Totals
- Total revenue
- $15,920,637
- Total expenses
- $3,633,959
- Contributions and grants received
- $15,237,805
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $1,775
- Investment income
- $554,112
- Other revenue
- $126,945
- Total assets, end of year
- $20,321,715
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $251,318
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $20,070,397
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,793,932
- Management and general expenses
- $242,306
- Fundraising expenses
- $597,721
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,793,932
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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$5,541
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1b · Membership dues
$0
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1c · Fundraising events
$0
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1d · Related organizations
$0
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$25,917
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$15,206,347
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$775,297
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2a · Program service revenue: Community Food Services
total $1,775 · related or exempt $1,775 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2b · Program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2c · Program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2d · Program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2e · Program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $559,308 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $559,308
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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6a · Gross rents
real property $29,196 · personal property $0
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $38,724 · personal property $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property -$9,528 · personal property $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total -$9,528 · related or exempt -$9,528 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $497,592 · other assets $0
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $502,788 · other assets $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities -$5,196 · other assets $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$5,196 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$5,196
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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9a · Gaming: gross income
$0
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9b · Gaming: direct expenses
$0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$324,382
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$192,053
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $132,329 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $132,329 · excluded $0
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11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous
total $4,144 · related or exempt $4,144 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11b · Other revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11c · Other revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11d · All other revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$4,144
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0 · program services $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0 · program services $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0 · program services $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0 · program services $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $140,068 · program services $56,862 · management and general $14,007 · fundraising $69,199
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,381,574 · program services $1,108,481 · management and general $122,099 · fundraising $150,994
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $192,862 · program services $139,404 · management and general $18,294 · fundraising $35,164
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $117,876 · program services $92,913 · management and general $9,869 · fundraising $15,094
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11a · Fees: management
total $750 · program services $0 · management and general $750 · fundraising $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $4,500 · program services $0 · management and general $4,500 · fundraising $0
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $140,800 · fundraising $140,800
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $85,620 · program services $55,090 · management and general $18,880 · fundraising $11,650
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $154,656 · program services $80,687 · management and general $692 · fundraising $73,277
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,986 · program services $1,046 · management and general $335 · fundraising $605
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14 · Information technology
total $54,454 · program services $22,063 · management and general $14,008 · fundraising $18,383
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15 · Royalties
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $73,331 · program services $65,202 · management and general $4,156 · fundraising $3,973
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17 · Travel
total $13,714 · program services $13,172 · management and general $3 · fundraising $539
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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20 · Interest
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $24,914 · program services $24,914 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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23 · Insurance
total $29,485 · program services $24,864 · management and general $3,712 · fundraising $909
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24a · Other expenses: Food Assistance
total $848,675 · program services $848,675 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24b · Other expenses: Program Expenses
total $243,050 · program services $243,050 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24c · Other expenses: Merchant Service Fees
total $76,359 · program services $15,374 · management and general $28,959 · fundraising $32,026
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24d · Other expenses: Other
total $49,285 · program services $2,135 · management and general $2,042 · fundraising $45,108
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24e · All other expenses
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $131,209 · end of year $552,062
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $1,266,428 · end of year $2,285,099
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $300,000 · end of year $6,720,847
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $15,069 · end of year $53
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $68,577 · end of year $98,571
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $84,396 · end of year $75,042
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$2,206,931
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$139,240
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $295,299 · end of year $2,067,691
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $5,776,296 · end of year $8,522,350
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $204,375 · end of year $251,318
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $6,169,032 · end of year $9,074,929
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,563,867 · end of year $10,995,468
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
Kinship Community Food Center engages volunteers and neighborhood residents to end hunger isolation and poverty. Our innovative programs nourish food security and wellness foster belonging and community engagement and empower stability and economic prosperity in our city.
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When a person walks into Kinship Community Food Center Organization he or she enters a social ecosystem created around food designed to propel his or her journey toward health belonging and stability. As people shop cook grow and share food they find social connectedness and support that generates the confidence to achieve their goals. The Organization offers several programs which address food scarcity and help the whole person thrive. They are briefly described below: Shop | Fresh Food Market Shop is a fresh food market that integrates health education cooking demonstrations a food bar and connections to community resources. In 2025 466,000 pounds of food were given to more than 19,000 community members. The Organization served breakfasts & dinners from our community kitchen and held food preparation demos provided by community chefs. Nearly 90% of our community members say they are now cooking at home because of shopping at our fresh food market. Grow | Urban Farm To feed and educate the community the Organization operated a 27,000 square foot urban hoop house vegetable farm and gardens that grew over 20,000 pounds of fresh local and organic produce in 2025. The Organization partnered with Maglio Company to operate the farm. Feast | Collaborative Meals Feast is a collaborative meal that brings a diverse group around a common table to explore food traditions and whole food culinary skills. Nearly 700 community members participated in wellness events in 2025.
Expenses $1,424,278 · Revenue $1,775
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Stride | Crisis Assistance and Mentoring Stride is a mentoring program that accompanies people in crisis to overcome barriers to health and economic stability. The Organization prevented eviction and or homelessness for 125 families through direct assistance and referrals and stabilized 510 families through employment assistance transportation assistance prevention of utility disconnections and or obtaining needed household goods. Workforce | Employment Readiness and Training Workforce is a paid work experience that integrates social connection and human development to create a healing path toward steady employment and economic mobility. The Organization officially launched its workforce program in 2023 and it combines culinary training with therapeutic practices and personalized coaching. Graduates are matched with careers in their fields of interest and remain active in the Kinship community beyond completion.
Expenses $526,206
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Kinship Cafe | Our Social Enterprise The Organization opened Kinship Cafe in 2024 in partnership with the ThriveOn Collaboration a new community hub in Milwaukee dedicated to health education and economic wellness. Kinship Cafe offers delicious meals crafted with love creativity and the freshest from-scratch ingredients. The Cafe supports Workforce Trainees who gain culinary and customer service skills and experience in teamwork and communication empowering their path to stability and economic prosperity in our city.
Expenses $489,134 · Revenue $132,329
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Form | Education and Engagement Form is service-learning and workshops that empower volunteers and neighborhood residents to become leaders of generosity and advocate for the betterment of society. Community members gave 23,000 hours of volunteer services in 2025 which included 80 groups. One third of the Organizations committed volunteers are also shoppers. Nearly 3,000 people participated in our community education training. Mission Internship | A Year of Service In 2025 our ninth year of the Mission Internship program four women gave a year of their life in service to the community while living together in a neighborhood home near the food center. More than just learning to coordinate the operational functions of our food center and farm the mission interns established real relationships to support shoppers volunteers and one another. They also participated in weekly formation sessions and gathered for prayer at the start of each morning.
Expenses $354,314 · Revenue -$9,528
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Vincent Noth
President CEO
- Total calculated
- $140,011
- From this org
- $135,892
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $4,119
- Hours/week
- 40
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Jennifer Mehr
Advancement Director
- Total calculated
- $125,610
- From this org
- $100,100
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $25,510
- Hours/week
- 40
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David Bourne
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Ellen Brostrom
Board Vice-Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Wendy Wallace
Treasurer Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jim Caragher
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Deacon Jim Doyle
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Maricha Harris
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mary Grace Lasquety
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Debra Klepp
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Marci Pelzer
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Steven Robinson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
- 2025
- Filed
- 31 August 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202612439349300501
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