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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ITHACA WELCOMES REFUGEES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$269,151
Total expenses
$190,115
Contributions and grants received
$259,543
Grants paid
$46,699
Program service revenue
$9,608
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$195,695
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$195,695
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$146,131
Management and general expenses
$28,054
Fundraising expenses
$15,930
Program service expenses (Part III)
$146,131

Program services were 76.9% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $5,375

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $7,431

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $50,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $196,737

  • 2a · Program service revenue: GLOBAL ROOTS TUITION

    total $8,759

  • 2b · Program service revenue: BACKGROUND CHECK INCOME

    total $849

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

    $7,431

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $46,699 · program services $46,699

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $61,886 · program services $30,805 · management and general $17,483 · fundraising $13,598

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $47,777 · program services $46,637 · management and general $860 · fundraising $280

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,308 · program services $7,423 · management and general $1,623 · fundraising $1,262

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,170 · program services $261 · management and general $909

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,807 · program services $591 · management and general $3,216

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $6,200 · program services $6,200

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,289 · program services $2,786 · management and general $3,503

  • 24a · Other expenses: GLOBAL ROOTS PRESCHOOL SUPPLIES

    total $3,634 · program services $3,634

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    total $820 · program services $720 · management and general $100

  • 24c · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES

    total $790 · fundraising $790

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $735 · program services $375 · management and general $360

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $117,399 · end of year $195,695

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $740

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $109,715 · end of year $121,365

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,944 · end of year $74,330

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Ithaca Welcomes Refugees is a volunteer-led community initiative that fosters a welcoming and fair environment for refugees and immigrants who come to our region. Our hope is that these efforts will continue the development of Ithaca as a welcoming host community in times of great global need.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Ithaca Welcomes Refugees partners with newly arrived refugees and immigrants as they rebuild their lives in Tompkins County.

  • GLOBAL ROOTS PLAY SCHOOL - IWRs Global Roots Play School was established to allow parents of children aged 18 month to 5 years to attend English as a Second Language ESL classes. This part-time school is a play-based, trauma-informed early childcare environment which primarily serves refugee and immigrant families. It is staffed by a part-time program director and part-time teachers. In 2023, 17 children were enrolled, allowing 27 caregivers to pursue their goals during school hours, most commonly by attending ESL classes. Children develop trusting relationships with adults outside the home, self-confidence, peer relationships, and kindergarten readiness.

    Expenses $89,082

  • RESPONSE PROJECTS - Response Projects are teams of 1-4 IWR volunteers assigned to each family or individual with whom IWR works. Each Response Team works with new arrivals towards self-expressed resettlement goals for a period ranging most commonly from 6 months to 2 years and represents the bulk of IWRs work. In 2023, Response Team volunteers supported 102 people. While volunteers are unpaid, through this program IWR provides newcomers with welcome cash assistance when they first arrive 12,250 in 2023, housing aid 16,059.05 in 2023, and miscellaneous financial support, most commonly used for driving lessons 5,355.55 in 2023.

    Expenses $44,569

  • IWR established a crisis fund in 2023 to respond to the loss of a father of a family of 6 who had arrived in the US mere weeks earlier. The father was meant to be the familys sole income earner and was the only person fluent in English. We have been using the fund to cover some of the familys basic living expenses utilities, medical expenses for a year and a half and the fund is available to help others in our service population during times of crisis.

    Expenses $11,861

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Casey Verderosa

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $38,850
    From this org
    $38,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Bronwyn Losey

    DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL ROOTS PLAY SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $23,036
    From this org
    $23,036
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Doug Stayman

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Bridgette Nugent

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Florianna Blanton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Nate Foster

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Mary Hutchens

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Saw Thu Ka Ee

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Christine Lemonda

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Pedro Molina

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Karen Schachere

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Thitirat Boonyanuphong

    BOARD MEMBER

    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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403209349311055

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