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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE NETWORK INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,378,559
Total expenses
$8,606,723
Contributions and grants received
$8,344,810
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$53,751
Investment income
$1,735
Other revenue
-$21,737
Total assets, end of year
$3,976,340
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,398,512
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,577,828
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,628,434
Management and general expenses
$930,784
Fundraising expenses
$47,505
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,628,434

Program services were 88.6% 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

    $50,092

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $7,055,676

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,239,042

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,091,662

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $53,751 · related or exempt $53,751

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,735 · excluded $1,735

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $50,092

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $23,226

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$23,226 · excluded -$23,226

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $1,489 · related or exempt $1,489

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,489

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $158,263 · management and general $158,263

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,989,070 · program services $3,762,763 · management and general $226,307

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $31,710 · program services $25,551 · management and general $6,159

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $316,736 · program services $255,219 · management and general $61,517

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $361,754 · program services $327,617 · management and general $34,137

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,765 · program services $7,321 · management and general $3,369 · fundraising $1,075

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,549 · program services $22,743 · management and general $10,466 · fundraising $3,340

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $599,621 · program services $402,660 · management and general $170,746 · fundraising $26,215

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $16,912 · program services $8,399 · fundraising $8,513

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $56,876 · program services $44,717 · management and general $11,998 · fundraising $161

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $103,332 · program services $72,319 · management and general $31,013

  • 17 · Travel

    total $20,248 · program services $6,610 · management and general $13,638

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $20,470 · program services $9,586 · management and general $10,318 · fundraising $566

  • 20 · Interest

    total $9,798 · management and general $9,798

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $105,464 · program services $73,825 · management and general $31,639

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $75,431 · program services $65,968 · management and general $9,463

  • 24a · Other expenses: ASSISTANCE

    total $2,167,522 · program services $2,164,843 · management and general $1,873 · fundraising $806

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE A

    total $311,038 · program services $228,523 · management and general $82,515

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $152,725 · program services $132,753 · management and general $13,143 · fundraising $6,829

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES, SUBSCRIPTIONS AND

    total $61,439 · program services $17,017 · management and general $44,422

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $70,750 · end of year $156,368

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $31,755 · end of year $175,480

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,833,872 · end of year $1,785,962

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $22,540 · end of year $23,831

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $24,261 · end of year $29,680

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,127 · end of year $5,527

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

    $1,692,029

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

    $730,429

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,067,064 · end of year $961,600

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $889,168 · end of year $837,892

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $619,243 · end of year $492,459

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $278,833 · end of year $823,037

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $100,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,138,469 · end of year $1,083,016

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,646,145 · end of year $1,465,384

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $159,847 · end of year $112,444

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE NETWORK, INC. (CAN)'S MISSION IS TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP, OPERATE, AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT REDUCE VULNERABILITY AND EMPOWER PERSONAL GROWTH, DIGNITY, STABILITY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY AMONG PEOPLE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY EXPERIENCING ECONOMIC CHALLENGES.

  • HOMELESS SERVICES - EMERGENCY, TRANSITIONAL, AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND SHELTER, THREE MEALS A DAY, RAPID REHOUSING WITH AFTER-CARE SUPPORT, AND OTHER RELATED SERVICES TO LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS.

    Expenses $5,081,690 · Revenue $55,240

  • PANTRY/OUTREACH - FOOD PANTRY, EVICTION PREVENTION, SNAP (AND OTHER)BENEFIT ENROLLMENT, EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND OTHER RELATED SERVICES TO LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS.

    Expenses $2,546,744

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Keith Shapiro

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Harry T Spikes II

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Julian E Jones Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Terry F Hickey Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amy Blank

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Don Romano Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rev Frederick Weimert

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Partice Tucker

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joe Sanders

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Patricia Isennock

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Austin Merritt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chuck Franklin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Teri Weathers

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cortly Witherspoon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mitchell Posner

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR UNTIL 9/12/24

    Total calculated
    $141,573
    From this org
    $141,573
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • William Wells

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AS OF 8/12/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    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.

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.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CAN MERRITT LLC

    C · REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT HOLDING · MD · 100% owned · share of assets -$53 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE NETWORK INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202542259349301234

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