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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by JUNIOR LEAGUE OF STAMFORD NORWALK INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$126,768
Total expenses
$145,370
Contributions and grants received
$132,041
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$152
Other revenue
-$5,425
Total assets, end of year
$193,770
Total liabilities, end of year
$16,174
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$177,596
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$49,862
Management and general expenses
$95,508
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$49,862

Program services were 34.3% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $21,872

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $19,446

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $90,723

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $73,016

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $152 · excluded $152

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $8,673

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $19,446

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $14,098

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$5,425 · excluded -$5,425

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $28,734 · program services $22,988 · management and general $5,746

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $73,016 · management and general $73,016

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,000 · management and general $6,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $240 · management and general $240

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,937 · program services $1,278 · management and general $659

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,973 · program services $1,973

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,336 · program services $8,268 · management and general $2,068

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,293 · program services $1,834 · management and general $459

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,649 · program services $4,388 · management and general $2,261

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $7,380 · program services $5,166 · management and general $2,214

  • 24b · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $2,013 · program services $1,328 · management and general $685

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $1,276 · program services $638 · management and general $638

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK & CREDIT CARD CHAR

    total $1,121 · program services $15 · management and general $1,106

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,402 · program services $1,986 · management and general $416

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $61,986 · end of year $44,772

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $29,758 · end of year $29,907

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,014 · end of year $922

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,681 · end of year $5,274

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

    $503,638

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

    $390,743

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $115,188 · end of year $112,895

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,094 · end of year $4,444

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $13,335 · end of year $11,730

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $166,267 · end of year $147,665

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $29,931 · end of year $29,931

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF STAMFORD-NORWALK, INC. IS AN ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN COMMITTED TO PROMOTING VOLUNTARISM, DEVELOPING THE POTENTIAL OF WOMEN, AND IMPROVING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE EFFECTIVE ACTION AND LEADERSHIP OF TRAINED VOLUNTEERS. ITS PURPOSE IS EXCLUSIVELY EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AN ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN COMMITTED TO PROMOTING VOLUNTARISM, DEVELOPING THE POTENTIAL OF WOMEN, AND IMPROVING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE EFFECTIVE ACTION AND LEADERSHIP OF TRAINED VOLUNTEERS.

  • EDUCATION AND TRAINING - AS PART OF THE LEAGUE'S MISSION, THE LEAGUE PROVIDES TRAINING TO ITS MEMBERS TO ENABLE THEM TO BECOME EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS AND CIVIC LEADERS. EACH YEAR, THE LEAGUE COMMITS FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS OF LEAGUE MEMBERS, AS WELL AS TRAINING THEM ON HOW TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT PROGRAMMING THAT WILL HAVE A LASTING POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. TRAINING IS PROVIDED ON A LOCAL BASIS THROUGH THE LEAGUE AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH AS THE VOLUNTEER CENTER AND THE FAIRFIELD COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, AND BY SENDING DELEGATES TO LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES HELD BY THE ASSOCIATION OF JUNIOR LEAGUES, INTERNATIONAL.

    Expenses $28,363

  • AFTER THE 3-YEAR COLLABORATION WITH LIVE GIRL ENDED IN MAY 2022, JLSN FOCUSED ITS RESOURCES ON CRITICAL ISSUES THAT WERE EXACERBATED BY THE COVID PANDEMIC IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THAT INCLUDED WOMEN AND CHILDREN, THE HOMELESS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. JLSN COLLABORATED WITH OR SUPPORTED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS DEALING WITH FOOD INSECURITY, MENTORING WOMEN, PRE-SCHOOL PREPARATION THROUGH READING AND LOCAL BEACH OR PARK CLEAN-UP. AS ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES INCLUDING JLSN CONTINUED TO RECOVER FROM THE IMPACT OF THE COVID PANDEMIC, JLSN CONTINUED TO ASSESS HOW TO BEST TO SUPPORT THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN LOWER FIRFIELD COUNTY, CT.

    Expenses $21,499

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Kerry Safir

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Jennifer Metsker

    PRESIDENT ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Amy Muslim

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jacyln Ward

    NOMINATING / PLACEMENT DIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Joy Vandermark

    MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jill Brennan

    SUSTAINER DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Leah Kessler

    FUNDS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Liz Tomasselli

    COMMUNITY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kala Malvaso

    COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511359349313486

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