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CITIES FOR FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT FUND INC

EIN 46-3612187 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2024
$17,266,819
Expenses 2024
$14,321,298

Program services were 85.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S99
Classification
1000
Street
44 WALL ST STE 1050

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).

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.

  • JONATHAN MINTZ

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $475,811
    From this org
    $456,946
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,865
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $456,946
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,301
    Nontaxable benefits
    $564
    Filer's total
    $475,811

  • KAREN FREEMAN-WILSON

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSE CISNEROS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CATHLEEN MAHON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NAOMI GENDLER CAMPER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LATIA CURRY HARRISON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARTIN GRUENBERG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LEIGH PHILLIPS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMELIA ERWITT

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $311,510
    From this org
    $264,113
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,397
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $264,113
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,823
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,574
    Filer's total
    $311,510

  • LISA NICOLLE GRIST

    CHIEF RESEARCH, EVALUATION & FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $237,319
    From this org
    $213,763
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,556
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $213,763
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,014
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,542
    Filer's total
    $237,319

  • TAMARA LINDSAY

    CHIEF - STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $219,144
    From this org
    $195,063
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,081
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,063
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,581
    Filer's total
    $219,144

  • KAITLIN PLAT

    CHIEF- COMMUNICATIONS & DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $191,006
    From this org
    $169,148
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,858
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,148
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,822
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,036
    Filer's total
    $191,006

  • DAVID ROTHSTEIN

    SENIOR PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $186,041
    From this org
    $157,895
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,146
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,895
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,146
    Filer's total
    $186,041

  • KANT DESAI

    SENIOR PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $180,057
    From this org
    $139,157
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,900
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,157
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,650
    Filer's total
    $180,057

  • VICTORIA SELKOWE

    SENIOR PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $176,484
    From this org
    $143,018
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,466
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,018
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,466
    Filer's total
    $176,484

  • ELISA LOPEZ

    SENIOR DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $142,067
    From this org
    $113,330
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,737
    Hours/week
    40

  • AARON HIRSH

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $123,868
    From this org
    $109,758
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,110
    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 — 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
    $17,266,819
    Expenses
    $14,321,298
    Contributions
    $16,352,511
    Grants paid
    $4,854,081
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,006,798
    Expenses
    $12,252,822
    Contributions
    $3,228,700
    Grants paid
    $4,114,234
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,628,594
    Expenses
    $10,398,984
    Contributions
    $7,183,300
    Grants paid
    $2,742,998

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.

Grants made

  • ORANGE COUNTY GOVERNMENT FL

    $300,000

    2023 LAUNCHING A LOCAL FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT CENTER INITIATIVE

  • EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS

    $280,000

    2024 FACILITATE A LEGAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM TO PROVIDE LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO FEC CLIENTS

  • CITY OF CHARLESTON SC

    $200,000

    2024 LAUNCHING A LOCAL FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT CENTER (FEC) INITIATIVE

  • CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

    $185,000

    2024 LAUNCHING A LOCAL FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT CENTER (FEC) INITIATIVE

  • CITY OF GAINESVILLE

    $150,000

    2023 INCORPORATING FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT RESOURCES INTO MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROCEDURES

  • THE CITY OF ROCHESTER

    $150,000

    2023 INCORPORATING FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT RESOURCES INTO MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROCEDURES

  • CITY OF ST LOUIS

    $150,000

    2023 INCORPORATING FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT RESOURCES INTO MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROCEDURES

  • CITY OF PUEBLO CO

    $150,000

    2022 LAUNCHING A LOCAL FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT CENTER INITIATIVE

  • CITY OF DALLAS

    $150,000

    2023 INTEGRATE FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT INTO EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS.

  • CITY OF SAINT PAUL

    $150,000

    2023 INCORPORATING FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT RESOURCES INTO MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROCEDURES

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

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Grants received

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 10 September 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.