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MERCY LEARNING CENTER OF BRIDGEPORT INCORPORATED

EIN 22-2859879 BRIDGEPORT, CT

Revenue 2024
$3,879,624
Expenses 2024
$4,086,454

Program services were 77.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B61Z
Classification
1000
Street
637 PARK AVE

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

MERCY LEARNING CENTER EMPOWERS WOMEN TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL THROUGH FREE TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION IN A COMPASSIONATE, SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT.

  • ADULT EDUCATION: MERCY LEARNING CENTER'S ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE WOMEN WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ENGLISH, ACQUIRE BASIC MATH AND WRITING SKILLS, OBTAIN A U.S. HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, BECOME MORE ENGAGED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND IMPORTANTLY, TO SECURE THEIR FIRST JOB IN THE U.S. OR OBTAIN HIGHER WAGE EMPLOYMENT. THE CURRICULUM INCLUDES ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL) CLASSES, ADULT BASIC EDUCATION (ABE), AND 4-5 HOURS OF COMPUTER LITERACY AND TECHNOLOGY TRAINING EACH WEEK. FOR THOSE SEEKING THEIR U.S. HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, BOTH GENERAL EDUCATION DIPLOMA (GED) AND NATIONAL EXTERNAL DIPLOMA PROGRAM PREPARATION AND TESTING ARE PROVIDED. PRACTICAL LIFE SKILLS, TRAINING FOR EMPLOYMENT, AND TRANSITIONING TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION ARE MAJOR FOCI, ESPECIALLY AS WOMEN ENTER MORE ADVANCED CLASSES. STUDENTS ALSO PARTICIPATE IN A VARIETY OF ONGOING ENRICHMENT WORKSHOPS ON TOPICS INCLUDING HEALTH, PARENTING, FINANCIAL LITERACY, SAFETY, AND ART APPRECIATION. OFFERED ON A FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME TRACK, THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES THE FLEXIBILITY FOR LEARNERS TO MOVE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO TRACKS BASED ON CHANGING DEMANDS OF WORK AND FAMILY. IN 2024-2025, 492 WOMEN FROM OVER 3 DOZEN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, ALL OF WHOM ARE ASSET-LIMITED, INCOME CONSTRAINED, EMPLOYED (ALICE) OR LIVING BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.

    Expenses $2,427,349 · Grants $230,256

  • EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM: MERCY LEARNING CENTERS' STATE-LICENSED EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM (ECEP) PROVIDES STUDENTS' CHILDREN AGED 3 MONTHS TO FIVE YEARS OLD WITH COMPASSIONATE AND STIMULATING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT ARE CRITICAL FOR KINDERGARTEN READINESS IN ENGLISH-DOMINATE CLASSROOMS. AGE APPROPRIATE, ROUTINE-BASED SCHEDULES ARE IMPLEMENTED TO ORGANIZE ACTIVITES INTO A DAILY STRUCTURE, INCLUDING INTERACTIVE PLAY, EXPLORATION AND INVESTIGATION, ENGLISH LANGUAGE IMMERSION, STORY-TIME, ARTS AND CRAFTS, AND PLAYGROUND TIME. EACH OF OUR THREE CLASSROOMS PROVIDE BRIGHT, COLORFUL, CLEAN SPACES WHERE UP TO 20 CHILDREN (60 TOTAL AT A TIME) CAN LEARN, PLAY AND BE CARED FOR IN THE SAME BUILDING WHERE THEIR MOTHERS ARE ATTENDING CLASSES. CHILDREN ATTEND OUR ECEP PROGRAM ON-SITE WHILE THEIR MOTHERS ARE IN CLASS TO ELIMINATE THE BARRIER OF CHILDCARE IN A WOMAN'S EDUCATION. THE ECEP CURRICULUM HOLISTICALLY IMPROVES CHILDREN'S OVERALL DEVELOPMENT: PRE-LITERACY, PROBLEM-SOLVING, SELF-HELP, AND FINE AND GROSS MOTOR SKILLS, AS WELL AS COGNITIVE, PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS.

    Expenses $725,052

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.

  • ERIC SPEER

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENNIFER HICKS

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROSEANNA COLEMAN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALLISON ALLOTT

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHRISTOPHER EDWARDS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHAEL IAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRIAN WENZEL SR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SARA LETOURNEAU

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARCIA LIM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BETH PETO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STELLA SEO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DENISE SCOTT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BARBARA KLEBAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LINDSAY WYMAN

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $195,849
    From this org
    $181,203
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,646
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,203
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,646
    Filer's total
    $195,849

  • JEANETTE LIZONDRO

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $133,284
    From this org
    $118,262
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,022
    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
    $3,879,624
    Expenses
    $4,086,454
    Contributions
    $2,940,385
    Grants paid
    $230,256
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,830,605
    Expenses
    $3,455,361
    Contributions
    $3,092,718
    Grants paid
    $212,009
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,027,929
    Expenses
    $2,977,245
    Contributions
    $3,800,159
    Grants paid
    $348,373

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
    $5,233,526
    Expenses
    $2,793,733
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,401,730

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,016,631
    Expenses
    $2,962,229
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,114,620

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,956,975
    Expenses
    $2,764,488
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,294,403

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,559,121
    Expenses
    $2,341,966
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,772,906

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,378,456
    Expenses
    $2,140,285
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,310,037

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,843,249
    Expenses
    $1,997,481
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,960,413

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,304,407
    Expenses
    $1,978,999
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,929,875

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,282,254
    Expenses
    $1,929,887
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,610,223

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,000,575
    Expenses
    $1,787,759
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,248,519

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,708,455
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,977,161

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