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SOUTH BEND EMPOWERMENT ZONE

EIN 84-2181139 SOUTH BEND, IN

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Revenue 2024
$747,477
Expenses 2024
$609,239

Program services were 77.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B90
Classification
2000
Street
737 BEALE 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

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists 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 EMPOWERMENT ZONE NURTURES THE MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT OF EACH CHILD BY EMBRACING EQUITY, LEARNING, AND CHANGE FOR STUDENTS, STAFF AND FAMILIES. WE HARNESS THE POWER OF COMMUNITY AND RELATIONSHIPS TO IGNITE TRANSFORMATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE EMPOWERMENT ZONE NURTURES THE MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT OF EACH CHILD BY EMBRACING EQUITY, LEARNING, AND CHANGE FOR STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FAMILIES. WE HARNESS THE POWER OF COMMUNITY AND RELATIONSHIPS TO IGNITE TRANSFORMATION.

  • IN THE SPRING OF 2019, THE INDIANA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION (SBOE) DEVELOPED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SOUTH BEND COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION TO CREATE THE SOUTH BEND EMPOWERMENT ZONE. THE SOUTH BEND EMPOWERMENT ZONE IS COMPRISED OF WILSON, WARREN, HARRISON, AND COQUILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND NAVARRE MIDDLE SCHOOL. OUR CHARGE FROM THE SBOE IS TO DRAMATICALLY TRANSFORM STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND GROWTH AT OUR SCHOOLS OVER THE COURSE OF A FIVE-YEAR INTERVENTION.

    Expenses $470,180 · Revenue $85,807

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Leslie Ann Wesley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Rea

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephanie Ball

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sonya Watkins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Duane Wilson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kareemah Fowler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rosa Hiestand

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryan Matthys

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sam Centellas

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Davion Lewis

    EMPOWERMENT ZONE CHIEF

    Total calculated
    $265,847
    From this org
    $258,662
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,185
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $258,662
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,185
    Filer's total
    $265,847
  • Ronda Ross

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS SERVICES & GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $189,334
    From this org
    $183,047
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,287
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,586
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $33,461
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,287
    Filer's total
    $189,334
  • Roxana Zapata

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT TEAM

    Total calculated
    $131,541
    From this org
    $125,254
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,287
    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $747,477
    Expenses
    $609,239
    Contributions
    $742,408
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,852,866
    Expenses
    $2,497,527
    Contributions
    $1,844,405
    Grants paid
    $6,140
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,054,559
    Expenses
    $4,682,294
    Contributions
    $5,038,167
    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

    Revenue
    $4,708,512
    Expenses
    $4,588,102
    Assets (EOY)
    $439,850
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,108,554
    Expenses
    $1,986,309
    Assets (EOY)
    $428,040
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $593,288
    Expenses
    $527,345
    Assets (EOY)
    $189,295

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.

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

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

  • SOUTH BEND COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION

    501(C)3 · EXEMPT · IN

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 SO.

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.