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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SO WHAT ELSE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$33,761,365
Total expenses
$33,897,060
Contributions and grants received
$33,413,759
Grants paid
$31,035,277
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$37,931
Other revenue
$309,675
Total assets, end of year
$654,418
Total liabilities, end of year
$123,047
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$531,371
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$33,346,299
Management and general expenses
$295,527
Fundraising expenses
$255,234
Program service expenses (Part III)
$33,346,299

Program services were 98.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $33,413,759

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $30,970,758

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,813 · related or exempt $2,813

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $45,025

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $9,907

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $35,118

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $35,118 · related or exempt $35,118

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $463,690

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $154,015

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $309,675

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $64,519 · program services $64,519

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $30,970,758 · program services $30,970,758

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $91,557 · program services $45,779 · fundraising $45,778

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,720,893 · program services $1,432,314 · management and general $122,425 · fundraising $166,154

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $33,947 · management and general $33,947

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $158,687 · program services $141,375 · management and general $9,366 · fundraising $7,946

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $41,513 · management and general $41,513

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $30,740 · management and general $30,740

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $12,900 · management and general $12,900

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $27,810 · fundraising $27,810

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,396 · management and general $13,396

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $77,629 · program services $77,629

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,814 · program services $7,814

  • 20 · Interest

    total $9,495 · management and general $9,495

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $42,218 · program services $42,218

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $69,350 · program services $69,350

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $186,501 · program services $186,501

  • 24b · Other expenses: AUTO EXPENSE

    total $134,330 · program services $134,330

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONTRACT LABOR

    total $83,194 · program services $83,194

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROVIDED MEALS

    total $73,321 · program services $73,321

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $46,488 · program services $17,197 · management and general $21,745 · fundraising $7,546

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $673,929 · end of year $542,144

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $229,806

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $134,224

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $147,707 · end of year $95,582

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,261 · end of year $16,692

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $129,393 · end of year $90,056

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $27,438 · end of year $32,991

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $667,066 · end of year $531,371

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SO WHAT ELSE'S MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES LIVING IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON METRO AREA BY PROVIDING FOOD SECURITY, ACCESS TO BASIC NECESSITIES, AND HIGH-QUALITY OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMS IN LITERACY, ATHLETICS, AND THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS WHILE INSPIRING YOUNG PEOPLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY BY CREATING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITIZENS OF ALL AGES.

  • ORGANIZED FOOD AND DISASTER RELIEF ASSISTANCE FOR THE DC METRO AND BALTIMORE REGIONS. INITIATED FOOD AND SUPPLY DELIVERIES AND FOOD RECOVERY SERVICES. SET UP FOOD AND SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION CENTER TO NEEDY FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. ALSO PROVIDED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THROUGH AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND SUMMER CAMPS.

    Expenses $33,281,780 · Grants $30,970,758

  • GRANTS TO ORGANZIATIONS THAT SUPPORT OUR MISSION.

    Expenses $64,519 · Grants $64,519

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Silbert

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $91,558
    From this org
    $91,558
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Brian Abrhamson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Ammerman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brett Bernstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Cooper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nicolle Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jane Dunigan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tosha Dyson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bob Gordon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Meredith Heller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amy Holmwood

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amy Katz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Loring

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Meers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Mendelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greg Minkoff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wes Okerson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Josh Ross

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Schless

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Brad Sherman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

  • LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY

    $40,769

    CHARITABLE

  • INFINITE FOCUS BALTIMORE

    $23,000

    CHARITABLE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202423209349306607

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