Friends Services for the Aging

Tax-deductible

Blue Bell, PA501(c)(3)Since 1982Human ServicesEIN 22-2436186Revenue $5.1M in FY2025

On file with the IRSfsainfo.org460 Norristown Rd Ste 300, 19422-2323 · Blue Bell, PATax-exempt since May 1983Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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The mission of Friends Services for the Aging is to advance the performance of values-aligned organizations that serve seniors through training, services and relationships.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
96¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.5M 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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $460K a year · 11% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
96%
of spending
Looks good: 96% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.5M
to officers and key staff · 35% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 97% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 35% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$582K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.1M
+6% vs prior year
Spent
$4.3M
To programs
96%
Net assets
$7.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$5.1M
FY2025▲ +6%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$4.0M
FY2021$4.3M
FY2022$3.3M
FY2023$4.8M
FY2024$4.8M
FY2025$5.1M
Expenses
$4.3M
FY2025▲ +2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.6M
FY2021$3.5M
FY2022$3.8M
FY2023$4.1M
FY2024$4.2M
FY2025$4.3M
Net assets
$7.2M
FY2025▲ +12%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.9M
FY2021$5.7M
FY2022$5.2M
FY2023$5.9M
FY2024$6.5M
FY2025$7.2M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · 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 May 1983.

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Where the money goes

96 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 96% · $4.2M Management & general 4% · $174K

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; $1.5M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Vice President of Compliance
$291,717Pt VII · Sec A
President/CEO
$237,591Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Compliance
$192,245Pt VII · Sec A
Compliance Manager
$174,394Pt VII · Sec A
Compliance Manager
$163,443Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$157,108Pt VII · Sec A
Compliance Specialist
$151,079Pt VII · Sec A
Compliance Manager
$143,491Pt VII · Sec A

Karla Dreisbach’s $292K as Vice President of Compliance is at the 97th 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
Jane Mack$237,591$335,281$330,585$320,667$315,286$314,561
Karla Dreisbach$291,717$283,734$277,339$265,470$256,253$255,648
Kelly O'Neill$192,245$185,446$191,795$175,271$179,712$179,714
Trangmai Tran$174,394$167,752$161,293$148,564$151,657$154,844
Tracy Malloy$163,443$160,120$165,259$150,680$143,541$147,109
Christina Wildrick——$131,686$158,310$153,755$156,266
Marianne Pessognelli$157,108—————
Julie Lynn Smith$151,079$145,203$137,177$130,609$131,339$132,838

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

Improves senior care organizations through training, services, and fostering relationships.

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3 programs · $4.2M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Fsa Compliance Program

FSA Compliance provides post-acute/long-term health care organizations with the expertise and resources to implement and support an effective Compliance and Ethics program. Our program design incorporates regulations from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and guidance from the Office of Inspector General and the Department of Justice…

$3.4Mprogram expense
02

Fsa Core

provide support to member organizations and beyond including: education and training; leadership development; organizational development; governance. Members may participate in facilitated affinity groups and have access to various insurance products with like-minded organizations, and receive preferred pricing on compliance and risk…

$496Kprogram expense
03

Fsa Peer Software Support Program

Provides user and technical support for an event reporting software for FSA clients in the senior living arena. Establishing a culture of safety through a focus on risk prevention.

$262Kprogram expense

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.1M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$779K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$482K
Money outPt IX
$4.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.2M
Managementcol C$174K
Owns and owesPt X
$7.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$7.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$582K
PeoplePt VI, VII
24
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$482K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$779K
Total revenueLn 12$5.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$951K
SavingsLn 2$147K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$6.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$33K
Other assetsLn 15$220K
Total assetsLn 16$7.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$582K
Net assetsLn 32$7.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 525
VolunteersI 60
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
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$933K$1.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$5.5M$6.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$33K$33K
Total assetsLn 16$7.1M$7.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$611K$582K
Net assetsLn 32$6.5M$7.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.4M$1.1M$287K$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.3M$1.1M$175K$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$145K$121K$24K$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$175K$136K$39K$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$186K$153K$33K$0
Legal feesLn 11b$27K$24K$2K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$14K$0$14K$0
Office expensesLn 13$4K$1K$3K$0
Information technologyLn 14$67K$0$67K$0
OccupancyLn 16$79K$0$79K$0
TravelLn 17$177K$162K$15K$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$0$3K$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$17K$0$17K$0
InsuranceLn 23$32K$0$32K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$197K$169K$28K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$563K$1.2M−$644K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.3M$4.2M$174K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $5.1M$4.3M$770K$7.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 $4.8M$4.2M$547K$6.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.8M$4.1M$668K$5.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.3M$3.8M−$473K$5.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.3M$3.5M$777K$5.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $4.0M$3.6M$474K$4.9M 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 $5,098,393 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $473,553$482,350
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $3,658,813$3,837,153
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $662,118$778,890
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,794,484$5,098,393
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,348,953$3,148,640
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $898,477$1,179,649
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,247,430$4,328,289
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $547,054$770,104
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
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 $5,098,393 across 6 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $29,100 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$457,195
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$25,155
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$482,350
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $43,770 · Excluded from tax $0$3,808,053
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$778,890
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $4,572,273 · Unrelated business $43,770 · Excluded from tax $0$5,098,393
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,328,289 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $1,098,166 · Management $286,699 · Fundraising $0$1,384,865
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,082,688 · Management $175,439 · Fundraising $0$1,258,127
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $120,894 · Management $23,623 · Fundraising $0$144,517
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $135,905 · Management $39,148 · Fundraising $0$175,053
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $153,072 · Management $33,006 · Fundraising $0$186,078
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $24,232 · Management $2,459 · Fundraising $0$26,691
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $13,576 · Fundraising $0$13,576
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,013 · Management $2,831 · Fundraising $0$3,844
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $67,494 · Fundraising $0$67,494
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $79,028 · Fundraising $0$79,028
IX-17 TravelPrograms $161,940 · Management $15,437 · Fundraising $0$177,377
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $3,175 · Fundraising $0$3,175
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $16,719 · Fundraising $0$16,719
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $31,658 · Fundraising $0$31,658
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $169,448 · Management $27,848 · Fundraising $0$197,296
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,207,007 · Management −$644,216 · Fundraising $0$562,791
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,154,365 · Management $173,924 · Fundraising $0$4,328,289
Part X · Balance sheet $7,807,059 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $792,137$950,649
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $141,165$147,263
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $225,798$150,115
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $99,178$93,306
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $33,204$33,235
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $5,197,836$5,922,617
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $281,013$289,506
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $295,667$220,368
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $7,065,998$7,807,059
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $233,939$283,823
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $66,317$66,322
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $310,621$231,689
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $610,877$581,834
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $6,437,131$7,207,240
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $17,990$17,985
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $6,455,121$7,225,225
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $7,065,998$7,807,059
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $7,225,225 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,098,393
XI-2 Total expenses$4,328,289
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$770,104
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$6,455,121
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$7,225,225

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