To educate and inspire at-risk and behaviorally challenged youth and family members with innovative and culturally-sensitive programs, so they may thrive academically, socially, physically and spiritually.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 48 volunteers and 12 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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $22K a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$88K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $100K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$5K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$952K
+16% vs prior year
Spent
$902K
To programs
90%
Net assets
$463K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$952K
FY2025▲ +16%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$542K
FY2021$626K
FY2022$521K
FY2023$735K
FY2024$823K
FY2025$952K
Expenses
$902K
FY2025▲ +9%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$466K
FY2021$564K
FY2022$577K
FY2023$726K
FY2024$830K
FY2025$902K
Net assets
$463K
FY2025▲ +12%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$396K
FY2021$459K
FY2022$407K
FY2023$419K
FY2024$413K
FY2025$463K

From the FY2025 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 2004.

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

Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $812K Management & general 6% · $51K 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

17 people listed on the 990; $88K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Vice President
$57,200Pt VII · Sec A
$31,148Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Maria Westbrook’s $57K as Vice President is at the 67th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1016 $100K–1M recreation & sports 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
Maria Westbrook$57,200$58,300$57,200$56,528$55,016$53,958
Scott Davis—————$53,144
Michael Westbrook$31,148$34,600$35,360$34,624$36,782$36,318

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

Empowers at-risk youth and families with programs to thrive academically, socially, physically, and spiritually.

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3 programs · $812K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Community Outreach Center engages street outreach workers with goal of identifying youth who have fallen through the cracks, impoverished, gang influenced, criminally challeged, displaced, orphaned, homeless, etc.

$424Kprogram expense
02

Family Resource Center-LifeLine / Caring About People (CAP); Programs of our Metropolitan Urban Family Institute (MUFI), serves youth & families who are unserved, underserved, overlooked, at risk, and improverished / indigent; designed to address insecurities including food/meals, health & wellness, clothing, housing, employment…

$380Kprogram expense
03

Camping, scouting, and retreats; Virtually, Hybrid & on-site year-round; to offer character-building, career exploration, field trips, college visits, and leadership development to those most likely to become more productive members of society upon exposure, which provides a positive impact for peers, family members, communities, city…

$8Kprogram 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$100K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$952K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$948K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Money outPt IX
$902K
Ln 25
Programscol B$812K
Managementcol C$51K
Fundraisingcol D$38K
Owns and owesPt X
$463K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$244K
Total assetsLn 16$468K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$948K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$334K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Total revenueLn 12$952K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$206K
SavingsLn 2$37K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$244K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$224K
Total assetsLn 16$468K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K
Net assetsLn 32$463K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 512
VolunteersI 648
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$188K$244K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$230K$224K
Total assetsLn 16$417K$468K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K$5K
Net assetsLn 32$413K$463K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$88K$88K$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$169K$128K$11K$30K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$31K$31K$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$13K$10K$850$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$4K$0$4K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$7K$3K$4K$0
Information technologyLn 14$150$150$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$27K$22K$5K$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$17K$17K$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$15K$0$15K$0
InsuranceLn 23$29K$17K$12K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$33K$33K$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$467K$461K$670$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$902K$812K$51K$38K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $952K$902K$50K$463K 990 PDF
FY2024 $823K$830K−$7K$413K 990 PDF
FY2023 $735K$726K$9K$419K 990 PDF
FY2022 $521K$577K−$56K$407K 990 PDF
FY2021 $626K$564K$62K$459K 990 PDF
FY2020 $542K$466K$76K$396K 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 $952,395 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $821,396$947,982
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $814$3,038
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $555$1,375
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $822,765$952,395
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $297,894$301,464
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $531,711$600,499
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $829,605$901,963
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$6,840$50,432
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members16
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 $952,395 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$947,982
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$334,291
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$947,982
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$3,038
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,375
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $4,413 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$952,395
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $901,963 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $88,348 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$88,348
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $127,790 · Management $11,112 · Fundraising $30,003$168,905
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $31,252 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$31,252
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $9,814 · Management $850 · Fundraising $2,295$12,959
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $3,800 · Fundraising $0$3,800
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,902 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,902
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,077 · Management $3,522 · Fundraising $0$6,599
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $150 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$150
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $22,093 · Management $4,656 · Fundraising $0$26,749
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $16,936 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$16,936
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $14,906 · Fundraising $0$14,906
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $17,105 · Management $11,927 · Fundraising $0$29,032
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $32,990 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$32,990
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $460,861 · Management $670 · Fundraising $5,904$467,435
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $812,318 · Management $51,443 · Fundraising $38,202$901,963
Part X · Balance sheet $468,023 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $156,102$206,338
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $31,412$37,313
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $229,937$224,372
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $417,451$468,023
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $4,777$4,876
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $4,777$4,876
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $297,274$275,347
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $115,400$187,800
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $412,674$463,147
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $417,451$468,023
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $463,147 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$952,395
XI-2 Total expenses$901,963
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$50,432
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$412,674
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$41
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$463,147

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