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Kalamazoo, MI501(c)(3)Since 2003Human ServicesEIN 20-0996694Revenue $872K in FY2025

On file with the IRSaskforkids.org445 W Michigan Ave Ste 102, 49007-3749 · Kalamazoo, MITax-exempt since May 2004Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To empower families and youth who experience developmental or mental health challenges to use their voice to reduce stigma and achieve their potential to successfully participate in their community.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 7 volunteers and 14 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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $82K a year · 9% 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
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$71K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 62% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
18 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 18.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $40K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$94K
9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 9% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$872K
+9% vs prior year
Spent
$599K
To programs
91%
Net assets
$959K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$872K
FY2025▲ +9%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.0M
FY2021$1.0M
FY2022$990K
FY2023$989K
FY2024$804K
FY2025$872K
Expenses
$599K
FY2025▼ -20%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.0M
FY2021$979K
FY2022$952K
FY2023$931K
FY2024$747K
FY2025$599K
Net assets
$959K
FY2025▲ +40%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$491K
FY2021$531K
FY2022$570K
FY2023$628K
FY2024$685K
FY2025$959K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 2004.

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

Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $545K Management & general 8% · $50K Fundraising 1% · $4K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $71K 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
Latrieva Boston
Executive Di
$70,788Pt VII · Sec A
Megan Sikkema
Chairperson
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Donald Roberts
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Wendy Morga
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Latrieva Boston’s $71K as Executive Di is at the 62nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 2167 $100K–1M 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Latrieva Boston$70,788$58,639————
Tina Graham—$54,600$69,428$62,603$69,150—
Tina Robbins—————$62,071

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

Empowers families and youth with challenges to reduce stigma and achieve potential through community participation.

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1 program · $545K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Providing advocacy, training and support to families raising children with special mental health needs so they better achieve their potential and become integrated members of the community.

$545Kprogram 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
Irving S Gilmore FoundationFY2024$40K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$40K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$872K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$920K
Investment incomeLn 3$59
Money outPt IX
$599K
Ln 25
Programscol B$545K
Managementcol C$50K
Fundraisingcol D$4K
Owns and owesPt X
$959K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$904K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$94K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$920K
Government grantsLn 1e$878K
Investment incomeLn 3$59
Total revenueLn 12$872K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$614K
SavingsLn 2$289K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$904K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K
Other assetsLn 15$63K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$94K
Net assetsLn 32$959K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 514
VolunteersI 67
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
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$655K$904K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3K$2K
Total assetsLn 16$863K$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$178K$94K
Net assetsLn 32$685K$959K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$71K$57K$13K$708
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$283K$276K$5K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$116K$108K$7K$989
Accounting feesLn 11c$24K$24K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$29K$19K$10K
OccupancyLn 16$13K$13K$107
TravelLn 17$8K$8K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$14K$14K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$40K$27K$13K$138
Total functional expensesLn 25$599K$545K$50K$4K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $872K$599K$274K$959K 990 PDF
FY2024 $804K$747K$57K$685K 990 PDF
FY2023 $989K$931K$58K$628K 990 PDF
FY2022 $990K$952K$39K$570K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.0M$979K$40K$531K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.0M$1.0M$22K$491K 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 $872,373 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $854,713$920,381
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $50$59
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$50,969−$48,067
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $803,794$872,373
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $595,854$470,304
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $150,908$128,268
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $746,762$598,572
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $57,032$273,801
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
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 $872,373 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$877,773
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$42,608
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$920,381
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $59$59
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission −$48,067−$48,067
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission −$48,067 · Excluded from tax $59$872,373
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $598,572 across 10 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $56,630 · Management $13,450 · Fundraising $708$70,788
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $275,765 · Management $5,112 · Fundraising $2,336$283,213
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $108,086 · Management $7,228 · Fundraising $989$116,303
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $23,856$23,856
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $19,406 · Management $9,563$28,969
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $12,508 · Fundraising $107$12,615
IX-17 TravelPrograms $7,938$7,938
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $1,352$1,352
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $13,722$13,722
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $26,714 · Management $12,964 · Fundraising $138$39,816
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $544,625 · Management $49,669 · Fundraising $4,278$598,572
Part X · Balance sheet $1,052,775 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $461,217$614,323
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $194,264$289,323
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $67,463$78,357
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $13,688$6,214
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,023$1,670
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $123,229$62,888
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $862,884$1,052,775
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $52,187$29,243
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $125,777$64,811
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $177,964$94,054
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $684,920$958,721
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $684,920$958,721
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $862,884$1,052,775
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $958,721 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$872,373
XI-2 Total expenses$598,572
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$273,801
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$684,920
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$958,721

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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