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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,163,363
Total expenses
$3,828,658
Contributions and grants received
$3,204,342
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$40,940
Other revenue
-$81,919
Total assets, end of year
$2,821,301
Total liabilities, end of year
$631,519
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,189,782
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,324,885
Management and general expenses
$755,654
Fundraising expenses
$748,119
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,324,885

Program services were 60.7% 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

    $797,065

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,407,277

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $43,348

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $44,089 · excluded $44,089

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $52,040

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

    securities $53,272 · other assets $1,917

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$1,232 · other assets -$1,917

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$3,149 · excluded -$3,149

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

    $797,065

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $81,919

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$81,919 · excluded -$81,919

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $598,918 · program services $388,937 · management and general $86,723 · fundraising $123,258

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,674,321 · program services $1,087,304 · management and general $242,442 · fundraising $344,575

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $97,949 · program services $63,667 · management and general $14,692 · fundraising $19,590

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $174,321 · program services $113,309 · management and general $26,148 · fundraising $34,864

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $173,415 · program services $112,720 · management and general $26,012 · fundraising $34,683

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $14,775 · program services $11,275 · management and general $3,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $117,693 · management and general $117,693

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $270,722 · program services $86,631 · management and general $154,312 · fundraising $29,779

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $75,239 · program services $48,858 · management and general $10,892 · fundraising $15,489

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $161,171 · program services $104,660 · management and general $23,332 · fundraising $33,179

  • 17 · Travel

    total $34,962 · program services $22,789 · management and general $5,975 · fundraising $6,198

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $14,638 · program services $14,638

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $139,290 · program services $90,450 · management and general $20,165 · fundraising $28,675

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $35,279 · program services $28,359 · management and general $6,082 · fundraising $838

  • 24a · Other expenses: PUBLIC RELATIONS

    total $147,039 · program services $106,199 · management and general $980 · fundraising $39,860

  • 24b · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $44,439 · program services $28,858 · management and general $6,433 · fundraising $9,148

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK & CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $21,015 · management and general $2,245 · fundraising $18,770

  • 24d · Other expenses: PAYROLL FEES

    total $15,165 · program services $9,857 · management and general $2,275 · fundraising $3,033

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $18,307 · program services $6,374 · management and general $5,753 · fundraising $6,180

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $456,736 · end of year $686,208

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,436,848 · end of year $1,016,118

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $487,658 · end of year $272,965

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $199,025 · end of year $269

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $28,868 · end of year $45,674

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

    $1,072,636

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

    $583,313

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $546,840 · end of year $489,323

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $373,719 · end of year $310,744

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $36,265 · end of year $91,463

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $638,352 · end of year $540,056

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,843,408 · end of year $1,710,960

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,669 · end of year $478,822

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION (ACT) EQUIPS UNDERSERVED RESIDENTS TO FIGHT CRIME ON THEIR STREETS USING THE JUSTICE SYSTEM BY WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH PARTNERS TO MAKE SAFETY A REALITY FOR EVERYONE.

  • ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION(ACT) IS A CHRISTIAN, PLACE-BASED JUSTICE ORGANIZATION THAT EXISTS TO MAKE STRONGER AND SAFER NEIGHBORHOODS A NORMAL REALITY FOR EVERYONE. IT CARRIES OUT THIS VISION THROUGH EMPOWERING RESIDENTS LIVING IN HIGH-CRIME AREAS TO STOP ILLEGAL ACTIVITY ON THEIR STREET USING THE CIVIL JUSTICE SYSTEM. ANCHORED BY A VISION TO SEE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY BECOME A NORMAL REALITY FOR EVERYONE AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF GOD'S CALL TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR AND LIVE OUT BIBLICAL JUSTICE, ACT OFFICIALLY OPENED ITS DOORS IN 2009. ACT'S UNIQUE LEGAL ADVOCACY APPROACH IS A PRIVATE SOLUTION TO A PUBLIC PROBLEM. OUR MODEL TAKES EXISTING LAWS -TRADITIONALLY ONLY UTILIZED BY MUNICIPALITIES - AND PUTS THE POWER OF THOSE LAWS INTO THE HANDS OF THOSE CLOSEST TO THE PROBLEM, THE RESIDENTS. OUR COLLABORATIVE, COMMUNITY-DRIVEN APPROACH COMPLEMENTS THE WORK OF THE POLICE AND THE CITY AND RESULTS IN TANGIBLE CHANGE THAT IS LONG-LASTING. WE START EACH CASE BY CONNECTING RESIDENTS WITH ONE ANOTHER AND WITH NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS WHO WANT TO MAKE THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFER. PREVIOUSLY ISOLATED NEIGHBORS - WHO MAY NOT KNOW WHO THEY LIVE NEXT TO BECAUSE THEY FEAR BEING CONNECTED TO ILLEGAL ACTIVITY - MEET AND START TO DEVELOP A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND TRUST. THIS IS SOCIAL COHESION, A KEY PIECE OF CREATING A PEACEFUL COMMUNITY. WE THEN EXPAND THE CIRCLE OF PEOPLE CONNECTED TO THE ISSUE TO GAIN A FULLER UNDERSTANDING AND HOLISTIC VIEW OF THE ACTIVITY. WE REVIEW POLICE RECORDS, MEET WITH POLICE OFFICERS, AND COLLABORATE WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS LIKE CODE, FIRE, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. WE ALSO WORK WITH CHURCHES AND OTHER NONPROFITS THAT MAY BE LOCATED CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY. THE NEXT STEP IS ENGAGING OUTSIDE LAWYERS - TOP LAWYERS FROM TOP FIRMS - TO HELP RESOLVE THE ISSUE ON BEHALF OF OUR CLIENTS. TOGETHER WE USE THE CIVIL JUSTICE SYSTEM TO HOLD THE OWNERS OF THE PROBLEM PROPERTY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE ACTIVITY TAKING PLACE, ERADICATING THE CRIME AND VIOLENCE, AND HOLDING THE HOMEOWNER TO A HIGHER STANDARD, ALL OF WHICH IS GUIDED BY THE CLIENTS' WISHES. THE SOCIAL COHESION THAT IS ESTABLISHED AT THE START OF THIS PROCESS CONTINUES TO GROW AS WE CONNECT MORE PEOPLE, RESULTING IN RESIDENTS ESTABLISHING COLLECTIVE EFFICACY, A WILLINGNESS TO INTERVENE AND ESTABLISH INFORMAL SOCIAL CONTROL. THIS IS THE PART OF ACT'S MODEL THAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT FROM MUNICIPAL OR POLICE APPROACHES TO THE PROBLEM. THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE THAT CHANGE STICK. THIS IS HOW YOU SEE A COMMUNITY FLOURISH. IT HAPPENS FROM WITHIN. WITHOUT COMMUNITY BUY-IN, THE CHANGE IS TRANSACTIONAL NOT TRANSFORMATIONAL. THOSE CLOSEST TO THE PROBLEM ARE CLOSEST TO THE SOLUTION. RESOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM CAN COME IN MANY FORMS - FROM AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN RESIDENTS TO A COURT ORDER TO ADDRESS THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. THE AGREEMENT CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS PUTTING UP LIGHTS OR A FENCE, OR IT CAN BE AS COMPLEX AS A COURT ORDER REQUIRING THE DEMOLITION OF THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO STOP THE PROBLEM UNLESS THE STRUCTURE IS REMOVED. REGARDLESS OF THE FORM THE SOLUTION TAKES, THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY CEASES AND SAFETY BECOMES SUSTAINABLE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVERY OF THE RESIDENTS, THEIR TRUST IN ONE ANOTHER, AND THEIR COLLECTIVE ACTION.

    Expenses $2,324,885

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jim Caldwell

    BOARDCHAIRMA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • J Reid Porter

    PRESIDENT &

    Total calculated
    $212,806
    From this org
    $189,981
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,825
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,981
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,027
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,798
    Filer's total
    $212,806

  • Cary Newman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicholas Sensley

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melissa Russell

    SENIOR ADVIS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Terry Flowers

    SENIOR ADVIS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Romanita Hairston

    SENIOR ADVIS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kimber Hartman

    VP OF ADVANC

    Total calculated
    $155,416
    From this org
    $150,889
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,527
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,889
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,527
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $155,416

  • Maria Pacheco

    VP OF DFW IM

    Total calculated
    $160,821
    From this org
    $147,241
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,580
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,241
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $13,580
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $160,821

  • Evangeline Heppenstall

    LEGAL DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $117,456
    From this org
    $110,807
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,649
    Hours/week
    40

  • Todd Robinson

    KEY EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $125,135
    From this org
    $106,130
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,005
    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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

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
2023
Filed
6 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202413209349303336

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