Totals
- Total revenue
- $885,732
- Total expenses
- $1,205,696
- Contributions and grants received
- $946,022
- Grants paid
- $1,006,808
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- -$60,290
- Total assets, end of year
- $713,356
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $713,356
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,006,808
- Management and general expenses
- $198,888
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,006,808
Program services were 83.5% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$9,397
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$936,625
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$0
-
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$9,397
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$7,497
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$7,497 · excluded -$7,497
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11a · Other revenue: LOAN ASSISTANCE REPAYM
total $19,603 · related or exempt $19,603
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11b · Other revenue: FROM SMALL STORIES LLC
total $3,747 · unrelated business $3,747
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11c · Other revenue: BOOK SALES AND RELATED
total $37 · unrelated business $37
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11d · All other revenue
total -$76,180 · unrelated business -$76,180
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11e · Other revenue, total
-$52,793
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $1,006,808 · program services $1,006,808
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $68,500 · management and general $68,500
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23 · Insurance
total $1,371 · management and general $1,371
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24a · Other expenses: CONSULTING/DEVELOPMENT
total $96,300 · management and general $96,300
-
24b · Other expenses: WEBSITE FEES & MANAGEME
total $12,000 · management and general $12,000
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24c · Other expenses: COMPUTER & IT EXPENSE
total $6,797 · management and general $6,797
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24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL FEES
total $6,420 · management and general $6,420
-
24e · All other expenses
total $7,500 · management and general $7,500
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $703,753 · end of year $97,640
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $267,999 · end of year $622,291
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $61,568 · end of year -$6,575
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29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $1,033,320 · end of year $713,356
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TO PROVIDE A VEHICLE THROUGH WHICH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED INITIATIVES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POOR AND AT RISK CAN BE IMPLEMENTED.
Activities or mission (Part I)
CLERESTORY'S VISION IS TO BE A PLATFORM TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE UNIQUE AND CRITICAL MISSION OF TRUE-GOSPEL CHURCHES ON THE GROUND DOING THE WORK OF MAKING DISCIPLES AMONG THE POOR AND MARGINALIZED, AND TO FOCUS CHRISTIAN CHARITY TOWARD DISCIPLE-MAKING CHURCHES AND THE NON-PROFITS THAT SUPPORT THEM. CLERESTORY CARRIES OUT THIS VISION BY UTILIZING MORE THAN A DOZEN YEARS OF ON-THE-GROUND EXPERIENCE TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT THROUGH CONSULTING, ACCESS TO VOLUNTEERS, EXPERTISE AND SERVICES TO CHURCHES AND NON-PROFITS IN PARTICULAR AREAS OF SPECIALIZED NEED, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS WALKING A PATH TO FINANCIAL SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
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PROVIDED FINANCIAL, CONSULTING, VOLUNTEERS, EXPERTISE, AND SERVICES TO CHURCHES AND NON-PROFITS IN AREAS OF SPECIALIZED NEED TO BRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE TO THE MATERIALLY POOR AND MARGINALIZED CREATING A PATH TO FINANCIAL SELF SUFFICIENCY. SPECIFICALLY DURING 2022, THE ORGANIZATION HELD EVENTS TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE NEEDS IN MARGINALIZED AREAS IN THE BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA AREA. AN AREA IDENTIFIED MEETING THESE NEEDS WAS THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD, ALABAMA. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED ASSISTANCE THROUGH FINANCIAL SUPPORT, VOLUNTEERS, EXPERTISE, AND SERVICES TO THE CITY THROUGH URBAN HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH AND URBAN HOPE DEVELOPEMENT. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO SUPPORTED OTHER 501(C)(3) ORGANIZIZATIONS PROVIDING VEHICLE SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY GROCERY SUPPORT MINISTRIES AIDING THE MATERIALLY POOR AND MARGINALIZED IN THE COMMUNITY.
Expenses $1,006,808 · Grants $1,006,808
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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GREG MIXON
CHAIRMAN/PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
-
BETH DRENNEN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
-
JAMES LLOYD
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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
-
$1,006,808
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 13 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202543189349305094
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