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Disability Connections INC

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Jackson, MI501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 38-1410475Revenue $1.2M in FY2025

On file with the IRSdisabilityconnect.org409 Linden Ave, 49203-4065 · Jackson, MITax-exempt since Jan 1965Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To advance the independence, productivity and full inclusion into the community of jackson, lenawee and hillsdale county's children and adults with disabilities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
75¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 39 volunteers and 29 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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $28K a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
75%
of spending
Looks good: 75% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$86K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 77% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $113K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$74K
8% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 8% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.2M
+13% vs prior year
Spent
$1.3M
To programs
75%
Net assets
$806K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.2M
FY2025▲ +13%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$839K
FY2021$1.0M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$1.2M
Expenses
$1.3M
FY2025▲ +11%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$981K
FY2021$960K
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$1.3M
Net assets
$806K
FY2025▼ -5%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$831K
FY2021$873K
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$910K
FY2024$846K
FY2025$806K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 2025) · 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 1965.

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

Where the money goes

75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 75% · $969K Management & general 24% · $307K Fundraising 1% · $10K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $86K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Jon Hart
Executive Di
$86,217Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Jill Gaus
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
James Grose
Ex Officio M
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jon Hart’s $86K as Executive Di is at the 23rd 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jon Hart$86,217$82,290$76,500$69,633$61,909$53,442
Lesia Pikaart—————$70,000

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Empowers children and adults with disabilities for independence and community inclusion.

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1 program · $969K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Loan Closet/Disability Assistance Programs

The organization's loan closet program is designed to provide individuals with disabilities in the surrounding region with durable medical equipment. This equipment is loaned out to those individuals at a discounted price and returned to the organization at a later date.

$969Kprogram 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
Disability Connections Foundation of Jackson CountyFY2024$95K
Region II Commission on Services to the AgingFY2024$17K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$113K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$972K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$234K
Other incomeLn 4–11$40K
Money outPt IX
$1.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$969K
Managementcol C$307K
Fundraisingcol D$10K
Owns and owesPt X
$806K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$151K
Total assetsLn 16$880K
LiabilitiesLn 26$74K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$972K
Government grantsLn 1e$757K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$67K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$234K
Other incomeLn 4–11$40K
Total revenueLn 12$1.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$97K
SavingsLn 2$54K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$151K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$578K
Total assetsLn 16$880K
LiabilitiesLn 26$74K
Net assetsLn 32$806K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 529
VolunteersI 639
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
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$229K$151K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$613K$578K
Total assetsLn 16$923K$880K
LiabilitiesLn 26$76K$74K
Net assetsLn 32$846K$806K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$86K$69K$13K$4K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$564K$397K$162K$5K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$58K$49K$9K
Payroll taxesLn 10$50K$40K$9K$655
Accounting feesLn 11c$9K$6K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$65K$33K$32K
Information technologyLn 14$4K$4K
OccupancyLn 16$38K$25K$13K
TravelLn 17$9K$6K$3K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$785$531$254
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$35K$22K$12K
InsuranceLn 23$16K$11K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$312K$293K$19K
All other expensesLn 24e$41K$14K$26K$276
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.3M$969K$307K$10K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.2M$1.3M−$40K$806K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.1M$1.2M−$63K$846K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.0M$1.1M−$120K$910K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.4M$1.2M$157K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.0M$960K$41K$873K 990 PDF
FY2020 $839K$981K−$142K$831K 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 $1,246,103 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $853,250$971,942
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $216,774$233,982
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $30,309$40,179
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,100,333$1,246,103
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $713,241$757,181
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $450,395$528,996
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,163,636$1,286,177
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$63,303−$40,074
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
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 $1,246,103 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1d Related organizations$95,361
VIII-1e Government grants$757,410
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$119,171
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$66,851
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$971,942
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $233,982$233,982
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $30,033$30,033
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $10,146$10,146
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $233,982 · Excluded from tax $40,179$1,246,103
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,286,177 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $68,974 · Management $12,933 · Fundraising $4,311$86,218
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $396,701 · Management $162,092 · Fundraising $4,901$563,694
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $49,004 · Management $8,547$57,551
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $39,774 · Management $9,289 · Fundraising $655$49,718
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $6,018 · Management $2,599$8,617
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $33,230 · Management $32,166$65,396
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,534$3,534
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $25,471 · Management $12,908$38,379
IX-17 TravelPrograms $5,924 · Management $3,085$9,009
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $531 · Management $254$785
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $22,412 · Management $12,335$34,747
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $10,688 · Management $5,061$15,749
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $292,908 · Management $19,361$312,269
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $14,266 · Management $25,969 · Fundraising $276$40,511
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $969,435 · Management $306,599 · Fundraising $10,143$1,286,177
Part X · Balance sheet $880,444 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $127,006$97,387
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $101,530$53,734
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $33,410$91,852
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $33,216$53,322
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $14,996$6,356
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $612,540$577,793
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $922,698$880,444
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $47,464$50,648
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $28,864$23,500
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $76,328$74,148
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $846,370$806,296
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $846,370$806,296
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $922,698$880,444
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $806,296 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,246,103
XI-2 Total expenses$1,286,177
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$40,074
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$846,370
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$806,296

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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