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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,308,017
Total expenses
$5,899,295
Contributions and grants received
$2,523,458
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,779,809
Investment income
$4,750
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$30,722,007
Total liabilities, end of year
$10,546,516
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$20,175,491
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

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

    $1,017,735

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,505,723

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

    total $2,163,135 · related or exempt $2,113,135 · unrelated business $50,000

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP EVENTS

    total $616,674 · related or exempt $616,674

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,750 · excluded $4,750

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,694,088

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $190,454

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $152,642

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,954

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $27,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $58,165

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $28,972

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $19,835

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $804,312

  • 17 · Travel

    total $174,797

  • 20 · Interest

    total $201,933

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $216,866

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $678,264

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $146,814

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $145,003

  • 24d · Other expenses: PUBLIC RELATIONS

    total $131,449

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $224,747

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,536,642 · end of year $724,901

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,501,747 · end of year $372,186

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $101,825 · end of year $555,704

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

    $33,489,957

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

    $6,331,879

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $24,182,732 · end of year $27,158,078

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,433,691 · end of year $1,738,506

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $89,173 · end of year $89,173

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,451,180 · end of year $83,459

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $289,952 · end of year $446,780

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $415,374 · end of year $1,575,749

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $9,306,125 · end of year $5,340,645

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,518,770 · end of year $3,183,342

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $14,891,399 · end of year $14,300,121

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,875,370 · end of year $5,875,370

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO DIVERSIFY AND STREGTHEN OUR ECONOMIC MIX THROUGH BUSINESS RETENTION, EXPANSION, AND ATTRACTION. IMPROVE OUR HUMAN CAPITAL THROUGH WORKFORCE SKILLS, AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING. IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH EXISTING BUSINESSES, LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS. FOSTER SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEUR DEVELOPMENT. AND TO ENHANCE THE BUSINESS CLIMATE AND QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH PLANNING, PUBLIC POLICY, AND STRONG PARTNERSHIPS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO STRENGTHEN THE TUPELO-LEE COUNTY REGION THROUGH ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

  • THE PLANNING AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AIMS TO EMPOWER AND RAISE THE STANDARD OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AND PARTNERSHIP FOR REGIONAL PROGRESS. THIS PROGRAM OF WORK AND ITS ELEMENTS IS CREATED TO ADDRESS THE LEE COUNTY NEEDS WHILE BROADENING THE REGIONS DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.

  • THE LEE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ENHANCES COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IN LEE COUNTY.

  • THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/FUTURE FOCUS IS A MEANS TO BRING VIBRANT WORKFORCE AND TRAINING TO LEE COUNTY BY RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND WORKFORCE TRAINING OF EXISTING AND FUTURE INDUSTRIES.

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

Listed in Part VII

  • SHANE SPEES

    PAST CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • KIM CARON

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • CHRIS BAGLEY

    CHAIRMAN ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • DAVID RIMBARGER

    PRES./CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • PHIL MORGAN

    EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • AARON WASHINGTON

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • BEV CROSSEN

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • KEVIN CHAPMAN

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • KURT SHETTLES

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • EMILY LAUDER

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • BERNARD BEAN

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • BRIAN RIGBY

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • CHARLIE KINNEY

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • SHARON NOBLES

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • SKIPPER HOLLIMAN

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • NORRIS GRIZZARD

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • JOSH WEST

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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

  • 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 1a · Discretionary spending account
  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4B
DAVID RUMBARGER $30,000

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
2023
Filed
13 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510769349301241

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