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← COMMUNITY FATHERS INC

Form 990-EZ for tax year 2025

Filed by COMMUNITY FATHERS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$29,094
Total expenses
$69,262
Contributions and grants received
$29,071
Grants paid
not reported
Program service revenue
not reported
Membership dues (line 3)
not reported
Investment income (line 4)
$23
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
not reported
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
not reported
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
not reported
Other revenue (line 8)
not reported
Total assets, end of year
$3,536
Total liabilities, end of year
not reported
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,536
Program service expenses (Part III)
$69,262

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2025

Primary exempt purpose

OUR VISION IS TO CREATE A WORLD WHERE ALL MEN REALIZE THEIR VALUE AS CARETAKERS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING SELF-HELP OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO FATHERS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

  • FATHERS SUPPORT GROUP - THE FATHERS SUPPORT GROUP IS THE BACKBONE OF COMMUNITY FATHERS INC. EVERY WEEK MEN MEET TO EXPRESS THEIR PARENTING CONCERNS, LEGAL ISSUES, AND OVERALL LIFE GOALS. IN THE GROUP INDIVIDUALS OFFER EACH OTHER GUIDANCE FROM PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIVED EXPERIENCES IN AN EFFORT TO INTERRUPT INTERGENERATIONAL PATTERNS.

    Expenses $3,463

  • OCCUPATIONS INSTEAD OF INCARCERATION (OIOI) - WITH THIS INITIATIVE, OUR COMMITMENT IS TO PROMOTE SOCIAL ECONOMIC ENTERPRISES. OIOI'S GOALS ARE TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO SUCCESS WHEREVER THEY MAY EXIST AND REPLACE THEM WITH LADDERS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR YOUTH BY PROVIDING CAREER AND ENTREPRENEURIAL READINESS SKILLS NEEDED TO INCREASE ONES POTENTIAL. THERE ARE THREE CAREER PATHS THAT ARE OFFERED AND HAVE HAD MUCH SUCCESS. THE SILK-SCREENING PATH WHICH TEACHES PARTICIPANTS THE INS AND OUTS OF THE FIELD. THE CORNERSTONE BAKERY WHICH OPERATES AND RETAILS AT THE SCHENECTADY GREEN MARKET EVERY SUNDAY. THE LANDSCAPING PATH CURRENTLY WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY OF SCHENECTADY'S RE-TREE INITIATIVE. CONTACT US TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE AND HOW TO GET YOURSELF OR CHILD INVOLVED.

    Expenses $51,947

  • MEALS AND HEAL - WE ARE DEDICATED TO STEPPING UP OUR EFFORTS IN ENCOURAGING A HEALTHY COMMUNITY. THE MEAL & HEAL PROGRAM OFFERS A PLACE WHERE MEN CAN NOURISH THE MIND, BODY, AND SOUL WHILE LEARNING NEW RECIPES AND EATING SOME GOOD FOOD. THIS IS A SPACE WHERE FATHER AND MEN COME TOGETHER TO LEARN HEALTHY PLANT BASED COOKING HAVE MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LIFE AS A FATHER (OR JUST BEING A MAN IN GENERAL).

    Expenses $10,389

  • COMMUNITY JUSTICE PROGRAMS - THIS PROGRAM WAS FORMED FOR FATHERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY INCARCERATED AND/OR THOSE WHO WERE FORMERLY INCARCERATED AND NEED SUPPORT. BY OFFERING MEN SUPPORT, THIS PROGRAM MOTIVATES INDIVIDUALS TO HOLD THEMSELVES ACCOUNTABLE IN THEIR LIFE JOURNEYS.

    Expenses $3,463

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part IV

  • WALTER SIMPKINS

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    0

  • JOHAN MATTHEWS

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    0

  • ELROY TATEM

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    0

  • LAURA COMBS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    0

  • TRENT GRIFFIN-BRAAF

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    0

  • GREGORY WALKER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    0

  • ASIA PRIEST

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    0

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2025
Filed
22 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202612039349200011

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