Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$867,851

Total expenses

$941,476

Contributions and grants received

$860,894

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$6,409

Investment income

$548

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$849,447

Total liabilities, end of year

$20,965

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$828,482

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$801,176

Management and general expenses

$95,430

Fundraising expenses

$44,870

Program service expenses (Part III)

$801,176

Program services were 85.1% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• THE THEA BOWMAN CENTER (CENTER) FOOD SUPPORT PROGRAM: OVER 9,000 COMMUNITY RESIDENTS WERE PROVIDED FOOD SUPPORT IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 - 2024. TBC'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE MOST IN NEED IN THE MOUNT PLEASANT COMMUNITY. OUR GOAL IS TO HELP ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF HUNGER FOR PEOPLE WITH LIMITED INCOME AND LIMITED RESOURCES. OUR WEEKLY HOT LUNCH PROGRAM SERVES AN AVERAGE OF 150 RESIDENTS PER WEEK. THIS PROGRAM IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FOUR CATHOLIC CHURCHES AND THE SAI BABA CENTER. THE CENTER PROVIDES A HOT, NUTRITIOUS MEAL EVERY SATURDAY AND IS OPEN TO THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE MOUNT PLEASANT COMMUNITY. THE SENIOR OUTREACH PROGRAM: THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE OUTREACH SERVICES AND HEALTHY RESOURCE CONNECTIONS INCLUDING SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT FOR SENIORS 60 AND OLDER. IN ADDITION, WE DELIVER FOOD TO 100 SENIORS WHO ARE HOMEBOUND. TAX RETURN FILING: THE CENTER OFFERS A FREE TAX RETURN PREPARATION SERVICE THAT HAS ASSISTED OVER 500 RESIDENTS.

  Expenses $801,176

• COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM-ADULT LITERACY/GED PROGRAM: THIS PROGRAM WHICH STARTED IN 2009 ASSISTS PEOPLE WITH COMPETING HIGH SCHOOL BY PROVIDING GED TUTORING SERVICES. STATISTICS SHOW THAT OVER 39% OF MOUNT PLEASANT RESIDENTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 30 - 40, DO NOT HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION. COMPUTER LITERACY CLASSES ARE AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS WEEKLY. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE 16 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN CLASSES OFFERED TWICE DAILY. SENIORS ARE MOST EXCITED TO LEARN COMPUTER SKILLS. MOUNT PLEASANT IS A DIGITAL DIVIDE COMMUNITY WITH LIMITED HOME ACCESS TO THE INTERNET OR A COMPUTER. JOB SUPPORT IS PROVIDED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MANUFACTURING COMPANIES, HOSPITALS AND OTHERS LOOKING TO HIRE RESIDENTS FOR VARIOUS JOBS. THE CENTER SERVES AS THE COMMUNITY HOST FOR JOB FAIRS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THIS APPROACH HELPS TO CONNECT RESIDENTS TO JOB OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING ASSISTANCE WITH ONLINE JOB APPLICATIONS AND RESOURCE NETWORKING.

• TBC CHILDREN'S PROGRAM: THE CHILDREN'S EIGHT-WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM PROVIDES A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR 25 CHILDREN (K-8TH) TO GROW AND LEARN. THE SUMMER PROGRAM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FOOD BANK, PROVIDES MEALS FOR CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY. WHEN THE CHILDREN RETURN TO SCHOOL, THEY ATTEND AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM (3:15P - 5:15P) FOUR DAYS PER WEEK. THIS PROGRAM IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH PROVIDES A VARIETY OF LITERACY, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES TO THIRTY 2ND THROUGH 7TH GRADERS ON THE NATHAN HALE SCHOOL CAMPUS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. MYCOM-MY COMMITMENT, MY COMMUNITY: THIS PROGRAM PARTNERS WITH A NETWORK OF OVER 90 COMMUNITY PROVIDERS INCLUDING SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES. COMMUNITY PARTNERS CONNECT WITH FAMILIES AND YOUTH (OVER 2000) TO ENSURE POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT TO GROW AND LEARN. THE FOCUS IS YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND YOUTH VOICE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG WITH FAMILY SUPPORT.

• VOLUNTEER PROGRAM: THE CENTER WELCOMED OVER 700 VOLUNTEERS WHO PROVIDED HELP TO ALL OF THE ABOVE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. THE YEAR-ROUND SATURDAY HOT LUNCH PROGRAM ALONE IS TOTALLY SUPPORTED BY OVER 350 VOLUNTEERS FROM FIVE PARTNER CHURCHES. BUSINESSES, COMPANIES, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY SOCIAL GROUPS AND SORORITIES, SUPPORT OUR SMALL WORKFORCE AND ALL PROGRAMS. AS A SMALL ORGANIZATION, VOLUNTEERS ARE A MAJOR ASSET TO OUR MISSION AND SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. ACCOMPLISHMENTS: OUR MISSION STATEMENT (LISTENING, LEARNING AND DOING, ADOPTED VIA THE 2024 - 2027 STRATEGIC PLAN) IS OUR GUIDE TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, CONNECTION AND SERVICE DELIVERY. THEREFORE, ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH DURING THE HOT MEAL AND PANTRY TIME ON SATURDAYS, CONNECTS THE CENTER TO THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITY'S RESIDENTS. THIS CONNECTION RESULTED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FOOD CHOICE PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM EMPOWERS RESIDENTS TO SELECT THE ITEMS THEY WANT AND NEED RATHER THAN RECEIVE A PREPACKED STANDARD FOOD BANK GROCERY BAG CONTAINING ITEMS THAT OFTEN AREN'T USED. ON SATURDAYS, COMMUNITY RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN OTHER TBC PROGRAMS AND SERVICES OFFERED SUCH AS JOB FAIRS AND THE CENTER'S MARKETPLACE AS WELL AS RECEIVE VALUABLE COMMUNITY, CITY AND COUNTY RESOURCE INFORMATION TO HELP THEM IN THEIR DAILY LIFE'S JOURNEY. DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAM ASSESSMENT AND MEASUREMENTS TOOLS TO BETTER ACCOUNT FOR OUR PROGRAM AND SERVICES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED JANUARY 2025. THIS INCLUDES SATISFACTION SURVEYS TO BE USED BY ALL PROGRAMS FOR FEEDBACK FROM PARTICIPANTS. THE CENTER'S STRATEGIC PLAN WILL BE UPDATED AND IMPLEMENTED FOR THE PERIOD 2025/ 2027. INCREASED FUNDING OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS HAS ENABLED THE CENTER TO INCREASE THE STAFFING CAPACITY FROM FOUR PART-TIME STAFF TO SEVEN FULL-TIME STAFF TO MEET THE DEMAND OF EXPANDED PROGRAMMING.

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

Listed in Part VII

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

18 March 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

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