The organization's mission is to provide guidance and resources to disabled individuals with a focus on educational attainment, employment procurement, health and wellness, communicy integration, recreation, housing acquisition, and personal fulfillment.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$59K 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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FY2021 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
0 of 7
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $70K a year · 18% of revenue · last 7 filings
Concern: a surplus in 0 of the last 7 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 7 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$59K
to officers and key staff · 20% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 20% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
5
named funders · $51K
Looks good: 5 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$238K
158% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 158% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 4 voting members
Concern: none of 4 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$163K
-56% vs prior year
Spent
$290K
To programs
80%
Net assets
−$88K
By yearFY2018–FY2024
Revenue
$163K
FY2021▼ -56%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2018$702K
FY2019$813K
FY2020$368K
FY2021$163K
FY2022$201K
FY2023$202K
FY2024$203K
Expenses
$290K
FY2021▼ -26%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2018$839K
FY2019$884K
FY2020$390K
FY2021$290K
FY2022$216K
FY2023$252K
FY2024$270K
Net assets
−$88K
FY2021▼ -226%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2018$155K
FY2019$89K
FY2020$70K
FY2021−$88K
FY2022−$103K
FY2023−$153K
FY2024−$221K

From the FY2021 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 2012.

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

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $233K Management & general 14% · $40K Fundraising 6% · $17K

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

4 people listed on the 990; $59K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$34,500Pt VII · Sec A
$10,500Pt VII · Sec A
$10,100Pt VII · Sec A
$3,500Pt VII · Sec A

Alexander Elegudin’s $20K as President is at the 11th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2018
Alexander Elegudin$20,000$18,000$18,000$34,500$4,500—
Lawrence Harding$18,500$18,000$3,900$10,500——
Sharifa Abu-Hamda—$6,000$5,100$10,100$4,500—
Sarifa Abu-Hamda$7,000—————
Yannick Benjamin———$3,500——
Alex Elegudin—————$3,300

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 disabled individuals with resources for education, jobs, health, housing, and personal fulfillment.

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3 programs · $233K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Other programs providing guidance and resources to disabled individuals.

$177Kprogram expense
02

Adaptive Sporting Program

Introduces individuals with disabilities to adaptive sports and helps them to gain confidence and live healthy fit lifestyles. Wheeling forward's adaptive sporting clinics show people that they can defy the limits of their disability. Past events have included sports like snow skiing, skydiving, scuba diving, surfing, and waterskiing.

$45Kprogram expense
03

Wheelchair Giving Program

Through their wheelchair giving program, wheeling forward aims to empower individuals with disabilities to achieve their goals by providing them the freedom and mobility to improve their quality of life. Since inception, the program has delivered over 500 wheelchairs to those in need.

$12Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 16 grants · $189K · 2018–2022
Unitemized GrantFY2022$10,400
Wine on Wheels INCNY · FY2021$75,000
Unitemized GrantFY2020$12,800
Unitemized GrantFY2020$12,800
Unitemized GrantFY2020$1,973
Unitemized GrantFY2020$1,973
Unitemized GrantFY2020$1,559
Unitemized GrantFY2020$1,559
Unitemized GrantFY2019$13,150
Unitemized GrantFY2019$11,897
Unitemized GrantFY2019$7,332
Unitemized GrantFY2019$2,000
Unitemized GrantFY2018$18,985
Unitemized GrantFY2018$12,708
Unitemized GrantFY2018$4,000
Unitemized GrantFY2018$1,205

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$163K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$141K
Other incomeLn 4–11$19K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2K
Money outPt IX
$290K
Ln 25
Programscol B$233K
Managementcol C$40K
Fundraisingcol D$17K
Owns and owesPt X
−$88K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$83K
Total assetsLn 16$150K
LiabilitiesLn 26$238K
PeoplePt VI, VII
4
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$141K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$75K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2K
Other incomeLn 4–11$19K
Total revenueLn 12$163K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$83K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$83K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$67K
Total assetsLn 16$150K
LiabilitiesLn 26$238K
Net assetsLn 32−$88K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$208K$83K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$100K$67K
Total assetsLn 16$339K$150K
LiabilitiesLn 26$269K$238K
Net assetsLn 32$70K−$88K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$75K$75K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$4K$4K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$59K$59K
Payroll taxesLn 10$6K$6K
Legal feesLn 11b$5K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$8K$8K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$14K$14K$300
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K$299
Office expensesLn 13$17K$5K$11K
Information technologyLn 14$11K$3K$4K$4K
TravelLn 17$3K$2K$938$31
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$1K$2K
InterestLn 20$5K$5K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$33K$33K
InsuranceLn 23$14K$10K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$29K$20K$9K
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$612$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$290K$233K$40K$17K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $203K$270K−$68K−$221K 990 PDF
FY2023 $202K$252K−$50K−$153K 990 PDF
FY2022 $201K$216K−$16K−$103K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $163K$290K−$127K−$88K 990 PDF
FY2020 $368K$390K−$22K$70K 990 PDF
FY2019 $813K$884K−$71K$89K 990 PDF
FY2018 $702K$839K−$137K$155K 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 O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $162,820 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $183,624$141,376
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $222,973$2,123
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$38,609$19,321
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $367,988$162,820
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $16,332$79,362
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $60,026$64,571
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $313,616$146,269
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $389,974$290,202
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$21,986−$127,382
Part VI · Governance 0 of 4 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $162,820 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$74,720
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$66,656
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$141,376
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,123$2,123
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$5,606−$5,606
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $24,927$24,927
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $27,050 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$5,606$162,820
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $290,202 across 17 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $75,000$75,000
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $4,362$4,362
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $58,600$58,600
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $5,971$5,971
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $4,579$4,579
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $8,000$8,000
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $13,560 · Fundraising $300$13,860
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,679 · Fundraising $299$1,978
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,468 · Management $11,264$16,732
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,886 · Management $3,898 · Fundraising $3,786$10,570
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,313 · Management $938 · Fundraising $31$3,282
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $1,403 · Fundraising $1,775$3,178
IX-20 InterestManagement $5,311$5,311
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $33,367$33,367
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $9,633 · Management $4,114$13,747
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $20,223 · Fundraising $8,947$29,170
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $612 · Fundraising $1,883$2,495
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $233,062 · Management $40,119 · Fundraising $17,021$290,202
Part X · Balance sheet $150,061 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $208,405$83,244
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $100,183$66,817
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $338,615$150,061
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $28,290$9,791
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $174,927$174,927
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $268,893$237,686
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $69,722−$87,625
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $69,722−$87,625
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $338,615$150,061
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$87,625 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$162,820
XI-2 Total expenses$290,202
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$127,382
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$69,722
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities−$2,521
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$27,444
XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$87,625

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