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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by EMPOWER SOMERSET INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,147,390
Total expenses
$2,109,064
Contributions and grants received
$2,021,518
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$125,468
Investment income
$404
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,104,642
Total liabilities, end of year
$797,663
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$306,979
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,991,233
Management and general expenses
$106,698
Fundraising expenses
$11,133
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,991,233

Program services were 94.4% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,021,518

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $125,468 · related or exempt $125,468

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $404 · excluded $404

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $155,506 · program services $151,234 · management and general $3,061 · fundraising $1,211

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $992,745 · program services $967,163 · management and general $19,331 · fundraising $6,251

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $89,902 · program services $87,565 · management and general $1,753 · fundraising $584

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $97,410 · program services $94,876 · management and general $1,900 · fundraising $634

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,000 · program services $2,800 · management and general $1,200

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $51,665 · program services $41,539 · management and general $9,157 · fundraising $969

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $63,139 · program services $50,511 · management and general $11,365 · fundraising $1,263

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $405,572 · program services $360,666 · management and general $44,906

  • 20 · Interest

    total $459 · program services $367 · management and general $83 · fundraising $9

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $11,840 · program services $8,882 · management and general $2,958

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,454 · program services $7,840 · management and general $2,614

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONSULTANTS

    total $160,585 · program services $160,585

  • 24b · Other expenses: EDUCATION TRAINING

    total $55,032 · program services $48,598 · management and general $6,434

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $10,755 · program services $8,607 · management and general $1,936 · fundraising $212

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $129 · end of year $129

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $399,748 · end of year $428,157

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $245,125 · end of year $291,110

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $1,375

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,934 · end of year $9,678

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

    $197,364

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

    $190,533

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $18,671 · end of year $6,831

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,026 · end of year $367,362

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $96,731 · end of year $186,901

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $235,160 · end of year $236,323

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $77,089 · end of year $374,439

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $268,653 · end of year $306,979

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

EMPOWER SOMERSET ASSISTS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN MAKING POSITIVE LIFESTYLE CHOICES AND PROMOTES HEALTHY, DRUG FREE COMMUNITIES THROUGH EDUCATION, COLLABORATION, AND CONNECTIONS TO RESOURCES.

  • EMPOWER SOMERSET IS PROUD TO BE A LOCAL NONPROFIT AGENCY THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE GREAT QUALITY OF LIFE IN SOMERSET COUNTY AND CENTRAL JERSEY BY CREATING HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES. THE ORGANIZATION WAS FORMED IN 1974 AND HAS BEEN PROVIDING LIFE SKILLS PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 40 YEARS. IN 2010, EMPOWER SOMERSET BECAME THE LEAD GRANTEE FOR THE SEVEN-COUNTY CENTRAL REGION OF NEW JERSEY'S STATEWIDE SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAM. THE WHOLE SCHOOL, WHOLE COMMUNITY, WHOLE CHILD (WSCC) MODEL IS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND NEW JERSEY'S SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAM, EMPHASIZING THAT ALL CHILDREN DESERVE TO BE HEALTHY, SAFE, ENGAGED, SUPPORTED AND CHALLENGED. EMPOWER SOMERSET IS THE MANAGING AGENCY OF SOMERSET COUNTY'S PIONEER FAMILY SUCCESS CENTER, ESTABLISHED IN 2012 AS A COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACE THAT CONNECTS FAMILIES TO HELPFUL RESOURCES AND BRINGS FAMILIES TOGETHER THROUGH FREE EVENTS & LOCAL ACTIVITIES. PIONEER FAMILY SUCCESS CENTER HOSTS A MONTHLY FREE FAMILY FUN NIGHT AT ROTATING LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT SOMERSET COUNTY, PROVIDING FAMILIES WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY QUALITY TIME TOGETHER. EMPOWER SOMERSET FACILITATES A WIDE VARIETY OF LIFE SKILLS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS EACH YEAR, SUCH AS THE SCHOOL HEALTH INITIATIVE, STRENGTHENING FAMILIES PROGRAMS AND PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS AND ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY ON HEALTH MANAGEMENT, STRESS REDUCTION AND FINANCIAL WELL-BEING. EMPOWER SOMERSET IS A MANAGING PARTNER AGENCY OF THE SAFE COMMUNITIES COALITION, DEDICATED TO ELIMINATING DRUG USE, UNDERAGE DRINKING AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE IN SOMERSET COUNTY COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $1,991,233 · Revenue $125,468

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Philip Decker

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Steve Katz

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Kayla Yalango

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Doris Zampella

    PAST PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Craig Calderaro

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Gabriela Gomes

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Janet Kuebler

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Joy Dolan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Benjamin Stong

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Stephany Gomes

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Kristen Schiro

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $98,275
    From this org
    $98,275
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Brenda Esler

    FORMER EXEC

    Total calculated
    $57,231
    From this org
    $57,231
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $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
2022
Filed
18 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343179349308554

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