Alternative Teaching Strategy Center FY2020 filing

Tax-deductible

San Diego, CA501(c)(3)Diseases & DisordersEIN 45-5143963Revenue $440K in FY2020

On file with the IRS11230 Sorrento Valley Road, 92121-1332 · San Diego, CATax-exempt since Feb 2014Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Alternative Teaching Strategy Center (atsc) provides educational services, therapeutic services and vocational training to autistic adults and children in san diego county. Atsc was created to provide one on one services for autistic adults and children, to train other professionals on how to provide services and to research new methodologies to allow autistic adults and children to reach their full potential. Atsc also advocates for the proper treatment of children and adults with autism.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$96K 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
FY2021
latest Form 990
Concern: the latest return is for FY2021, 5 tax years back; more than 4 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
0 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $53K a year · 15% of revenue · last 2 filings
Concern: a surplus in 0 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 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
$96K
to officers and key staff · 21% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 21% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $196
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$440K
Spent
$454K
To programs
80%
Net assets
$192K
By yearFY2020–FY2021
Revenue
$440K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$440K
FY2021$292K
Expenses
$454K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$454K
FY2021$385K
Net assets
$192K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$192K
FY2021$99K

From the FY2020 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2021. IRS ruling in Feb 2014.

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% · $362K Management & general 20% · $93K

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

5 people listed on the 990; $96K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$96,000Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Dir.
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Dalia Shkedy’s $16K as Executive Dir. is at the 9th percentile of top reported officer pay among 901 $100K–1M diseases & disorders 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

NameFY2021FY2020
Gary Shkedy—$96,000
Dalia Shkedy$16,000—
Jonathan Shkedy$8,000—

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides educational, therapeutic, and vocational services for autistic individuals, advocating for their proper treatment.

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1 program · $362K · in their own filed words · FY2020
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Alternative teaching strategy center (atsc) provides educational services, therapeutic services and vocational training to autistic adults and children in san diego county. Atsc was created to provide one on one services for autistic adults and children, to train other professionals on how to provide services and to research new…

$362Kprogram 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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$196

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$440K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$317K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$123K
Other incomeLn 4–11$118
Money outPt IX
$454K
Ln 25
Programscol B$362K
Managementcol C$93K
Owns and owesPt X
$192K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$118K
Total assetsLn 16$192K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$123K
Government grantsLn 1e$55K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$317K
Investment incomeLn 3$10
Other incomeLn 4–11$118
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$440K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$118K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$118K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9K
Other assetsLn 15$25K
Total assetsLn 16$192K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$192K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 516
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$120K$118K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$11K$9K
Total assetsLn 16$206K$192K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$206K$192K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$96K$77K$19K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$111K$89K$22K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$20K$16K$4K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$5K$5K
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$113K$90K$23K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$2K$489
InsuranceLn 23$39K$31K$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$49K$44K$5K
All other expensesLn 24e$19K$13K$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$454K$362K$93K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2021 Latest $292K$385K−$93K$99K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $440K$454K−$14K$192K 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
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $440,149 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $102,345$122,838
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $416,736$317,183
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $24$10
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $343$118
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $519,448$440,149
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $263,210$227,148
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $248,015$227,113
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $511,225$454,261
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $8,223−$14,112
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $440,149 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$55,448
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$67,390
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$122,838
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $317,183$317,183
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $10$10
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $118$118
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $317,311$440,149
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $454,261 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $76,800 · Management $19,200$96,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $88,569 · Management $22,142$110,711
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $16,350 · Management $4,087$20,437
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $5,085$5,085
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $90,225 · Management $22,556$112,781
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,954 · Management $489$2,443
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $31,366 · Management $7,841$39,207
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $43,725 · Management $4,906$48,631
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $12,715 · Management $6,251$18,966
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $361,704 · Management $92,557 · Fundraising $0$454,261
Part X · Balance sheet $191,977 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $120,020$118,500
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $49,915$39,766
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $11,111$8,668
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $25,043$25,043
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $206,089$191,977
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $206,089$191,977
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $206,089$191,977
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $206,089$191,977
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $191,977 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$440,149
XI-2 Total expenses$454,261
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$14,112
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$206,089
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$191,977

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