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← UNITED CONGREGATIONS OF METROEAST

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by UNITED CONGREGATIONS OF METROEAST.

Totals

Total revenue
$680,260
Total expenses
$836,140
Contributions and grants received
$627,140
Grants paid
$60,100
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$53,095
Other revenue
$25
Total assets, end of year
$1,477,424
Total liabilities, end of year
$27,237
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,450,187
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$587,395
Management and general expenses
$152,844
Fundraising expenses
$95,901
Program service expenses (Part III)
$587,395

Program services were 70.3% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $7,780

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $79,799

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $539,561

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $53,095 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $53,095

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

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous income

    total $25 · related or exempt $25 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $25

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $60,100 · program services $60,100

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $74,712 · program services $44,827 · management and general $7,471 · fundraising $22,414

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $367,460 · program services $275,911 · management and general $46,476 · fundraising $45,073

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $60,204 · program services $41,236 · management and general $7,773 · fundraising $11,195

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $23,668 · program services $17,177 · management and general $3,499 · fundraising $2,992

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,000 · management and general $1,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $40,620 · management and general $40,620

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $5,004 · program services $21 · management and general $4,983

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $30,408 · program services $24,866 · management and general $5,542

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $44,298 · program services $26,576 · management and general $17,213 · fundraising $509

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $11,013 · program services $7,704 · management and general $1,161 · fundraising $2,148

  • 17 · Travel

    total $19,985 · program services $7,728 · management and general $9,971 · fundraising $2,286

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $29,057 · program services $29,057

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,869 · program services $2,105 · management and general $316 · fundraising $448

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $19,681 · program services $12,130 · management and general $4,973 · fundraising $2,578

  • 24a · Other expenses: Special Events/Gifts

    total $18,112 · program services $10,728 · management and general $1,126 · fundraising $6,258

  • 24b · Other expenses: Program Events/Merchandise

    total $16,227 · program services $15,599 · management and general $628 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Materials/Supplies

    total $11,469 · program services $11,469 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Website Expense

    total $253 · program services $161 · management and general $92 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $595,433 · end of year $471,930

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $150,000 · end of year $99

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,589 · end of year $3,638

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

    $85,091

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

    $2,869

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $82,222

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $816,329 · end of year $862,037

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $51,256 · end of year $53,874

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,554 · end of year $3,624

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,857 · end of year $27,237

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,624

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,298,507 · end of year $981,020

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $308,173 · end of year $469,167

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To be a powerful organization committed to combating the root cause of systemic injustice in our region by uniting people of faith in transforming our communities.

  • Transformative. UCM's work with Transformational and Restorative Justice includes community collaborations with other local nonprofit organizations and statewide initiatives. We continued the work in dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline by meeting with local legislatures, school board representatives and principals, and conducting a few events to encourage relationships between students, law enforcement, and leaders in education and in the community. We also hosted our second Gun Violence Awareness Boxing Event in Cahokia Heights, IL in collaboration with the Arthur Johnson Invitational which promoted an alternative to street violence and a positive discipline. This was another way to bring our community together and encourage our youth.

    Expenses $270,031 · Grants $60,100

  • General Programming. The Leadership Pipeline which affords the ability to offer paid volunteering and internship opportunities to both students and community members in the Metro-East region. We offered paid canvassing opportunities, hired interns from local universities and communities to work in areas within their self-interest that both directly and indirectly impacted the Metro-East communities.

    Expenses $195,386

  • Environmental. UCM's work with Environmental Justice includes Environmental Racism which is a form of institutional racism leading to landfills, incinerators and hazardous waste disposal being disproportionately placed in communities of color. UCM has secured grants to fund a comprehensive study through an Air Quality Monitoring Project set to properly identify chemicals and metals in the air in St. Clair and Madison Counties; the dispersement of data about carbonization in Madison County; and the creation of Climate Action Hubs throughout St. Clair and Madison Counties that will offer climate readiness, EJ programs, and resources for community members; and continued efforts to bring fresh food and end flooding, sewage backup, and illegal dumping in St. Clair County. Through these efforts and funding, we were able to hire community organizers dedicated to environmental work and interns from Washington University in St. Louis, MO and Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, IL.

    Expenses $121,978

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Darnell Tingle

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $74,712
    From this org
    $74,712
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Donna Brooks-Sanders

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Larry Evans

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rev Charles Burton

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Larry Hopkins Jr

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Fr Carroll Mizicko

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Bedesky

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Virginia Woulfe-Beile

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rev Brian Sauder

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Sajiya Jalil

    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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
23 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202523099349302962

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