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← BROOKLYN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BROOKLYN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,708,861
Total expenses
$23,057,208
Contributions and grants received
$18,508,501
Grants paid
$18,412,951
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$9,835,200
Other revenue
$35,560
Total assets, end of year
$124,159,466
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,503,102
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$121,656,364
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$19,518,643
Management and general expenses
$2,633,553
Fundraising expenses
$905,012
Program service expenses (Part III)
$19,518,643

Program services were 84.7% 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

    $609,314

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $17,899,187

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,262,410

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,013,928 · excluded $2,013,928

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $34,162,925

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $46,012,053

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$11,849,128

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$11,849,128 · excluded -$11,849,128

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $79,100

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

    $609,314

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $362,280

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$283,180 · excluded -$283,180

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $318,740 · excluded $318,740

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $318,740

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $18,412,951 · program services $18,412,951

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $309,655 · program services $87,185 · management and general $143,495 · fundraising $78,975

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,545,833 · program services $439,848 · management and general $708,137 · fundraising $397,848

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $93,719 · program services $23,719 · management and general $48,178 · fundraising $21,822

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $196,700 · program services $49,783 · management and general $101,117 · fundraising $45,800

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $123,072 · program services $31,149 · management and general $63,267 · fundraising $28,656

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $82,666 · program services $14,903 · management and general $61,783 · fundraising $5,980

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $326,531 · program services $58,867 · management and general $244,042 · fundraising $23,622

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $196,059 · management and general $196,059

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,188,384 · program services $276,647 · management and general $800,726 · fundraising $111,011

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $72,215 · program services $9,884 · management and general $6,338 · fundraising $55,993

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $172,842 · program services $43,186 · management and general $79,153 · fundraising $50,503

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $103,305 · program services $140 · management and general $72,858 · fundraising $30,307

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $113,433 · program services $51,480 · management and general $22,856 · fundraising $39,097

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,481 · management and general $8,481

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $60,738 · program services $5,596 · management and general $49,849 · fundraising $5,293

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $21,308 · management and general $21,308

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $29,316 · program services $13,305 · management and general $5,906 · fundraising $10,105

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,329,163 · end of year $3,111,806

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $10,352,563 · end of year $18,093,684

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $156,936 · end of year $305,351

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $30,179 · end of year $38,243

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

    $634,109

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

    $607,654

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $26,480 · end of year $26,455

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $64,717,069 · end of year $59,933,220

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $38,251,867 · end of year $42,583,790

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $66,331 · end of year $66,917

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $303,701 · end of year $413,102

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $1,561,250 · end of year $2,090,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $22,420 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $112,195,165 · end of year $119,642,614

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,848,052 · end of year $2,013,750

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

SPARK LASTING SOCIAL JUSTICE CHANGE, MOBILIZING PEOPLE, CAPITAL, & EXPERTISE FOR A FAIR BROOKLYN.

  • DONOR ADVISED FUNDS: THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES CUSTOMIZED SUPPORT, GUIDANCE AND SERVICES TO DONORS WHO OPEN A DONOR ADVISED FUND WITH THE FOUNDATION. IN FY23, THE FOUNDATION ISSUED OVER $14 MILLION IN DONOR DIRECTED GRANTS - OVER 60% OF WHICH WENT TO BROOKLYN NONPROFITS.

    Expenses $19,424,206 · Grants $14,235,951

  • INVEST IN YOUTH GRANT PORTFOLIO:IN FY23, THE FOUNDATION INVESTED OVER $2.475 MILLION THROUGH A UNIQUE SET OF PROGRAMS TO 56 YOUTH-SERVING NONPROFITS FROM OUR INVEST IN YOUTH GRANT PROGRAM.

    Expenses $55,638 · Grants $2,487,000

  • WELLNESS AND RECOVERY FUND:LAUNCHED IN 2021, SUPPORTS ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO ENSURE THAT THOSE WHO NAVIGATE THE DIFFICULT ROAD OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ADDICTION DO SO WITH RELIABLE SUPPORT THAT HONORS THEIR AGENCY AND DIGNITY. IN FY23, THE FOUNDATION INVESTED OVER $725,000 THROUGH A UNIQUE SET OF PROGRAMS TO 10 NONPROFITS.

    Expenses $35,620 · Grants $770,000

  • BROOKLYN ELDERS FUND:IN FY23, THE FOUNDATION INVESTED OVER $720,000 THROUGH A UNIQUE SET OF PROGRAMS TO 17 OLDER ADULT SERVING NONPROFITS FROM OUR BROOKLYN ELDERS FUND GRANT PROGRAM.

    Expenses $3,179 · Grants $920,000

  • THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JOE AND CLARA TSAI'S SOCIAL JUSTICE FUND, THE JUST BROOKLYN PRIZE AWARDS FIVE BROOKLYNITES WORKING ON RACIAL JUSTICE WITH AN UNRESTRICTED $20,000 AND ARE SELECTED BY A COMMITTEE OF BROOKLYN LEADERS, INCLUDING THE BOROUGH PRESIDENT.

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nicole Gueron

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harsha Marti

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Williams

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Gillespie

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katharine Darrow

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Bettridge

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Defossett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lesleigh Irish-Underwood

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hilary Jager

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Zul Jamal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mamie Kanfer Stewart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lawanna Kimbro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vivian Liao Korich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Noa Meyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andi Phillips

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carley Roney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Constance Sargent

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shelley Stewart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susannah Taylor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rachel Timoner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carmencita Whonder

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shaheen Rushd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vishal Sheth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Timothy Simons

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gabriel Schwartz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jocelynne Rainey

    CEO & PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $279,673
    From this org
    $275,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,673
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $275,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,673
    Filer's total
    $279,673
  • Liane Stegmaier

    VP OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $176,185
    From this org
    $137,052
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,133
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $127,052
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,279
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,854
    Filer's total
    $176,185
  • Jennifer Walski

    VP OF DONOR ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $160,584
    From this org
    $140,110
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,474
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,110
    Bonus
    $11,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,508
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,966
    Filer's total
    $160,584
  • Sabrina Hargrave

    PROGRAM OFFICER/DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $154,617
    From this org
    $117,039
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,578
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $106,558
    Bonus
    $10,481
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,778
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,800
    Filer's total
    $154,617
  • Sarah Shannon

    FMR COO/CHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $226,975
    From this org
    $186,433
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,542
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $11,433
    Deferred
    $13,982
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,560
    Filer's total
    $226,975

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 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4A
SARAH SHANNON (FORMER COO) RECEIVED A SEVERANCE PACKAGE OF $102,083.35. MONIQUE NIEVES RECEIVED A SEVERANCE PACKAGE $14,615.38.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
29 April 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202441229349301439

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