demara——$17,337$101,375——

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Improves lives in poverty through education and civic, economic, urban, and rural development.

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3 program services account for $11.5M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

Early childhood education csa provides pre-school education to children between the ages 0 to 4 years old. Csa provides pre-school education to children with special needs and those from low-income families.

$10.6Mprogram expense
02

Other program services

$551Kprogram expense
03

Community service block grant program provides programs for early childhood education, workforce initiatives, low-income housing, entrepreneurial training, technical community assitance, information and referral, food assistance, financial coaching, youth training services, community partnership and program development activities and…

$419Kprogram expense

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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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$70K
Grants paid · 10 grants · $2.1M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$157,999
Unitemized GrantFY2024$76,202
Unitemized GrantFY2024$11,844
Unitemized GrantFY2024$6,923
Unitemized GrantFY2023$296,839
Unitemized GrantFY2022$261,114
Unitemized GrantFY2021$431,207
Unitemized GrantFY2021$424,717
Unitemized GrantFY2020$282,492
Unitemized GrantFY2019$189,655

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$13.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$13.1M
Other incomeLn 4–11$80K
Investment incomeLn 3$51K
Money outPt IX
$13.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$11.5M
Managementcol C$1.4M
Owns and owesPt X
$8.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.0M
Total assetsLn 16$11.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.5M
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$13.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$13.0M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$268
Investment incomeLn 3$51K
Other incomeLn 4–11$80K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$3K
Total revenueLn 12$13.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$2.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5.5M
Other assetsLn 15$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$11.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.5M
Net assetsLn 32$8.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5163
VolunteersI 6500
Fiscal year endsHeaderMarch
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$709K$2.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.4M$1.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5.4M$5.5M
Total assetsLn 16$10.1M$11.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.5M$2.5M
Net assetsLn 32$8.5M$8.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$253K$253K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$380K$27K$353K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$6.5M$6.0M$456K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$585K$569K$15K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.2M$1.1M$128K
Payroll taxesLn 10$616K$552K$64K
Legal feesLn 11b$4K$4K
Accounting feesLn 11c$98K$98K
Investment management feesLn 11f$15K$15K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$552K$385K$167K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$19K$19K$91
Office expensesLn 13$118K$86K$32K
OccupancyLn 16$464K$450K$14K
TravelLn 17$87K$70K$18K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$15K$15K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$475K$446K$29K
InsuranceLn 23$102K$95K$7K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.2M$1.2M$11K
All other expensesLn 24e$310K$300K$10K
Total functional expensesLn 25$13.0M$11.5M$1.4M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $13.2M$13.0M$277K$8.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $14.3M$13.7M$561K$8.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $13.0M$11.9M$1.1M$8.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $11.5M$10.8M$708K$7.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $10.3M$9.6M$739K$6.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $10.6M$10.1M$430K$5.5M 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
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $13,243,638 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$13,026,657
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$85,986
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$268
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$13,112,643
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $54,351$54,351
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$3,379−$3,379
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $80,023$80,023
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $80,023 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $50,972$13,243,638
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $12,966,245 across 19 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $252,968$252,968
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $26,502 · Management $353,138$379,640
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $6,001,714 · Management $455,722$6,457,436
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $569,267 · Management $15,244$584,511
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,115,804 · Management $127,742$1,243,546
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $552,199 · Management $63,523$615,722
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $3,650$3,650
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $98,400$98,400
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $15,335$15,335
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $384,654 · Management $166,884$551,538
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $19,025 · Management $91$19,116
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $85,579 · Management $32,041$117,620
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $450,182 · Management $13,721$463,903
IX-17 TravelPrograms $69,710 · Management $17,772$87,482
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $14,611$14,611
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $446,356 · Management $28,666$475,022
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $95,347 · Management $7,045$102,392
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,162,215 · Management $11,089$1,173,304
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $299,867 · Management $10,182$310,049
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $11,549,650 · Management $1,416,595 · Fundraising $0$12,966,245
Part X · Balance sheet $11,290,897 assets, 15 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $709,260$2,040,158
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $2,176,793$1,177,913
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $70,161$19,281
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $5,406,863$5,509,442
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,407,657$1,474,377
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$1,069,726
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $10,051,944$11,290,897
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,144,142$1,172,142
X-19 Deferred revenue$253,691
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $376,844$1,024,510
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,520,986$2,450,343
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $8,529,479$8,839,075
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,479$1,479
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $8,530,958$8,840,554
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $10,051,944$11,290,897
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $8,840,554 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$13,243,638
XI-2 Total expenses$12,966,245
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$277,393
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$8,530,958
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$32,203
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$8,840,554

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