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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 15 November 2024. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$1,592,323 changed to $1,997,756
Total expenses
$2,193,722 changed to $1,804,885
Contributions and grants received
$1,549,951 changed to $1,943,756
Other revenue
$42,372 changed to $54,000
Total assets, end of year
$1,176,419 changed to $1,973,467
Total liabilities, end of year
$67,625 changed to $70,403
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,108,794 changed to $1,903,064
Program services expenses
$1,331,823 changed to $1,181,334
Management and general expenses
$554,014 changed to $395,655
Fundraising expenses
$307,885 changed to $227,896
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,331,823 changed to $1,181,334

Totals

Total revenue
$1,997,756
Total expenses
$1,804,885
Contributions and grants received
$1,943,756
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$54,000
Total assets, end of year
$1,973,467
Total liabilities, end of year
$70,403
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,903,064
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,181,334
Management and general expenses
$395,655
Fundraising expenses
$227,896
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,181,334

Program services were 65.5% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,943,756

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $35,644

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $35,644

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $35,644 · related or exempt $35,644

  • 11a · Other revenue: INSURANCE RECOVERY REVENUE

    total $18,356 · related or exempt $18,356

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $18,356

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $95,000 · management and general $95,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $741,801 · program services $501,148 · management and general $122,601 · fundraising $118,052

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $99,056 · program services $53,392 · management and general $23,581 · fundraising $22,083

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $59,235 · program services $31,928 · management and general $14,101 · fundraising $13,206

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,150 · management and general $1,150

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,637 · management and general $21,637

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $738 · management and general $738

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,652 · program services $3,469 · fundraising $183

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,725 · program services $5,725

  • 17 · Travel

    total $19,805 · program services $9,607 · management and general $8,648 · fundraising $1,550

  • 20 · Interest

    total $191 · management and general $191

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $11,343 · program services $10,334 · management and general $1,009

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,177 · program services $10,451 · management and general $7,726

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $294,383 · program services $294,383

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTRACT PROGRAM & ADMINI

    total $185,121 · program services $127,531 · management and general $50,359 · fundraising $7,231

  • 24c · Other expenses: FISCAL SPONSEES

    total $78,485 · program services $78,485

  • 24d · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $65,167 · fundraising $65,167

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $104,219 · program services $54,881 · management and general $48,914 · fundraising $424

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $400,266 · end of year $620,000

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $760,020

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $853,328 · end of year $66,257

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,173 · end of year $11,667

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

    $624,444

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

    $108,921

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $488,473 · end of year $515,523

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $23,184

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $16,632

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $24,547 · end of year $30,587

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,710,193 · end of year $1,903,064

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION FOSTERS COMMUNITY CHANGE THROUGH CONGREGATIONS THAT RE- ENGAGE THEIR COMMUNITIES IN COLLABORATIVE APPROACHES. CHURCHES ARE EQUIPPED AND ENERGIZED TO MOVE OUTWARD AND RECLAIM THEIR ROLE AS ANCHORS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

  • THE SHARED SPACE PROGRAM PROVIDES CONGREGATIONS, NON-PROFITS, AND SUPPORT GROUPS WITH AFFORDABLE OFFICE AND MEETING SPACE TO ENCOURAGE THEIR PRESENCE IN LOW-INCOME URBAN AREAS AND ENABLE THEM TO SERVE THEIR LOCAL NEIGHBOR MORE AFFORDABLY.

    Expenses $393,778

  • THE ORGANIZATION WORKS DIRECTLY WITH SEMINARIES TO PROVIDE A COMPLEMENT TO A THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION THAT IS ROOTED IN NEIGHBORHOODS, AND TO MOBILIZE PEOPLE AND RESOURCES TO CARRY OUT STRATEGIES THAT BRING POSITIVE CHANGE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. STAFF CALLED "NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTORS" SUPPORT THE GRASS-ROOTS NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS CALLED "SHALOM ZONES" AS WELL AS SERVE AS COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS. IN ADDITIONS, THE ORGANIZATION WORKS DIRECTLY WITH SEMINARIES TO PROVIDE A COMPLEMENT TO THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION THAT IS ROOTED IN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $393,778

  • COMMUNITIES OF SHALOM IS A TRAINING/FACILITATION PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ORGANIZE AND MOBILIZE PEOPLE AND RESOURCES TO CARRY OUT STRATEGIES THAT BRING POSITIVE CHANGE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. STAFF CALLED "NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTOR" SUPPORT THE GRASS-ROOTS NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS CALLED "SHALOM ZONES" AS WELL AS SERVE AS COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS.

    Expenses $393,778

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Justin Merrick

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $95,000
    From this org
    $95,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Cynthia Bradford

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Lesley Brown

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Chip Clay

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Joni Laney

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Kenny Latta

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Eureka Pickett

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Dominique Primer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Linda Steele

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Greg Thompson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Connie Binkowitz

    DIRECTOR OF

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
25 June 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202532249349301698

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