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CENTER FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP

EIN 56-1271685 DURHAM, NC

Revenue 2024
$7,553,705
Expenses 2024
$5,817,069

Program services were 98.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
J20Z
Classification
1000
Street
301 W 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

7 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

The Centers mission is to create and protect ownership for all, especially people of color, women, rural residents and low wealth families and communities.

  • COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SECONDARY MARKET PROGRAMS: Facilitation of a secondary market operated by Self-Help Ventures Fund for home mortgages of low-income buyers in distressed communities to make homeownership more widely available to these families. Approximately 17,685 beneficiaries.

    Expenses $1,927,297 · Grants $2,118,297 · Revenue $900,537

  • EDUCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: Together with supporting organizations Self-Help Ventures Fund and Self-Help Community Development Corporation, conducted general programs, educational and job-saving activities, and development of support groups and community-based organizations that help low-income people. Approximately 28,757 beneficiaries.

    Expenses $1,601,856 · Grants $1,952,877 · Revenue $1,507,984

  • COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REAL ESTATE PROJECTS: Primarily through its supporting organizations, Self-Help Ventures Fund and Self-Help Community Development Corp., The Center engages in economic development through the renovation of historic buildings, construction of new buildings in distressed communities; as well as provides quality affordable retail spaces, community facilities, and commercial rental spaces to revitalize and stabilize distressed communities. Approximately 6,767 beneficiaries.

    Expenses $1,170,850 · Grants $791,850

  • COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LENDING: Primarily through Self-Help Ventures Fund, originated and purchased loans primarily to low income, rural, and minority communities enabling home ownership and fostering small business development. Created or maintained jobs, childcare facilities, and schools. Approximately 41,000 beneficiaries.

    Expenses $999,006 · Grants $275,000

  • RESPONSIBLE LENDING POLICY AND RESEARCH: Together with supporting organization Center for Responsible Lending, engaged in education & technical assistance on abusive financial practices that deplete the wealth of low-income & minority families & communities. Published 5 research reports, made 26 presentations, testimony, conferences, and analysis for comment letters to educate the general public and inform the regulatory process. Taken together, the activities noted above had approximately 91,693

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.

  • Marcus Bowen

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $141,893
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $105,750
    Other
    $36,143
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

  • David S Beck

    PolicyMedia Director

    Total calculated
    $137,429
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $104,665
    Other
    $32,764
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

  • Dave Shumannfang

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $137,307
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $106,780
    Other
    $30,527
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

  • Martin Eakes

    CEO & Director

    Total calculated
    $136,788
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $100,961
    Other
    $35,827
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

  • Crystal German

    President

    Total calculated
    $111,261
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $72,234
    Other
    $39,027
    Hours/week
    1 + 32 related

  • Mike Bauders

    Director

    Total calculated
    $107,868
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $88,425
    Other
    $19,443
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

  • Farad Ali

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Melvin Davis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mike Giarla

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Lewis Myers

    ChairDirector

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Gene Nichol

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Linda Shaw

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Joseph A Smith Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Anna Tefft

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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
    $7,553,705
    Expenses
    $5,817,069
    Contributions
    $4,780,768
    Grants paid
    $4,442,353
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,240,499
    Expenses
    $2,520,442
    Contributions
    $1,643,963
    Grants paid
    $1,903,689
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,987,039
    Expenses
    $7,267,568
    Contributions
    $6,557,067
    Grants paid
    $6,440,702

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
    $5,300,422
    Expenses
    $2,517,509
    Assets (EOY)
    $50,951,499

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,619,141
    Expenses
    $4,384,549
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,315,972

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,371,521
    Expenses
    $2,871,525
    Assets (EOY)
    $35,025,225

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,489,153
    Expenses
    $2,281,294
    Assets (EOY)
    $35,596,688

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,272,712
    Expenses
    $2,420,743
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,116,090

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,040,835
    Expenses
    $1,699,140
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,223,226

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,532,736
    Expenses
    $2,050,214
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,912,689

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,403,420
    Expenses
    $3,202,439
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,257,305

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,654,830
    Expenses
    $5,224,899
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,372,864

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,494,410
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,817,827

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

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

Where these grants went next →

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

Declared as related by

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