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Movement for Community-Led Development

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Washington, DC501(c)(3)Since 2023InternationalEIN 92-2398648Revenue $756K in FY2025

On file with the IRSmcld.org2939 Van Ness St Nw Apt 548, 20008-4622 · Washington, DCTax-exempt since Apr 2023Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To shift the power so that low-income communities successfully achieve their own visions and goals.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
88¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 5 volunteers and 4 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
2 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $383K a year · 35% of revenue · last 3 filings
Fine: a surplus in 2 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Spent on programs
88%
of spending
Looks good: 88% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$155K
to officers and key staff · 15% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 60% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 15% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.1 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $505K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$35K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$756K
-68% vs prior year
Spent
$1.0M
To programs
88%
Net assets
$1.5M
By yearFY2023–FY2025
Revenue
$756K
FY2025▼ -68%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2023$205K
FY2024$2.3M
FY2025$756K
Expenses
$1.0M
FY2025▼ -5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2023$6K
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$1.0M
Net assets
$1.5M
FY2025▼ -16%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2023$200K
FY2024$1.7M
FY2025$1.5M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · 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 Apr 2023.

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

Where the money goes

88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 88% · $917K Management & general 10% · $101K Fundraising 3% · $30K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $155K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Gunjan Veda
Executive Director
$155,279Pt VII · Sec A
Janet Edmund
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Gunjan Veda’s $155K as Executive Director is at the 60th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1168 $1–10M international 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024
Gunjan Veda$155,279$155,412

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

Empowering low-income communities to achieve their goals through education and collaboration.

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3 programs · $870K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Core Programs

Programs that focus on strengthening the practice of community-led development and promoting their wide-spread adoption.

$659Kprogram expense
02

Locally Led Development in Fragile Environments (life)

This USAID-funded project is a research initiative to learn how locally-led development functions in politically fragile environments such as Ethiopia and Bangladesh.

$121Kprogram expense
03

Capacity Building

Strengthening capacity of National MCLD organizations - meeting transport costs for in-kind contribution of office equipment.

$90Kprogram 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 · FY2025
The Global Hunger ProjectFY2025$505K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$505K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$756K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$655K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$76K
Investment incomeLn 3$25K
Money outPt IX
$1.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$917K
Managementcol C$101K
Fundraisingcol D$30K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$93K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$35K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$655K
Government grantsLn 1e$210K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$76K
Investment incomeLn 3$25K
Total revenueLn 12$756K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$67K
SavingsLn 2$26K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$93K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$861K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$35K
Net assetsLn 32$1.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 65
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$58K$93K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$655K$861K
Total assetsLn 16$1.8M$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$21K$35K
Net assetsLn 32$1.7M$1.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$325K$325K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$167K$149K$13K$5K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$287K$253K$23K$10K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$41K$35K$4K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$3K$3K$248$106
Legal feesLn 11b$8K$8K
Accounting feesLn 11c$40K$40K
Investment management feesLn 11f$4K$4K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$117K$95K$10K$12K
Office expensesLn 13$18K$14K$4K$175
TravelLn 17$30K$30K$225
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$6K$6K$31
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.0M$917K$101K$30K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $756K$1.0M−$292K$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.3M$1.1M$1.2M$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $205K$6K$200K$200K 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $755,670 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,305,228$655,016
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $32,000$76,083
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $7,767$24,571
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,344,995$755,670
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $378,790$325,022
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $436,813$497,461
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $286,816$225,388
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,102,419$1,047,871
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,242,576−$292,201
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
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
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $755,670 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$28,146
VIII-1e Government grants$210,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$416,870
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$655,016
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $76,083$76,083
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $24,571$24,571
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $76,083 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $24,571$755,670
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,047,871 across 13 lines filed
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $325,022$325,022
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $148,885 · Management $12,698 · Fundraising $5,403$166,986
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $253,235 · Management $23,442 · Fundraising $9,972$286,649
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $34,670 · Management $4,294 · Fundraising $1,826$40,790
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,682 · Management $248 · Fundraising $106$3,036
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $8,411$8,411
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $40,103$40,103
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $3,723$3,723
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $94,754 · Management $9,750 · Fundraising $12,320$116,824
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $13,952 · Management $4,098 · Fundraising $175$18,225
IX-17 TravelPrograms $29,807 · Management $225$30,032
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $6,049 · Management $31$6,080
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $1,990$1,990
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $917,467 · Management $100,602 · Fundraising $29,802$1,047,871
Part X · Balance sheet $1,495,116 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $13,747$67,084
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $44,035$26,073
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,027,597$540,000
X-4 Accounts receivable$1,055
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $26,800$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $654,869$860,904
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,767,048$1,495,116
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $20,784$35,266
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $20,784$35,266
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $684,937$959,850
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,061,327$500,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,746,264$1,459,850
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,767,048$1,495,116
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,459,850 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$755,670
XI-2 Total expenses$1,047,871
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$292,201
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,746,264
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$5,791
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$4
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,459,850

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

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