Leeway is dedicated to maximizing the quality of life for people living with HIV/aids and co-occurring conditions in the greater new haven community and beyond. This is achieved through innovative inpatient and outpatient healthcare and housing initiatives.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$681K 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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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 $225K a year · 3% 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
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$681K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.8 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $950
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$5.7M
58% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 58% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$8.5M
+10% vs prior year
Spent
$8.0M
To programs
81%
Net assets
$4.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$8.5M
FY2021▲ +10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$7.7M
FY2021$8.5M
FY2022$8.3M
FY2023$8.7M
FY2024$9.4M
FY2025$9.7M
Expenses
$8.0M
FY2021▲ +8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$7.4M
FY2021$8.0M
FY2022$8.1M
FY2023$8.6M
FY2024$9.2M
FY2025$9.6M
Net assets
$4.1M
FY2021▲ +16%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.6M
FY2021$4.1M
FY2022$4.6M
FY2023$4.6M
FY2024$4.7M
FY2025$4.8M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending September 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 Nov 1990.

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Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $6.5M Management & general 17% · $1.4M Fundraising 2% · $135K

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; $681K 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
Executive Director
$168,178Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Nursing
$132,980Pt VII · Sec A
$125,597Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operations Officer
$122,983Pt VII · Sec A
Registered Nurse
$103,793Pt VII · Sec A
Director/Consultant
$27,825Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jay Katz’s $144K as Executive Director is at the 50th percentile of top reported officer pay among 733 $1–10M diseases & disorders 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
Jay Katz$144,001$146,498$165,686$179,490$168,178$125,302
Maureen Mclernon-Porto———$146,136$132,980—
Roland Beneke——$107,213$136,673$125,597$108,415
Tara McArten——$130,951$100,115——
Tara McCarten$130,346$127,676————
Nelson Gomes$128,425—————
Lennox Victory$118,437$122,354—$124,417$122,983$109,872
Valyphone Maurice—$121,721————

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

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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

Programs and updates

Provides skilled nursing and residential care for people with HIV/AIDS.

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1 program · $6.5M · in their own filed words · FY2020
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The organization operates a 30-BED skilled nursing and 30-BED residential care facility for people with HIV/AIDS. Our dedicated team of physicians, nurses, therapists, and social workers deliver state-of-the-art care so that each resident can revive, reclaim, and renew their lives.

$6.5Mprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$950

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$8.5M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.7M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M
Other incomeLn 4–11$21K
Money outPt IX
$8.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$6.5M
Managementcol C$1.4M
Fundraisingcol D$135K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16$9.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$288
Other incomeLn 4–11$21K
Total revenueLn 12$8.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.0M
SavingsLn 2$820K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7.1M
Other assetsLn 15$23K
Total assetsLn 16$9.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.7M
Net assetsLn 32$4.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 594
VolunteersI 616
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
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$1.9M$1.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7.5M$7.1M
Total assetsLn 16$10.2M$9.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.6M$5.7M
Net assetsLn 32$3.6M$4.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$366K$311K$55K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.5M$2.9M$519K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$80K$68K$12K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$390K$330K$60K
Payroll taxesLn 10$267K$226K$41K
Legal feesLn 11b$158$158
Accounting feesLn 11c$28K$28K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$14K$14K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$667K$455K$212K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$74K$4K$71K
Office expensesLn 13$50K$35K$15K
OccupancyLn 16$165K$104K$61K
TravelLn 17$7K$7K
InterestLn 20$172K$146K$26K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$525K$447K$79K
InsuranceLn 23$102K$88K$14K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.4M$1.3M$50K
All other expensesLn 24e$272K$40K$233K
Total functional expensesLn 25$8.0M$6.5M$1.4M$135K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $9.7M$9.6M$88K$4.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $9.4M$9.2M$179K$4.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $8.7M$8.6M$99K$4.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $8.3M$8.1M$183K$4.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $8.5M$8.0M$480K$4.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $7.7M$7.4M$321K$3.6M 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 $8,497,592 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $792,698$1,817,973
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $6,923,243$6,658,734
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,854$288
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $21,144$20,597
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $7,738,939$8,497,592
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 $4,180,298$4,559,865
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,237,405$3,457,804
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $7,417,703$8,017,669
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $321,236$479,923
Part VI · Governance 10 of 11 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members10
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 $8,497,592 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$1,751,336
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$66,637
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,817,973
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $6,658,734$6,658,734
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $288$288
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $20,597$20,597
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $6,679,331 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $288$8,497,592
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $8,017,669 across 18 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $311,359 · Management $55,101$366,460
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,937,334 · Management $519,435$3,456,769
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $67,575 · Management $12,267$79,842
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $330,192 · Management $59,938$390,130
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $225,694 · Management $40,970$266,664
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $158$158
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $27,996$27,996
IX-11d Lobbying feesFundraising $14,250$14,250
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $454,547 · Management $211,999$666,546
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $3,605 · Fundraising $70,665$74,270
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $35,409 · Management $14,752$50,161
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $104,092 · Management $60,615$164,707
IX-17 TravelPrograms $7,131$7,131
IX-20 InterestPrograms $146,099 · Management $25,783$171,882
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $446,509 · Management $78,796$525,305
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $88,155 · Management $14,339$102,494
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,329,967 · Fundraising $50,500$1,380,467
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $39,688 · Management $232,749$272,437
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $6,523,751 · Management $1,358,503 · Fundraising $135,415$8,017,669
Part X · Balance sheet $9,794,626 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $994,020$1,044,978
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $905,133$820,372
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $658,240$762,838
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $40,891$36,925
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $7,537,356$7,106,585
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $20,586$22,928
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $10,156,226$9,794,626
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $507,719$554,974
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,213,078$283,805
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $284,534$783,160
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $6,599,636$5,652,824
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,556,590$4,141,802
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,556,590$4,141,802
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $10,156,226$9,794,626
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,141,802 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$8,497,592
XI-2 Total expenses$8,017,669
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$479,923
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,556,590
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$105,289
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,141,802

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