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Empowering people with disabilities to lead meaningful, connected lives.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
76¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$160K 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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FY2020 · 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
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $809K a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
76%
of spending
Looks good: 76% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$160K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $392K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.7M
60% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 60% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$8.2M
Spent
$7.5M
To programs
76%
Net assets
$1.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$8.2M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$8.2M
FY2021$10.6M
FY2022$9.7M
FY2023$14.1M
FY2024$9.8M
FY2025$9.3M
Expenses
$7.5M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$7.5M
FY2021$9.6M
FY2022$10.3M
FY2023$9.6M
FY2024$10.1M
FY2025$9.8M
Net assets
$1.8M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.8M
FY2021$2.8M
FY2022$2.2M
FY2023$6.7M
FY2024$6.4M
FY2025$5.9M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending September 2020) · 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 Apr 1976.

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

Where the money goes

76 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 76% · $5.7M Management & general 24% · $1.8M Fundraising 0% · $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

14 people listed on the 990; $160K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Director of Finance
$91,042Pt VII · Sec A
President/CEO
$68,706Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Former Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jacquelyn Johnson’s $146K as President/CEO is at the 71st 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jacquelyn Johnson$146,481$130,285$132,996$133,365$132,425$68,706
Steve Van Houten$111,413$107,026$103,836$100,573$96,286$91,042
Julie Vankampen$101,691—————

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

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3 programs · $5.7M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Adult housing programs provide residential services which feature a home environment offering stability and growth for people with developmental disabilities.

$5.0Mprogram expense
02

Community services program and adult respite services assist persons who are 18 years of age or older with developmental disabilities to promote their independence and provide aid to current caregivers.

$662Kprogram expense
03

Management services provided to affiliated exempt organization and billings to medicaid.

Pt IX · col B

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
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$392K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$8.2M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$7.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$725K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$190K
Money outPt IX
$7.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.7M
Managementcol C$1.8M
Fundraisingcol D$10K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.3M
Total assetsLn 16$4.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$190K
Government grantsLn 1e$168K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$7.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$725K
Gains on assetsLn 7$725K
Total revenueLn 12$8.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$2.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.3M
Accounts receivableLn 4$1.1M
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$27K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$913K
Other assetsLn 15$122K
Total assetsLn 16$4.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.7M
Net assetsLn 32$1.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5299
VolunteersI 612
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$245K$2.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.5M$913K
Total assetsLn 16$3.5M$4.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.5M$2.7M
Net assetsLn 32$1.0M$1.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$239K$239K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.8M$3.9M$862K$6K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$104K$76K$27K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$372K$289K$84K
Payroll taxesLn 10$378K$296K$82K$272
Legal feesLn 11b$4K$4K
Accounting feesLn 11c$41K$41K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$125K$40K$81K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$120K$72K$48K$79
OccupancyLn 16$501K$350K$151K
TravelLn 17$82K$70K$12K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$6K$2K$3K$419
InterestLn 20$7K$7K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$161K$110K$51K
InsuranceLn 23$134K$113K$22K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$387K$316K$70K$468
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.5M$5.7M$1.8M$10K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Jan 26, 2026 $9.3M$9.8M−$488K$5.9M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Feb 4, 2025 $9.8M$10.1M−$357K$6.4M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Feb 14, 2024 $14.1M$9.6M$4.6M$6.7M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Feb 13, 2023 $9.7M$10.3M−$591K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Feb 15, 2022 $10.6M$9.6M$993K$2.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS Feb 10, 2021 $8.2M$7.5M$746K$1.8M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $8,204,278 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $9,138$189,512
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $8,847,062$7,289,907
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $252,859$724,859
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $9,109,059$8,204,278
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 $7,304,277$5,890,519
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,822,762$1,568,136
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $9,127,039$7,458,655
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$17,980$745,623
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
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 $8,204,278 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $32,040 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$220
VIII-1e Government grants$168,096
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$21,196
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$189,512
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $7,257,867$7,257,867
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $724,859$724,859
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $7,289,907 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $724,859$8,204,278
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,458,655 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $239,080$239,080
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,928,987 · Management $862,434 · Fundraising $5,651$4,797,072
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $76,400 · Management $27,411$103,811
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $288,966 · Management $83,501$372,467
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $295,956 · Management $81,861 · Fundraising $272$378,089
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $4,032$4,032
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $40,860$40,860
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $40,433 · Management $81,128 · Fundraising $2,950$124,511
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $72,110 · Management $47,626 · Fundraising $79$119,815
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $350,008 · Management $151,395$501,403
IX-17 TravelPrograms $69,526 · Management $12,335$81,861
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,233 · Management $3,340 · Fundraising $419$5,992
IX-20 InterestManagement $7,232$7,232
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $109,926 · Management $51,441$161,367
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $112,592 · Management $21,576$134,168
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $316,444 · Management $69,983 · Fundraising $468$386,895
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,663,581 · Management $1,785,235 · Fundraising $9,839$7,458,655
Part X · Balance sheet $4,444,283 assets, 14 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $245,497$2,271,297
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,700,319$1,110,264
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $23,512$27,464
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,465,584$912,895
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $104,862$122,363
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,539,774$4,444,283
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $723,639$726,486
X-21 Escrow or custodial accountsStart of year $245,497$336,602
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $1,436,879$1,484,312
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $104,862$122,363
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,510,877$2,669,763
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,028,897$1,774,520
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,028,897$1,774,520
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,539,774$4,444,283
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,774,520 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$8,204,278
XI-2 Total expenses$7,458,655
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$745,623
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,028,897
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,774,520

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