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Adopt a Class Foundation INC FY2022 filing

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Cincinnati, OH501(c)(3)Since 2005EducationEIN 20-2587299Revenue $425K in FY2022

On file with the IRSaacmentors.org3080 Exploration Ave, 45206-6500 · Cincinnati, OHTax-exempt since Nov 2006Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Adopt A Class connects businesses, government, and civic partners with students from underserved communities. By pairing teams with individual classrooms, our adult mentors provide students exposure to a breadth of life and career experiences to increase their knowledge of career opportunities and expand their horizons with clearer self-vision. Continued on Schedule O.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
75¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$102K 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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FY2022 · 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 $45K a year · 5% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
75%
of spending
Fine: 75% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$102K
to officers and key staff · 26% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 26% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
14 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 13.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $15K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$23K
5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 5% of assets; 50% or less.
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
$425K
+14% vs prior year
Spent
$386K
To programs
75%
Net assets
$430K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$425K
FY2022▲ +14%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$374K
FY2022$425K
FY2023$662K
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.2M
Expenses
$386K
FY2022▲ +10%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$352K
FY2022$386K
FY2023$623K
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$1.3M
Net assets
$430K
FY2022▲ +10%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$391K
FY2022$430K
FY2023$468K
FY2024$713K
FY2025$577K

From the FY2022 Form 990 (year ending June 2022) · 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 Nov 2006.

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

Where the money goes

75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 75% · $289K Management & general 17% · $66K Fundraising 8% · $31K

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; $102K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2021); the FY2022 filing did not itemize Part VII
Sonya Fultz
Executive Director
$102,088Pt VII · Sec A
Jim Sullivan
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Allison Goico
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Keith Moran
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Brian Burke
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Sunny Parr
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Sonya Fultz’s $137K as Executive Director is at the 57th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3394 $1–10M education 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
Sonya Fultz$136,960$120,921$108,863$102,088$76,148
Julie Shifman————$16,066

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

Connects business professionals with young students as positive role models.

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1 program · $289K · in their own filed words · FY2021
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Donated funds were used to develop and implement programming that connects businesses and civic groups with students to inspire a corporate culture of teamwork and philanthropy and a hope and a future vision of what is possible for the youth in our community.

$289Kprogram 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
Middletown Community FoundationFY2025$10K
The William Edith Charles and Sophie Hueneke Foundation TrustFY2025$5K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$15K

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$425K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$419K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Money outPt IX
$386K
Ln 25
Programscol B$289K
Managementcol C$66K
Fundraisingcol D$31K
Owns and owesPt X
$430K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$446K
Total assetsLn 16$453K
LiabilitiesLn 26$23K
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$419K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Total revenueLn 12$425K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$124K
SavingsLn 2$322K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$446K
Total assetsLn 16$453K
LiabilitiesLn 26$23K
Net assetsLn 32$430K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 517
VolunteersI 64,800
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 FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$390K$446K
Total assetsLn 16$391K$453K
LiabilitiesLn 26$300$23K
Net assetsLn 32$391K$430K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$117K$90K$16K$11K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$185K$142K$31K$12K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$11K$7K$3K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$21K$15K$4K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$0$3K$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2K$865$970$137
Office expensesLn 13$7K$4K$981$2K
Information technologyLn 14$13K$9K$2K$1K
OccupancyLn 16$5K$3K$822$509
TravelLn 17$759$698$57$4
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$20K$18K$2K$220
All other expensesLn 24e$3K$0$3K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$386K$289K$66K$31K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.2M$1.3M−$121K$577K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.4M$1.1M$245K$713K 990 PDF
FY2023 $662K$623K$38K$468K 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $425K$386K$39K$430K 990 PDF
FY2021 $374K$352K$22K$391K 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 FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $424,607 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $370,509$418,775
I-9 Program service revenue$4,192
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,350$1,640
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $784$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $373,643$424,607
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $317,696$333,267
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $33,898$52,576
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $351,594$385,843
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $22,049$38,764
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 $424,607 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$418,775
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$418,775
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$4,192
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,640$1,640
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $4,192 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,640$424,607
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $385,843 across 12 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $89,596 · Management $15,711 · Fundraising $11,345$116,652
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $141,957 · Management $31,300 · Fundraising $11,642$184,899
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $6,795 · Management $2,690 · Fundraising $1,385$10,870
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $14,761 · Management $3,757 · Fundraising $2,328$20,846
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $2,686 · Fundraising $0$2,686
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $865 · Management $970 · Fundraising $137$1,972
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,856 · Management $981 · Fundraising $1,703$6,540
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $9,337 · Management $2,376 · Fundraising $1,473$13,186
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $3,228 · Management $822 · Fundraising $509$4,559
IX-17 TravelPrograms $698 · Management $57 · Fundraising $4$759
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $17,808 · Management $1,943 · Fundraising $220$19,971
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $2,903 · Fundraising $0$2,903
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $288,901 · Management $66,196 · Fundraising $30,746$385,843
Part X · Balance sheet $452,906 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $70,660$124,239
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $319,436$322,232
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,011$6,000
X-4 Accounts receivable$435
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $391,107$452,906
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $300$23,335
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $300$23,335
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $307,172$308,201
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $83,635$121,370
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $390,807$429,571
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $391,107$452,906
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $429,571 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$424,607
XI-2 Total expenses$385,843
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$38,764
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$390,807
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$429,571

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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