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US nonprofit · EIN 300025921 · Ocklawaha, FLiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 300025921) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990EZ for the year to 30 September 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2013.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Community of Gratitude Inc's network

8 people3 organisationsi8 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Violet dotted lines (3) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

8 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Cheryl GiffordDirector2025
1 yr
Claudette ProulxDirector2025
1 yr
Debbie WhiteDirector2024
2 yrs
Marie ZielinskiDirector2018
8 yrs
Pat Strauss (also filed as Pat Strauss)Director2018
8 yrs
Richard Elliott (also filed as Rick Elliott)President2019
7 yrs
Rose FerkDirector2024
2 yrs
William GuthDirector2025
1 yr
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Linda KafaderExec Director2018

Pay and hours

year to 30 September 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Richard ElliottPresident20$12k
Sharon BrewerExecutive Di30$12k
Pat StraussDirector15$0
Marie ZielinskiDirector15$0
Rose FerkDirector15$0
Debbie WhiteDirector15$0
William GuthDirector15$0
Cheryl GiffordDirector15$0
Claudette ProulxDirector15$0

About

Legal name
Community of Gratitude Inc
EIN
300025921
Address
Po Box 2021, Ocklawaha, FL, 32183-2021
State
Florida
Activity (NTEE)
O50 Youth development
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Youth Development
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
IRS ruling date
1 June 2002
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
8, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)
Principal officer
Pat Strauss (Form 990-N, tax year 2013)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsMarie Zielinski
≥8years on the filingsPat Strauss
≥7years on the filingsRichard Elliott
≥2years on the filingsDebbie White

Latest return

year to 30 September 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 September 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$101k
Total liabilities
$882
Net assets or fund balances
$100k

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$155k$161kDeficit $6k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.