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← DEBTWAVE CREDIT COUNSELING INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DEBTWAVE CREDIT COUNSELING INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,888,871
Total expenses
$3,451,397
Contributions and grants received
$691,425
Grants paid
$12,000
Program service revenue
$2,236,397
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$38,951
Total assets, end of year
$524,184
Total liabilities, end of year
$408,582
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$115,602
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,825,689
Management and general expenses
$625,708
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,825,689

Program services were 81.9% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $50,655

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $476,681

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $164,089

  • 2a · Program service revenue: DEBT MANAGEMENT PRGM FEES

    total $2,236,397 · related or exempt $2,236,397

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

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

    $50,655

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $38,951

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$38,951 · excluded -$38,951

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $12,000 · program services $12,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $201,096 · program services $160,877 · management and general $40,219

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,314,097 · program services $1,051,278 · management and general $262,819

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $33,938 · program services $27,150 · management and general $6,788

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $124,749 · program services $99,799 · management and general $24,950

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $350 · program services $280 · management and general $70

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $30,124 · program services $24,099 · management and general $6,025

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $793,900 · program services $635,120 · management and general $158,780

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $183,955 · program services $148,059 · management and general $35,896

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,468 · program services $2,774 · management and general $694

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $23,649 · program services $18,919 · management and general $4,730

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,445 · program services $2,756 · management and general $689

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,277 · program services $1,022 · management and general $255

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $25,958 · program services $20,766 · management and general $5,192

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $156,779 · program services $125,423 · management and general $31,356

  • 24a · Other expenses: CLIENT SERVICE FEES

    total $150,088 · program services $150,088

  • 24b · Other expenses: SOFTWARE FEES

    total $96,914 · program services $96,914

  • 24c · Other expenses: FORBEARANCE EXPENSE

    total $81,575 · program services $65,260 · management and general $16,315

  • 24d · Other expenses: LICENSES AND PERMITS

    total $59,285 · program services $59,285

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $154,750 · program services $123,820 · management and general $30,930

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $920,042 · end of year $462,074

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

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

    $353,293

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

    $291,183

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $35,631 · end of year $62,110

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $50,914 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $328,459 · end of year $340,603

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $67,979

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $678,128 · end of year $115,602

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

IT IS OUR COMMITMENT TO EDUCATE ON THE PROPER USE OF CREDIT THROUGH BUDGET MANAGEMENT, TO OFFER SOUND COUNSELING AND TO ASSIST CLIENTS TO REDUCE AND ELIMINATE DEBT. WE EDUCATE AND EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO MAKE SOUND FINANCIAL DECISIONS AND DEVELOP POSITIVE PERSONAL FINANCE HABITS FOR LIFE.

  • THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES ONE ON ONE COUNSELING SESSIONS FOR THEIR CLIENTS. THROUGH THIS SERVICE, EACH CLIENT RECEIVES A DETAILED REVIEW OF ALL LIABILITIES, ASSETS, MONTHLY EXPENSES AND MONTHLY INCOME. AT THE CONCLUSION OF EACH SESSION CLIENTS RECEIVE A DETAILED FINANCIAL ANALYSIS REPORT WITH A LIST OF POSSIBLE OPTIONS TO PAY BACK THEIR DEBT. 2,759 COUNSELING SESSIONS WERE COMPLETED IN 2023.

    Expenses $2,774,738 · Revenue $2,236,397

  • THE ORGANIZATION HAS A ROBUST EDUCATION AND OUTREACH WHICH IS BUILT AROUND A COMPREHENSIVE PERSONAL FINANCIAL EDUCATION PLATFORMTHAT FOCUSES ON THE OVERALL FINANCIAL HEALTH OF ITS CONSTITUENTS, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY, YOUTH AND LOW-MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES. THE ORGANIZATION USES A MACRO APPROACH TOWARD TRANSFORMING PEOPLE'S FINANCIAL BEHAVIOR IN A WAY THAT ENCOURAGES THEM TO MAKE A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO INCREASING INCOME, DECREASING EXPENSES AND ACQUIRING ASSETS.THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES SERVICES ACROSS KEY AREAS: FINANCIAL LITERACY, DEBT MANAGEMENT,BUDGETING AND CREDIT COUNSELING WHICH ARE INTEGRATED TOGETHER ALONG WITH ANCILLARY SERVICES PROVIDED BY COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN THE AREAS OF EMPLOYMENT/WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCIAL EDUCATION/ADVISEMENT. ALL OF THESE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO CLIENTS IN A BUNDLED FASHION TO REINFORCE ONE ANOTHER AND TO FORGE A MULTI-FACETED APPROACH TO OVERALL FINANCIAL FITNESS.

    Expenses $50,951 · Grants $12,000 · Revenue $50,655

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Marsden

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $201,096
    From this org
    $201,096
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,096
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $201,096
  • Antony Murigu

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Michael S Butsko

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Doug Tokarik

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Marsh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Casarietti

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brianna Leissoo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

None.

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
18 April 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202411099349300216

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