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MISSION BELONGING INC

EIN 81-4784695 ROCKVILLE, MD

Largest nonprofits in Maryland

Revenue 2024
$547,753
Expenses 2024
$476,695

Program services were 82.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1200
Street
11140 ROCKVILLE PIKE

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

6 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

ARTS-BASED COMMUNITY BUILDING EFFORTS

  • COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS CONSISTS OF FREE, CONSISTENT, AND ENDURING EXPRESSIVE ART WORKSHOPS THAT CREATE A SPACE FOR PARTICIPANTS FROM POPULATION-SPECIFIC PROGRAMS TO CONNECT TO A LARGER COMMUNITY ONCE THEIR PROGRAM IS COMPLETED. THESE WORKSHOPS CREATE A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO REACH ACROSS DIFFERENCES IN DEMOGRAPHICS AND LIFE EXPERIENCE, TO FIND CONNECTION AND EMPATHY. THE PUBLIC VALUE OF CONNECTION BETWEEN VETERANS, MILITARY FAMILIES, AND THE BROADER CITIZENSHIP THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS CANNOT BE OVERSTATED.

    Expenses $220,842 · Revenue $40,742

  • POPULATION SPECIFIC WORKSHOP PROGRAMMING CONSISTS OF SHORT-TERM AND ENDURING WORKSHOP SERIES OF ALL GENRES DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY FOR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY AND VETERANS; OR MILITARY FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS. PARTICIPANTS IN THESE PROGRAMS ARE INTRODUCED TO THE ARTS AS A TOOL FOR SELF-CARE AND RESILIENCE. THESE PROGRAMS ARE A SAFE ENTRY POINT FOR VETERANS AND MILITARY-CONNECTED PEOPLE TO BEGIN EXPRESSING THE INEXPRESSIBLE. HAVING THEIR SELF-EXPRESSION WITNESSED BY OTHERS WITH COMMON EXPERIENCES IS POWERFUL, EXPANSIVE, HEALING, AND OFTEN LIFE-CHANGING.

    Expenses $122,484

  • EVENTS ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SELECTED PARTICIPANTS, TYPICALLY FROM THE POPULATION-SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, TO SHARE THEIR ARTWORK AND STORIES WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THESE EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT A LOW-COST OR ARE FREE, AND ALWAYS INCLUDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ARTISTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO CONNECT AND MINGLE. FOR THE ARTIST PARTICIPANTS, THE BENEFIT IS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND SEEN; AND FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD EMPATHY AND CONNECT WITH OTHER STORIES, AND THROUGH THEM PERHAPS CONNECT MORE DEEPLY WITH THEIR OWN STORIES. THE CAPSTONE IN-PERSON EVENT, A DAY OF BELONGING, IS HELD EACH YEAR IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND.

    Expenses $49,245 · Revenue $1,698

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.

  • Joe Merritt

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Colin McKee

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Amanda Kelly

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Willie Charles Young Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amelia Bane

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jen Anthony

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Trujillo

    TRUSTEE AS OF MARCH

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Seema Reza

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $45,000
    From this org
    $43,134
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,866
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $547,753
    Expenses
    $476,695
    Contributions
    $505,313
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $415,517
    Expenses
    $410,927
    Contributions
    $354,205
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $304,928
    Expenses
    $257,209
    Contributions
    $257,766
    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-EZ

    Revenue
    $165,773
    Expenses
    $129,394
    Assets (EOY)
    $81,678

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2017

Tax period
1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017
Principal officer
Seema Reza
Mailing address
10201 Grosvenor Place Apt 1010Rockville MD 20852
Website
www.communitybuildingartworks.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 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

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

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.