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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COMMUNITY REFUGEE AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$10,412,163
Total expenses
$10,433,300
Contributions and grants received
$10,325,177
Grants paid
$3,049,898
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$86,986
Total assets, end of year
$2,993,691
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,552,905
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$440,786
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,913,224
Management and general expenses
$500,497
Fundraising expenses
$19,579
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,913,224

Program services were 95.0% 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)

    $9,831,968

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $493,209

  • 11a · Other revenue

    total $86,986 · related or exempt $86,986

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $86,986

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $3,049,898 · program services $3,049,898

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $94,954 · program services $88,307 · management and general $4,748 · fundraising $1,899

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,142,060 · program services $5,065,286 · management and general $76,774

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $494,555 · program services $487,550 · management and general $7,005

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $421,198 · program services $420,720 · management and general $478

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $10,006 · program services $10,006

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $109,473 · program services $41,604 · management and general $67,869

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $102,848 · program services $84,248 · management and general $18,600

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $131,404 · program services $84,680 · management and general $46,724

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $110,051 · program services $84,163 · management and general $25,888

  • 17 · Travel

    total $96,757 · program services $87,521 · management and general $9,236

  • 20 · Interest

    total $76,228 · program services $9,327 · management and general $66,901

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $77,131 · program services $26,587 · management and general $50,544

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $39,861 · management and general $39,861

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $99,293 · program services $97,751 · management and general $1,542

  • 24b · Other expenses: INTERPRETATION EXPENSE

    total $82,234 · program services $77,088 · management and general $5,146

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $66,652 · program services $12,415 · management and general $54,237

  • 24d · Other expenses: CONTRACT LABOR

    total $62,008 · program services $59,405 · management and general $2,603

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $166,689 · program services $126,668 · management and general $22,341 · fundraising $17,680

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $140,898 · end of year $536,403

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,231,062 · end of year $777,833

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,010 · end of year $14,986

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

    $1,863,797

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

    $199,328

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,772,842 · end of year $1,664,469

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,353

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $895,634 · end of year $846,848

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $117,238 · end of year $108,687

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $860,567 · end of year $831,454

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $727,259 · end of year $747,330

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $68,651 · end of year $18,586

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $265,148 · end of year $340,786

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $221,668 · end of year $100,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

COMMUNITY REFUGEE AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, INC.'S MISSION IS TO HELP REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS REACH AND SUSTAIN SUFFICIENCY AND ACHEIVE SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION INTO THE CENTRL OHIO COMMUNITY THROUGH TEACHING, EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE, INTERPRETING, REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT, AND LEGAL SERVICES.

  • RESETTLEMENT (CWS) - THE CRIS RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM SERVES CLIENTS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO US BY NATIONAL PARTNERING AGENCY, CHURCH WORLD SERVICES (CWS). ALL CASES ARE APPROVED BY THE US GOVERNMENT TO ENTER AS REFUGEES. THE SUPPORT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY PAYS AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN THE SUCCESSFUL RESETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES TO CENTRAL OHIO. CRIS PARTNERS WITH SUPPORTIVE INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES, ETC. -- TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE LIVES AND WELL BEING OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. DONATIONS OF TIME, RESOURCES, FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS, AND/OR HOUSEHOLD ITEMS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE WORK OF CRIS AND THE LIVES OF LOCAL REGUGEES AND REFUGEE FAMILIES.

    Expenses $2,316,288

  • MATCH GRANT (CWS-MG) -- ONE OF THE KEYS TO ANY NEWCOMER'S SUCCESS IN THE UNITED STATES IS ACHEIVING AND SUSTAINING SELF SUFFICIENCY. THE MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM WORKS TO ASSIST REFUGEES IN BECOMING FINANCIALLY SELF- SUFFICIENT IN THEIR FIRST SIX MONTHS IN THE U.S. AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO RECEIVING PUBLIC CASH ASSISTANCE. EACH REFUGEE ENROLLED IN THIS PROGRAM IS ASSIGNED A CASE MANAGER TO ASSIST WITH SECURING EMPLOYMENT, NETWORKING WITH EMPLOYERS, AND OFFERING ONGOING JOB COUNSELLING TO CLIENTS. THIS PROGRAM REQUIRES AN INVESTMENT OF PRIV ATE RESOURCES TO "MATCH" ITS FEDERAL FUNDS, AND CRIS SECURES THE SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, VOLUNTEERS, AND EMPLOYERS TO FULFILL THE PROGRAM'S CONTRIBUTION. EACH DOLLAR DONATED TO THE PROGRAM IS MATCHED TWO TO ONE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, SO A GIFCT OF 40 LEADS TO 120 IN SUPPORT OF THE MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM. IN-KIND DONATIONS ALSO HELP CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THIS FEDERAL MATCH. THE PROGRAM IS NOW AN 8- MONTH (240 DAY) PROGRAM.

    Expenses $1,562,239

  • PREFERRED - CRIS' REFUGEE HEALTH AND WELLNEDD PROGRAM ASSISTS ALL INDIVIDUALS RESETTLED BY CRIS WITH ESTABLISHING PRIMARY CARE THROUGH A GENERAL PRACTITIONER. THE PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES ONE YEAR OF INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO REFUGEES FACING SIGNIFICANT PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. INTENSIVED CASH MANAGEMENT IS STRENGTHS-BASED AND AIMS TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS WITH ACHEIVING SELF-SUFFICIENCY BY ADDRESSING THEIR IDENTIFIED AREAS OF VULNERABILITY. IN ADDITION, THE PROGRAM PERIODICALLY OFFERS ALTERNATIVE WELLNEDD GROUP PROGRAMMING, AND HEALTH EDUCATION CLASSES.

    Expenses $814,916

  • ALL OTHER PROGRAMS - VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE (VOCA) PROGRAM, SENIOR SERVICE PROGRAM, CAREER SERVICES PROGRAM -- REFUGEE SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAM (RSS). REFUGEE YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAM, RESOURCE SPECIALIST AND ACCLIMATION SERVICES, COMMUNITY TIES (TOWARD INTEGRATED ECONOMIC SUCCESS) PROGRAM, EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM, AND PARENTING FOR LEP FAMILIES.

    Expenses $5,219,781 · Grants $3,049,898

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Angela Plummer

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $94,955
    From this org
    $67,158
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,797
    Hours/week
    40

  • Leo Almeida

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stephen Harris

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert Cohen Esq

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carrie Arblaster

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marti Babcock

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Norah Bagirinka

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Claire Bennett

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Daniel Brilhard PhD

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Colleen Moidu

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Mutegi

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jonathan Ramsden

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joe Recchie

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ric Simmons Esq

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
12 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202532259349301433

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