Form 990-EZ for tax year 2024
Filed by GREATER PITTSBURGH AREA MAD DADS.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $155,616
- Total expenses
- $164,116
- Contributions and grants received
- $142,357
- Grants paid
- not reported
- Program service revenue
- not reported
- Membership dues (line 3)
- not reported
- Investment income (line 4)
- not reported
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- not reported
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- -$2,375
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- not reported
- Other revenue (line 8)
- $15,634
- Total assets, end of year
- $47,789
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $14,000
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $33,789
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $164,056
Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2024
Primary exempt purpose
GREATER PITTSBURGH AREA MAD DADS IS A CHAPTER OF A NATIONALLY AFFILIATED FAITH-BASED CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION THAT PREPARES MEN TO RESTORE SAFE COMMUNITIES. OUR MISSION IS TO MOBILIZE, TRAIN AND GUIDE MEN TO IMPACT THE ISSUES OF DRUGS, GANGS AND VIOLENCE IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY. WE DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT NEIGHBORHOOD STREET PATROLS AND COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO MAINTAIN SAFER NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES.
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MAD DADS ARE AT ITS SIMPLEST CONCERNED, LOVING PARENTS WHO PURPOSEFULLY HOLD THEMSELVES TO BE POSITIVE ROLE MODELS AND WHO ARE SINGLE-MINDED IN THEIR RESOLVE TO SAVE COMMUNITIES FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MADNESS THAT IS DRUGS, CRIMES AND VIOLENCE. THEY ACKNOWLEDGE GOD AS THE TRUE SOURCE OF THEIR COURAGE, ABILITY AND SUCCESS THESE PARENTS WORK TO INSTILL AND RESTORE CHRISTIAN VALUES. THEY WORK WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SET AN EXAMPLE OF POSITIVE ROLE MODELS AND BE A VISIBLE FORCE IN CHANGING NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS AMERICA. THEY ADDRESS DRUG DEALERS, CRIMINALS, UNSUPERVISED YOUTH AND ANYONE ELSE WHO IS DESTROYING THE MORAL FABRIC IN HARD-TO-REACH, LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES. THIS WORK IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH GRASS-ROOTS RECRUITMENT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO FORM CHAPTERS (THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION), DEVELOPING STREET PATROLS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO BE A CONDUIT TO MUCH NEEDED SERVICES, WHILE MODELING MORALS, PRACTICES, BEHAVIORS AND VALUES THAT ADDRESS THE DESPERATELY LACKING COMPETENCIES OF MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES. A KEY INGREDIENT TO THE SUCCESS OF MAD DADS IS THAT THEY BECOME A VISIBLE AND VOCAL PRESENCE IN NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ENLISTING OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED ASSETS, AS WELL AS LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE JUDICIARY AND OTHERS WHO WANT TO STAND UP AND FIGHT AGAINST THE NEGATIVE FORCES DESTROYING OUR CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND CITIES. MAD DADS MEMBERS ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED AS SURROGATE PARENTS CONDUCTING COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS INCLUDING: COMMUNITY SERVICE THESE INITIATIVES PRIORITIZE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY SAFETY THROUGH STREET COUNSELING AND COLLABORATION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. STREET PATROL THE MAD DADS STREET PATROLS AIM TO CREATE A POSITIVE, VISIBLE PRESENCE OF COMMUNITY FATHERS AS ROLE MODELS TO MAINTAIN SAFETY AND A HEALTHY COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT. MOMS DIVISION THE MOMS DIVISION WITHIN GREATER PITTSBURGH AREA MAD DADS IS DEDICATED TO ENSURING THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN EMOTIONALLY, SPIRITUALLY, AND PHYSICALLY. SURROGATE DADS MAD DADS AIMS TO PROVIDE FATHERLESS YOUTH WITH GENUINE EXPRESSIONS OF LOVE AND CARE, OFFERING RARE MOMENTS OF SINCERE "I LOVE YOU" MESSAGES.
Expenses $164,056
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part IV
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Al MerrittAL MERRITT
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jay GilmerJAY GILMER
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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George C Spencer SrGEORGE C SPENCER SR
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $17,885
- Compensation
- $17,885
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Dante' WorksDANTE' WORKS
1ST VICE PRE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Kent DavisKENT DAVIS
2ND VICE PRE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Ella RawlingsELLA RAWLINGS
VPT OF OUTRE
- Total calculated
- $5,805
- Compensation
- $5,805
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Meryl R WalkerMERYL R WALKER
SECRETERY
- Total calculated
- $12,020
- Compensation
- $12,020
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Carlene BrannonCARLENE BRANNON
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $9,570
- Compensation
- $9,570
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Stefanie SmithSTEFANIE SMITH
ASSISTANT TR
- Total calculated
- $605
- Compensation
- $605
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Leonard CarterLEONARD CARTER
MEMBER AT LA
- Total calculated
- $4,170
- Compensation
- $4,170
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jace RansonJACE RANSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Marc TinsleyMARC TINSLEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $1,855
- Compensation
- $1,855
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Donald GiddensDONALD GIDDENS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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James TignerJAMES TIGNER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Theodore JohnsonTHEODORE JOHNSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 14 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202533199349201413
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