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GREATER PITTSBURGH AREA MAD DADS

EIN 20-4716776 MONROEVILLE, PA

Largest nonprofits in Pennsylvania

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.

  • 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.

  • Al Merritt

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jay Gilmer

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    2
  • George C Spencer Sr

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $17,885
    Compensation
    $17,885
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dante' Works

    1ST VICE PRE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kent Davis

    2ND VICE PRE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ella Rawlings

    VPT OF OUTRE

    Total calculated
    $5,805
    Compensation
    $5,805
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    2
  • Meryl R Walker

    SECRETERY

    Total calculated
    $12,020
    Compensation
    $12,020
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    2
  • Carlene Brannon

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $9,570
    Compensation
    $9,570
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stefanie Smith

    ASSISTANT TR

    Total calculated
    $605
    Compensation
    $605
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    2
  • Leonard Carter

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $4,170
    Compensation
    $4,170
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jace Ranson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marc Tinsley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $1,855
    Compensation
    $1,855
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    2
  • Donald Giddens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    2
  • James Tigner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    2
  • Theodore 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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $155,616
    Expenses
    $164,116
    Contributions
    $142,357
    Grants paid
    not reported
  • 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
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

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.