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The Access mission is to create opportunities that empower under-resourced individuals, families, and communities to achieve and sustain economic stability.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 55 volunteers and 107 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $2K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
92%
of spending
Looks good: 92% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$213K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.8 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
5
named funders · $303K
Looks good: 5 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3.8M
81% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 81% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$13.4M
-9% vs prior year
Spent
$13.8M
To programs
92%
Net assets
$915K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$13.4M
FY2025▼ -9%
Tap a bar for its year
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$10.7M
FY2021$11.0M
FY2022$18.5M
FY2023$16.9M
FY2024$14.7M
FY2025$13.4M
Expenses
$13.8M
FY2025▼ -2%
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$10.7M
FY2021$11.2M
FY2022$18.5M
FY2023$17.0M
FY2024$14.1M
FY2025$13.8M
Net assets
$915K
FY2025▼ -30%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$959K
FY2021$814K
FY2022$809K
FY2023$690K
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$915K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 1965.

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Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $12.8M Management & general 7% · $908K Fundraising 1% · $134K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

16 people listed on the 990; $213K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Former Presi
$127,737Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Di
$85,361Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Peter Debiasi$127,737$118,335$115,269$124,713$130,821$133,481
Emma King$85,361—————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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3 programs · $12.8M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Ensure access to safe decent affordable housing that provided 201 income- eligible seniors lived in 192 safe, high-quality, affordable apartments; 13,659 individuals were able to stary warm last year because of the 5,179,170 worth of home heating fuel assistance purchased on their behalf; 365 bed-nights of housing were provided to those…

$9.0Mprogram expense
02

Provide pathways to jobs and other keys to self-reliance including 11 youth were provided safe, nurturing, staff supervised community housing, and helped to develop skills that will lead to healthy independent living, 211 individuals were more prepared to find and retain a job, 121 individuals have obtained a job.

$2.7Mprogram expense
03

Offer access to resources that increase food security where 5,659 adults and 1,338 children were served supplemental food equivalent to 81,012 meals with 2,905 received their meals from our mobile food pantry, 1,733 low- income children are healthier because of 294,638 subsidized nutritious meals and snacks provided through their…

$1.1Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 26 grants · $48.8M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$6,370,966
Unitemized GrantFY2024$604,879
Unitemized GrantFY2024$472,233
Unitemized GrantFY2024$54,754
Unitemized GrantFY2024$14,254
Unitemized GrantFY2023$6,532,215
Unitemized GrantFY2023$630,916
Unitemized GrantFY2023$223,209
Unitemized GrantFY2023$154,572
Unitemized GrantFY2023$77,900
Unitemized GrantFY2022$9,217,393
Unitemized GrantFY2022$620,768
Unitemized GrantFY2022$376,930
Unitemized GrantFY2022$201,547
Unitemized GrantFY2022$92,383
Unitemized GrantFY2021$11,898,644
Unitemized GrantFY2021$499,446
Unitemized GrantFY2021$108,984
See all 26 grants →

Federal money

Single Audit · Federal Audit Clearinghouse · money spent from federal programs
Year ending Jun 2025 · $10.5M federal money spent
Low-Income Home Energy AssistanceDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.568 · Through CT Department of Social Services$7.1M
Community Services Block GrantDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.569 · Through CT Department of Social Services$770K
Child and Adult Care Food ProgramDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.558 · Through CT Department of Education$762K
Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery FundsDepartment of the Treasury · ALN 21.027 · Through CT Department of Housing and 2 more$686K
Social Services Block GrantDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.667 · Through CT Department of Social Services and 1 more$672K

Plus 4 smaller programs.

The auditor reported 1 finding: a weakness in money controls.

Year ending Jun 2024 · $12.2M federal money spent
Low-Income Home Energy AssistanceDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.568 · Through CT Department of Social Services$7.5M
Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery FundsDepartment of the Treasury · ALN 21.027 · Through CT Department of Housing and 1 more$1.2M
Wic Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and ChildrenDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.557 · Through CT Department of Public Health$968K
Child and Adult Care Food ProgramDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.558 · Through CT Department of Education$800K
Community Services Block GrantDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.569 · Through CT Department of Social Services$689K

Plus 6 smaller programs.

The auditor reported 1 finding: a weakness in money controls.

Year ending Jun 2023 · $14.2M federal money spent
Low-Income Home Energy AssistanceDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.568 · Through CT Department of Social Services$10.3M
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and ChildrenDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.557 · Through CT Department of Agriculutre$1.1M
Community Services Block GrantDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.569 · Through CT Department of Social Services$797K
Child and Adult Care Food ProgramDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.558 · Through CT Department of Education$783K
Social Services Block GrantDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.667 · Through CT Department of Social Services and 1 more$510K

Plus 6 smaller programs.

The auditor reported 1 finding: a weakness in money controls, questioned costs.

Year ending Jun 2022 · $16.4M federal money spent
Low-Income Home Energy AssistanceDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.568 · Through CT Department of Social Services$12.7M
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and ChildrenDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.557 · Through CT Department of Public Health$1.2M
Community Services Block GrantDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.569 · Through CT Department of Social Services$884K
Child and Adult Care Food ProgramDepartment of Agriculture · ALN 10.558 · Through CT Department of Public Health$643K
Social Services Block GrantDepartment of Health and Human Services · ALN 93.667 · Through CT Department of Social Services and 1 more$533K

Plus 8 smaller programs.

The auditor reported no findings.

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$13.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$12.5M
Other incomeLn 4–11$669K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$246K
Money outPt IX
$13.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$12.8M
Managementcol C$908K
Fundraisingcol D$134K
Owns and owesPt X
$915K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$889K
Total assetsLn 16$4.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$12.5M
Government grantsLn 1e$12.3M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$175K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$246K
Investment incomeLn 3$15K
Other incomeLn 4–11$669K
Total revenueLn 12$13.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$887K
SavingsLn 2$2K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$889K
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$412K
Accounts receivableLn 4$140K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$42K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$131
Other assetsLn 15$315K
Total assetsLn 16$4.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.8M
Net assetsLn 32$915K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5107
VolunteersI 655
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
Abroad and in kindSch F, M
Noncash gifts receivedSch M Pt I$175K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.7M$889K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$116$131
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.1M$2.9M
Total assetsLn 16$5.9M$4.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.6M$3.8M
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M$915K
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$7.7M$7.7M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.7M$3.3M$264K$74K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$79K$72K$4K$3K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$465K$413K$38K$14K
Payroll taxesLn 10$276K$250K$21K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$58K$7K$51K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$369K$301K$52K$15K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$952$923$29
Office expensesLn 13$169K$119K$38K$12K
Information technologyLn 14$53K$23K$29K$60
OccupancyLn 16$422K$247K$168K$8K
TravelLn 17$85K$64K$20K$1K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$17K$15K$1K$740
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$286K$153K$133K
InsuranceLn 23$93K$18K$75K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$83K$68K$14K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$13.8M$12.8M$908K$134K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Jan 21, 2026 $13.4M$13.8M−$397K$915K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Jan 21, 2025 $14.7M$14.1M$623K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Jan 17, 2024 $16.9M$17.0M−$119K$690K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Jan 17, 2023 $18.5M$18.5M−$5K$809K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Jan 7, 2022 $11.0M$11.2M−$145K$814K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Jan 12, 2021 $10.7M$10.7M$33K$959K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $13,412,414 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $13,596,420$12,482,548
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $224,373$246,041
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $259,263$14,770
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $634,952$669,055
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $14,715,008$13,412,414
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $8,318,812$7,692,086
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $4,130,671$4,482,001
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,642,703$1,635,729
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $14,092,186$13,809,816
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $622,822−$397,402
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members14
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $13,412,414 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$12,257,856
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$224,692
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$175,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$12,482,548
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $246,041$246,041
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $14,770$14,770
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $669,055$669,055
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $915,096 · Excluded from tax $14,770$13,412,414
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $13,809,816 across 16 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $7,692,086$7,692,086
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,324,424 · Management $264,073 · Fundraising $73,890$3,662,387
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $71,987 · Management $3,745 · Fundraising $2,775$78,507
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $412,619 · Management $38,303 · Fundraising $13,996$464,918
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $250,033 · Management $20,814 · Fundraising $5,342$276,189
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $6,546 · Management $51,385$57,931
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $301,101 · Management $52,461 · Fundraising $14,946$368,508
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $923 · Fundraising $29$952
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $119,444 · Management $37,500 · Fundraising $11,980$168,924
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $23,468 · Management $29,467 · Fundraising $60$52,995
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $247,308 · Management $167,645 · Fundraising $7,535$422,488
IX-17 TravelPrograms $63,930 · Management $20,116 · Fundraising $1,051$85,097
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $14,830 · Management $1,191 · Fundraising $740$16,761
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $152,934 · Management $132,722$285,656
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $18,275 · Management $74,987$93,262
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $68,176 · Management $13,777 · Fundraising $1,202$83,155
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $12,768,084 · Management $908,186 · Fundraising $133,546$13,809,816
Part X · Balance sheet $4,708,623 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,688,432$886,953
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,200$2,000
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $505,783$411,877
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $110,894$139,999
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $44,613$42,204
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,069,715$2,910,055
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $116$131
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $447,480$315,404
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,869,233$4,708,623
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $672,460$476,210
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,222,328$798,725
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $2,207,832$2,195,228
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $453,917$323,166
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $4,556,537$3,793,329
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $674,298$768,625
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $638,398$146,669
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,312,696$915,294
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,869,233$4,708,623
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $915,294 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$13,412,414
XI-2 Total expenses$13,809,816
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$397,402
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,312,696
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$915,294

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