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Second Chances Garage INC FY2023 filing

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Frederick, MD501(c)(3)Since 2009Human Services EIN 27-1336325Revenue $1.0M in FY2023

On file with the IRSsecondchancesgarage.org528 N Market St, 21701-5243 · Frederick, MDTax-exempt since Jan 2011Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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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.
$137K 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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FY2023 · 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
$137K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
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
$281K
68% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 68% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.0M
+9% vs prior year
Spent
$1.1M
To programs
92%
Net assets
$131K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.0M
FY2023▲ +9%
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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
$1.1M
FY2023▲ +8%
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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
$131K
FY2023▼ -36%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$303K
FY2021$279K
FY2022$206K
FY2023$131K
FY2024$180K
FY2025$363K

From the FY2023 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.

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

Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $1.0M Management & general 5% · $51K Fundraising 3% · $37K

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

14 people listed on the 990; $137K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
John Grupenhoff
Shop Manager
$80,062Pt VII · Sec A
Barbara Swanhart
Executive Director
$57,192Pt VII · Sec A
Bob Bennett
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Erin Garrett-Glaspell
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
April Dixon
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
John Frawley
President
$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 · $1.0M · in their own filed words · FY2023
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.

$821Kprogram 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.

$205Kprogram 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
Ausherman Family TrustFY2025$27K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$27K

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$536K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$503K
Investment incomeLn 3$973
Money outPt IX
$1.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.0M
Managementcol C$51K
Fundraisingcol D$37K
Owns and owesPt X
$131K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$207K
Total assetsLn 16$412K
LiabilitiesLn 26$281K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$536K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$348K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$28K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$503K
Investment incomeLn 3$973
Other incomeLn 4–11$498
Total revenueLn 12$1.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$103K
SavingsLn 2$103K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$207K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6K
Other assetsLn 15$153K
Total assetsLn 16$412K
LiabilitiesLn 26$281K
Net assetsLn 32$131K
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$190K$207K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7K$6K
Total assetsLn 16$479K$412K
LiabilitiesLn 26$273K$281K
Net assetsLn 32$206K$131K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$137K$122K$14K$1K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$178K$158K$18K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$24K$21K$2K$236
Accounting feesLn 11c$23K$20K$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$229$204$23$2
Advertising and promotionLn 12$49K$24K$24K
Office expensesLn 13$31K$28K$3K$310
Information technologyLn 14$11K$9K$1K$106
OccupancyLn 16$69K$62K$7K
TravelLn 17$1K$966$108$11
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$6K$5K$615$61
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$28K$26K$3K$33
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$555K$545K$9K
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$2K$99$10
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.1M$1.0M$51K$37K

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 Viewing $1.0M$1.1M−$75K$131K 990 PDF
FY2022 $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
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,039,736 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $555,085$535,735
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $398,768$502,530
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $140$973
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $319$498
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $954,312$1,039,736
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 $248,242$338,499
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $779,694$775,781
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,027,936$1,114,280
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$73,624−$74,544
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
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 $1,039,736 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$28,428
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$507,307
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$347,979
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$535,735
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $502,530$502,530
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $973$973
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $498$498
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $503,028 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $973$1,039,736
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,114,280 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $122,157 · Management $13,725 · Fundraising $1,373$137,255
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $158,105 · Management $17,765 · Fundraising $1,776$177,646
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $21,002 · Management $2,360 · Fundraising $236$23,598
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $20,335 · Management $2,260$22,595
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $204 · Management $23 · Fundraising $2$229
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $24,333 · Fundraising $24,334$48,667
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $27,596 · Management $3,101 · Fundraising $310$31,007
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $9,449 · Management $1,062 · Fundraising $106$10,617
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $62,359 · Management $6,928$69,287
IX-17 TravelPrograms $966 · Management $108 · Fundraising $11$1,085
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $5,472 · Management $615 · Fundraising $61$6,148
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,029$1,029
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $25,585 · Management $2,846 · Fundraising $33$28,464
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $545,483 · Fundraising $9,158$554,641
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,903 · Management $99 · Fundraising $10$2,012
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,025,978 · Management $50,892 · Fundraising $37,410$1,114,280
Part X · Balance sheet $412,300 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $113,978$103,183
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $76,376$103,336
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $76,785$38,900
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $5,512$8,404
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $6,994$5,965
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $194,094$152,512
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $479,230$412,300
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $44,436$39,396
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $28,013$82,000
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $200,929$159,596
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $273,378$280,992
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $205,852$131,308
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $205,852$131,308
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $479,230$412,300
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $131,308 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,039,736
XI-2 Total expenses$1,114,280
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$74,544
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$205,852
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$131,308

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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