Liabilities / Assets
84th percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 84% of similar nonprofits.
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
0.32x
Liabilities / Revenue
83rd percentile
Higher debt load relative to revenue than 83% of similar nonprofits.
Net Margin
73rd percentile
Higher net margin than 73% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
90th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 90% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 45.3% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
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Revenue Growth
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Balance Sheet
Assets
$59,202
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Net Assets
$40,202
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Liabilities
$19,000
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Revenue And Expenses
Revenue
$97,441
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Expenses
$74,568
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Net Income
$22,873
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Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Jan 1, 2020 to Dec 31, 2020
- Signed
- Jul 12, 2021
- Return Version
- 2020v4.0
- Gross Receipts
- $97,441
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
ABW helps formerly incarcerated individuals living in Washtenaw County to build stable, successful, and fulfilling lives. We support these returned citizens by forging strong relationships with our mentoring teams, community resources, and committed advocates. The benefits are a richer community, reduced recidivism, and increased public safety.
ABW helps formerly incarcerated people make a successful return to society. Our primary activities to achieve this are mentoring programs, advocacy, and direct support for basic needs.
Program Services
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| Mentoring Programs. These include one-to-one mentoring, group activities, and (during Covid) on-line programs. We run programs to train new volunteers to serve as mentors. We also are active reaching out to state authorities for help in reaching people whose release is pending so that they can join our program. During 2020, approximately 12-to-15 people received mentoring. Approximately 5-to-10 people were trained as mentors. During 2020 we supported a program with UM PCAP and others called Living on LOP which was an on-line video series about adjusting to life back in society. | $15,000 | $15,000 |
| When required we provide funding to meet the basic needs of clients who are active in our programs. These basic needs could include food (grocery store cards, housing (rent support), and transportation (bus passes). We will also work with clients on fees for document needs like drivers license, birth certificate, rental applications, etc. | $15,000 | $15,000 |
| Advocacy, Education and Awareness. Our Advocacy efforts include working with state and local government officials to try and make the transition from prison to society as successful as possible. We advocate for contact with prisoners whose release is pending. We will advocate individually with landlords. We encourage and educate local authorities on the challenges presented by discriminatory housing practices. We ran programs in 2020 to educate our community and raise awareness of the pressures and challenges faced by returning citizens. We have worked with local universities to create programs to help our clients pursue education. | $10,000 | $10,000 |
Compensation and Service Providers
Employees
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cozine Welch | Executive Director (Since Feb 2020) | FT | $44,160 | - | $44,160 |
| Aaron Suganuma | Exec Director (Left At Start Of March 2020) | FT | $5,000 | - | $5,000 |
| Alan Newman | Board Chair | PT | $0 | - | - |
| Patrick Shields | Board, Vice Chair | PT | $0 | - | - |
| Laurence O'Connell | Board Treasurer | PT | $0 | - | - |
| Ashley McCloskey | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| Kim Thomas | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| Bonnie Billups Jr | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| Melvin Henley | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
Filing and Contact Details
Filer
- Filer Name
- A Brighter Way
- EIN
- 81-1186430
- Phone
- 7348963770
- Address
- 124 Pearl Street Suite 201, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Signing Officer
- Name
- Laurence OConnell
- Title
- Board Treasurer
- Phone
- 7347321935
- Signed
- 2021-07-12
Supplemental Narrative
Additional Explanations
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10
“Payments for on-line video mentoring program called "Living on LOP" during Covid: 2,500. Payments for Basic Needs support during 2020 (especially during Nov-Dec period): $6,500”
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16
“Office supplies, internet, phone, cable, software,etc.”
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20
“Received loan from Small Business Administration during Covid. $19,000 The cash is available to us but the loan is also a liability.”
Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26
“$19,000 of our cash on hand is a Loan from the Small Business Administration (to help with possible Covid shortfalls). $16,000 of our cash on hand was a grant received from the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation in late December to help fund a new position in 2021. During 2021 we have filled that position and are spending those funds”
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| ReasonableCauseExplanation/ExplanationTxt | 0 | We are late with this filing because I mistakenly believed the deadline for filing our organization's 990 had been extended to July 15, 2021. I apologize for this error and we will be sure to file on time in the future. |
| ReturnHeader/AdditionalFilerInformation/TrustedCustomerGrp/AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd | 0 | AAL2 |
| ReturnHeader/AdditionalFilerInformation/TrustedCustomerGrp/LastSubmissionRqrOOBCd | 0 | 0 |
| ReturnHeader/AdditionalFilerInformation/TrustedCustomerGrp/OOBSecurityVerificationCd | 0 | 11 |
| ReturnHeader/AdditionalFilerInformation/TrustedCustomerGrp/TrustedCustomerCd | 0 | 0 |
| ReturnHeader/BuildTS | 0 | 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z |
| ReturnHeader/BusinessOfficerGrp/PersonNm | 0 | Laurence OConnell |
| ReturnHeader/BusinessOfficerGrp/PersonTitleTxt | 0 | Board Treasurer |
| ReturnHeader/BusinessOfficerGrp/PhoneNum | 0 | 7347321935 |
| ReturnHeader/BusinessOfficerGrp/SignatureDt | 0 | 2021-07-12 |
| ReturnHeader/Filer/BusinessName/BusinessNameLine1Txt | 0 | A BRIGHTER WAY |
| ReturnHeader/Filer/BusinessNameControlTxt | 0 | ABRI |
| ReturnHeader/Filer/EIN | 0 | 811186430 |
| ReturnHeader/Filer/PhoneNum | 0 | 7348963770 |
| ReturnHeader/Filer/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt | 0 | 124 Pearl Street Suite 201 |
| ReturnHeader/Filer/USAddress/CityNm | 0 | Ypsilanti |
| ReturnHeader/Filer/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd | 0 | MI |
| ReturnHeader/Filer/USAddress/ZIPCd | 0 | 48197 |
| ReturnHeader/ReturnTs | 0 | 2021-07-13T11:11:18-07:00 |
| ReturnHeader/ReturnTypeCd | 0 | 990EZ |
| ReturnHeader/TaxPeriodBeginDt | 0 | 2020-01-01 |
| ReturnHeader/TaxPeriodEndDt | 0 | 2020-12-31 |
| ReturnHeader/TaxYr | 0 | 2020 |
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2020 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
- Assets
- $59,202
- Liabilities
- $19,000
- Net assets
- $40,202
- Revenue
- $97,441
- Expenses
- $74,568
- Net income
- $22,873