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THEA BOWMAN CENTER

EIN 52-2157682 CLEVELAND, OH

Revenue 2024
$597,918
Expenses 2024
$788,747

Program services were 83.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P28
Classification
1000
Street
11901 OAKFIELD 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

TBC MISSION STATEMENT: WE LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE OF MT PLEASANT, LEARN AND DO WHAT THEY WANT AND NEED.

  • THE THEA BOWMAN CENTER (CENTER) FOOD SUPPORT PROGRAM: OVER 9,000 COMMUNITY RESIDENTS WERE PROVIDED FOOD SUPPORT IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 - 2025. TBC'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE MOST IN NEED IN THE MOUNT PLEASANT COMMUNITY. OUR GOAL IS TO HELP ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF HUNGER FOR PEOPLE WITH LIMITED INCOME AND LIMITED RESOURCES. OUR WEEKLY HOT LUNCH PROGRAM SERVES AN AVERAGE OF 150 RESIDENTS PER WEEK. THIS PROGRAM IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FOUR CATHOLIC CHURCHES AND THE SAI BABA CENTER. THE CENTER PROVIDES A HOT, NUTRITIOUS MEAL EVERY SATURDAY AND IS OPEN TO THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE MOUNT PLEASANT COMMUNITY. THE SENIOR OUTREACH PROGRAM: THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE OUTREACH SERVICES AND HEALTHY RESOURCE CONNECTIONS INCLUDING SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT FOR SENIORS 60 AND OLDER. IN ADDITION, WE DELIVER FOOD TO OVER 100 SENIORS WHO ARE HOMEBOUND. TAX RETURN FILING: THE CENTER OFFERS A FREE TAX RETURN PREPARATION SERVICE THAT HAS ASSISTED OVER 450 RESIDENTS.

    Expenses $655,384

  • COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM-ADULT LITERACY/GED PROGRAM: THIS PROGRAM WHICH STARTED IN 2009 ASSISTS PEOPLE WITH COMPLETING HIGH SCHOOL BY PROVIDING GED TUTORING SERVICES. STATISTICS SHOW THAT OVER 39% OF MOUNT PLEASANT RESIDENTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 30 - 40, DO NOT HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION. COMPUTER LITERACY CLASSES ARE AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS WEEKLY. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE 12 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN CLASSES OFFERED TWICE DAILY. SENIORS ARE MOST EXCITED TO LEARN COMPUTER SKILLS. MOUNT PLEASANT IS A DIGITAL DIVIDE COMMUNITY WITH LIMITED HOME ACCESS TO THE INTERNET OR A COMPUTER. JOB SUPPORT IS PROVIDED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MANUFACTURING COMPANIES, HOSPITALS AND OTHERS LOOKING TO HIRE RESIDENTS FOR VARIOUS JOBS. THE CENTER SERVES AS THE COMMUNITY HOST FOR JOB FAIRS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THIS APPROACH HELPS TO CONNECT RESIDENTS TO JOB OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING ASSISTANCE WITH ONLINE JOB APPLICATIONS AND RESOURCE NETWORKING.

  • TBC CHILDREN'S PROGRAM: THE CHILDREN'S EIGHT-WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM PROVIDES A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR 26 CHILDREN (K-8TH) TO GROW AND LEARN. THE SUMMER PROGRAM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FOOD BANK, PROVIDES MEALS FOR CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY. WHEN THE CHILDREN RETURN TO SCHOOL, THEY ATTEND AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM (3:15P - 5:15P) FOUR DAYS PER WEEK. THIS PROGRAM IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH PROVIDES A VARIETY OF LITERACY, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES TO THIRTY 2ND THROUGH 7TH GRADERS ON THE NATHAN HALE SCHOOL CAMPUS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. MYCOM - MY COMMITMENT, MY COMMUNITY: THIS PROGRAM PARTNERS WITH A NETWORK OF OVER 90 COMMUNITY PROVIDERS INCLUDING SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES. COMMUNITY PARTNERS CONNECT WITH FAMILIES AND YOUTH (OVER 2000) TO ENSURE POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT TO GROW AND LEARN. THE FOCUS IS YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND YOUTH VOICE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG WITH FAMILY SUPPORT. IN 2025, MYCOM LOST A MAJOR SOURCE OF FUNDING AND TRANSITIONED LEAD AGENCIES INTO LEGACY AGENCIES. THE CENTER CONTINUES THE WORK OF MYCOM UNDER A NEW CHILD AND FAMILY WELL-BEING STRATEGY.

  • VOLUNTEER PROGRAM: THE CENTER WELCOMED OVER 700 VOLUNTEERS WHO PROVIDED HELP TO ALL OF THE ABOVE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. THE YEAR-ROUND SATURDAY HOT LUNCH PROGRAM ALONE IS TOTALLY SUPPORTED BY OVER 350 VOLUNTEERS FROM FIVE PARTNER CHURCHES. BUSINESSES, COMPANIES, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY SOCIAL GROUPS AND SORORITIES, SUPPORT OUR SMALL WORKFORCE AND ALL PROGRAMS. AS A SMALL ORGANIZATION, VOLUNTEERS ARE A MAJOR ASSET TO OUR MISSION AND SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. ACCOMPLISHMENTS: OUR MISSION STATEMENT (LISTENING, LEARNING AND DOING, ADOPTED VIA THE 2025 - 2027 STRATEGIC PLAN) IS OUR GUIDE TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, CONNECTION AND SERVICE DELIVERY. THEREFORE, ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH DURING THE HOT MEAL AND PANTRY TIME ON SATURDAYS, CONNECTS THE CENTER TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY'S RESIDENTS. THIS CONNECTION RESULTED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FOOD CHOICE PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM EMPOWERS RESIDENTS TO SELECT THE ITEMS THEY WANT AND NEED RATHER THAN RECEIVE A PREPACKED STANDARD FOOD BANK GROCERY BAG CONTAINING ITEMS THAT OFTEN AREN'T USED. ON SATURDAYS, COMMUNITY RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN OTHER TBC PROGRAMS AND SERVICES OFFERED SUCH AS JOB FAIRS AND THE CENTER'S MARKETPLACE AS WELL AS RECEIVE VALUABLE COMMUNITY, CITY AND COUNTY RESOURCE INFORMATION TO HELP THEM IN THEIR DAILY LIFE'S JOURNEY. DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAM ASSESSMENT AND MEASUREMENT TOOLS TO BETTER ACCOUNT FOR OUR PROGRAM AND SERVICES WAS IMPLEMENTED JANUARY 2025. THIS INCLUDED SATISFACTION SURVEYS TO BE USED BY ALL PROGRAMS FOR FEEDBACK FROM PARTICIPANTS. THE CENTER'S STRATEGIC PLAN WILL BE UPDATED AND IMPLEMENTED FOR THE PERIOD 2025 2027. INCREASED FUNDING OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS HAS ENABLED THE CENTER TO INCREASE THE STAFFING CAPACITY FROM FOUR PART-TIME STAFF TO SEVEN FULL-TIME STAFF TO MEET THE DEMAND OF EXPANDED PROGRAMMING.

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.

  • ELLA HOLT THOMAS

    FORMER EXEC

    Total calculated
    $55,000
    From this org
    $55,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • SHAWN KENNEDY

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • ALICIA R JORDAN

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JULIANNE TAM

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ANDREA AARONS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • BENJAMINE D CARNAHAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • SANDRA FLETCHER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DR ROSARY-JOYCE KENNEDY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ANNE NELSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MARY R POWELL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ANTHONY SPENCER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • VICTORIA R WINBUSH PHD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • LOUIS GENEVA ESQ

    HONORARY DIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEREMY TAYLOR

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $3,269
    From this org
    $3,269
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • FRANK TINUS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MICHELLE SNOWDEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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
    $597,918
    Expenses
    $788,747
    Contributions
    $535,095
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $867,851
    Expenses
    $941,476
    Contributions
    $860,894
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $957,189
    Expenses
    $866,275
    Contributions
    $929,764
    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
    $846,164
    Expenses
    $852,894
    Assets (EOY)
    $822,625

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $610,819
    Expenses
    $523,540
    Assets (EOY)
    $840,007

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $772,044
    Expenses
    $463,705
    Assets (EOY)
    $774,172

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $474,745
    Expenses
    $366,240
    Assets (EOY)
    $369,083

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $376,930
    Expenses
    $365,782
    Assets (EOY)
    $260,578

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $313,704
    Expenses
    $324,167
    Assets (EOY)
    $249,430

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $346,315
    Expenses
    $318,541
    Assets (EOY)
    $260,064

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $302,269
    Expenses
    $352,678
    Assets (EOY)
    $232,117

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $284,398
    Expenses
    $284,677
    Assets (EOY)
    $287,353

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $255,826
    Assets (EOY)
    $282,805

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.