CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES

EIN 16-1395992 SYRACUSE, NY

Revenue 2024: $18,714,457
Expenses 2024: $18,979,469

Program services were 85.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: Z99Z
Classification: 2000
Street: 115 E JEFFERSON ST STE 200

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 · 2024

Mission

TO PROMOTE REINTEGRATIVE JUSTICE AND A REDUCED RELIANCE ON INCARCERATION THROUGH ADVOCACY, SERVICES AND PUBLIC POLICY DEVELOPMENT IN PURSUIT OF CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES, INC. (CCA) PROMOTES REINTEGRATIVE JUSTICE AND A REDUCED RELIANCE ON INCARCERATION THROUGH ADVOCACY, SERVICES AND PUBLIC POLICY DEVELOPMENT IN PURSUIT OF CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS.

YOUTH SERVICES: CCA OFFERS AN ARRAY OF PROGRAMS SERVING AT-RISK YOUTH IN NEW YORK CITY AND SYRACUSE, NEW YORK. IN NYC, CCA OVERSEES ALL FACILITY-BASED AFTER-SCHOOL AND CAREER EXPLORATION PROGRAMMING AT HORIZON AND CROSSROADS YOUTH DETENTION CENTERS. CCA'S YOUTH ADVOCACY PROGRAM PROVIDES NYC YOUTH WITH ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION. YOUTH ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO MENTORING AND THE YOUTH PATHWAYS PROGRAM WHICH OFFERS WORK READINESS AND PAID INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN FIELDS SUCH AS MUSIC, FASHION AND CULINARY ARTS. IN SYRACUSE, CCA'S TRANSITION ADVOCATE PROGRAMS PROVIDE SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY OF SYRACUSE SCHOOL DISTRICT DESIGNED TO KEEP YOUTH IN SCHOOL AS WELL AS TO HELP OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH RETURN TO SCHOOL. CCA ALSO PROVIDES AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SYRACUSE AS WELL AS VIOLENCE PREVENTION EDUCATION AND PEER EDUCATOR TRAINING TO MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL-AGED STUDENTS. 2024 APPROX. NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVICE WAS PROVIDED FOR: YOUTH SERVICES: 1,309.

Expenses $6,676,908 · Revenue $4,500
RECOVERY & TREATMENT SERVICES: CCA'S CROSSROADS ARE OASAS-LICENSED SUBSTANCE USE OUTPATIENT TREATMENT AND MED ASSISTED PROGRAMS IN NYC WHICH PROVIDES GENDER-SPECIFIC SERVICES TO MEN AND WOMEN WITH CRIMINAL JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT. IN SYRACUSE, CCA PARTNERS WITH CROUSE CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY TREATMENT SERVICES TO PROVIDE SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS BEING RELEASED FROM ONONDAGA CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. CCA ALSO OPERATES RECOVERY AND OUTREACH CENTERS IN SYRACUSE AND ROCHESTER, NEW YORK. THESE CENTERS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG, HEALTHY PEER COMMUNITIES AND COLLABORATIONS WITH PARTNER AGENCIES WHICH EVIDENCE HAS SHOWN ARE KEY ELEMENTS IN SUCCESSFUL RECOVERY. 2024 APPROX. NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVICE WAS PROVIDED FOR: RECOVERY AND TREATMENT: 891

Expenses $3,737,907 · Revenue $666,132
REINTEGRATION SERVICES: CCA OFFERS AN ARRAY OF EMPLOYMENT-RELATED SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH CRIMINAL JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT INCLUDING COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS, TRANSITIONAL PLANNING, JOB READINESS AND JOB DEVELOPMENT TRAINING AS WELL AS JOB PLACEMENT AND JOB RETENTION. CCA ALSO ASSISTS PARTICIPANTS TO CONNECT WITH EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING INTERNSHIP AND APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES. IN ADDITION, CCA'S REENTRY CLINIC PROVIDES CIVIC RESTORATION LEGAL SERVICES TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS OVERCOME EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATIONAL, AND HOUSING BARRIERS ASSOCIATED WITH A CRIMINAL RECORD. 2024 APPROX. NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVICE WAS PROVIDED FOR: REINTEGRATION SERVICES: 338

Expenses $1,864,518 · Revenue $1,040
OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE MITIGATION SERVICES (130 INDIVIDUALS), ADVOCACY & ORGANIZING (100 INDIVIDUALS), HOUSING SERVICES (60 INDIVIDUALS), AND ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION/ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION (100 INDIVIDUALS).

Expenses $3,889,025 · Revenue $5,062

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.

DAVE PIETERSE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
IRVING DELA CRUZ

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
HORACE E ANDERSON JR

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
GAIL GRAY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
DAVID SCHRAVER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
DAVID GOMEZ

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
LEONARD J CAMPOLIETA

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
DAVID SCHWARTZ

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
JANEL CALLON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
DANIEL N ARSHACK

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
CAROLE EADY-PORCHER

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
ALEX BLAU

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
JAN FISHER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
JENNIFER RICHARDSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
ALEJANDRO CRUZ

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
DANIELLE PONDER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
WILLIAM T RUSSELL JR

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
COREY STOUGHTON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
CLARE DEGNAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
CATHERINE CERULLI

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
BRYAN YOUNG

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
BRUCE MCIVER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
BILL SIMMONS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
BILL LYNCH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5
BETSY GOTBAUM

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.5

The first 25 listed. 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

2024

Revenue

$18,714,457

Expenses

$18,979,469

Contributions

$18,037,723

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$18,928,608

Expenses

$18,176,040

Contributions

$18,570,724

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$16,102,656

Expenses

$15,828,937

Contributions

$15,910,257

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$18,714,457	$18,979,469	$18,037,723	$0
2023	$18,928,608	$18,176,040	$18,570,724	$0
2022	$16,102,656	$15,828,937	$15,910,257	$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

$12,987,614

Expenses

$12,227,021

Assets (EOY)

$5,921,893
2020 · 990

Revenue

$11,750,385

Expenses

$12,085,975

Assets (EOY)

$5,826,884
2019 · 990

Revenue

$9,867,376

Expenses

$9,150,712

Assets (EOY)

$3,792,753
2018 · 990

Revenue

$8,296,145

Expenses

$7,905,979

Assets (EOY)

$3,183,254
2017 · 990

Revenue

$7,763,661

Expenses

$7,474,047

Assets (EOY)

$2,985,504
2016 · 990

Revenue

$7,570,017

Expenses

$7,438,195

Assets (EOY)

$2,580,382
2015 · 990

Revenue

$7,716,641

Expenses

$7,529,896

Assets (EOY)

$2,717,028
2014 · 990

Revenue

$8,309,208

Expenses

$8,040,675

Assets (EOY)

$2,588,937
2013 · 990

Revenue

$9,463,740

Expenses

$9,243,908

Assets (EOY)

$2,936,735
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$8,643,435

Assets (EOY)

$2,053,444

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$12,987,614	$12,227,021	$5,921,893
2020	990	$11,750,385	$12,085,975	$5,826,884
2019	990	$9,867,376	$9,150,712	$3,792,753
2018	990	$8,296,145	$7,905,979	$3,183,254
2017	990	$7,763,661	$7,474,047	$2,985,504
2016	990	$7,570,017	$7,438,195	$2,580,382
2015	990	$7,716,641	$7,529,896	$2,717,028
2014	990	$8,309,208	$8,040,675	$2,588,937
2013	990	$9,463,740	$9,243,908	$2,936,735
2012	990	not reported	$8,643,435	$2,053,444

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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

CLEAN SLATE INITATIVE INC

$160,000

2024 THE CLEAN SLATE INITIATIVE PROVIDES GRANTS TO STATE-BASED COALITIONS ADVANCING AUTOMATED RECORD CLEARANCE LEGISLATION THAT REMOVES BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, AND EDUCATION FOR MILLIONS OF ELIGIBLE AMERICANS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS.
NEW VENTURE FUND

$150,000

2022 CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
NEW VENTURE FUND

$150,000

2023 CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC

$133,600

2024 SEE VISION AREA FOR COMMUNITY IMPACT IN SCHEDULE O
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC

$133,600

2023 SEE VISION AREA FOR COMMUNITY IMPACT IN SCHEDULE O
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC

$131,200

2022 SEE VISION AREA FOR COMMUNITY IMPACT IN SCHEDULE O
FWD US INC

$110,000

2022 CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY GRANT
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

$100,000

2023 CRIME
BROOKLYN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$85,000

2022 DAF
GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC

$75,000

2022 COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related partnerships on its 2024 return

NYCCABUDS LLC

UNRELATED · CANNABIS DISPENSARY · NY · 51% owned · general or managing partner

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

CCA BUDS SYRACUSE INC

C · CANNABIS DISPENSARY · NY · 51% owned · controlled entity

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.