Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2013.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
70 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
10 people listed on the 990.
Melissa Tillman’s $120K as Interim Exec. Dir. (as of 2/22/23) is at the 98th percentile of top reported officer pay among 202 <$100K 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melissa Tillman | $119,916 | — | — | — |
| Lilian Miller | $59,397 | $112,643 | $106,878 | $99,204 |
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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Programs and updates
Delivers handcrafted gifts to children in domestic violence shelters for joy and comfort.
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PRESENTS PROGRAMThanks to our supporters, the Presents Program is a free program designed to both enhance the services already provided by our Shelter Partners to help children heal during a time of crisis.
# of Children/Youth Served Through the Presents Program
3,110 POB Gifts Delivered: 1,146POM Gifts Delivered: 1,041POL Gifts Delivered: 1,019New partnerships established in 2024 + children served:Family Rescue Inc (Chicago, IL): 58Safe Horizon (New York, NY): 246YWCA of Evanston/North Shore (Evanston, IL): 0Impact Grants$4,500 to 1736 Family Crisis Center in Torrance, CA$4,500 to House of Ruth…
Founders Circle Impact Grant
The Founders Circle at PRESENT NOW is proud to give an impact grant to at least one deserving shelter that goes beyond the individual gift and leaves a lasting impact for healing and family rebonding for an entire shelter community for years to come.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
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By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest Viewing | $96K | $379K | −$284K | $53K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $723K | $939K | −$216K | $337K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $450K | $751K | −$301K | $553K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $689K | $589K | $101K | $854K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $662K | $522K | $140K | $754K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $436K | $445K | −$9K | $614K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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