2024-12-22T20:39:04-07:00 2024-09-30 990 2023-10-01 200323464 GATEWAY EITC COMMUNITY COALITION GATE 3145394062 910 N 11TH ST SAINT LOUIS MO 631011018 Robert Tatum Treasurer 3146865083 2024-12-01 1 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Juliette Douglas 910 N 11th Street Saint Louis MO 631011018 245113 0 X www.gatewayeitc.org X 2002 MO To provide qualifying individuals with free federal and state tax return preparation 7 7 0 209 0 0 297506 245113 0 0 0 0 0 0 297506 245113 0 0 0 0 68000 72819 0 0 0 225243 154731 293243 227550 4263 17563 49594 67157 0 0 49594 67157 For qualifying individuals, to prepare free federal and state tax returns 0 0 211766 0 For the 2024 tax season, GECC volunteers prepared 7,635 federal tax returns and 7,957 state tax returns resulting in more than $9.2 million in federal and state refunds. In addition, GECC's clients avoided $2.3 million in tax preparation fees. This was accomplished by in-kind donations of 10,659 volunteer hours valued at $247,288. 0 0 0 211766 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 X X Tiffany Jackson 3145394062 910 N 11TH ST ST LOUIS MO 631011018 X TIFFANY JACKSON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 20 0 X 69000 0 0 STEVE WAGGONER SECRETARY 2 X X 1406 0 0 STEVEN SHANKER BOARD MEMBER 1 X 971 0 0 JULIETTE DOUGLAS PRESIDENT, BOARD OF DIRECTORS 4 X X 942 0 0 JENNIFER BAUGH VICE-PRESIDENT, BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1 X X 500 0 0 ROBERT TATUM TREASURER 2 X X 0 0 0 ROBERT JUERGENS BOARD MEMBER 1 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL MANGIORE BOARD MEMBER 1 X 0 0 0 72819 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 210000 35113 0 245113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 245113 0 0 0 X 72819 65919 6900 950 950 41 41 125105 125105 9306 7474 1832 10591 5869 4722 2225 2225 1390 1390 813 813 400 400 3910 3784 126 227550 211766 15784 0 49594 67157 49594 67157 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 49594 67157 49594 67157 49594 67157 17563 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 136992 124525 290318 297506 245113 1094454 136992 124525 290318 297506 245113 1094454 1094454 136992 124525 290318 297506 245113 1094454 1 1 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8b None of our committees are authorized to act on behalf of the organization. They only make recommendations to the Board, which then may act upon them. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b This 990 was prepared by the Treasurer and reviewed by the President of the Board and the Executive Director of the organization. It was then presented to and approved by the entire Board prior to submission to the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The Bylaws have a section regarding conflicts of interest which requires members of the Board to disclose conflicts and to recuse themselves in any matters coming before the Board. The Board may optionally permit the member to participate in discussion and to vote. All such disclosures and actions are to be documented in the meeting's minutes. This requirement is continually in effect, although there is no additional certification process. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Compensation of the Executive Director is reviewed against benchmark data for similar organizations. Compensation for the Program Director, Program Assistant, Project Intern, Director of IT, and IT support assistant are benchmarked against Bureau of Labor Standards scales. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Our 990 return is available on our public website. Our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws are available upon request. Form 990, Part VII, Section A, Line 1a Compensation for officers and Board members (column D) is for Site Coordinator program services provided as individual volunteers of the organization; it is NOT for their duties as officers and/or members of the Board, for which there is no compensation. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Services provided by independent contractors for coordination and delivery of programs including setting up computers, scheduling client appointments, delivering supplies to tax prep sites, training volunteers, scheduling volunteers, quality reviewing tax returns, and site supervision and support.