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STERLING HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER INC

EIN 06-0665192 STRATFORD, CT

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Revenue 2024
$2,953,722
Expenses 2024
$2,791,959

Program services were 72.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P28Z
Classification
1200
Street
2283 MAIN ST

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).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

STERLING IS A MULTI-SERVICE COMMUNITY CENTER SERVING MORE THAN 10,000 YOUTH, FAMILIES, ADULTS, AND SENIORS EACH YEAR WITH A VARIETY OF SERVICES THAT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER INCLUDING: EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, SUMMER CAMP, ATHLETICS, ARTS, ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY SERVICE, FOOD SECURITY SUPPORT, AND MORE. STERLING'S MISSION IS TO CREATE IMPACTFUL AND INCLUSIVE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT ENGAGE AND CULTIVATE A THRIVING COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CREATE IMPACTFUL AND INCLUSIVE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT ENGAGE AND CULTIVATE A THRIVING COMMUNITY.

  • ATHLETICS & GAMES - STERLING HOUSE ATHLETICS PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS AND GAMES TO DEVELOP SKILLS, PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND COORDINATION. THE PROGRAM ALSO SUPPORTS HEALTHY SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TEAMWORK, SPORTSMANSHIP, RESPECT FOR YOURSELF AND OTHERS. IN ADDITION, THE PROGRAM PROVIDES VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO STEP INTO COACHING ROLES, AS THEY GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND LEAD THE NEXT GENERATION OF ATHLETES IN OUR TOWN.

    Expenses $483,002 · Revenue $553,023

  • PRESCHOOL (YOUTH DEVELOPMENT) - THIS DEPARTMENT HOUSES OUR ACCREDITED PRESCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM AND SUMMER CAMP. FOR ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS, WE ENCOURAGE PERSONAL GROWTH EMOTIONALLY, INTELLECTUALLY AND PHYSICALLY. OUR YOUTH LEARN ABOUT THEMSELVES, ABOUT SHARING, COOPERATION AND THE SKILLS NEEDED TO BOTH LEAD AND FOLLOW. EACH PROGRAM SUPPORTS GOOD LEARNING HABITS AND PREPARATION FOR FORMAL EDUCATION IN ADDITION TO A SENSE OF THE GREATER COMMUNITY AND THEIR PLACE WITHIN IT.

    Expenses $525,297 · Revenue $439,588

  • DAY-CAMP - FROM 4 YEAR OLDS THROUGH TEENAGERS, OUR MISSION IS TO CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHERE CAMPERS CAN HAVE FUN AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES WHILE MAKING NEW FRIENDS AND DISCOVERING THE WORLD AROUND THEM. IT IS A TRADITIONAL OUTDOOR CAMP WITH ARTS AND CRAFTS, SWIMMING, PLAYGROUND TIME, AND ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES ENCOURAGING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT. THE COUNSELOR-IN-TRAINING AND JR. COUNSELOR PROGRAMS ALSO SUPPORT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL AGED YOUTH.

    Expenses $562,415 · Revenue $466,044

  • Expenses $445,080 · Revenue $65,402

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Susan Barksdale

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan Berchem

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Pia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Colleen Ramsay

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Justin Schietinger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carol Boyle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily O'Connor Karolyi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amanda Meeson

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $161,461
    From this org
    $143,365
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,096
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,365
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,148
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,948
    Filer's total
    $161,461
  • William Lesko

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tania Barnes

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ashley Carr Hampton

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Donald Bodnar

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,953,722
    Expenses
    $2,791,959
    Contributions
    $1,326,966
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,790,132
    Expenses
    $2,572,514
    Contributions
    $1,378,568
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,225,617
    Expenses
    $2,240,402
    Contributions
    $902,499
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $2,190,291
    Expenses
    $1,863,129
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,414,317
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,798,742
    Expenses
    $1,539,856
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,577,887
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,385,787
    Expenses
    $1,376,111
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,848,829
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,617,957
    Expenses
    $1,374,403
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,783,932
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,279,825
    Expenses
    $1,225,292
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,559,978
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,969,937
    Expenses
    $1,060,611
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,833,691
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,079,490
    Expenses
    $997,331
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,294,251
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,566,106
    Expenses
    $1,092,882
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,334,864

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.

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.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.