To provide portable showers and trailers with living quarters to non-profit and government organizations to bolster their response to disaster and community outreach at minimal cost to the organization or user.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 20 volunteers and 3 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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
1 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $22K a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
84%
of spending
Looks good: 84% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$67K
to officers and key staff · 22% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 22% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $530K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$165K
23% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 23% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 4 voting members
Concern: none of 4 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$182K
-73% vs prior year
Spent
$310K
To programs
84%
Net assets
$566K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$182K
FY2025▼ -73%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$249K
FY2021$250K
FY2022$184K
FY2023$219K
FY2024$665K
FY2025$182K
Expenses
$310K
FY2025▼ -33%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$324K
FY2021$252K
FY2022$277K
FY2023$253K
FY2024$465K
FY2025$310K
Net assets
$566K
FY2025▼ -19%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$626K
FY2021$624K
FY2022$537K
FY2023$503K
FY2024$703K
FY2025$566K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2011.

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Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $261K Management & general 10% · $31K Fundraising 6% · $19K

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

4 people listed on the 990; $67K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$67,083Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Michael Costello’s $67K as President is at the 81st percentile of top reported officer pay among 825 $100K–1M public safety & disaster 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Michael Costello$67,083$38,625$36,718$66,700$64,423$69,577
Deborah Costello—$555$420$495$510$25,120

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 15aYes
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Provides mobile showers and living quarters to disaster relief sites for free accommodation.

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1 program · $261K · in their own filed words · FY2025
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Missions on Wheels (MOW) provides dormitory, shower, and laundry trailers for first responders and volunteer workers responding to natural disasters. These are made available at little to no cost; as a result, more relief donations are available for the desperately needed relief work.

$261Kprogram expense

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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
Musk FoundationFY2024$497K
Total grants receivedfrom 6 funders$530K
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$182K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$164K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$10K
Investment incomeLn 3$8K
Money outPt IX
$310K
Ln 25
Programscol B$261K
Managementcol C$31K
Fundraisingcol D$19K
Owns and owesPt X
$566K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$253K
Total assetsLn 16$731K
LiabilitiesLn 26$165K
PeoplePt VI, VII
4
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$164K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$20K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$10K
Investment incomeLn 3$8K
Other incomeLn 4–11$14
Gains on assetsLn 7$8K
Total revenueLn 12$182K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$253K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$253K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$470K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$731K
LiabilitiesLn 26$165K
Net assetsLn 32$566K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 620
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$436K$253K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$442K$470K
Total assetsLn 16$883K$731K
LiabilitiesLn 26$180K$165K
Net assetsLn 32$703K$566K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$104$104
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$67K$56K$7K$4K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$24K$20K$2K$1K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$7K$6K$696$417
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$1K$1K$140$84
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$31K$26K$3K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$39$33$4$2
Office expensesLn 13$2K$2K$193$116
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$15K$13K$2K$906
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$5K$4K$515$309
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$54K$45K$5K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$22K$19K$2K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$78K$66K$8K$5K
All other expensesLn 24e$3K$3K$342$207
Total functional expensesLn 25$310K$261K$31K$19K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $182K$310K−$128K$566K 990 PDF
FY2024 $665K$465K$200K$703K 990 PDF
FY2023 $219K$253K−$35K$503K 990 PDF
FY2022 $184K$277K−$93K$537K 990 PDF
FY2021 $250K$252K−$2K$624K 990 PDF
FY2020 $249K$324K−$74K$626K 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 $182,135 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $635,692$163,665
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $23,084$10,193
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $4,181$8,263
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,629$14
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $664,586$182,135
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$104
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $42,232$97,908
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $5,025$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $417,563$212,412
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $464,820$310,424
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $199,766−$128,289
Part VI · Governance 0 of 4 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members0
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 $182,135 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$163,665
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$20,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$163,665
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $10,193$10,193
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $15$15
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $8,248$8,248
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $14$14
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $18,455 · Excluded from tax $15$182,135
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $310,424 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $104$104
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $56,350 · Management $6,708 · Fundraising $4,025$67,083
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $20,048 · Management $2,387 · Fundraising $1,432$23,867
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $5,845 · Management $696 · Fundraising $417$6,958
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $1,176 · Management $140 · Fundraising $84$1,400
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $26,046 · Management $3,101 · Fundraising $1,860$31,007
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $33 · Management $4 · Fundraising $2$39
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,624 · Management $193 · Fundraising $116$1,933
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $12,682 · Management $1,510 · Fundraising $906$15,098
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $4,324 · Management $515 · Fundraising $309$5,148
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $45,422 · Management $5,407 · Fundraising $3,245$54,074
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $18,649 · Management $2,220 · Fundraising $1,332$22,201
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $65,589 · Management $7,808 · Fundraising $4,685$78,082
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $2,881 · Management $342 · Fundraising $207$3,430
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $260,773 · Management $31,031 · Fundraising $18,620$310,424
Part X · Balance sheet $730,506 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $436,391$252,873
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $576$1,175
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $3,500$6,450
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $442,117$470,008
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $882,584$730,506
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,156$957
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $567$1,919
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $180,083$164,789
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $702,501$565,717
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $702,501$565,717
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $882,584$730,506
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $565,717 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$182,135
XI-2 Total expenses$310,424
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$128,289
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$702,501
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$8,495
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$565,717

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