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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MERCY LEARNING CENTER OF BRIDGEPORT INCORPORATED.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,027,929
Total expenses
$2,977,245
Contributions and grants received
$3,800,159
Grants paid
$348,373
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$227,770
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$13,163,018
Total liabilities, end of year
$71,387
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,091,631
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,554,800
Management and general expenses
$250,926
Fundraising expenses
$171,519
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,554,800

Program services were 85.8% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $188,004

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,612,155

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $65,124

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $231,244 · excluded $231,244

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $30,000

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

    securities $33,474

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$3,474

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$3,474 · related or exempt -$3,474

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $348,373 · program services $348,373

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $253,084 · program services $111,290 · management and general $114,754 · fundraising $27,040

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,519,596 · program services $1,405,770 · management and general $2,243 · fundraising $111,583

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $125,546 · program services $107,442 · management and general $8,286 · fundraising $9,818

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $132,033 · program services $112,994 · management and general $8,714 · fundraising $10,325

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,069 · management and general $6,069

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $43,313 · management and general $43,313

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $30,000 · management and general $30,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $30,000 · management and general $30,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,206 · fundraising $5,206

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $95,626 · program services $86,064 · management and general $4,781 · fundraising $4,781

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $137,343 · program services $134,597 · management and general $1,373 · fundraising $1,373

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $10,946 · program services $10,946

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $98,592 · program services $96,620 · management and general $986 · fundraising $986

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $40,653 · program services $39,839 · management and general $407 · fundraising $407

  • 24a · Other expenses: INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM E

    total $100,865 · program services $100,865

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $551,304 · end of year $521,829

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,616,164 · end of year $1,627,313

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,270,000 · end of year $632,224

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,000 · end of year $26,013

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

    $3,224,306

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

    $1,695,535

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,627,055 · end of year $1,528,771

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $6,275,522 · end of year $8,757,635

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $32,592 · end of year $33,431

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $26,093 · end of year $35,802

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $11,124 · end of year $7,463

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $63,924

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,982,181 · end of year $8,907,553

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,408,425 · end of year $4,184,078

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

MERCY LEARNING CENTER OF BRIDGEPORT, INC. PROVIDES BASIC LITERACY AND LIFE SKILLS TRAINING TO LOW-INCOME WOMEN USING A HOLISTIC APPROACH WITHIN A COMPASSIONATE, SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT. ALL WOMEN ARE WELCOME WITHOUT REGARD FOR RACE, RELIGION, COLOR, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR NATIONAL ORIGIN.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE CENTER EDUCATES LOW INCOME,UNDEREDUCATED WOMEN FROM PRE-LITERACY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL FREE OF CHARGE. PREPARATION FOR THE GED AND THE NEDP HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCIES ARE PROVIDED.

  • TUTORING PROGRAM - MERCY LEARNING CENTER'S PART-TIME TUTORING PROGRAM SERVES THE MAJORITY OF THE ADULT LEARNERS ENROLLED AT THE CENTER. THE FLEXIBILITY OF PART-TIME ATTENDANCE ALLOWS WORKING WOMEN AND THOSE WITH OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES OR LIMITATIONS THE ABILITY TO PURSUE THEIR GOALS OF FURTHERING THEIR EDUCATION. ALL OF THE ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT MERCY LEARNING CENTER ARE AIMED AT INCREASING WOMEN'S EDUCATIONAL FUNCTIONING LEVELS SO THAT THEY MAY BECOME MORE PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THE WORKFORCE AND THE COMMUNITY. STUDENTS WHO ENTER THIS PROGRAM RANGE FROM THE NON-READER TO THOSE PREPARING FOR A HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY. IN 2022-2023, 329 WOMEN WHO HAILED FROM 45 COUNTRIES PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROGRAM, 73% OF WHOM WERE LIVING AT OR BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. THESE STUDENTS RECEIVED INSTRUCTION ON A ONE-ON-ONE BASIS OR IN A SMALL GROUP SETTING. 8 STUDENTS FROM THE TUTORING PROGRAM RECEIVED HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS.

    Expenses $1,149,660 · Grants $174,187

  • INTENSIVE STUDY PROGRAM - MERCY LEARNING CENTER'S FULL-TIME ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM, CALLED THE INTENSIVE STUDY PROGRAM, OFFERS CLASSROOM-BASED INSTRUCTION IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL), ADULT BASIC EDUCATION (ABE) LEVELS I, II, III, AND GENERAL EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (GED) PREPARATION CLASSES. LED BY CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS, THE CLASSES ARE KEPT TO A MAXIMUM OF 20-25 STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE FIVE HOURS DAILY (M-F) OF CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION IN SUBJECT AREAS THAT INCLUDE SOCIAL STUDIES, LANGUAGE, ARTS, SCIENCE, MATH, COMPUTER, AND WRITING. PERIODIC ENRICHMENT WORKSHOPS/GUEST SPEAKERS OFFER STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THEIR HORIZONS AND ENHANCE THEIR TALENTS. MERCY LEARNING CENTER IS OPEN YEAR ROUND, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF JULY. THE FULL-TIME INTENSIVE STUDY PROGRAM OPERATES FROM SEPTEMBER TO JUNE, IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE CONFLICTS FOR MOTHERS WHO HAVE SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IN THE 2022-2023 ACADEMIC YEAR, 150 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROGRAM AND 4 RECEIVED HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS.

    Expenses $817,536 · Grants $174,186

  • MLC EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM IS A STATE OF CONNECTICUT LICENSED SERVICE THAT ELIMINATES BARRIERS TO LEARNING AND PROVIDES AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR CHILDREN WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE RECEIVE IT FROM A FORMAL PRESCHOOL EXPERIENCE. WHILE THE MOTHERSSTRIVE TO REACH THEIR EDUCATIONAL GOALS IN MERCY LEARNING CENTER'S ADULT LITERACY AND LIFE SKILLS PROGRAMS, THEIR CHILDREN ARE CARED FOR AND INTRODUCED TO EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING IN THE CENTER'S ON-SITE INFANT, TODDLER AND PRESCHOOL ROOMS. THE CENTER AND ITS EDUCATIONAL CHILDCARE PROGRAM ARE OPEN WEEKDAYS FROM 8 AM TO 5 PM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FIRST TWO WEEKS IN JULY. IN 2022-2023, MERCY LEARNING CENTER SERVED 106 CHILDREN WHO RANGED IN AGE FROM THREE MONTHS TO FIVE YEARS.

    Expenses $587,604

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tammy Barry

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Hayes Clark

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jane E Ferreira

    PRESIDENT & CEO (LEFT APRIL 2023)

    Total calculated
    $144,982
    From this org
    $135,202
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,780
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jeanette Lizondro

    ACTING PRESIDENT & CEO (AS OF APRIL 2023)

    Total calculated
    $126,433
    From this org
    $117,882
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,551
    Hours/week
    40

  • Roseanna Coleman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gina Beranek

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Butala

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Theanne Chivily Feldman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Ian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Antoinette Farrugia Moro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Eric Speer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brian Wenzel Sr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Caitlin Ludlow

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stella Seo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Barbara Kleban

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
28 September 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202302719349301320

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