Totals
- Total revenue
- $349,328
- Total expenses
- $258,425
- Contributions and grants received
- $331,019
- Grants paid
- $66,251
- Program service revenue
- $6,815
- Investment income
- $3,252
- Other revenue
- $8,242
- Total assets, end of year
- $286,598
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $286,598
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $180,465
- Management and general expenses
- $42,853
- Fundraising expenses
- $35,107
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $180,465
Program services were 69.8% 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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$2,303
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$66,360
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$262,356
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2a · Program service revenue: GLOBAL ROOTS TUITION
total $5,715
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2b · Program service revenue: BACKGROUND CHECK INCOME
total $1,100
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3 · Investment income
total $3,252
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$8,242
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $8,242
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $66,251 · program services $66,251
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $66,539 · program services $27,380 · management and general $18,872 · fundraising $20,287
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $84,928 · program services $68,276 · management and general $7,963 · fundraising $8,689
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $13,237 · program services $8,357 · management and general $2,352 · fundraising $2,528
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $75 · management and general $75
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $6,909 · program services $345 · management and general $6,564
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $3,659 · program services $112 · management and general $1,998 · fundraising $1,549
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $5,075 · program services $5,075
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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 $7,594 · program services $3,090 · management and general $4,504
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24a · Other expenses: GLOBAL ROOTS PRESCHOOL SUPPLIES
total $1,462 · program services $1,462
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24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
total $497 · program services $117 · management and general $380
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24c · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES
total $2,054 · fundraising $2,054
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24e · All other expenses
total $145 · management and general $145
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $195,695 · end of year $133,346
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $133,252
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $20,000
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $121,365 · end of year $198,799
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $74,330 · end of year $87,799
Mission and programs · 2024
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.
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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 2024, 22 children were enrolled, allowing 41 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 $96,698
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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 2024, Response Team volunteers supported 95 people. While volunteers are unpaid, through this program IWR provides newcomers with welcome cash assistance when they first arrive 9,000 in 2024, housing aid 29,524.21 in 2024, and miscellaneous financial support, most commonly used for driving lessons 7,144.20 in 2024.
Expenses $67,853
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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. All four children were still in grade school in 2024. We continued to use the fund to cover some of the familys basic living expenses utilities, medical expenses, costs of paying for a pro bono lawyers fees related to court documents in the suit against the driver involved in the fathers accident in 2024 and the fund is available to help others in our service population during times of crisis.
Expenses $8,082
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Casey VerderosaCASEY VERDEROSA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $47,180
- From this org
- $47,180
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 30
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Bronwyn LoseyBRONWYN LOSEY
DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL ROOTS PLAY SCHOOL
- Total calculated
- $19,359
- From this org
- $19,359
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
-
Doug StaymanDOUG STAYMAN
BOARD CHAIR, TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Bridgette NugentBRIDGETTE NUGENT
BOARD SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Florianna BlantonFLORIANNA BLANTON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Nate FosterNATE FOSTER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Mary HutchensMARY HUTCHENS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Saw Thu Ka EeSAW THU KA EE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Christine LemondaCHRISTINE LEMONDA
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Pedro MolinaPEDRO MOLINA
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Karen SchachereKAREN SCHACHERE
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 17 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202523219349313527
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