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Excel Alaska INC FY2020 filing

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Wasilla, AK501(c)(3)Since 2012Human Services EIN 46-1486834Revenue $1.9M in FY2020

On file with the IRSexcelalaska.orgPo Box 877170, 99687-7170 · Wasilla, AKTax-exempt since Feb 2016Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Excel Alaska provides high school students and young adults the necessary transitional skills and career exploration opportunities to be successful. This is accomplished through increasing each student's knowledge in a wide variety of areas including personal, social, leadership, and career development.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
75¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$358K 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
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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 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $97K a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
75%
of spending
Fine: 75% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$358K
to officers and key staff · 18% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 18% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
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
$288K
42% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 42% 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
$1.9M
Spent
$2.0M
To programs
75%
Net assets
$396K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.9M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.9M
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$4.0M
FY2023$3.6M
FY2024$4.6M
FY2025$2.5M
Expenses
$2.0M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.0M
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$3.4M
FY2023$4.0M
FY2024$4.8M
FY2025$2.9M
Net assets
$396K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$396K
FY2021$427K
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$556K
FY2024$333K
FY2025−$170K

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Exemption reinstated (2015-05-15). Per the IRS revocation list. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2016.

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

Where the money goes

75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 75% · $1.5M Management & general 25% · $490K Fundraising 1% · $12K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $358K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Billijo Mills
Deputy Direc
$127,796Pt VII · Sec A
Carol Wilson
Executive Di
$124,596Pt VII · Sec A
Christa Wilson
Dir of Finan
$105,135Pt VII · Sec A
Sam Hill
Secretary/Tr
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Wayne Morgan
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Colin Stewart
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Brenda Pacarro
Vice Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Billijo Mills’s $211K as Deputy Direc is at the 92nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Billijo Mills$211,152$151,071$154,565$155,498$119,536$127,796
David a Wilson$120,284$157,893$148,981$102,577——
Christa Wilson$151,846$155,905$145,166$121,764—$105,135
Carol Wilson$155,603$151,071$145,205$149,122$119,536$124,596
Tenecia Lockard$108,738—————
Jessica Forsyth$77,988$73,767————

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

Prepares young Alaskans with skills and exploration for successful futures.

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1 program · $1.5M · in their own filed words · FY2019
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Excel runs a summer XL camp, an academic decathlon and career fair, and a heavy equipment operators camp.

$1.5Mprogram 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
Barney and Rachel Gottstein Caritable FoundationFY2024$25K
American Online Giving Foundation INCFY2024$10K
Alaska Airlines FoundationFY2024$10K
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$45K
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Grants paid · 4 grants · $89K · 2020–2024
Anchorage Hockey Association INCAK · FY2024$40,175
Unitemized GrantFY2023$14,102
Anchorage Hockey Association INCAK · FY2022$18,086
Unitemized GrantFY2020$16,500

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.9M
Other incomeLn 4–11$8K
Investment incomeLn 3$24
Money outPt IX
$2.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.5M
Managementcol C$490K
Fundraisingcol D$12K
Owns and owesPt X
$396K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$403K
Total assetsLn 16$684K
LiabilitiesLn 26$288K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$24
Other incomeLn 4–11$8K
Total revenueLn 12$1.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$387K
SavingsLn 2$16K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$403K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$195K
Other assetsLn 15$15K
Total assetsLn 16$684K
LiabilitiesLn 26$288K
Net assetsLn 32$396K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 551
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$143K$403K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$124K$195K
Total assetsLn 16$805K$684K
LiabilitiesLn 26$327K$288K
Net assetsLn 32$477K$396K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$322K$238K$80K$3K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$575K$426K$144K$6K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$163K$121K$41K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$44K$33K$11K$441
Legal feesLn 11b$5K$4K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$25K$19K$6K$222
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$185K$139K$46K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$37K$27K$9K
Office expensesLn 13$204K$150K$53K$1K
OccupancyLn 16$152K$114K$38K
TravelLn 17$199K$149K$50K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$39K$39K
InsuranceLn 23$34K$25K$9K$340
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$4K$3K$991
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.0M$1.5M$490K$12K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $2.5M$2.9M−$435K−$170K 990 PDF
FY2024 $4.6M$4.8M−$224K$333K 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.6M$4.0M−$460K$556K 990 PDF
FY2022 $4.0M$3.4M$586K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.8M$1.8M$31K$427K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $1.9M$2.0M−$81K$396K 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 $1,907,456 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,695,404$1,899,186
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $156$24
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $100$8,246
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,695,660$1,907,456
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,083,879$1,104,173
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,404,568$884,626
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,488,447$1,988,799
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $207,213−$81,343
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
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 $1,907,456 across 6 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $8,232 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$1,536,478
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$362,708
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,899,186
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $24$24
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $14$14
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $14 · Excluded from tax $8,256$1,907,456
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,988,799 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $238,075 · Management $80,431 · Fundraising $3,217$321,723
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $426,027 · Management $143,857 · Fundraising $5,544$575,428
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $120,532 · Management $40,720 · Fundraising $1,629$162,881
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $32,665 · Management $11,035 · Fundraising $441$44,141
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $3,752 · Management $1,251$5,003
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $18,835 · Management $6,352 · Fundraising $222$25,409
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $138,975 · Management $46,325$185,300
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $27,455 · Management $9,205$36,660
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $149,665 · Management $53,149 · Fundraising $1,035$203,849
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $114,064 · Management $38,021$152,085
IX-17 TravelPrograms $149,279 · Management $49,760$199,039
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $39,282$39,282
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $25,186 · Management $8,509 · Fundraising $340$34,035
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,973 · Management $991$3,964
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,486,765 · Management $489,606 · Fundraising $12,428$1,988,799
Part X · Balance sheet $683,785 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $6,124$387,161
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $136,748$15,826
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $521,584$46,707
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $12,994$23,920
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $123,611$195,171
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $3,500$15,000
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $804,561$683,785
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $327,087$158,254
X-25 Other liabilities$129,400
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $327,087$287,654
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $477,474$396,131
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $477,474$396,131
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $804,561$683,785
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $396,131 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,907,456
XI-2 Total expenses$1,988,799
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$81,343
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$477,474
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$396,131

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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