Mansfield Discovery Depot

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Mansfield, CT501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 06-0864848Revenue $2.1M in FY2025

On file with the IRSmansfieldct.gov4 S Eagleville Rd, 06268-2574 · Mansfield, CTTax-exempt since Sep 2007School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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Help each young child get a strong foundation for learning and growth by responding to their individual needs and interests. We are committed to providing consistent nurturing care in a warm and predictable environment.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
57¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$197K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $116K a year · 6% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
57%
of spending
Worth a look: 57% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$197K
to officers and key staff · 9% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 57% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 9% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $150K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$60K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.1M
+19% vs prior year
Spent
$2.1M
To programs
57%
Net assets
$794K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$2.1M
FY2025▲ +19%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.9M
FY2024$1.8M
FY2025$2.1M
Expenses
$2.1M
FY2025▲ +13%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.9M
FY2024$1.9M
FY2025$2.1M
Net assets
$794K
FY2025▲ +1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$604K
FY2022$841K
FY2023$867K
FY2024$784K
FY2025$794K

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

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 2007.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

57 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 57% · $1.2M Management & general 43% · $912K

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

7 people listed on the 990; $197K 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
Executive Director
$124,247Pt VII · Sec A
Assistant Director
$72,328Pt VII · Sec A
Mansfield Town Council
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretaryparent
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Debbie Plourde’s $124K as Executive Director is at the 57th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3868 $1–10M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Debbie Plourde$124,247$89,921$80,440$75,961$74,199
Brenda Rivers$72,328$86,797$64,468$59,087$53,325

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

Programs and updates

Nurture young children's learning and growth by meeting their individual needs in a consistent, caring environment.

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1 program · $1.2M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Provide day care services for children 8 weeks of age thru kindergarten

$1.2Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$150K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.1M
Money outPt IX
$2.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.2M
Managementcol C$912K
Owns and owesPt X
$794K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$752K
Total assetsLn 16$854K
LiabilitiesLn 26$60K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.1M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.1M
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$2.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$752K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$752K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$854K
LiabilitiesLn 26$60K
Net assetsLn 32$794K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 546
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$786K$752K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$840K$854K
LiabilitiesLn 26$56K$60K
Net assetsLn 32$784K$794K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$201K$0$201K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$886K$753K$133K$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$20K$16K$4K$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$250K$145K$105K$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$245K$191K$54K$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$176K$0$176K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$1K$0$1K$0
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$52K$0$52K$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$11K$0$11K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$272K$96K$176K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.1M$1.2M$912K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.1M$2.1M$10K$794K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.8M$1.9M−$83K$784K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.9M$1.9M$26K$867K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.6M$1.4M$237K$841K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.6M$1.2M$390K$604K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,121,869 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $734,293$1,065,661
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,046,679$1,056,208
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,780,972$2,121,869
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,407,072$1,600,643
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $456,638$511,453
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,863,710$2,112,096
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$82,738$9,773
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,121,869 across 16 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$1,065,661
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$0
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,065,661
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,056,208
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$2,121,869
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,112,096 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $200,955 · Fundraising $0$200,955
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $752,783 · Management $132,844 · Fundraising $0$885,627
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $15,817 · Management $3,733 · Fundraising $0$19,550
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $144,873 · Management $104,675 · Fundraising $0$249,548
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $190,762 · Management $54,201 · Fundraising $0$244,963
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $175,663 · Fundraising $0$175,663
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $1,393 · Fundraising $0$1,393
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $52,000 · Fundraising $0$52,000
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $10,837 · Fundraising $0$10,837
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $95,979 · Management $175,581 · Fundraising $0$271,560
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,200,214 · Management $911,882 · Fundraising $0$2,112,096
Part X · Balance sheet $854,120 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $786,319$752,064
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $53,431$102,056
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $839,750$854,120
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $55,587$60,183
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $55,587$60,183
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $784,163$793,936
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $839,750$854,119
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $793,937 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,121,869
XI-2 Total expenses$2,112,096
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$9,773
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$784,163
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$793,937

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