Service Program for Older People (spop) is a community-based non-profit organization dedicated to serving the needs of Older adults in manhattan and downtown brooklyn. Spop's mission is to enhance the quality of life for Older adults and to foster their independent living through the delivery of comprehensive mental health and supportive services, advocacy and education.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$803K 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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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $757K a year · 12% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
Looks good: 85% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$803K
to officers and key staff · 16% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 16% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $20K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$309K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
18
of 18 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$6.3M
+9% vs prior year
Spent
$4.9M
To programs
85%
Net assets
$4.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$6.3M
FY2021▲ +9%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$5.7M
FY2021$6.3M
FY2022$5.8M
FY2023$6.5M
FY2024$6.4M
FY2025$7.3M
Expenses
$4.9M
FY2021▲ +7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.6M
FY2021$4.9M
FY2022$5.2M
FY2023$6.0M
FY2024$6.3M
FY2025$6.5M
Net assets
$4.0M
FY2021▲ +51%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.7M
FY2021$4.0M
FY2022$4.5M
FY2023$5.1M
FY2024$5.4M
FY2025$6.3M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · 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 Jul 1979.

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Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $4.2M Management & general 13% · $633K Fundraising 2% · $98K

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

24 people listed on the 990; $803K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Chief Executive Officer
$257,189Pt VII · Sec A
Medical Director
$157,379Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Program Officer
$156,873Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$116,147Pt VII · Sec A
$115,621Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director Until July 2020
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Catherine Thurston’s $202K as CEO/Cpo is at the 90th 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Nancy Harvey Chief—$291,223————
Nancy Harvey$166,549—$277,648$256,124$257,189$209,201
Catherine Thurston$201,871—$160,608$158,902$156,873$146,783
Catherine Thurston CEO Eff—$174,274————
Mitchell Butin$169,804$169,320$136,285———
Dr Eeva Mikkola$168,272$167,508$155,676$152,992$157,379—
Johnny V Lee$166,117$159,750$148,395$131,277——
Eeva Mikkola—————$153,814

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides mental health and support services to help older adults live independently.

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3 programs · $4.2M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Mental Health Clinic

The clinic provides mental health care to older adults, 55 and over, either in our 91ST street office, in their homes, or at satellite locations throughout manhattan and downtown brooklyn and via telehealth.

$3.3Mprogram expense
02

Personalized Recovery Oriented Services (pros)

Pros is a comprehensive recoveryoriented program for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. This program receives ongoing support from government grants and foundations and we bill for services. The organization's pros program is the only one in new york state dedicated to exclusively serving older adults 55 and older.

$760Kprogram expense
03

Geriatric Mental Health Initiative

Provides depression and substance use screening and counseling to homebound clients. Spop provides bereavement support services for adults of all ages. We offer group and individual support to recently widowed persons.

$81Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$20K
Grants paid · 1 grant · $7K · 2024–2024
Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter CollegeFY2024$7,483

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$6.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.9M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$11K
Money outPt IX
$4.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.2M
Managementcol C$633K
Fundraisingcol D$98K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.6M
Total assetsLn 16$4.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$309K
PeoplePt VI, VII
24
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a18
IndependentVI 1b18
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$2.8M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$10K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$11K
Other incomeLn 4–11$7K
Total revenueLn 12$6.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$486K
SavingsLn 2$3.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$41K
Other assetsLn 15$61K
Total assetsLn 16$4.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$309K
Net assetsLn 32$4.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 561
VolunteersI 622
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.8M$3.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$54K$41K
Total assetsLn 16$3.7M$4.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.0M$309K
Net assetsLn 32$2.7M$4.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$674K$527K$137K$10K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.5M$2.2M$212K$73K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$73K$65K$6K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$302K$269K$27K$6K
Payroll taxesLn 10$265K$236K$23K$6K
Accounting feesLn 11c$24K$24K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$2K$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$154K$120K$33K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$12K$7K$5K
Office expensesLn 13$105K$66K$39K
Information technologyLn 14$78K$70K$8K
OccupancyLn 16$480K$402K$78K
TravelLn 17$4K$474$4K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$14K$7K$6K
InsuranceLn 23$39K$29K$10K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$152K$139K$12K$1K
All other expensesLn 24e$12K$4K$6K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.9M$4.2M$633K$98K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $7.3M$6.5M$787K$6.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $6.4M$6.3M$171K$5.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $6.5M$6.0M$529K$5.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $5.8M$5.2M$567K$4.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $6.3M$4.9M$1.4M$4.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $5.7M$4.6M$1.1M$2.7M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $6,250,329 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,637,962$3,875,031
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $2,029,814$2,356,861
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $26,507$11,386
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $22,272$7,051
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $5,716,555$6,250,329
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 $3,468,892$3,821,468
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,112,725$1,075,364
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,581,617$4,896,832
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,134,938$1,353,497
Part VI · Governance 18 of 18 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body18
VI-1b Independent voting members18
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $6,250,329 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$21,647
VIII-1e Government grants$2,848,696
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,004,688
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$10,380
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,875,031
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,356,861$2,356,861
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $11,386$11,386
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $2,975 · Excluded from tax $4,076$7,051
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,359,836 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $15,462$6,250,329
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,896,832 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $527,109 · Management $137,100 · Fundraising $9,693$673,902
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,223,392 · Management $211,859 · Fundraising $72,975$2,508,226
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $65,231 · Management $6,433 · Fundraising $1,524$73,188
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $268,822 · Management $26,512 · Fundraising $6,280$301,614
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $235,777 · Management $23,253 · Fundraising $5,508$264,538
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $23,800$23,800
IX-11d Lobbying feesManagement $2,500$2,500
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $120,273 · Management $33,245$153,518
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $7,271 · Management $5,220$12,491
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $65,759 · Management $38,822$104,581
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $69,607 · Management $8,390$77,997
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $401,650 · Management $78,289$479,939
IX-17 TravelPrograms $474 · Management $3,693$4,167
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $7,403 · Management $6,485$13,888
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $29,486 · Management $9,554$39,040
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $138,974 · Management $11,680 · Fundraising $1,052$151,706
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $3,935 · Management $6,358 · Fundraising $1,444$11,737
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,165,163 · Management $633,193 · Fundraising $98,476$4,896,832
Part X · Balance sheet $4,318,529 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $290,221$485,610
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,545,011$3,122,591
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$14,000
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $582,537$463,992
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $136,531$130,980
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $54,395$40,507
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $60,849$60,849
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,669,544$4,318,529
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $175,370$180,039
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $837,869$128,688
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,013,239$308,727
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,116,305$3,709,802
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $540,000$300,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,656,305$4,009,802
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,669,544$4,318,529
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,009,802 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$6,250,329
XI-2 Total expenses$4,896,832
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,353,497
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,656,305
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,009,802

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