Acds INC FY2024 filing

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Acds is dedicated to providing lifetime resources of exceptional quality, (continued on schedule o) (continued) innovation and inclusion for individuals with down syndrome, autism and other developmental disabilities and their families. We provide a continuum of year round programs and services that meet the needs of children and adults and their families throughout their lifetimes.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
94¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.3M 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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Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.1M a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
94%
of spending
Looks good: 94% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.3M
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.6 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
8
named funders · $105K
Looks good: 8 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$14.2M
60% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 60% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 18 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 18 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$51.9M
+35% vs prior year
Spent
$50.6M
To programs
94%
Net assets
$9.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$51.9M
FY2024▲ +35%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$25.7M
FY2021$29.1M
FY2022$35.1M
FY2023$38.4M
FY2024$51.9M
FY2025$62.8M
Expenses
$50.6M
FY2024▲ +32%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$26.3M
FY2021$27.1M
FY2022$33.5M
FY2023$38.3M
FY2024$50.6M
FY2025$60.4M
Net assets
$9.4M
FY2024▲ +18%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.2M
FY2021$6.4M
FY2022$7.9M
FY2023$8.0M
FY2024$9.4M
FY2025$11.9M

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending June 2024) · 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 Aug 1973.

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Where the money goes

94 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 94% · $47.8M Management & general 5% · $2.7M Fundraising 0% · $82K

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; $1.3M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
$348,240Pt VII · Sec A
$180,000Pt VII · Sec A
$164,232Pt VII · Sec A
$163,269Pt VII · Sec A
$159,423Pt VII · Sec A
Site Director
$153,000Pt VII · Sec A
Controller
$152,509Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Michael Smith$434,061$348,240$328,701$343,580$367,521$411,289
Lynne Maggio—————$194,045
Mike Durney$193,846$180,000————
Erica Lepurage$192,115$164,232$136,806$128,397$131,934$121,197
Megan Lombardo$189,462$163,269$114,653$105,942——
John C Campbell$176,000$159,423————
Patricia Leahy$153,365—$119,771———
Richard Scotti—$153,000$141,095$135,568$136,624$130,917

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Supports individuals with developmental disabilities and their families with lifelong, high-quality programs and resources.

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3 programs · $45.1M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Preschool

Acds provides preschool special education and integrated programs (in which typically developing children are also served), as well as related therapy services for children ages 3 to 5. The program is offered in a center-based classroom setting, five days a week.

$21.2Mprogram expense
02

Self Direction

Acds serves as a fiscal intermediary (fi) for individuals participating in opwdd's self-direction program, which allows individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities to have greater control over their services and supports.

$14.4Mprogram expense
03

Residential and Day Services

Acds provides residential services to adults with developmental disabilities. All of our homes provide round-the-clock supervision, with the goal of helping each resident progress towards independence in their daily life.

$9.6Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 3 grants · $891K · 2023–2024
Acds Foundation INCNY · FY2024$600,000
Acds Foundation INCNY · FY2023$280,722
Unitemized GrantFY2023$10,000

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$51.9M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$49.4M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$96K
Money outPt IX
$50.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$47.8M
Managementcol C$2.7M
Fundraisingcol D$82K
Owns and owesPt X
$9.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.4M
Total assetsLn 16$23.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$14.2M
PeoplePt VI, VII
24
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a18
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$49.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$96K
Other incomeLn 4–11$65K
Total revenueLn 12$51.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$388K
SavingsLn 2$2.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6.9M
Other assetsLn 15$4.9M
Total assetsLn 16$23.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$14.2M
Net assetsLn 32$9.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51,265
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.4M$2.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.6M$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6.4M$6.9M
Total assetsLn 16$16.3M$23.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8.3M$14.2M
Net assetsLn 32$8.0M$9.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$291K$291K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$32.1M$30.8M$1.3M$52K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.3M$1.2M$79K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$3.0M$2.8M$180K$3K
Legal feesLn 11b$13K$7K$6K$120
Accounting feesLn 11c$138K$71K$66K$1K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$38K$20K$18K$358
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2.2M$1.9M$343K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$711K$525K$176K$10K
OccupancyLn 16$2.3M$2.3M$81K$864
TravelLn 17$229K$222K$5K$2K
InterestLn 20$147K$134K$12K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$847K$847K$197
InsuranceLn 23$878K$746K$130K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$5.7M$5.6M$127K$3K
All other expensesLn 24e$504K$315K$185K$4K
Total functional expensesLn 25$50.6M$47.8M$2.7M$82K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Mar 12, 2026 $62.8M$60.4M$2.4M$11.9M 990 PDF
FY2024 ViewingFiled with the IRS May 14, 2025 $51.9M$50.6M$1.4M$9.4M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Feb 23, 2024 $38.4M$38.3M$95K$8.0M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 15, 2023 $35.1M$33.5M$1.7M$7.9M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS May 13, 2022 $29.1M$27.1M$2.0M$6.4M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS May 10, 2021 $25.7M$26.3M−$665K$4.2M 990 PDF

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 $51,916,105 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,273,222$2,396,740
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $36,919,134$49,358,117
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $39,726$95,961
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $158,263$65,287
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $38,390,345$51,916,105
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$290,722
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $27,594,981$36,443,323
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $10,700,746$13,816,519
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $38,295,727$50,550,564
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $94,618$1,365,541
Part VI · Governance 15 of 18 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body18
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $51,916,105 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$1,752,966
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$643,774
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,396,740
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $49,358,117$49,358,117
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $95,961$95,961
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $65,287$65,287
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $49,358,117 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $161,248$51,916,105
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $50,550,564 across 16 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $290,722$290,722
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $30,768,945 · Management $1,296,992 · Fundraising $51,658$32,117,595
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,233,248 · Management $78,501 · Fundraising $1,477$1,313,226
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,829,035 · Management $180,080 · Fundraising $3,387$3,012,502
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $6,536 · Management $6,112 · Fundraising $120$12,768
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $70,502 · Management $65,929 · Fundraising $1,294$137,725
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $19,506 · Management $18,240 · Fundraising $358$38,104
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,890,635 · Management $342,642 · Fundraising $2,513$2,235,790
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $524,769 · Management $176,359 · Fundraising $9,618$710,746
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,255,769 · Management $81,492 · Fundraising $864$2,338,125
IX-17 TravelPrograms $222,183 · Management $5,242 · Fundraising $1,993$229,418
IX-20 InterestPrograms $134,205 · Management $12,308$146,513
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $847,017 · Management $197$847,214
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $746,090 · Management $130,321 · Fundraising $1,506$877,917
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $5,609,133 · Management $126,617 · Fundraising $2,840$5,738,590
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $314,838 · Management $184,884 · Fundraising $3,887$503,609
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $47,763,133 · Management $2,705,916 · Fundraising $81,515$50,550,564
Part X · Balance sheet $23,589,344 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $7,708$388,113
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,404,285$2,046,721
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $17,763$79,070
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $5,131,880$7,587,254
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $377,701$353,196
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $6,370,851$6,868,998
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,589,910$1,415,828
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,409,718$4,850,164
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $16,309,816$23,589,344
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,538,712$4,624,481
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $67,372$1,910,825
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,416,515$5,570,328
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $8,279,813$14,150,288
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $8,014,521$9,378,574
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $15,482$60,482
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $8,030,003$9,439,056
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $16,309,816$23,589,344
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $9,439,056 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$51,916,105
XI-2 Total expenses$50,550,564
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,365,541
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$8,030,003
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$54,838
XI-7 Investment expenses−$11,326
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$9,439,056

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