Avow INC

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Avow, INC. Supports the activities of its tax-exempt subsidiaries by working to improve and enhance the health and welfare of the community through compassionate care for those who are seriously ill and those who grieve.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 35-2508744) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
11¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 12 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $916 a year · 0.1% of revenue · last 5 filings
A surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
11%
of spending
11% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.2M
to officers and key staff · 26% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 26% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
4.5 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $81.6M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
4.5 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $54K
3 funders name it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$459K
0.5% of total assets
Liabilities are 0.5% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 15 voting members
14 of 15 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$4.8M
Spent
$4.8M
To programs
11%
Net assets
$83.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$4.8M
FY2024
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$0
FY2021$0
FY2022$0
FY2023$0
FY2024$4.8M
Expenses
$4.8M
FY2024▲ ×1036
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2K
FY2021$13K
FY2022$3K
FY2023$5K
FY2024$4.8M
Net assets
$83.5M
FY2024▲ +20%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$54.6M
FY2021$61.4M
FY2022$58.8M
FY2023$69.5M
FY2024$83.5M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 2015.

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

Where the money goes

11 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 11% · $530K Management & general 89% · $4.3M

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

20 people listed on the 990; $1.2M paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President and CEO
$423,066Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$230,709Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Clinical Officer
$207,148Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Compliance Officer
$157,789Pt VII · Sec A
Dirctor of Information Technology
$118,746Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Accounting
$103,040Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jaysen Roa’s $423K as President and CEO is at the 95th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3128 $1–10M health care 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.

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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

Programs and updates

Provides compassionate care for the seriously ill and grieving, enhancing community health and welfare.

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1 program · $530K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Avow inc. Is the parent company to the avow group of affiliates in which avow inc. Supports avow hospice, inc., avow foundation inc., avow real estate inc, americare home health services LLC, and avow care services inc., as they carry out their mission by providing palliative and supportive care services through a continuum of care and…

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 35-2508744) · Dispute this line
$530Kprogram 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 · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.8M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.8M
Other incomeLn 4–11$18K
Investment incomeLn 3$12K
Money outPt IX
$4.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$530K
Managementcol C$4.3M
Owns and owesPt X
$83.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.8M
Total assetsLn 16$83.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$459K
PeoplePt VI, VII
20
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$12K
Other incomeLn 4–11$18K
Total revenueLn 12$4.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$469K
SavingsLn 2$1.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.8M
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$436K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$56K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$81.6M
Other assetsLn 15$6K
Total assetsLn 16$83.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$459K
Net assetsLn 32$83.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 612
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
EndowmentSch D · Pt V
LineFY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
End of yearLn 1g$12.1M$6.5M$5.1M$5.1M$3.9M
AddedLn 1b$4.9M$559K$310K$620K$100K
SpentLn 1d–1f$262K$15K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$36K$1.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$69.5M$81.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$56K
Total assetsLn 16$69.5M$83.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K$459K
Net assetsLn 32$69.5M$83.5M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$1.2M$374K$799K$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.2M$68K$1.2M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$45K$4K$41K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$533K$36K$497K
Payroll taxesLn 10$165K$14K$151K
Legal feesLn 11b$70K$70K
Accounting feesLn 11c$25K$25K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$363K$0$363K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$21K$21K
Office expensesLn 13$141K$141K
OccupancyLn 16$366K$366K
TravelLn 17$24K$419$24K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$17K$3K$14K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$508K$21K$487K
All other expensesLn 24e$85K$9K$76K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.8M$530K$4.3M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Oct 22, 2025 $4.8M$4.8M$27K$83.5M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Oct 21, 2024 $0$5K−$5K$69.5M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Oct 12, 2023 $0$3K−$3K$58.8M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Sep 16, 2022 $0$13K−$13K$61.4M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Sep 7, 2021 $0$2K−$2K$54.6M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support D · Assets and endowments I · Grants J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990
Part I · Summary $4,808,470 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$4,778,777
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$11,889
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$17,804
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $0$4,808,470
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$3,161,126
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $4,616$1,619,990
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,616$4,781,116
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$4,616$27,354
Part VI · Governance 14 of 15 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members14
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 $4,808,470 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$0
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $4,778,777$4,778,777
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $11,889$11,889
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $17,804 · Unrelated business $0$17,804
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $4,796,581 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $11,889$4,808,470
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,781,116 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $374,223 · Management $799,157 · Fundraising $0$1,173,380
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $67,977 · Management $1,176,825$1,244,802
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $4,377 · Management $40,951$45,328
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $35,613 · Management $497,084$532,697
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $14,179 · Management $150,740$164,919
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $70,359$70,359
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $25,268$25,268
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $363,333 · Fundraising $0$363,333
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $20,548$20,548
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $140,683$140,683
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $365,512$365,512
IX-17 TravelPrograms $419 · Management $23,525$23,944
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $3,280 · Management $13,875$17,155
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $21,224 · Management $486,815$508,039
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $9,007 · Management $76,142 · Fundraising $0$85,149
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $530,299 · Management $4,250,817 · Fundraising $0$4,781,116
Part X · Balance sheet $83,913,415 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $36,401$469,416
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$1,306,686
X-5 Loans to officers and key peopleStart of year $0$0
X-6 Loans to other insidersStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$436,451
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$56,151
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $69,470,617$81,638,253
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$6,458
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $69,507,018$83,913,415
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,784$456,943
X-22 Loans from officers and insidersStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$2,246
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,784$459,189
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $36,446,954$43,511,136
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $33,057,280$39,943,090
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $69,504,234$83,454,226
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $69,507,018$83,913,415
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $83,454,226 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,808,470
XI-2 Total expenses$4,781,116
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$27,354
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$69,504,234
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$13,922,638
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$83,454,226

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