Mission: we give Second Chances to vehicles and the people who need them. Our mission is to provide affordable transportation solutions that help wage-earning individuals and families with low incomes overcome barriers to maintaining employment, pursuing better-paying jobs, attending school, accessing healthcare, and meeting family responsibilities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$79K 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
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $14K a year · 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
92%
of spending
Looks good: 92% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$79K
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
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.2 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $27K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$273K
57% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 57% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$954K
-11% vs prior year
Spent
$1.0M
To programs
92%
Net assets
$206K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$954K
FY2022▼ -11%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$943K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$954K
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$1.5M
Expenses
$1.0M
FY2022▼ -6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$877K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$1.3M
Net assets
$206K
FY2022▼ -26%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$303K
FY2021$279K
FY2022$206K
FY2023$131K
FY2024$180K
FY2025$363K

From the FY2022 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 Jan 2011.

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Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $950K Management & general 4% · $40K Fundraising 4% · $38K

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

9 people listed on the 990; $79K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Shop Manager
$79,206Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Tonya Hatosy-Stier’s $110K as Executive Director After 1/25 is at the 45th 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Tonya Hatosy-Stier$110,365—————
John Grupenhoff$90,355$86,706$80,062$79,206$76,462$70,000
Barbara Swanhart$2,692$68,844$57,192———

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Fixes donated cars for low-income workers and offers affordable repairs.

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2 programs · $950K · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

The organization received donated vehicles, repaired these vehicles to ensure that they were in good operating condition and placed the vehicles with low-income wage earners referred by partner agencies at substantially lower than market prices.

$741Kprogram expense
02

The organization provided reduced cost repair services for qualified low-income individuals and families whose income is at or below 250% of federal poverty guidelines based on household size AND/OR welfare benefits. Repairs are provided at rates that are substantially lower than market rates.

$209Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$27K

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$954K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$555K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$399K
Other incomeLn 4–11$319
Money outPt IX
$1.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$950K
Managementcol C$40K
Fundraisingcol D$38K
Owns and owesPt X
$206K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$190K
Total assetsLn 16$479K
LiabilitiesLn 26$273K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$555K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$395K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$9K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$399K
Investment incomeLn 3$140
Other incomeLn 4–11$319
Total revenueLn 12$954K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$114K
SavingsLn 2$76K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$190K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7K
Other assetsLn 15$194K
Total assetsLn 16$479K
LiabilitiesLn 26$273K
Net assetsLn 32$206K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$319K$190K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8K$7K
Total assetsLn 16$349K$479K
LiabilitiesLn 26$69K$273K
Net assetsLn 32$279K$206K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$79K$70K$8K$792
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$151K$135K$15K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$18K$16K$2K$176
Accounting feesLn 11c$19K$17K$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$193$172$19$2
Advertising and promotionLn 12$53K$26K$26K
Office expensesLn 13$33K$30K$3K$333
Information technologyLn 14$6K$5K$592$59
OccupancyLn 16$66K$59K$7K
TravelLn 17$229$204$23$2
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$126$111$13$2
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$26K$23K$3K$31
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$574K$565K$9K
All other expensesLn 24e$1K$1K$96$10
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.0M$950K$40K$38K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.5M$1.3M$138K$363K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.2M$1.1M$48K$180K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.0M$1.1M−$75K$131K 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $954K$1.0M−$74K$206K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.1M$1.1M−$23K$279K 990 PDF
FY2020 $943K$877K$66K$303K 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $954,312 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $613,029$555,085
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $458,218$398,768
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,810$140
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$319
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,073,057$954,312
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 $212,939$248,242
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $883,205$779,694
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,096,144$1,027,936
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$23,087−$73,624
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $954,312 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$9,205
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$545,880
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$394,616
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$555,085
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $398,768$398,768
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $140$140
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $319$319
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $399,087 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $140$954,312
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,027,936 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $70,493 · Management $7,921 · Fundraising $792$79,206
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $134,738 · Management $15,139 · Fundraising $1,514$151,391
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $15,704 · Management $1,765 · Fundraising $176$17,645
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $17,255 · Management $1,917$19,172
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $172 · Management $19 · Fundraising $2$193
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $26,384 · Fundraising $26,384$52,768
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $29,631 · Management $3,327 · Fundraising $333$33,291
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $5,266 · Management $592 · Fundraising $59$5,917
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $59,134 · Management $6,571$65,705
IX-17 TravelPrograms $204 · Management $23 · Fundraising $2$229
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $111 · Management $13 · Fundraising $2$126
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,029$1,029
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $23,202 · Management $2,582 · Fundraising $31$25,815
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $565,466 · Fundraising $8,610$574,076
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,267 · Management $96 · Fundraising $10$1,373
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $950,056 · Management $39,965 · Fundraising $37,915$1,027,936
Part X · Balance sheet $479,230 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $12,062$113,978
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $306,523$76,376
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$5,491
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $16,475$76,785
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $3,930$5,512
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $8,023$6,994
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,500$194,094
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $348,513$479,230
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $31,960$44,436
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $36,297$28,013
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $780$200,929
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $69,037$273,378
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $279,476$205,852
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $279,476$205,852
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $348,513$479,230
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $205,852 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$954,312
XI-2 Total expenses$1,027,936
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$73,624
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$279,476
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$205,852

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