To provide employment and vocational opportunities for individuals with autism, by operating a customized apparel printing company with appropriate supports, assisting those with autism in leading fuller more productive lives through the world of work.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$272K 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
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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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $457K a year · 7% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
Looks good: 85% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$272K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.1 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
10
named funders · $113K
Looks good: 10 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.8M
28% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 28% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$6.8M
+1% vs prior year
Spent
$6.7M
To programs
85%
Net assets
$4.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$6.8M
FY2022▲ +1%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$4.9M
FY2021$6.7M
FY2022$6.8M
FY2023$6.4M
FY2024$7.5M
FY2025$9.8M
Expenses
$6.7M
FY2022▲ +31%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.8M
FY2021$5.1M
FY2022$6.7M
FY2023$6.5M
FY2024$7.4M
FY2025$8.9M
Net assets
$4.6M
FY2022▲ +3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.8M
FY2021$4.5M
FY2022$4.6M
FY2023$4.5M
FY2024$4.6M
FY2025$5.5M

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 Jul 2011.

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Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $5.7M Management & general 12% · $795K Fundraising 3% · $185K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $272K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Chief Executive Officer
$147,115Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$105,400Pt VII · Sec A
Controller
$19,565Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member & Sectretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member & President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Patrick Bardsley’s $220K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 88th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1245 $1–10M employment 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Patrick Bardsley$219,802$184,060$193,056$147,115$130,000$121,704
Tim Howe$127,780$125,455$134,154$105,400——
Marissa Borzykowski$106,570—————
Gregg Cartagine$41,954$42,705$48,165$19,565——
Nicole Sugrue————$17,981$20,906

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

Offers jobs and training in apparel printing for autistic individuals, supporting fulfilling careers.

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1 program · $5.7M · in their own filed words · FY2022
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Operates a company specializing in customization and sales of apparel and promotional products, providing vocation opportunities for individuals with autism and developmental disabilities. Individuals are taught skills such as operating printing machinery, sales and graphic design.

$5.7Mprogram 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 · 1 grant · $58K · 2020–2020
Nicholas Center LtdNY · FY2020$58,142

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$6.8M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5.7M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$15K
Money outPt IX
$6.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.7M
Managementcol C$795K
Fundraisingcol D$185K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$620K
Total assetsLn 16$6.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$647K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$196K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$15K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Total revenueLn 12$6.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$286K
SavingsLn 2$335K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$620K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$345K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5.1M
Other assetsLn 15$6K
Total assetsLn 16$6.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.8M
Net assetsLn 32$4.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 592
VolunteersI 630
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.2M$620K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$45K$345K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5.0M$5.1M
Total assetsLn 16$6.6M$6.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.2M$1.8M
Net assetsLn 32$4.5M$4.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$167K$142K$15K$9K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.0M$1.7M$181K$113K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$166K$16K$151K$88
Payroll taxesLn 10$198K$139K$40K$20K
Legal feesLn 11b$1K$874$592
Accounting feesLn 11c$45K$27K$18K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$65K$39K$26K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$144K$139K$3K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$78K$78K
Information technologyLn 14$36K$26K$7K$4K
OccupancyLn 16$78K$63K$8K$8K
TravelLn 17$74K$15K$59K
InterestLn 20$68K$46K$22K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$208K$188K$10K$10K
InsuranceLn 23$22K$16K$4K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$3.3M$3.1M$170K$16K
All other expensesLn 24e$68K$64K$2K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$6.7M$5.7M$795K$185K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $9.8M$8.9M$902K$5.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $7.5M$7.4M$75K$4.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $6.4M$6.5M−$100K$4.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $6.8M$6.7M$126K$4.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $6.7M$5.1M$1.6M$4.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 $4.9M$4.8M$118K$2.8M 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 $6,814,825 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,997,396$1,064,162
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $4,739,800$5,734,230
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $920$15,141
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $3,973$1,292
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $6,742,089$6,814,825
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 $1,841,081$2,520,240
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,277,650$4,168,567
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,118,731$6,688,807
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,623,358$126,018
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $6,814,825 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$195,775
VIII-1e Government grants$647,056
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$221,331
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,064,162
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $5,734,230$5,734,230
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $15,141$15,141
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $1,292$1,292
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $5,735,522 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $15,141$6,814,825
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $6,688,807 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $141,991 · Management $15,196 · Fundraising $9,493$166,680
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,694,356 · Management $181,333 · Fundraising $113,279$1,988,968
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $15,558 · Management $150,851 · Fundraising $88$166,497
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $138,666 · Management $39,619 · Fundraising $19,810$198,095
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $874 · Management $592$1,466
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $26,794 · Management $18,125$44,919
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $38,735 · Management $26,202$64,937
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $139,125 · Management $2,775 · Fundraising $2,132$144,032
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $77,952$77,952
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $25,515 · Management $7,290 · Fundraising $3,645$36,450
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $62,593 · Management $7,777 · Fundraising $7,567$77,937
IX-17 TravelPrograms $14,911 · Management $58,988$73,899
IX-20 InterestPrograms $45,814 · Management $21,930$67,744
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $187,601 · Management $10,422 · Fundraising $10,422$208,445
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $16,392 · Management $3,554 · Fundraising $1,821$21,767
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,095,718 · Management $169,872 · Fundraising $15,642$3,281,232
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $63,901 · Management $2,300 · Fundraising $1,586$67,787
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,708,544 · Management $794,778 · Fundraising $185,485$6,688,807
Part X · Balance sheet $6,394,527 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $756,677$285,508
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $433,898$334,757
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $286,882$253,068
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $52,680$41,318
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $5,037,996$5,129,099
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $44,850$345,038
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $5,354$5,739
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $6,618,337$6,394,527
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $382,688$439,973
X-19 Deferred revenue$26,435
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,165,759$1,813,787
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,452,578$4,580,740
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,452,578$4,580,740
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $6,618,337$6,394,527
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,580,740 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$6,814,825
XI-2 Total expenses$6,688,807
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$126,018
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,452,578
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$2,144
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,580,740

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