The Organization provides character strength assessments for individuals and organizations to help establish goals that can be achieved through strategic coaching, peer exchanges, skills development, workforce training, and digital technology.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
$16K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2022 · 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
FY2023
latest Form 990
Fine: the latest return is for FY2023, 3 tax years back; within 3 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $14K a year · 7% of revenue · last 2 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 1 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
0%
of spending
Concern: 0% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$16K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.2 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $19
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$31K
77% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 77% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$97K
-65% vs prior year
Spent
$133K
To programs
0%
Net assets
$9K
By yearFY2020–FY2023
Revenue
$97K
FY2022▼ -65%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$125K
FY2021$282K
FY2022$97K
FY2023$519
Expenses
$133K
FY2022▼ -51%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$274K
FY2022$133K
FY2023Not on file
Net assets
$9K
FY2022▼ -79%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$37K
FY2021$45K
FY2022$9K
FY2023$8K

From the FY2022 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2023. IRS ruling in Feb 2015.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990; $16K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$15,925Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Dicector
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Mike Marvin’s $16K as Executive Director is at the 50th percentile of top reported officer pay among 146 <$100K 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2022FY2021FY2020
Mike Marvin$15,925$25,014$26,387

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Helps people and groups identify strengths to achieve goals through coaching, training, and technology.

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1 program · in their own filed words · FY2022
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Provided character strength assessments for individuals and organizations to help establish goals that can be achieved through strategic coaching, peer exchange, skills development, workforce training, and digital technology.

Pt IX · col B

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$19

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$97K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$97K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1
Money outPt IX
$133K
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$9K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2K
Total assetsLn 16$40K
LiabilitiesLn 26$31K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a0
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$97K
Government grantsLn 1e$91K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1
Total revenueLn 12$97K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$54
SavingsLn 2$2K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$38K
Total assetsLn 16$40K
LiabilitiesLn 26$31K
Net assetsLn 32$9K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$42K$2K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$39K$38K
Total assetsLn 16$81K$40K
LiabilitiesLn 26$36K$31K
Net assetsLn 32$45K$9K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$16K
Payroll taxesLn 10$3K
Legal feesLn 11b$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K
Office expensesLn 13$136
OccupancyLn 16$1K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K
InsuranceLn 23$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$103K
All other expensesLn 24e$249
Total functional expensesLn 25$133K$0$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2023 Latest $519$8K 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $97K$133K−$36K$9K 990 PDF
FY2021 $282K$274K$8K$45K 990 PDF
FY2020 $125K$37K 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
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $97,489 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grants$97,488
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$1
I-12 Total revenue$97,489
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefits$19,291
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expenses$113,814
I-18 Total expenses$133,105
I-19 Revenue less expenses−$35,616
Part VI · Governance 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body0
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $97,489 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$91,038
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$6,450
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$97,488
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)$1
VIII-12 Total revenue$97,489
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $133,105 across 10 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$15,925
IX-10 Payroll taxes$3,366
IX-11b Legal fees$3,070
IX-11c Accounting fees$1,800
IX-13 Office expenses$136
IX-16 Occupancy$1,225
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$2,365
IX-23 Insurance$1,773
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$103,196
IX-24e All other expenses$249
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$133,105
Part X · Balance sheet $40,445 assets, 8 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $6,636$54
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $35,655$2,250
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $38,856$38,141
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $81,147$40,445
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $36,288$31,202
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $36,288$31,202
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $44,859$9,243
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $81,147$40,445
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $9,243 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$97,489
XI-2 Total expenses$133,105
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$35,616
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$44,859
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$9,243

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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