Challenge Industries INC: FY2021 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 16-0956917)

Allen Connely’s $285K as President and CEO is at the 95th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1245 $1–10M employment 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

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2020
Allen Connely	$284,551	$240,240	$205,242	$228,557	—
Joseph Sammons	—	—	—	—	$113,079

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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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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Challenge Industries INC is an employment nonprofit based in Ithaca, NY, formed in 1968.

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3 programs · $2.6M · in their own filed words · FY2021

01

Challenge's social enterprises provide integrated work settings for challenge program participants, where they are able to develop marketable skills and gain valuable work experience. These businesses are a fundamental part of challenge's apparatus; allowing us to provide employment opportunities to individuals with disabilities and…

$1.8Mprogram expense

02

Supported employment provides ongoing support services to adults with developmental and mental health disabilities to maintain community employment at competitive wages with local employers including work in challenge businesses.

$761Kprogram expense

03

Pre-vocational services are designed for individuals with developmental disabilities who are interested in working but require extensive preparation and support to work and be part of their community.

$66Kprogram 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 · FY2025

Community Foundation of Tompkins County INCFY2025$10K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$3.9M

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.9M

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$789K

Investment incomeLn 3$113K

Money outPt IX

$3.3M

Ln 25

Programscol B$2.6M

Managementcol C$652K

Fundraisingcol D$86K

Owns and owesPt X

$776K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.8M

Total assetsLn 16$3.0M

LiabilitiesLn 26$2.2M

PeoplePt VI, VII

5

listed · VII A

PaidVII A0

Voting boardVI 1a6

IndependentVI 1b5

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$789K

Government grantsLn 1e$80K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.9M

Investment incomeLn 3$113K

Other incomeLn 4–11$43K

Gains on assetsLn 7$113K

Total revenueLn 12$3.9M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$1.6M

SavingsLn 2$129K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.8M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$870K

Other assetsLn 15$6K

Total assetsLn 16$3.0M

LiabilitiesLn 26$2.2M

Net assetsLn 32$776K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5164

VolunteersI 63

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

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

Line	Start FY21	End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$855K	$1.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$142K	$870K
Total assetsLn 16	$2.3M	$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$2.2M	$2.2M
Net assetsLn 32	$78K	$776K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$251K		$251K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$1.9M	$1.8M	$55K	$58K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$49K	$41K	$8K	$880
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$331K	$273K	$52K	$6K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$161K	$133K	$25K	$3K
Legal feesLn 11b	$54K	$15K	$39K	−$206
Accounting feesLn 11c	$32K	$9K	$23K	−$124
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$99K	$75K	$22K	$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$3K			$3K
Office expensesLn 13	$78K	$44K	$26K	$8K
OccupancyLn 16	$207K	$131K	$72K	$4K
InterestLn 20	$23K	$10K	$13K	$150
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$48K	$10K	$38K	$423
InsuranceLn 23	$29K	$27K	$1K	$231
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$78K	$49K	$28K	$1K
All other expensesLn 24e	$1K	$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$3.3M	$2.6M	$652K	$86K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$6.1M	$4.8M	$1.3M	$3.8M	990 PDF
FY2024	$5.4M	$4.9M	$515K	$2.9M	990 PDF
FY2023	$3.4M	$3.4M	$4K	$2.4M	990 PDF
FY2022	$4.4M	$3.1M	$1.4M	$2.4M	990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing	$3.9M	$3.3M	$532K	$776K	990 PDF
FY2020	$4.4M	$4.5M	−$4K	$78K	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 O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $3,875,839 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $824,766$788,991

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $3,459,151$2,930,224

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $994$113,481

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $162,283$43,143

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,447,194$3,875,839

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 $3,651,343$2,691,917

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $800,089$651,899

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,451,432$3,343,816

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$4,238$532,023

Part VI · Governance 5 of 6 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6

VI-1b Independent voting members5

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 $3,875,839 across 9 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $776 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1e Government grants$80,352

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$708,639

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$788,991

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,930,224$2,930,224

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $678$678

VIII-6 Net rental income or lossUnrelated business $35,682 · Excluded from tax $4,388$40,070

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsUnrelated business −$163,687 · Excluded from tax $276,490$112,803

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $2,297$2,297

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,933,297 · Unrelated business −$128,005 · Excluded from tax $281,556$3,875,839

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,343,816 across 16 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $250,763$250,763

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,786,250 · Management $55,016 · Fundraising $58,290$1,899,556

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $40,731 · Management $7,684 · Fundraising $880$49,295

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $273,373 · Management $51,576 · Fundraising $5,906$330,855

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $133,398 · Management $25,168 · Fundraising $2,882$161,448

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $15,154 · Management $39,099 · Fundraising −$206$54,047

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $9,074 · Management $23,413 · Fundraising −$124$32,363

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $74,747 · Management $22,395 · Fundraising $1,655$98,797

IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $2,942$2,942

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $44,222 · Management $25,707 · Fundraising $7,888$77,817

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $130,612 · Management $72,360 · Fundraising $4,427$207,399

IX-20 InterestPrograms $9,825 · Management $12,920 · Fundraising $150$22,895

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $9,799 · Management $37,614 · Fundraising $423$47,836

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $27,486 · Management $1,112 · Fundraising $231$28,829

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $48,912 · Management $27,501 · Fundraising $1,143$77,556

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,418$1,418

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,605,001 · Management $652,328 · Fundraising $86,487$3,343,816

Part X · Balance sheet $2,963,866 assets, 15 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $726,818$1,649,901

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $128,551$128,874

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,194,905$242,335

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $1,250$1,038

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $92,984$65,623

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $142,134$870,086

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $26,130$6,009

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,312,772$2,963,866

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $382,035$460,260

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $18,944$6,123

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,234,479$2,187,732

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $54,853$776,134

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $23,440$0

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $78,293$776,134

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,312,772$2,963,866

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $776,134 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$3,875,839

XI-2 Total expenses$3,343,816

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$532,023

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$78,293

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$165,818

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$776,134

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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