Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE CENTER FOR TEEN EMPOWERMENT INC.

Totals

Total revenue: $10,126,141
Total expenses: $4,166,763
Contributions and grants received: $10,050,882
Grants paid: $142,801
Program service revenue: $51,183
Investment income: $68,115
Other revenue: -$44,039
Total assets, end of year: $9,239,453
Total liabilities, end of year: $813,814
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $8,425,639
Program services expenses (Part IX): $2,984,630
Management and general expenses: $852,226
Fundraising expenses: $329,907
Program service expenses (Part III): $2,984,630

Program services were 71.6% 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

$114,312
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$2,029,373
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$7,907,197
2a · Program service revenue: CONSULTING

total $51,183 · related or exempt $51,183
3 · Investment income

total $68,115 · excluded $68,115
6a · Gross rents

real property $2,116
6b · Less rental expenses

real property $0
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $2,116
6d · Net rental income or loss

total $2,116 · excluded $2,116
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$37,868
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$114,312
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$84,660
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total -$46,792 · excluded -$46,792
11a · Other revenue: MISC INCOME

total $637 · related or exempt $637
11e · Other revenue, total

$637

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

total $3,098 · program services $3,098
2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $139,703 · program services $139,703
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $276,115 · program services $58,756 · management and general $181,347 · fundraising $36,012
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $2,178,838 · program services $1,796,093 · management and general $181,552 · fundraising $201,193
9 · Other employee benefits

total $144,182 · program services $115,531 · management and general $18,535 · fundraising $10,116
10 · Payroll taxes

total $296,289 · program services $239,983 · management and general $33,511 · fundraising $22,795
11c · Fees: accounting

total $66,622 · management and general $66,622
11g · Fees: other

total $235,043 · program services $73,669 · management and general $141,181 · fundraising $20,193
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $23 · management and general $23
13 · Office expenses

total $95,589 · program services $69,534 · management and general $20,336 · fundraising $5,719
16 · Occupancy

total $192,312 · program services $129,475 · management and general $62,438 · fundraising $399
17 · Travel

total $21,176 · program services $17,683 · management and general $3,185 · fundraising $308
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $75,945 · program services $25,456 · management and general $50,159 · fundraising $330
23 · Insurance

total $55,249 · program services $33,561 · management and general $17,403 · fundraising $4,285
24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EVENT EXPENSES

total $222,865 · program services $216,915 · management and general $900 · fundraising $5,050
24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

total $55,649 · program services $18,033 · management and general $16,559 · fundraising $21,057
24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

total $36,302 · program services $740 · management and general $35,562
24d · Other expenses: MEALS

total $28,308 · program services $24,795 · management and general $3,318 · fundraising $195
24e · All other expenses

total $43,455 · program services $21,605 · management and general $19,595 · fundraising $2,255

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $311,653 · end of year $1,771,322
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $290,622 · end of year $265,399
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $763,966 · end of year $2,262,990
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $39,947 · end of year $6,978
8 · Inventories for sale or use

beginning of year $5,595 · end of year $5,595
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $34,267 · end of year $38,941
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$4,495,436
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$260,455
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $515,915 · end of year $4,234,981
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $1,162,960 · end of year $653,247
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $203,786 · end of year $373,956
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $469,706 · end of year $439,858
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $1,643,569 · end of year $6,478,031
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $807,864 · end of year $1,947,608

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO EMPLOY, TRAIN, AND EMPOWER YOUTH TO, IN COLLABORATION WITH ADULTS, CREATE PEACE, EQUITY, AND JUSTICE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EMPLOYS, TRAINS, AND EMPOWERS YOUTH TO, IN COLLABORATION WITH ADULTS, CREATE PEACE, EQUITY, AND JUSTICE.

DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS WHICH DEVELOP THE PEER LEADERSHIP SKILLS OF TEENAGERS. IN FY24, THE CENTER EMPLOYED 108 YOUTH WHO PLANNED AND IMPLEMENTED EVENTS AND INITIATIVES THAT INVOLVED MORE THAN 3,000 YOUTH AND ADULTS; COMPLETED A NEW YOUTH CENTER IN ROCHESTER, NY AND A NEW YOUTH RECORDING STUDIO IN BOSTON; AND, SUPPORTED AND TRAINED 23 YOUNG PEOPLE RETURNING FROM INCARCERATION.

Expenses $2,984,630 · Grants $142,801 · Revenue $51,820

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

ABRIGAL FORRESTER

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Total calculated

$178,626

From this org

$160,547

From related orgs

$0

Other

$18,079

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$160,547

Bonus

$0

Other

$0

Deferred

$0

Nontaxable benefits

$18,079

Filer's total

$178,626
DOUGLAS ACKLEY

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ROCHESTER

Total calculated

$101,815

From this org

$100,137

From related orgs

$0

Other

$1,678

Hours/week

40
STEPHANIE BERKOWITZ

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS & CLERK

Total calculated

$90,042

From this org

$82,584

From related orgs

$0

Other

$7,458

Hours/week

40
GEORGE BEVIS

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
PAUL RUSSO

VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
JESSICA PUTERMAN

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
JOHN CONNOLLY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
RICHARD DEJESUS-REUFF

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
KATHY NIXON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
FRENIA HUNTER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ANDRE STARK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MONICA ZENO-MARTIN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JUMAANE KENDRICK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JOYYA SMITH

DIRECTOR

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

3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3: THE ORGANIZATION HAS A HOC COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD THAT REVIEWS MARKET RATES, COST OF LIVING, CEO PERFORMANCE, EQUITY, ETC. AND MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL BOARD FOR COMPENSATION.
PART I, LINE 7: THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED $500 BONUSES TO STEPHANIE BERKOWITZ, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND CLERK AND DOUGLAS ACKLEY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

TEEN EMPOWERMENT INC

S · PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT · MA

Directly controlled by NA

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2023
Filed: 5 April 2025
IRS schema version: 2023v6.0
Source object: 202511079349300331

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