The Jwc Foundation: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 88-1731609)

Rasheeda Creighton’s $88K as Executive Director is at the 63rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1709 $100K–1M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022
Rasheeda Creighton	$87,550	$92,733	$113,007	$28,661
Melody Short	—	—	$49,958	$28,661

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

Empowering Black communities through education, personal development, and asset ownership.

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3 programs · $113K · in their own filed words · FY2025

01

Blck Street Summit

annual conference. This year we hosted 100 attendees, bringing our lifetime attendance to 725, with 83% of our attendees receiving donated or sponsored tickets.

$62Kprogram expense

02

Jwc Foundation Community Business Academy

We graduated our 6th cohort, bringing the total number of alumni to 83.

$50Kprogram expense

03

Recurring Programming

We launched recurring programming: co-working days open to all entrepreneurs and a learning lab series also open to all entrepreneurs.

$30program 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 · FY2024

The Community Foundation INCFY2024$31K

Vilcap INCFY2024$12K

Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$43K

By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$336K

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$172K

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$164K

Money outPt IX

$453K

Ln 25

Programscol B$113K

Managementcol C$340K

Owns and owesPt X

$37K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$67K

Total assetsLn 16$67K

LiabilitiesLn 26$30K

PeoplePt VI, VII

6

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a5

IndependentVI 1b5

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$164K

Government grantsLn 1e$0

Noncash giftsLn 1g$0

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0

Fees for servicesLn 2g$172K

Total revenueLn 12$336K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$67K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$67K

Total assetsLn 16$67K

LiabilitiesLn 26$30K

Net assetsLn 32$37K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 50

VolunteersI 615

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

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

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$148K	$67K
Total assetsLn 16	$148K	$67K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$890	$30K
Net assetsLn 32	$148K	$37K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$88K		$88K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$104K		$104K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$17K		$17K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$14K		$14K
Management feesLn 11a	$0
Accounting feesLn 11c	$11K		$11K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$69K	$4K	$66K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$4K	$2K	$2K
Office expensesLn 13	$18K	$2K	$16K
Information technologyLn 14	$12K	$1K	$11K
OccupancyLn 16	$682		$682
TravelLn 17	$11K	$7K	$4K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$77K	$73K	$4K
InterestLn 20	$272		$272
InsuranceLn 23	$2K	$195	$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$25K	$24K	$998	$0
Total functional expensesLn 25	$453K	$113K	$340K	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$336K	$453K	−$116K	$37K	990 PDF
FY2024	$409K	$576K	−$167K	$148K	990 PDF
FY2023	$438K	$625K	−$187K	$311K	990 PDF
FY2022	$814K	$312K	$502K	$502K	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

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Part I · Summary $336,393 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $295,830$164,123

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $111,579$172,270

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,547$0

I-11 Other revenue$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $408,956$336,393

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 $275,437$221,942

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $300,801$230,659

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $576,238$452,601

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$167,282−$116,208

Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 2 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5

VI-1b Independent voting members5

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 $336,393 across 11 lines filed

VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0

VIII-1b Membership dues$0

VIII-1c Fundraising events$0

VIII-1d Related organizations$0

VIII-1e Government grants$0

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$164,123

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$164,123

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $172,270 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$172,270

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $172,270 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$336,393

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $452,601 across 17 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $87,550$87,550

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesManagement $103,509$103,509

IX-9 Other employee benefitsManagement $16,594$16,594

IX-10 Payroll taxesManagement $14,289$14,289

IX-11a Management fees$0

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $10,823$10,823

IX-11f Investment management fees$0

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $3,500 · Management $65,878$69,378

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,443 · Management $2,056$4,499

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,965 · Management $16,439$18,404

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,000 · Management $10,982$11,982

IX-16 OccupancyManagement $682$682

IX-17 TravelPrograms $6,681 · Management $3,900$10,581

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $72,803 · Management $4,067$76,870

IX-20 InterestManagement $272$272

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $195 · Management $1,989$2,184

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $23,986 · Management $998 · Fundraising $0$24,984

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $112,573 · Management $340,028 · Fundraising $0$452,601

Part X · Balance sheet $67,023 assets, 8 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $148,427$67,023

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $148,427$67,023

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$22,724

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $890$29,694

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$240,530$37,329

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $388,067$0

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $147,537$37,329

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $148,427$67,023

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $37,329 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$336,393

XI-2 Total expenses$452,601

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$116,208

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$147,537

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$6,000

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$37,329

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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