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MERCER STREET FRIENDS CENTER

EIN 21-0733990 TRENTON, NJ

Revenue 2023
$19,838,840
Expenses 2023
$19,458,562

Program services were 92.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P280
Classification
9000
Street
151 MERCER 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).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

MERCER STREET FRIENDS IS A TRENTON-BASED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1958 BY THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS CREATED BY URBAN POVERTY. TODAY, WE SERVE MORE THAN 20,000 FAMILIES THROUGHOUT MERCER COUNTY WITH THE MISSION OF REALIZING THE COMPLEXITY OF POVERTY AND THE DIVERSITY OF ITS IMPACT, OUR PROGRAMS HAVE TAKEN A DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH AND TARGET DISPARITIES RELATED TO: EDUCATION, FOOD INSECURITY, PARENTAL AND FAMILY WELLNESS, YOUTH ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY-BUILDING CAPACITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MERCER STREET FRIENDS IS A TRENTON-BASED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1958 BY THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS CREATED BY URBAN POVERTY. TODAY, WE SERVE MORE THAN 20,000 FAMILIES THROUGHOUT MERCER COUNTY WITH THE MISSION OF, "NOURISHING BODIES AND MINDS, EMPOWERING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES". REALIZING THE COMPLEXITY OF POVERTY AND THE DIVERSITY OF ITS IMPACT, OUR PROGRAMS HAVE TAKEN A DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH AND TARGET DISPARITIES RELATED TO: EDUCATION, FOOD INSECURITY, PARENTAL AND FAMILY WELLNESS, YOUTH ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY-BUILDING CAPACITY.

  • MERCER STREET FRIENDS' PRESCHOOL SERVES 90 CHILDREN AGES THREE TO FIVE ANNUALLY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. OUR PROGRAM PREPARES STUDENTS WITH THE ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL SKILLS NECESSARY FOR KINDERGARTEN SUCCESS.

    Expenses $1,546,545

  • THE MERCER STREET FRIENDS FOOD BANK IS HOME TO PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY IN MERCER COUNTY. THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH MEMBER AGENCIES, OVER ELEVEN MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD IS DISTRIBUTED ANNUALLY.

    Expenses $14,072,647

  • PARENTING AND ADULT PROGRAMS AIM TO REDUCE INCIDENTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT. EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS ARE IMPLEMENTED IN HOME VISITATION AND CENTER-BASED SERVICES. IN ADDITION, ADULTS RECEIVE INSTRUCTION TO PREPARE TO PASS THE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY TEST AND TO ENTER OR RE-ENTER THE WORLD OF WORK.

    Expenses $1,196,958 · Revenue $4,515

  • YOUTH SERVICES AND OTHER.

    Expenses $1,240,700

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • KENNETH BLACKWELL

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LAURA BOND

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHAEL CARTER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TARA BUTLER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SOYINI WILSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • YVETTE RANDOLPH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • WENDY B KANE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RUPERT A HALL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GERALD DELK

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROBERT HOLT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AUBREY W HAINES

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BILL HEINEMANN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMES ALLEN

    COO

    Total calculated
    $139,034
    From this org
    $133,560
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,474
    Hours/week
    40

  • XIUMEI CHEN

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $108,132
    From this org
    $103,740
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,392
    Hours/week
    40

  • BERNADETTE TRAPP

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $108,717
    From this org
    $104,302
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,415
    Hours/week
    32

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $19,838,840
    Expenses
    $19,458,562
    Contributions
    $19,740,493
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $16,405,278
    Expenses
    $13,692,531
    Contributions
    $16,353,614
    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

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,452,349
    Expenses
    $8,454,402
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,299,766

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,559,623
    Expenses
    $8,239,776
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,408,952

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,943,557
    Expenses
    $5,612,479
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,393,979

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,241,855
    Expenses
    $5,501,949
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,524,557

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,314,819
    Expenses
    $5,589,099
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,763,547

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,013,335
    Expenses
    $5,333,014
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,099,012

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,557,944
    Expenses
    $5,246,050
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,765,363

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,265,256
    Expenses
    $5,376,027
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,257,878

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,790,920
    Expenses
    $7,410,414
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,858,310

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

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.