- Revenue 2024
- $155,616
- Expenses 2024
- $164,116
Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- P20
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- PO BOX 971
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
Primary exempt purpose
GREATER PITTSBURGH AREA MAD DADS IS A CHAPTER OF A NATIONALLY AFFILIATED FAITH-BASED CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION THAT PREPARES MEN TO RESTORE SAFE COMMUNITIES. OUR MISSION IS TO MOBILIZE, TRAIN AND GUIDE MEN TO IMPACT THE ISSUES OF DRUGS, GANGS AND VIOLENCE IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY. WE DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT NEIGHBORHOOD STREET PATROLS AND COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO MAINTAIN SAFER NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES.
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MAD DADS ARE AT ITS SIMPLEST CONCERNED, LOVING PARENTS WHO PURPOSEFULLY HOLD THEMSELVES TO BE POSITIVE ROLE MODELS AND WHO ARE SINGLE-MINDED IN THEIR RESOLVE TO SAVE COMMUNITIES FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MADNESS THAT IS DRUGS, CRIMES AND VIOLENCE. THEY ACKNOWLEDGE GOD AS THE TRUE SOURCE OF THEIR COURAGE, ABILITY AND SUCCESS THESE PARENTS WORK TO INSTILL AND RESTORE CHRISTIAN VALUES. THEY WORK WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SET AN EXAMPLE OF POSITIVE ROLE MODELS AND BE A VISIBLE FORCE IN CHANGING NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS AMERICA. THEY ADDRESS DRUG DEALERS, CRIMINALS, UNSUPERVISED YOUTH AND ANYONE ELSE WHO IS DESTROYING THE MORAL FABRIC IN HARD-TO-REACH, LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES. THIS WORK IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH GRASS-ROOTS RECRUITMENT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO FORM CHAPTERS (THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION), DEVELOPING STREET PATROLS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO BE A CONDUIT TO MUCH NEEDED SERVICES, WHILE MODELING MORALS, PRACTICES, BEHAVIORS AND VALUES THAT ADDRESS THE DESPERATELY LACKING COMPETENCIES OF MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES. A KEY INGREDIENT TO THE SUCCESS OF MAD DADS IS THAT THEY BECOME A VISIBLE AND VOCAL PRESENCE IN NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ENLISTING OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED ASSETS, AS WELL AS LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE JUDICIARY AND OTHERS WHO WANT TO STAND UP AND FIGHT AGAINST THE NEGATIVE FORCES DESTROYING OUR CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND CITIES. MAD DADS MEMBERS ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED AS SURROGATE PARENTS CONDUCTING COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS INCLUDING: COMMUNITY SERVICE THESE INITIATIVES PRIORITIZE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY SAFETY THROUGH STREET COUNSELING AND COLLABORATION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. STREET PATROL THE MAD DADS STREET PATROLS AIM TO CREATE A POSITIVE, VISIBLE PRESENCE OF COMMUNITY FATHERS AS ROLE MODELS TO MAINTAIN SAFETY AND A HEALTHY COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT. MOMS DIVISION THE MOMS DIVISION WITHIN GREATER PITTSBURGH AREA MAD DADS IS DEDICATED TO ENSURING THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN EMOTIONALLY, SPIRITUALLY, AND PHYSICALLY. SURROGATE DADS MAD DADS AIMS TO PROVIDE FATHERLESS YOUTH WITH GENUINE EXPRESSIONS OF LOVE AND CARE, OFFERING RARE MOMENTS OF SINCERE "I LOVE YOU" MESSAGES.
Expenses $164,056
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.
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Al MerrittAL MERRITT
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jay GilmerJAY GILMER
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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George C Spencer SrGEORGE C SPENCER SR
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $17,885
- Compensation
- $17,885
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Dante' WorksDANTE' WORKS
1ST VICE PRE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Kent DavisKENT DAVIS
2ND VICE PRE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Ella RawlingsELLA RAWLINGS
VPT OF OUTRE
- Total calculated
- $5,805
- Compensation
- $5,805
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Meryl R WalkerMERYL R WALKER
SECRETERY
- Total calculated
- $12,020
- Compensation
- $12,020
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Carlene BrannonCARLENE BRANNON
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $9,570
- Compensation
- $9,570
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Stefanie SmithSTEFANIE SMITH
ASSISTANT TR
- Total calculated
- $605
- Compensation
- $605
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Leonard CarterLEONARD CARTER
MEMBER AT LA
- Total calculated
- $4,170
- Compensation
- $4,170
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jace RansonJACE RANSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Marc TinsleyMARC TINSLEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $1,855
- Compensation
- $1,855
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Donald GiddensDONALD GIDDENS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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James TignerJAMES TIGNER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
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Theodore JohnsonTHEODORE JOHNSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $155,616
- Expenses
- $164,116
- Contributions
- $142,357
- Grants paid
- not reported
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2023
- Revenue
- $86,957
- Expenses
- $75,153
- Contributions
- $77,991
- Grants paid
- not reported
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.
Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2022
- Tax period
- 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022
- Principal officer
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George Spencer
- Mailing address
- 1342 Traymore AvePittsburgh PA 15221
- Website
- greaterpittsburghmadddads.com
As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 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
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$7,500
2022 MINISTRY
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$7,500
2023 MINISTRY
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$6,000
2025 MINISTRY
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$6,000
2024 MINISTRY
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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.