Independent Support Systems INC: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 23-2473482)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$689K
FY2021	$791K
FY2022	$523K
FY2023	$704K
FY2024	$774K
FY2025	$701K

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$664K
FY2021	$728K
FY2022	$759K
FY2023	$775K
FY2024	$775K
FY2025	$765K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$2.5M
FY2021	$2.6M
FY2022	$2.3M
FY2023	$2.3M
FY2024	$2.3M
FY2025	$2.2M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1989.

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

Where the money goes

96 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

96%

Program services 96% · $637K Management & general 4% · $26K

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

5 people listed on the 990; $305K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII

John Saulino

Pres & Director

$146,870Pt VII · Sec A

Gerald R Saulino

VP & Director

$48,412Pt VII · Sec A

Christopher Saulino

VP & Dir

$43,040Pt VII · Sec A

Jerome Fisher

Accountant

$36,454Pt VII · Sec A

Jerald P Saulino

VP & Dir

$30,440Pt VII · Sec A

John Saulino’s $168K as Pres & Director is at the 96th percentile of top reported officer pay among 851 $100K–1M housing 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
John Saulino	$167,820	$161,453	$183,079	$181,786	$157,018	$146,870
Gerald R Saulino	$78,062	$75,195	$76,245	$68,679	$51,758	$48,412
Christopher Saulino	$31,810	$45,673	$52,438	$53,423	$51,339	$43,040
Jerald P Saulino	$40,356	$50,303	$46,338	$40,824	$38,736	$30,440
Jerome Fisher	$35,204	$36,637	$43,402	$45,620	$44,635	$36,454

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 2Yes
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Offers housing for those serving people with intellectual disabilities.

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1 program · $637K · in their own filed words · FY2019

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Providing of housing for agencies that provide rehabilative services to developmentally disabled individuals

$637Kprogram expense

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$689K

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$571K

Investment incomeLn 3$108K

Other incomeLn 4–11$10K

Money outPt IX

$664K

Ln 25

Programscol B$637K

Managementcol C$26K

Owns and owesPt X

$2.5M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$60K

Total assetsLn 16$4.7M

LiabilitiesLn 26$2.2M

PeoplePt VI, VII

5

listed · VII A

PaidVII A5

Voting boardVI 1a4

IndependentVI 1b4

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Fees for servicesLn 2g$571K

Investment incomeLn 3$108K

Other incomeLn 4–11$10K

Gains on assetsLn 7$52K

Total revenueLn 12$689K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$50K

SavingsLn 2$11K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$60K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.1M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.4M

Other assetsLn 15$171K

Total assetsLn 16$4.7M

LiabilitiesLn 26$2.2M

Net assetsLn 32$2.5M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 55

VolunteersI 60

Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$38K	$60K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$1.2M	$1.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$2.9M	$3.4M
Total assetsLn 16	$4.3M	$4.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$1.8M	$2.2M
Net assetsLn 32	$2.5M	$2.5M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$305K	$305K	$0	$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$31K	$31K	$0	$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$16K	$16K	$0	$0
Payroll taxesLn 10	$13K	$13K	$0	$0
Legal feesLn 11b	$10K	$10K	$0	$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$5K	$5K	$0	$0
Information technologyLn 14	$127	$127	$0	$0
OccupancyLn 16	$15K	$15K	$0	$0
InterestLn 20	$95K	$95K	$0	$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$90K	$90K	$0	$0
InsuranceLn 23	$27K	$27K	$0	$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$4K	$4K	$0	$0
All other expensesLn 24e	$53K	$27K	$26K	$0
Total functional expensesLn 25	$664K	$637K	$26K	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$701K	$765K	−$64K	$2.2M	990 PDF
FY2024	$774K	$775K	−$1K	$2.3M	990 PDF
FY2023	$704K	$775K	−$71K	$2.3M	990 PDF
FY2022	$523K	$759K	−$236K	$2.3M	990 PDF
FY2021	$791K	$728K	$63K	$2.6M	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$689K	$664K	$25K	$2.5M	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 $689,188 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grants$0

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $526,486$571,310

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $64,234$108,378

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $26,000$9,500

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $616,720$689,188

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $321,543$364,463

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $282,068$299,408

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $603,611$663,871

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $13,109$25,317

Part VI · Governance 4 of 4 board members independent, 4 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4

VI-1b Independent voting members4

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $689,188 across 4 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $77,900 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$502,910

VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$56,440

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $51,938 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$51,938

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $689,188 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$689,188

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $663,871 across 13 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $305,216 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$305,216

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $30,522 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$30,522

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $16,004 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$16,004

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $12,721 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$12,721

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $10,226 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$10,226

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $5,000 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$5,000

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $127 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$127

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $14,706 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$14,706

IX-20 InterestPrograms $94,802 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$94,802

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $89,795 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$89,795

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $26,857 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$26,857

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $4,452 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$4,452

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $26,956 · Management $26,487 · Fundraising $0$53,443

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $637,384 · Management $26,487 · Fundraising $0$663,871

Part X · Balance sheet $4,719,595 assets, 12 lines filed

Asset lines not itemized here account for $28,000; see the IRS return.

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $37,633$49,580

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$10,748

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $30,506$9,031

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,857,085$3,363,881

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,178,932$1,087,395

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $170,960$170,960

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,315,116$4,719,595

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $70,434$87,927

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,827,308$2,206,470

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,487,808$2,513,125

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,487,808$2,513,125

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,315,116$4,719,595

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,513,125 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$689,188

XI-2 Total expenses$663,871

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$25,317

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,487,808

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,513,125

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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