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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
68¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$109K 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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $23K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
68%
of spending
Fine: 68% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$109K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $112K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$50K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.2M
-32% vs prior year
Spent
$1.3M
To programs
68%
Net assets
$1.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.2M
FY2023▼ -32%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.1M
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$614K
FY2025$1.1M
Expenses
$1.3M
FY2023▼ -15%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.7M
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$769K
FY2025$1.2M
Net assets
$1.2M
FY2023▼ -9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.0M
FY2025$942K

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 Mar 1960.

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Where the money goes

68 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 68% · $901K Management & general 16% · $217K Fundraising 16% · $211K

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

17 people listed on the 990; $109K 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/CEO
$109,491Pt VII · Sec A
Vp-Resource Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vp-Finance Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Gwendoly Dowdy-Rodgers’s $111K as CEO/President is at the 39th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1690 $1–10M philanthropy & grantmaking 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Dr Gwendoly Dowdy-Rodgers$111,133—————
Dr Gwendolyn Dowdy-Rodgers$111,133—————
Gwen Rodgers—$111,133————
Gwen Dowdy-Rodgers——$109,491———
Dr Gwendolyn Rodgers———$108,017——
Gwendolyn Rodgers————$106,300$85,224

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

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1 program · $901K · in their own filed words · FY2022
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Our holiday donations of food & gifts served over 1,000 individuals. The Digital Marketing Outreach includes: over 50,000 website visitors, more than 5,000 email followers, Facebook visitors inexcess of 215,000 and 50,000 twitter impressions.

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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
$1.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Money outPt IX
$1.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$901K
Managementcol C$217K
Fundraisingcol D$211K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$867K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$50K
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$761K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$1.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$90K
SavingsLn 2$778K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$867K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$114K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$50K
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 6100
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.0M$867K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$125K$114K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$56K$50K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M$1.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$761K$761K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$109K$24K$38K$47K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$179K$20K$80K$80K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$38K$7K$23K$8K
Payroll taxesLn 10$22K$3K$9K$10K
Accounting feesLn 11c$19K$19K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$21K$9K$0$13K
Office expensesLn 13$32K$9K$12K$11K
OccupancyLn 16$41K$13K$13K$16K
TravelLn 17$12K$3K$4K$4K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$0$0$2K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$11K$2K$6K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$11K$3K$3K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$14K$4K$5K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$57K$43K$5K$8K
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.3M$901K$217K$211K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.1M$1.2M−$73K$942K 990 PDF
FY2024 $614K$769K−$155K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $1.2M$1.3M−$112K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.8M$1.6M$228K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.7M$1.8M−$98K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.1M$1.7M$351K$1.2M 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,216,876 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,797,912$1,215,872
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,920$1,004
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,799,832$1,216,876
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $968,478$760,624
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $342,471$348,166
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $260,904$220,058
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,571,853$1,328,848
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $227,979−$111,972
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members16
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 $1,216,876 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,213,272
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$760,624
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,215,872
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,004$1,004
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,004$1,216,876
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,328,848 across 16 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $760,624$760,624
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $24,088 · Management $38,322 · Fundraising $47,081$109,491
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $19,902 · Management $79,807 · Fundraising $79,676$179,385
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $6,674 · Management $23,057 · Fundraising $7,795$37,526
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,219 · Management $8,962 · Fundraising $9,583$21,764
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $18,643$18,643
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $8,564 · Management $0 · Fundraising $12,872$21,436
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $9,231 · Management $12,038 · Fundraising $10,951$32,220
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $12,525 · Management $12,714 · Fundraising $16,010$41,249
IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,457 · Management $3,809 · Fundraising $4,419$11,685
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $1,858$1,858
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $2,270 · Management $5,606 · Fundraising $2,901$10,777
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $3,423 · Management $3,475 · Fundraising $4,375$11,273
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,879 · Management $5,277 · Fundraising $4,957$14,113
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $43,303 · Management $5,218 · Fundraising $8,283$56,804
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $901,159 · Management $216,928 · Fundraising $210,761$1,328,848
Part X · Balance sheet $1,219,840 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $59,273$89,564
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $966,896$777,903
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $180,581$234,058
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $6,194$4,248
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $125,340$114,067
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,338,284$1,219,840
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $30,234$41,436
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $25,864$8,190
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $56,098$49,626
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,261,766$1,149,794
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,282,186$1,170,214
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,338,284$1,219,840
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,170,214 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,216,876
XI-2 Total expenses$1,328,848
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$111,972
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,282,186
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,170,214

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