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← THE CENTER FOR TEEN EMPOWERMENT INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE CENTER FOR TEEN EMPOWERMENT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,366,610
Total expenses
$4,920,055
Contributions and grants received
$5,271,421
Grants paid
$113,361
Program service revenue
$43,610
Investment income
$95,661
Other revenue
-$44,082
Total assets, end of year
$9,636,441
Total liabilities, end of year
$764,247
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,872,194
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,651,496
Management and general expenses
$855,571
Fundraising expenses
$412,988
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,651,496

Program services were 74.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $76,337

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,209,802

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,985,282

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONSULTING

    total $43,610 · related or exempt $43,610

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $95,661 · excluded $95,661

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $5,536

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $76,337

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $52,535

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$46,999 · excluded -$46,999

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC INCOME

    total $2,917 · excluded $2,917

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,917

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $4,520 · program services $4,520

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $108,841 · program services $108,841

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $338,568 · program services $107,299 · management and general $183,580 · fundraising $47,689

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,573,135 · program services $2,205,674 · management and general $126,839 · fundraising $240,622

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $162,298 · program services $148,487 · management and general $3,002 · fundraising $10,809

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $342,127 · program services $286,869 · management and general $29,601 · fundraising $25,657

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $121,097 · management and general $121,097

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $316,206 · program services $106,140 · management and general $175,351 · fundraising $34,715

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $69,585 · program services $61,658 · management and general $3,868 · fundraising $4,059

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $227,625 · program services $201,694 · management and general $16,572 · fundraising $9,359

  • 17 · Travel

    total $33,201 · program services $24,513 · management and general $6,236 · fundraising $2,452

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $217,596 · program services $119,517 · management and general $94,119 · fundraising $3,960

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $75,453 · program services $57,567 · management and general $12,846 · fundraising $5,040

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EVENT EXPENSES

    total $176,824 · program services $134,189 · management and general $41,939 · fundraising $696

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $86,163 · program services $45,733 · management and general $20,640 · fundraising $19,790

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $40,169 · program services $37,114 · management and general $2,840 · fundraising $215

  • 24d · Other expenses: CAPITAL CAMPAIGN EXPENS

    total $6,600 · fundraising $6,600

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $20,047 · program services $1,681 · management and general $17,041 · fundraising $1,325

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,771,322 · end of year $253,764

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $265,399 · end of year $2,202,105

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,262,990 · end of year $2,241,809

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,978 · end of year $10,139

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $5,595 · end of year $5,338

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $38,941 · end of year $23,066

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

    $4,889,678

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

    $468,059

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,234,981 · end of year $4,421,619

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $653,247 · end of year $478,601

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $373,956 · end of year $283,020

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $439,858 · end of year $481,227

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,478,031 · end of year $6,686,239

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,947,608 · end of year $2,185,955

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO EMPLOY, TRAIN, AND EMPOWER YOUTH TO, IN COLLABORATION WITH ADULTS, CREATE PEACE, EQUITY, AND JUSTICE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EMPLOYS, TRAINS, AND EMPOWERS YOUTH TO, IN COLLABORATION WITH ADULTS, CREATE PEACE, EQUITY, AND JUSTICE.

  • DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS WHICH DEVELOP THE PEER LEADERSHIP SKILLS OF TEENAGERS. IN FY25, THE CENTER EMPLOYED 138 YOUTH WHO PLANNED AND IMPLEMENTED EVENTS AND INITIATIVES THAT INVOLVED MORE THAN 3,000 YOUTH AND ADULTS; OPENED A NEW SITE IN THE MATTAPAN NEIGHBORHOOD OF BOSTON; AND, SUPPORTED AND TRAINED 25 YOUNG PEOPLE RETURNING FROM INCARCERATION.

    Expenses $3,651,496 · Grants $113,361 · Revenue $43,610

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • George Bevis

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Monica Zeno-Martin

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Russo

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Connolly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Dejesus-Rueff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Frenia Hunter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica Puterman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Andre Stark

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jumaane Kendrick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joyya Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathy Nixon

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 6/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Abrigal Forrester

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $228,276
    From this org
    $204,167
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,109
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,917
    Bonus
    $250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,109
    Filer's total
    $228,276

  • Stephanie Berkowitz

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS & CLERK

    Total calculated
    $99,219
    From this org
    $89,653
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,566
    Hours/week
    40

  • Douglas Ackley

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ROCHESTER

    Total calculated
    $130,272
    From this org
    $108,168
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,104
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kay Mathew

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $104,087
    From this org
    $103,504
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $583
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED BONUSES AS FOLLOWS: ABRIGAL FORRESTER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: $250 DOUGLAS ACKLEY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: $500 KAY MATHEW, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT: $150 STEPHANIE BERKOWITZ, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND CLERK: $500

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
25 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202640589349301609

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