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THE WORKS INC

EIN 62-1751430 MEMPHIS, TN

Revenue 2024
$12,942,057
Expenses 2024
$13,370,489

Program services were 92.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
L20
Classification
1000
Street
1471 GENESIS CIR

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.

  • Roshun Austin

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $267,039
    From this org
    $252,918
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,121
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,918
    Bonus
    $40,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,121
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,798
    Filer's total
    $284,837

  • Kenya Hooks

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Paul Morris

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Carol Mosley

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Vernon Motlow Sr

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Jason Wexler

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Steve Barlow

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $240,548
    From this org
    $226,923
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,625
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,923
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,625
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,065
    Filer's total
    $246,613

  • Vincent Sawyer

    Staff Attorney

    Total calculated
    $116,905
    From this org
    $105,566
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,339
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $103,056
    Bonus
    $2,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $666
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,573
    Filer's total
    $116,795

  • Quincy Jones

    Planning and Special Programs

    Total calculated
    $116,151
    From this org
    $106,784
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,367
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $105,784
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,367
    Filer's total
    $116,151

  • Corey Davis

    Legal and Policy

    Total calculated
    $120,062
    From this org
    $105,566
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,496
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $93,143
    Bonus
    $2,500
    Other
    $9,923
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,496
    Filer's total
    $120,062

  • Gregory Love

    Housing Development

    Total calculated
    $111,563
    From this org
    $101,743
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,820
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $95,784
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $5,458
    Deferred
    $536
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,283
    Filer's total
    $111,561

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
    $12,942,057
    Expenses
    $13,370,489
    Contributions
    $10,909,828
    Grants paid
    $7,170,010
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $40,214,549
    Expenses
    $5,746,450
    Contributions
    $38,946,547
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,749,175
    Expenses
    $8,067,114
    Contributions
    $7,427,094
    Grants paid
    $781,292

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

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.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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.