Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$700,337

Total expenses

$664,184

Contributions and grants received

$726,788

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$3,643

Other revenue

-$30,094

Total assets, end of year

$1,101,110

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,190

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,098,920

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$536,716

Management and general expenses

$127,468

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$536,716

Program services were 80.8% 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 · 2022

• AN EMERGENCY SERVICES PROGRAM PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IN NEED IN THE AREAS OF UTILITIES, RENT, MEDICAL, AND OTHER NECESSITIES THROUGH LIMITED MONETARY AMOUNTS PAID DIRECTLY TO VENDORS. THIS PROGRAM ALSO SPONSORS AN EDUCATIONAL SERVICE KNOWN AS "AWESOME" THAT PROVIDES A CASH PAYMENT OF UP TO $250 FOR ANY SCHOOL EXPENSE SELECTED BY STUDENTS AFTER COMPLETING COURSES THAT FOSTER HEALTH, NUTRITION, FINANCE, OR FAMILY MANAGEMENT SKILLS. PAYMENTS ARE MADE DIRECTLY TO VENDORS CHOSEN BY THE CLIENT. APPROXIMATELY 612 PEOPLE WERE SERVED BY THIS PROGRAM DURING 2022.

  Expenses $101,402

• THE "HOPE" (HELP AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT) ADVOCACY PROGRAM IS A PART OF THE CENTER'S FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES WHICH PROVIDES LONG-TERM SUPPORT FOR CLIENTS WHO LIVE IN ESTABLISHED HOMES. THIS PROGRAM TEACHES BASIC LIFE SKILLS NECESSARY FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND FAMILY STABILITY THROUGH INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT AND MONTHLY SUPPORT GROUPS. INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES STRUGGLING WITH THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY ARE ELIGIBLE PROVIDING THEY ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING A CHANGE IN THEIR LIVES WHILE RESIDING IN MERCER COUNTY. THE "HOPE" PROGRAM PROVIDED SUPPORT TO 13 INDIVIDUALS DURING 2022.

  Expenses $78,929

• THE MISSION THRIFT STORE HAS BEEN A PART OF PRINCE OF PEACE CENTER SINCE ITS FOUNDING WITH THE GOAL OF PROVIDING ESSENTIALS TO ANYONE IN NEED IN THE COMMUNITY AT A VERY LOW COST. ALL OF THE ITEMS FOR SALE IN THE STORE HAVE BEEN DONATED AND ALL ITEMS THAT ARE UNABLE TO BE SOLD ARE DONATED TO GLOBAL THRIFT WHICH PROVIDES DONATED CLOTHES AND SHOES TO IMPOVERISHED AREAS OF OTHER COUNTRIES. THROUGH THE STORE, THE CENTER FULFILLS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THEIR MISSION: ALLOWING THE COMMUNITY ONE MORE OUTLET THROUGH WHICH ITS PEOPLE CAN HELP EACH OTHER. ANY MONEY MADE FROM STORE SALES GOES DIRECTLY INTO OTHER PRINCE OF PEACE PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT FUNDING.

  Expenses $68,069

• OTHER SPECIAL PROGRAMS THE CENTER OFFERS ARE A WORKING WARDROBE PROGRAM, A SOUP KITCHEN, AN INITIATIVE FOR YOUNG FATHERS, AN INITIATIVE FOR YOUNG MOTHERS IN POVERTY, AND OTHER SPECIAL PROGRAMS.

  Expenses $179,104

• THE FOOD PROGRAM PROVIDES MONTHLY BAGS OF FOOD TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES ENROLLED IN THE CENTER'S PROGRAM. ENROLLMENT INCLUDES AN AVERAGE OF 191 HOUSEHOLDS NUMBERING 289 INDIVIDUALS. INCLUDED ARE 149 ELDERLY AND DISABLED RESIDENTS SPREAD OVER NINE ELDERLY HOUSING LOCATIONS IN THE SHENANGO VALLEY. WHILE THE MAJORITY OF ENROLLEES ARE ABLE TO COME TO THE CENTER ON FOOD DAY, THE CENTER UTILIZES TWO PART-TIME STAFF MEMBERS AND A BOX TRUCK FOR MAKING DELIVERIES TO THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED, AS WELL AS A FULL TIME PERSON FOR HANDLING AND ACCOUNTING FOR FOOD BROUGHT FROM THE COMMUNITY FOOD WAREHOUSE BY OUR TRUCK FOR DISTRIBUTIONS. SALARIES, VEHICLE EXPENSE, AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF COSTS TO OPERATE THE PROGRAM.

  Expenses $109,212

As filed on the 2022 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF ERIE

  501(C)(3) · CHURCH · PA

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

4 October 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202322799349300532

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