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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY SERVICES.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,581,526
Total expenses
$4,347,879
Contributions and grants received
$4,581,526
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,191,853
Total liabilities, end of year
$174,449
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,017,404
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,859,585
Management and general expenses
$318,479
Fundraising expenses
$169,815
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,859,585

Program services were 88.8% 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)

    $3,315,143

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,266,383

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,946,008 · program services $1,614,583 · management and general $219,076 · fundraising $112,349

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $138,204 · program services $105,755 · management and general $23,288 · fundraising $9,161

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $205,205 · program services $170,693 · management and general $22,168 · fundraising $12,344

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $248,278 · program services $241,902 · management and general $4,019 · fundraising $2,357

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $34,951 · program services $29,877 · management and general $5,074

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $52,635 · program services $39,581 · management and general $10,527 · fundraising $2,527

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $86,144 · program services $68,543 · management and general $7,003 · fundraising $10,598

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $160,592 · program services $124,994 · management and general $15,837 · fundraising $19,761

  • 20 · Interest

    total $129 · management and general $129

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,240 · management and general $8,240

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,363 · program services $12,209 · management and general $1,436 · fundraising $718

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $1,192,090 · program services $1,192,090

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $256,989 · program services $256,989

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $4,051 · program services $2,369 · management and general $1,682

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $786,583 · end of year $556,958

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $489,716 · end of year $909,116

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $16,441 · end of year $22,496

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

    $17,530

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

    $6,830

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $72,440 · end of year $10,700

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $603,786 · end of year $692,583

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $76,060 · end of year $174,449

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,419,231 · end of year $1,526,415

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $473,675 · end of year $490,989

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY SERVICES IS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN PROVIDING COMMUNITY RELATED SERVICES IN THE AREA OF SOCIAL, EMPLOYMENT, CITIZENSHIP, YOUTH AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM SERVICES, HOUSING ASSISTANCE, LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATION SERVICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY SERVICES IS TO PROVIDE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE K-12TH EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT KEEP OUR YOUTH SAFE AND HELP THEM SUCCEED IN SCHOOL AND LIFE.

  • EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS- AFTERSCHOOL AND SUMMER: CULTURALLY COMPETENT, AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS DESIGNED FOR ELEMENTARY (K-4) AND MIDDLE SCHOOL (5-8) AND HIGH SCHOOL (9-12) SCHOLARS. THE EACS MODEL ENCOURAGES ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, HEALTHY SELF-ESTEEM AND SELF-IMAGE, LEADERSHIP AND COLLEGE/CAREER EXPLORATION. THESE PROGRAMS SERVED 200 YOUTH DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. THE HORN SUMMER DAY CAMP SERVED 150 YOUTH BETWEEN EACS' TWO CAMPUSES.

    Expenses $3,859,585

  • PRENATAL PROGRAM: EACS IS PIONEERING ITS INNOVATIVE SHEEKO SHEEKO, HOME VISITING PROGRAM (2019). SHEEKO SHEEKO WORKS TO INCREASE PARENT-CHILD COGNITIVE INTERACTIONS THROUGH THE SOMALI ART OF STORY-TELLING. SHEEKO SHEEKO HOME VISITING PROGRAM HOPES TO CREATE AN IN-HOME CULTURE WHERE READING AND INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY IS FOSTERED.

  • MENTORSHIP AND PARENT LEADERSHIP: STRONG GIRLS, POWERFUL LEADERS IS A STRATEGIC COMPONENT OF EACS' YOUTH MENTORSHIP AND EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMMING. IT EMERGED FROM THE REAL NEEDS OF GIRLS THEMSELVES. CONSEQUENTLY, IT IS FOR GIRLS, BY GIRLS AND WOMEN MENTORS. GIRLS WILL MEET MONTHLY WITH MENTORS FOR DISCUSSION GROUPS, ONE-ON-ONE MENTORSHIP AND GROUP LEARNING. EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY SERVICES' PLTI EXISTS TO CIVICALLY ACTIVATE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITIES TO HARNESS THEIR COLLECTIVE CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL POWER TO AFFECT AN EQUITY AND JUSTICE AGENDA.

  • OTHER PROGRAMS: PARENT LEADERSHIP TRAINING INSTITUTE AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Abdi Mukthtar

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Fethya Ibrahim

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Zeinab Hared

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brandon Hersey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Natalie Martinez

    BOARD 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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • EACS FAMILY EMPOWERMENT CENTER LLC

    CENTER FOR SOMALI APARTMENTS, YOUTH CENTER, CAFE · WA · income $17,337 · assets $2,024,406

    Directly controlled by EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY SERVICES

  • THE HORN AT SEATAC

    SOMALI RESIDENTIAL HOUSING · WA · income $568,095 · assets $9,818,869

    Directly controlled by EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY SERVICES

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
23 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202432979349302108

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