Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,132,488

Total expenses

$1,009,228

Contributions and grants received

$1,138,511

Grants paid

$100,000

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$373

Other revenue

-$6,396

Total assets, end of year

$415,481

Total liabilities, end of year

$106,384

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$309,097

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$867,280

Management and general expenses

$141,948

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$867,280

Program services were 85.9% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• THE NITA M. LOWEY 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS (21ST CCLC): PEF OPERATES 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS IN TWO SCHOOLS, PROVIDING AFTER-SCHOOL AND SUMMER TUTORING, ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT, CULTURAL, ARTISTIC, AND SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING OPPORTUNITIES. THE PROGRAMS ARE STEAM BASED AND USE INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING TO FULLY ENGAGE STUDENTS IN THEIR OWN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. THE PROGRAM BEGAN IN OCTOBER 2020 AND SERVES 151 STUDENTS IN GRADES 3 THROUGH 8. PROGRAMS SUPPORT: ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES THAT CAN HELP STUDENTS MEET STATE AND LOCAL ACHIEVEMENT STANDARDS.A BROAD ARRAY OF ADDITIONAL ENRICHMENT SERVICES DESIGNED TO REINFORCE AND COMPLEMENT THE REGULAR ACADEMIC PROGRAM, SUCH AS: DRUG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS, CAREER AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMS, COUNSELING PROGRAMS, ART, MUSIC PROGRAMS, STEM PROGRAMS, AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAMS.LITERACY AND RELATED EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO THE FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WHO ARE SERVED IN THE PROGRAM.

  Expenses $677,527

• PEF IS THE CONVENER FOR PATERSON READS, A CITY-WIDE COALITION USING A COLLECTIVE IMPACT MODEL TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN ENSURING THAT EVERY PATERSON CHILD READS ON GRADE LEVEL BY THE END OF 3RD GRADE. PATERSON READS ALIGNS COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO IMPROVE SUMMER LEARNING, INCREASE EARLY LEARNING, AND IMPROVE ATTENDANCE BY REDUCING CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. TALK READ SING PROVIDED TOTE BAGS WITH TIPS AND TOOLS FOR 500 PARENTS OF CHILDREN AGES BIRTH THROUGH THREE. THE INFORMATION HELPS WITH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND BRAIN DEVELOPMENT. THIRTY COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS ARE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS, SERVING MORE THAN 15,000 CHILDREN. PATERSON READS IS PART OF THE NATIONAL GRADE LEVEL READING CAMPAIGN. TALK READ SING IS AN INITIATIVE OF THE CLINTON FOUNDATION

  Expenses $159,753 · Grants $100,000

• OUR RESTORATIVE PRACTICES STRATEGY PROVIDES TRAINING AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR PATERSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO IMPROVE CULTURE AND CLIMATE. BY BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND ENGAGING IN SMALL GROUP COMMUNITIES, SCHOOLS ARE EXPERIENCING DECREASES IN DISCIPLINARY INFRACTIONS THAT LEAD TO SUSPENSIONS AND EXPULSIONS. WE ALSO OFFER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES (ACES), TRAUMA INFORMED CARE, AND HEALING CENTERED ENGAGEMENT. 300 EDUCATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS RECEIVED MASTER TRAINING. THEY IN, TURN TRAINED APPROXIMATELY 1,200 OF THEIR PEERS. THE PROGRAM IMPACTED APPROXIMATELY 10,000 STUDENTS.

  Expenses $30,000

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

Listed in Part VII

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

• NEW DESTINY FAMILY SUPPORT

  $20,000

  PATERSON READS SUMMER LITERACY

• PATERSON FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY

  $15,000

  PATERSON READS SUMMER LITERACY

• OASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN

  $15,000

  PATERSON READS SUMMER LITERACY

• GILMORE MEMORIAL PRESCHOOL

  $10,000

  PATERSON READS SUMMER LITERACY

• ST PAUL'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER

  $10,000

  PATERSON READS SUMMER LITERACY

• CAMP YDP

  $10,000

  PATERSON READS SUMMER LITERACY

• PATERSON BLACK LIVES MATTER

  $8,000

  PATERSON READS SUMMER LITERACY

• PATERSON SCHOOL #24

  $7,000

  PATERSON READS SUMMER LITERACY

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

9 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202521299349300307

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