Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 2012.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
19 people listed on the 990; $289K paid to officers and key staff.
Lindsay Schambach’s $183K as Executive Director is at the 81st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1683 $1–10M mental health 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay Schambach | $183,000 | $180,858 | $172,584 | $52,339 | — | — |
| Mary L Robinson | — | — | — | — | $118,365 | $110,461 |
| Andrew Bauer | $106,250 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rich Szeto | — | — | — | — | $70,440 | — |
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.
See Imagine a Center for Coping with Loss executive salaries →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
Provides year-round grief support for children, parents, and adults coping with loss.
Questions for Imagine a Center for Coping with Loss
Your first name shows with your question. Imagine a Center for Coping with Loss answers here, for everyone.
Imagine's core foundational program is free, year round, peer to peer grief support groups for families and individuals coping with loss, ranging in age from 3 - 18, young adults and their adult caregivers. Support groups meet bi-weekly in our mountainside or newark locations or virtually.
Imagine knows that not everyone who is grieving will be in a peer grief support program at our center, but they will need the support of their peers. Imagine provides grief education and grief training to individuals, organizations and schools looking to better serve the needs of those in their community who are grieving.
Imagine has created a retreat that we offer each year, to various stakeholder groups at imagine. From exclusive to widows, or women, or men, imagine knows that grief takes a toll on caregivers and that in order to grieve, many need space away and time to care for themselves, so they can be better for themselves and the individuals that…
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $1.2M | $1.2M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $137K | $156K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $2.8M | $2.7M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $987K | $727K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $1.8M | $2.0M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $201K | $149K | $11K | $41K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $983K | $729K | $54K | $199K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $30K | $22K | $2K | $6K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $76K | $56K | $4K | $15K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $98K | $72K | $5K | $20K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $54K | $54K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $54K | $51K | $4K | |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $25K | $20K | $4K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $73K | $43K | $8K | $22K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $348K | $342K | $7K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $16K | $16K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $29K | $28K | $1K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $25K | $23K | $410 | $2K |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $162K | $86K | $24K | $52K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $2.2M | $1.6M | $176K | $362K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 14, 2026 | $2.3M | $2.2M | $138K | $2.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Feb 26, 2025 | $2.0M | $1.9M | $105K | $1.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Jul 12, 2024 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $62K | $1.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Jul 14, 2023 | $1.8M | $1.5M | $314K | $1.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Jun 24, 2022 | $1.7M | $1.3M | $422K | $1.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Apr 8, 2021 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $55K | $952K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,311,561 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 17 of 17 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,311,561 across 9 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,173,985 across 14 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $2,678,307 assets, 16 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,951,214 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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