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CAMPAIGN FOR WORKING FAMILIES

EIN 47-5617041 PHILADELPHIA, PA

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Revenue 2024
$4,549,092
Expenses 2024
$4,400,164

Program services were 81.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I80
Classification
1000
Street
935 N 29TH 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 · 2024

Mission

CWF HELPS WORKING FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN PA AND NJ TO INCREASE THEIR FINANCIAL STABILITY BY PROVIDING FREE TAX PREPARATION SERVICES, RESOURCE BUILDING AND ASSET DEVELOPMENT. CWF CONNECTS THESE TAX FILERS TO VALUABLE TAX CREDITS, QUALITY FINANCIAL SERVICES, AND SCREENS AND PROVIDES APPLICATION ASSISTANCE FOR PUBLIC BENEFITS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

HELP WORKING FAMILIES & INDIVIDUALS ACHIEVE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT BY PROVIDING FREE TAX PREPARATION SERVICES, RESOURCE BUILDING AND ASSET DEVELOPMENT.

  • ELEVATING FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT, THE CAMPAIGN FOR WORKING FAMILIES (CWF) PROVIDED FREE TAX PREPARATION SERVICES THROUGH ITS VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE (VITA) INITIATIVE. OPERATING ACROSS 24 COMMUNITY-BASED LOCATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA (17 SITES) AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY (7 SITES), ALONG WITH OFFERING VIRTUAL TAX PREPARATION SERVICES, CWF PROCESSED OVER 66,000 FEDERAL AND STATE TAX RETURNS (36,000+ FEDERAL AND 30,000+ STATE) IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2024. DEMONSTRATING COMMITMENT DURING THE EXTENDED TAX SEASON (MAY TO OCTOBER), CWF MAINTAINED SIX ACTIVE SITES AND CONTINUED ITS VIRTUAL TAX PREPARATION SERVICES. FURTHERMORE, CWF'S COLLABORATION WITH LEADING LOCAL ORGANIZATIONSCOMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES, BENEFITS DATA TRUST, AND CLARIFIEXTENDED CWF'S MISSION TO CONNECT TAXPAYERS WITH A BROAD SPECTRUM OF ESSENTIAL RESOURCES, INCLUDING PUBLIC BENEFITS, FINANCIAL ADVICE, AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE. THIS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP ENABLED THE SCREENING AND REFERRAL OF OVER 2,800 INDIVIDUALS FOR COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT AND SERVICES.

    Expenses $3,560,187

  • CHAMPIONING PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR TWO DECADES, CWF HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF PROVIDING IRS CERTIFICATIONS TO A DIVERSE GROUP OF STUDENTS, PROFESSIONALS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. RECOGNIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THESE CERTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN FOSTERING CAREER ADVANCEMENT BY AIDING STUDENTS IN SECURING INTERNSHIPS AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, ASSISTING PROFESSIONALS SUCH AS LAWYERS AND ACCOUNTANTS IN OBTAINING CONTINUING EDUCATION (CEU) CREDITS FOR LICENSURE AND CREDENTIAL MAINTENANCE, AND EMPOWERING COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH VITAL FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE TO ACHIEVE THEIR PERSONAL GOALS. IN THE 2024 TAX SEASON, CWF CONDUCTED OVER 60 TAX TRAININGS, IRS CERTIFYING OVER 705 VOLUNTEERS. THIS INITIATIVE MOBILIZED MORE THAN 705 DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS WHO CONTRIBUTED OVER 21,000 HOURS TO DELIVER FREE TAX PREPARATION SERVICES, INJECTING OVER $37 MILLION DIRECTLY INTO THE LIVES OF HARDWORKING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, THEREBY ENRICHING THE COMMUNITYS ECONOMIC WELL--BEING.

    Expenses $19,429

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.

  • Nikia Owens

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $322,518
    From this org
    $296,946
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,572
    Hours/week
    40

  • Cheryl Mackey

    Director of Family Stability

    Total calculated
    $127,365
    From this org
    $124,094
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,271
    Hours/week
    40

  • Diana Allinger

    Dir. of Volunteer Eng. & p.Shi

    Total calculated
    $117,645
    From this org
    $104,331
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,314
    Hours/week
    40

  • Thais T Caine

    Director of Tax Operations

    Total calculated
    $109,420
    From this org
    $105,945
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,475
    Hours/week
    40

  • Richard F Stipa

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8

  • Michael A Boyd Esq

    VICE CHAIR & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Roberta A West Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jill Michal

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kenneth Levine Esq

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Suzette Adams

    BOARD MEMBER

    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
    $4,549,092
    Expenses
    $4,400,164
    Contributions
    $4,281,894
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,167,154
    Expenses
    $3,482,362
    Contributions
    $4,133,464
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,419,518
    Expenses
    $3,555,973
    Contributions
    $3,390,441
    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
    $3,110,602
    Expenses
    $2,381,272
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,820,849

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,815,472
    Expenses
    $1,838,280
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,505,093

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,603,571
    Expenses
    $1,668,279
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,100,627

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,810,520
    Expenses
    $1,659,100
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,122,162

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,801,529
    Expenses
    $1,465,869
    Assets (EOY)
    $902,100

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,580,097
    Expenses
    $1,185,045
    Assets (EOY)
    $548,589

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

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 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.