- Revenue 2024
- $6,639,998
- Expenses 2024
- $5,661,907
Program services were 78.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A84Z
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 10TH FLOOR
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
WELCOME AMERICA, INC., A 501C3, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION IN PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. WELCOME AMERICA, INC.'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE AMERICAN HISTORY, EDUCATION AND PHILADELPHIA. WELCOME AMERICA, INC. SEEKS TO ENHANCE THE RESIDENT AND VISITOR EXPERIENCE THROUGH CITYWIDE EVENTS THAT PROVIDE AN ECONOMIC BOOST TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY. MOVING FORWARD, WELCOME AMERICA, INC. MAY PRODUCE AND ASSIST IN THE GROWTH OF SELECT CITY EVENTS YEAR-ROUND THAT CAN INCREASE AWARENESS OF PHILADELPHIA AS AN EVENT DESTINATION AND EXECUTE THE ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION.
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THE LARGEST PROGRAM OF WELCOME AMERICA, INC. IS THE WAWA WELCOME AMERICA FESTIVAL. THE FESTIVAL NORMALLY ATTRACTS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS TO FREE EVENTS ACROSS THE CITY AND REACHES MILLIONS THROUGH EVENTS THAT ARE BROADCAST AND LIVE STREAMED. IN 2021, WELCOME AMERICA, INC. EXPANDED THE FESTIVAL TO INCLUDE JUNETEENTH, RESULTING IN A 16-DAY FESTIVAL FILLED WITH DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE PROGRAMMING. ALL EVENTS ARE FREE TO THE PUBLIC. SERVING AS THE CITY'S OFFICIAL JULY 4TH CELEBRATION AND ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY, THE FESTIVAL GARNERS MILLIONS OF IMPRESSIONS AND ENGAGEMENTS ACROSS ALL MEDIA PLATFORMS:PRESS - WAWA WELCOME AMERICA 2024 SECURED OVER 8 BILLION GLOBAL MEDIA IMPRESSIONS.SOCIAL MEDIA - USED ALL SOCIAL PLATFORMS TO INFORM AND ENGAGE WITH FOLLOWERS. SOCIAL CHANNELS ALSO SERVED AS CUSTOMER SERVICE OUTLETS FOR THE FESTIVAL. WAWA WELCOME AMERICA 2024 ACCUMULATED OVER 2 MILLION IMPRESSIONS.WEBSITE - SERVED AS THE MAIN INFORMATION HUB OF THE FESTIVAL AND HAD OVER 500,000 PAGE VIEWS.EMAIL - ENGAGED WITH FANS OF THE FESTIVAL, DELIVERING AN ABOVE INDUSTRY AVERAGE OPEN RATE OF 34%.
Expenses $4,457,521 · Revenue $35,330
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.
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MICHAEL DELBENE
PRESIDENT & CEO
- Total calculated
- $320,066
- From this org
- $320,066
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $270,066
- Bonus
- $50,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $320,066
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HON JUDGE DAN ANDERS
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MR MICHAEL BARNES
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MS LORI BRUCE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MR OBRA S KERNODLE IV
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MS JENNIFER RODRIGUEZ
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MS JENNIFER NAGLE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MR RIC HARRIS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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HON CHERELLE PARKER
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MS JAZELLE JONES
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MS SHERRI LEE STEVENS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MR MARK SQUILLA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MS LORI JONES
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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NICOLE ALLEN WHITE
COO
- Total calculated
- $162,010
- From this org
- $154,260
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,750
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $154,260
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $7,750
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $162,010
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
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2024
- Revenue
- $6,639,998
- Expenses
- $5,661,907
- Contributions
- $6,595,026
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $4,378,844
- Expenses
- $4,706,272
- Contributions
- $4,294,947
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $3,916,922
- Expenses
- $3,962,475
- Contributions
- $3,814,673
- 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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,511,087
- Expenses
- $2,664,757
- Assets (EOY)
- $233,400
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,783,922
- Expenses
- $2,081,240
- Assets (EOY)
- $173,449
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,665,165
- Expenses
- $3,889,072
- Assets (EOY)
- $203,256
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,550,693
- Expenses
- $3,404,588
- Assets (EOY)
- $597,514
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,635,564
- Expenses
- $2,641,656
- Assets (EOY)
- $226,538
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,596,149
- Expenses
- $2,576,266
- Assets (EOY)
- $307,714
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,138,458
- Expenses
- $1,915,449
- Assets (EOY)
- $187,444
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,207,760
- Expenses
- $2,079,056
- Assets (EOY)
- $195,508
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,072,931
- Expenses
- $2,036,400
- Assets (EOY)
- $71,943
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $2,216,117
- Assets (EOY)
- $212,143
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
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$200,000
2023 CULTURE & ARTS
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2024 (E) = $40,000
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$35,000
2024 WWAV Grant for Party at the Polls Events
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$17,000
2023 PHILLY HOLIDAY TREE
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$17,000
2024 PHILLY HOLIDAY TREE
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.