Accelerated College Experiences INC

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Jamaica Plain, MA501(c)(3)Since 2012EducationEIN 45-4101866Revenue $150K in FY2025

On file with the IRSacceleratedcollegeexperiences.org251 Heath St Apt 207, 02130-1167 · Jamaica Plain, MATax-exempt since Mar 2012Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Our mission is to enable students to own their development by setting their own high standard of personal and academic excellence as evidenced by a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
95¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 10 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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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 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $15K a year · 6% of revenue · last 3 filings
Fine: a surplus in 2 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Spent on programs
95%
of spending
Looks good: 95% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$132K
to officers and key staff · 60% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 82% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 60% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
16 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 16.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $45K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
−$10
>-0.01% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are -0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
2
of 4 voting members
Fine: 2 of 4 voting members are independent, half.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$150K
-53% vs prior year
Spent
$219K
To programs
95%
Net assets
$324K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$150K
FY2025▼ -53%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$186K
FY2021$174K
FY2022$199K
FY2023$255K
FY2024$319K
FY2025$150K
Expenses
$219K
FY2025▼ -1%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021Not on file
FY2022Not on file
FY2023$239K
FY2024$221K
FY2025$219K
Net assets
$324K
FY2025▼ -18%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$189K
FY2021$236K
FY2022$279K
FY2023$295K
FY2024$393K
FY2025$324K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2012.

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

Where the money goes

95 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 95% · $208K Management & general 4% · $9K Fundraising 1% · $2K

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

7 people listed on the 990; $132K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President/CEO
$99,000Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$33,156Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Lorita Williams’s $99K as President/CEO is at the 82nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M education 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
Lorita Williams$99,000$99,000$91,500$72,100$56,000$61,382
Mia Roberts$33,156$35,627$26,332$28,495$20,100$13,904

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

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  • 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 students to achieve academic and personal excellence with a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

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1 program · $208K · in their own filed words · FY2025
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Our tenth graduating class of students are attending various colleges across the country with a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

$208Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$45K
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$150K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$114K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$34K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Money outPt IX
$219K
Ln 25
Programscol B$208K
Managementcol C$9K
Fundraisingcol D$2K
Owns and owesPt X
$324K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$298K
Total assetsLn 16$324K
LiabilitiesLn 26−$10
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b2
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$34K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$114K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Total revenueLn 12$150K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$298K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$298K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$324K
LiabilitiesLn 26−$10
Net assetsLn 32$324K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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$344K$298K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$394K$324K
LiabilitiesLn 26$465−$10
Net assetsLn 32$393K$324K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$260$260
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$2K$2K
Management feesLn 11a$3K$0$3K$0
Legal feesLn 11b$3K$0$3K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K$778$1K$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$186K$186K$0$0
Information technologyLn 14$2K$2K$0$74
OccupancyLn 16$1K$1K$0$0
TravelLn 17$7K$7K$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$2K$0$2K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$10K$8K$133$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$219K$208K$9K$2K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $150K$219K−$69K$324K 990 PDF
FY2024 $319K$221K$98K$393K 990 PDF
FY2023 $255K$239K$16K$295K 990 PDF
FY2022 $199K$279K 990 PDF
FY2021 $174K$236K 990 PDF
FY2020 $186K$189K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $149,761 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $139,637$33,973
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $178,118$114,297
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,305$1,491
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $319,060$149,761
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $2,560$2,260
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $218,840$216,530
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $221,400$218,790
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $97,660−$69,029
Part VI · Governance 2 of 4 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members2
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 $149,761 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$33,973
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$33,973
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $114,297 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$114,297
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,491$1,491
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $114,297 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,491$149,761
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $218,790 across 11 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $260$260
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $2,000$2,000
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $3,163 · Fundraising $0$3,163
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $2,610 · Fundraising $0$2,610
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $778 · Management $1,310 · Fundraising $0$2,088
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $185,837 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$185,837
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,190 · Management $0 · Fundraising $74$2,264
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,372 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,372
IX-17 TravelPrograms $7,489 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$7,489
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $1,860 · Fundraising $0$1,860
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $8,010 · Management $133 · Fundraising $1,704$9,847
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $207,936 · Management $9,076 · Fundraising $1,778$218,790
Part X · Balance sheet $323,554 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $343,592$297,954
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $50,000$25,600
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $393,592$323,554
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $465−$10
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $465−$10
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $393,127$323,564
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $393,127$323,564
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $393,592$323,554
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $323,564 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$149,761
XI-2 Total expenses$218,790
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$69,029
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$393,127
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$534
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$323,564

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