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IN OUR BACKYARDS INC

EIN 26-3283639 BROOKLYN, NY

Revenue 2023
$4,035,181
Expenses 2023
$5,020,069

Program services were 70.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B990
Classification
1000
Street
540 PRESIDENT ST 3RD 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 · 2023

Mission

IOBY MOBILIZES NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE GOOD IDEAS TO BECOME POWERFUL CIVIC LEADERS WHO PLAN, FUND, AND MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO BECOME POWERFUL CIVIC LEADERS WHO PLAN, FUND, AND MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS.

  • PROJECT SUPPORT: THIS PROGRAM COMPRISES ALL OF THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE FOR PROJECTS USING THE IOBY PLATFORM. IN ADDITION TO THE USE OF OUR WEBSITE AND ITS TOOLS, PROJECT LEADERS BENEFIT FROM OPTIONAL COACHING, TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE IOBY TEAM IN THE FORM OF WORKSHOPS AND ONE-ON-ONE CONSULTATIONS ON: PROJECT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT; MATCH PROGRAMS; SOCIAL MEDIA AND ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS; PARTICIPATION IN OUR DIGITAL STORYTELLING PROJECT; AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, GRASSROOTS FUNDRAISING. THIS PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES ALL ASPECTS OF THE LIMITED FORM OF FISCAL SPONSORSHIP THAT WE OFFER TO PROJECTS AND MANAGEMENT OF NECESSARY PURCHASING AND/OR FUNDS DISBURSEMENT AFTER PROJECTS ARE FULLY FUNDED, AS WELL AS SUBSEQUENT REPORTING.

    Expenses $2,355,034 · Grants $2,080,187 · Revenue $129,715

  • PROJECT OUTREACH & SOURCING:THIS PROGRAM COMPRISES ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES AND INITIATIVES WE DESIGN AND MANAGE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE OUTREACH AND SOURCE NEW PROJECTS THAT USE IOBY TO CONNECT WITH POTENTIAL DONORS AND VOLUNTEERS. THIS INCLUDES ALL OUR ON-THE-GROUND ORGANIZERS THAT WE HAVE IN DETROIT, CLEVELAND, AND CINCINNATI, AS WELL AS EVENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS TO KEEP DONORS INVOLVED AND UP TO DATE WITH PROJECTS THEY HAVE SUPPORTED. WE ALSO HOST OUTREACH ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF OUR PROJECTS TO THE BROADER COMMUNITY OF INTERESTED COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS. WE HAVE BUILT STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH HUNDREDS OF LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS AND NONPROFITS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SUPPORTED THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS SHAPING THEIR IDEAS INTO MORE THAN 3,555 PROJECTS AND SINCE OUR FOUNDING WE HAVE DIRECTED MORE THAN $19M FROM MORE THAN 50,000 DONORS.

    Expenses $881,932

  • ONLINE PLATFORMTHIS PROGRAM IS THE FUNCTIONAL HEART OF OUR ORGANIZATION AND THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE MODEL; IT ENABLES MOST OTHER ASPECTS OF OUR WORK. WE DESIGN, BUILD AND MAINTAIN A WEB PLATFORM (IOBY.ORG) FOCUSED ON MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE PROJECT LEADERS WE SERVE AND THE DONORS THAT SUPPORT THEIR WORK. THIS PLATFORM IS CONSTANTLY EVOLVING THROUGH ITERATIONS AND ENHANCED BY FEEDBACK FROM BOTH PROJECT LEADERS AND DONORS.

    Expenses $283,808

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • APOLLO GONZALES

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.9

  • EVELYN BURNETT

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.9

  • JAMIE HAND

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.9

  • JENA BRADLEY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.9

  • CHRISTINE RICO

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.9

  • LOREN BLACKFORD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3

  • LINDSAY CAMPBELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3

  • MICHELLE HUANG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3

  • SCOTT MILLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3

  • JUSTIN G MOORE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3

  • IOANNA PARASKEVOPOLOUS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3

  • OMAR PARBHOO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.9

  • HARRIET TREGONING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3

  • CAMILLA VELASQUEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3

  • KARYN WILLIAMS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3

  • ERIN BARNES

    COFOUNDER & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $29,755
    From this org
    $29,755
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • HANNA ZAHORY

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $70,948
    From this org
    $62,056
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,892
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,035,181
    Expenses
    $5,020,069
    Contributions
    $3,886,144
    Grants paid
    $2,080,187
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,002,721
    Expenses
    $5,058,811
    Contributions
    $4,868,402
    Grants paid
    $2,295,469

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
    $5,883,251
    Expenses
    $6,454,153
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,495,951

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,598,106
    Expenses
    $7,911,740
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,212,579

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,734,427
    Expenses
    $4,345,303
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,685,637

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,215,287
    Expenses
    $3,917,939
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,438,485

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,306,641
    Expenses
    $3,580,080
    Assets (EOY)
    $900,502

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,388,828
    Expenses
    $2,824,572
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,131,033

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,393,135
    Expenses
    $2,754,631
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,202,952

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,776,134
    Expenses
    $2,501,904
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,301,987

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,776,134
    Expenses
    $2,501,904
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,301,987

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,714,162
    Expenses
    $1,277,177
    Assets (EOY)
    $793,419

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.