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← THE CONTRIBUTOR INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE CONTRIBUTOR INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,284,315
Total expenses
$1,206,375
Contributions and grants received
$1,212,114
Grants paid
$153,251
Program service revenue
$59,807
Investment income
$10,769
Other revenue
$1,625
Total assets, end of year
$897,746
Total liabilities, end of year
$60,052
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$837,694
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,097,593
Management and general expenses
$85,757
Fundraising expenses
$23,025
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,097,593

Program services were 91.0% 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

    $13,803

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $955,005

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $243,306

  • 2a · Program service revenue: NEWSPAPER SALES

    total $59,807 · related or exempt $59,807

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $10,769 · excluded $10,769

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $3,732

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $3,732

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $3,732 · excluded $3,732

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $6,975

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

    $13,803

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $9,082

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$2,107 · excluded -$2,107

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $250 · program services $250

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $153,001 · program services $153,001

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $127,281 · program services $123,997 · management and general $1,642 · fundraising $1,642

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $503,622 · program services $490,628 · management and general $6,497 · fundraising $6,497

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $17,514 · program services $17,062 · management and general $226 · fundraising $226

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $56,331 · program services $54,877 · management and general $727 · fundraising $727

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $48,541 · program services $47,289 · management and general $626 · fundraising $626

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,793 · program services $401 · management and general $1,392

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $35,443 · program services $7,925 · management and general $27,518

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $10,723 · program services $2,398 · management and general $8,325

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $13,093 · fundraising $13,093

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $38,214 · program services $21,050 · management and general $17,164

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $13,175 · management and general $13,175

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,973 · program services $14,587 · management and general $193 · fundraising $193

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,431 · program services $3,092 · management and general $1,339

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,496 · management and general $1,496

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,416 · management and general $5,416

  • 24a · Other expenses: NEWSPAPER COSTS

    total $101,964 · program services $101,964

  • 24b · Other expenses: RESOURCE GUIDE

    total $42,687 · program services $42,687

  • 24c · Other expenses: VENDOR PROGRAM GEAR

    total $14,247 · program services $14,247

  • 24d · Other expenses: PAYROLL PROCESSING FEES

    total $1,609 · program services $1,567 · management and general $21 · fundraising $21

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $571 · program services $571

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $521,679

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $639,491

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $233,532 · end of year $221,041

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

    $11,999

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

    $10,028

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,102 · end of year $1,971

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,149 · end of year $35,243

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,708 · end of year $28,036

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $32,016

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $759,754 · end of year $837,694

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PRINT AND DISTRIBUTE A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER THAT FOCUSES ON ISSUES SURROUNDING HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY AND IS SOLD BY HOMELESS AND FORMERLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS ON THE STREET AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO PANHANDLING.

  • OUR C.O.V.E.R. HOUSING NAVIGATION PROGRAM OFFERS PERSON-CENTERED SUPPORT TO OUR VENDORS, FROM OBTAINING IDENTIFICATION AND LIFE-LINE PHONES, TO FINDING AND FURNISHING AN APARTMENT, OUR APPROACH IS TESTED ON THE GROUND EVERY SINGLE DAY AND IS ALSO BACKED UP BY ROBUST LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH ACROSS COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE. THE HOUSING FIRST MODE HAS SHOWN PROMISING RESULTS IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND CHANGING THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF UNHOUSED PERSONS. HOWEVER, THE CONTRIBUTOR'S MODEL PROVIDES A CRUCIAL MISSING PIECE: CONSISTENT, REGULAR CONTACT AND SMALL-SCALE AID TO ITS CONSTITUENTS, COMBINED WITH ACTUAL INCOME TO SECURE INTERIM HOUSING AND NECESSITIES. RESEARCH SHOWS OF ALL VENDORS WHO SELL THE CONTRIBUTOR FOR SIX MONTHS OR MORE, OVER SEVENTY PERCENT TRANSITION INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.

    Expenses $995,629 · Grants $153,251

  • WE PRINT A BI-WEEKLY, HYPERLOCAL NEWSPAPER THAT CHALLENGES STEREOTYPES SURROUNDING HOMELESSNESS AND TELLS THE STORIES OF OUR CONTRIBUTOR VENDORS. PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS RECEIVE TRAINING AND CREATE THEIR OWN MICRO-BUSINESS BY PURCHASING COPIES OF THE PAPER AND SELLING THEM TO THE PUBLIC. CONTRIBUTOR VENDORS RECEIVE A STARTER PACK THAT ALLOWS THEM TO BEGIN SAFELY SELLING PAPERS IMMEDIATELY, AND A BUS PASS TO RETURN. NOT ONLY DOES THIS INCOME ENCOURAGE DIGNITY AND SELF-ESTEEM AMONG CONTRIBUTOR VENDORS, IT'S ALSO OFTEN THE CRUCIAL LIFELINE BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN NIGHTS ON THE STREETS AND SIGNING THE LEASE ON A HOME TO CALL ONE'S OWN. UNLIKE PANHANDLING, A VENDOR'S PAPER PURCHASES ARE TRACKED IN OUR DATABASE AND CAN BE USED FOR SUBSIDIZED AND TRADITIONAL HOUSING APPLICATIONS.

    Expenses $101,964 · Revenue $59,807

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • WILL CONNELLY

    PART YEAR EX

    Total calculated
    $8,308
    From this org
    $8,308
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • CATHY JENNINGS

    BOARD MBR/FI

    Total calculated
    $72,555
    From this org
    $64,568
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,987
    Hours/week
    40
  • TOM WILLS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $46,419
    From this org
    $39,032
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,387
    Hours/week
    40
  • KERRY GRAHAM

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • AMBER DUVENTRE

    CHAIR ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CHRISTINE DOEG

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • DEMETRIA KALODIMOS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JEROME MOORE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • O WADE NELSON JR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • WADDELL WRIGHT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ROBIN KIMBROUGH-HAYES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JIM SHULMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DREW MORRIS

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
3 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202441859349301039

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