DESTINED INC

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $236K · expenses $224K · assets $22K

EIN
46-5610597
Address
295 FAIRWAY DR, ATHENS, GA 30607-1425
Website
destinedinc.org
NTEE code
O50
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
December 2017 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity, 509(a)(2)
Principal officer
Tawana Mattox (its 2023 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2023 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

to promote reading as the foundation for a successful life through social emotional support, STEAM, cultural enrichment and a partnership with parents to equip the whole child and disarm behaviorial issues that may arise in part for young people who are not strong readers

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

2 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Tawana Mattox CEO2024-2025 $17,600$17,600 1
Quinton Elder CFO2024-2025 $15,183$15,183 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

2 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Ashya Fambrough Secretary2025 0 $0 reported 1
Marquita Richardson (former) Secretary2024 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 3 people listed · 2 paid, $33K · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Tawana Mattox CEO10 $17,600$0$0 $17,6001
Quinton Elder CFO6 $15,183$0$0 $15,1831
Ashya Fambrough Secretary0 $0$0$0 $01
2024 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Tawana Mattox CEO0 $0-- $01
Quinton Elder CFO0 $0-- $01
Marquita Richardson Secretary0 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990 period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$236,254$224,243 $21,975$17,632 $223,980$12,274 $32,7830-
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$57,096$55,490 $10,141$5,621 $52,625$4,471 ---

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $207,000 in all, tax years 2022 to 2022. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
ATHENS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor Exact 2022 1$207,000 2022$207,000
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990 · $224,243 spent · pay $174,207 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $130,157-$130,157- 58.0%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $32,783-$32,783- 14.6%
Other (as described)Supplies & Materials $13,946$13,946-- 6.2%
Payroll taxes $11,267-$11,267- 5.0%
Other (as described)Rent $9,740-$9,740- 4.3%
All other expenses $6,806$3,149$3,158$499 3.0%
Other (as described)Field Trip Expenses $5,335$5,335-- 2.4%
Other (as described)Contractor Fees $4,519$4,419$100- 2.0%
Fees: accounting $3,550-$3,550- 1.6%
Insurance $3,273-$3,273- 1.5%
Office expenses $1,649-$1,649- 0.7%
Advertising and promotion $1,202-$1,202- 0.5%
Interest $16-$16- 0.0%
Total$224,243100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $55,490 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $54,996 99.1%
Printing, publications, postage $494 0.9%
Total$55,490100%

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