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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,972,854
Total expenses
$3,125,378
Contributions and grants received
$2,229,556
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$735,761
Investment income
$7,537
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,420,511
Total liabilities, end of year
$302,521
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,117,990
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,194,878
Management and general expenses
$930,500
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,194,878

Program services were 70.2% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,385,127

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $844,429

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACTS

    total $485,808 · related or exempt $485,808

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE

    total $249,953 · related or exempt $249,953

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,537 · excluded $7,537

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $183,027 · program services $118,967 · management and general $64,060

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,156,688 · program services $746,555 · management and general $410,133

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $13,721 · program services $8,919 · management and general $4,802

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $131,975 · program services $85,784 · management and general $46,191

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $113,764 · program services $73,947 · management and general $39,817

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,354 · program services $7,888 · management and general $2,466

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $446,098 · program services $339,830 · management and general $106,268

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $119 · management and general $119

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,183 · program services $138 · management and general $4,045

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $44,988 · program services $4,174 · management and general $40,814

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $39,619 · management and general $39,619

  • 17 · Travel

    total $199,393 · program services $185,387 · management and general $14,006

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $233,333 · program services $233,333

  • 20 · Interest

    total $742 · management and general $742

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,646 · program services $3,386 · management and general $3,260

  • 24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $327,610 · program services $327,610

  • 24b · Other expenses: GIFT IN KIND

    total $101,595 · management and general $101,595

  • 24c · Other expenses: STIPENDS

    total $43,399 · program services $42,899 · management and general $500

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES, SUBSCRIPTIONS, AN

    total $36,183 · program services $6,098 · management and general $30,085

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $31,941 · program services $9,963 · management and general $21,978

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $786,721 · end of year $142,050

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $155,172

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $791,485 · end of year $1,123,289

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

    $8,756

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

    $8,756

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $409,287 · end of year $302,521

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $926,694 · end of year $476,548

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $242,225 · end of year $641,442

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP FOR THE EMPOWERMENT OF HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES IN ORDER TO POSITIVELY IMPACT SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS, INC. (CS), A NATIONAL 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION BASED IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, VALUES ITS ABILITY TO ACHIEVE RESULTS AND CREATE SYSTEMIC IMPACT AT THE INTERSECTION OF HOUSING AND HEALTH. OUR MISSION IS TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP FOR THE EMPOWERMENT OF HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES IN ORDER TO POSITIVELY IMPACT SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS. THROUGH THE DELIVERY OF TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, RESEARCH, AND TARGETED COMMUNITY INITIATIVES; CS IS ABLE TO STRATEGICALLY BUILD THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND VARIOUS TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS, WHILE ALSO HELPING THEM MAXIMIZE THEIR LONG-TERM COMMUNITY IMPACT IN THE AREAS OF HOUSING, HEALTH AND SERVICES.

  • CENTER FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING: THE CENTER FOR TA & CAPACITY BUILDING FOCUSES ON THE STRENGTHENING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY, DEVELOPING COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND IMPLEMENTING SYSTEM INTEGRATION INITIATIVES TO BUILD COMMUNITY READINESS FOR CHANGE. BY MOBILIZING OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THROUGH COLLECTIVE STATEGIES, WE SEEK COLLABORATIVE SYSTEM CHANGE APPROACHES TO END SOCIAL INJUSTICES AND HEALTH INEQUITIES WHICH SO OFTEN DEFINE OUR SYSTEMS OF CARE.

    Expenses $828,804 · Revenue $9,203

  • CENTER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING: THE CENTER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING FOCUSES ON BUILDING THE MOVEMENT FOR SOCIAL CHANGE BY FOSTERING VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING. FOCUSING ON ADULT LEARNING PRINCIPLES, THE CENTER STRIVES TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE, EXPERTISE, AND SKILLS-DEVELOPMENT TO BUILD ORGANIZATION AND INDIVIDUAL READINESS FOR SOCIAL AND SYSTEMIC CHANGE.

    Expenses $447,807 · Revenue $415,057

  • CENTER FOR COALITION SERVICES: THE CENTER FOR COALITION SERVICES PROVIDES ADMINISTRATION, LEADERSHIP, AND PROGRAMMING TO SUPPORT PARTNERSHIPS WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO FURTHER THEIR MISSIONS TO ADVANCE HOUSING, HEALTH, AND SERVICES FOR POPULATIONS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

    Expenses $650,709 · Revenue $311,501

  • Expenses $267,558

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Khristi Driver

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pat Hoben Moore

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Renee M Willis

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Ellen Judah

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Russell Bennett

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $206,702
    From this org
    $183,027
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,675
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,027
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,268
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,407
    Filer's total
    $206,702

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

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE CEO'S COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED ANNUALLY BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513219349313256

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