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CITY OF PROMISE INC

EIN 83-1439722 CHARLOTTESVLE, VA

Largest nonprofits in Virginia

Revenue 2023
$1,024,108
Expenses 2023
$810,651

Program services were 74.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P20
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 5628

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO END GENERATIONAL POVERTY, AND TO FOSTER A CULTURE OF ACHIEVEMENT IN WHICH ALL CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, READY FOR COLLEGE OR CAREER.

  • PATHWAY COACHING: STUDENTS IN GRADES 5-12 ARE ASSIGNED A COACH TO SUPPORT THEIR ACADEMIC SUCCESS. COACHES COLLABORATE WITH TEACHERS TO ADDRESS ACADEMIC AND BEHAVIORAL NEEDS. COACHES ENSURE THAT STUDENTS ARE CONNECTED TO AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, SUMMER PROGRAMS, AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. COACHES PLAN AND CHAPERONE FIELD TRIPS, GIVE KIDS A RIDE WHEN NEEDED, AND SUPPORT PARENTS IN NAVIGATING PAPERWORK AND SYSTEMS THAT WILL LIFT UP THE WHOLE FAMILY.

    Expenses $249,399 · Grants $17,899

  • GENERAL PROGRAM: ACTIVITIES INCLUDED RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF METRICS TO MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF OUTCOMES. FOOD AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES WERE INCLUDED IN GENERAL PROGRAM ACTIVITY.

    Expenses $164,988 · Grants $18,178

  • ADULT EMPOWERMENT: RESEARCH SHOWS THAT CHILDREN'S SUCCESS IN SCHOOL IS LINKED TO THEIR PARENTS' LEVEL OF EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT. OUR FAMILY EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS OFFER A DUAL-GENERATION STRATEGY FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. ANCHORED IN FAMILY LITERACY, WORKSHOPS AND ACTIVITIES ENABLE PARENTS TO REACH IMPORTANT SELF-SUFFICIENCY GOALS AS THEY LEARN AND GROW TOGETHER WITH THEIR CHILDREN.

    Expenses $99,764

  • GATEWAY SERVICES, STORY BOOK PROJECT, AND OTHER.

    Expenses $90,194

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Bill Shenkir

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Leah Puryear

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Molly Dunnington

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jessica Carter

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lance Blakey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andy Block

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shawn Pendleton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katie Ryan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shamia Hopkins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tracy Downs

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brent Percival

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Phil Stinnie

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kamela Yelder

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,024,108
    Expenses
    $810,651
    Contributions
    $1,009,413
    Grants paid
    $36,077
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $797,188
    Expenses
    $819,410
    Contributions
    $797,188
    Grants paid
    $42,238

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $857,549
    Expenses
    $837,571
    Assets (EOY)
    $557,210
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $722,774
    Expenses
    $567,658
    Assets (EOY)
    $472,559

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2018

Tax period
1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019
Principal officer
Mary Coleman
Mailing address
PO Box 5628Charlottesville VA 22905
Website
cityofpromise.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.