Mobility Matters FY2020 filing

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Walnut Creek, CA501(c)(3)Since 1977Mental HealthEIN 51-0206190Revenue $848K in FY2020

On file with the IRSmobilitymatters.com1280 Civic Dr, 94596-7233 · Walnut Creek, CATax-exempt since Jul 2007Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Our current mission is to provide free, door-through-door transportation to seniors and veterans who need escorted rides with compassionate volunteer drivers in contra costa county. Our goal is to provide seniors and veterans with the ability and dignity to age in place with transportation and referral resources.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$116K 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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $82K a year · 10% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$116K
to officers and key staff · 20% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 20% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $31K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$7K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$848K
Spent
$588K
To programs
86%
Net assets
$617K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$848K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$848K
FY2021$675K
FY2022$627K
FY2023$557K
FY2024$980K
FY2025$984K
Expenses
$588K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$588K
FY2021$605K
FY2022$644K
FY2023$662K
FY2024$811K
FY2025$872K
Net assets
$617K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$617K
FY2021$687K
FY2022$670K
FY2023$565K
FY2024$740K
FY2025$839K

From the FY2020 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 2007.

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

Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $503K Management & general 9% · $56K Fundraising 5% · $29K

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

12 people listed on the 990; $116K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$115,500Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Elaine Welch’s $130K as Executive Director is at the 94th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2094 $100K–1M mental health 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Elaine Welch$130,496$127,456$127,202$126,526$120,542$115,500

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Connects seniors, disabled, and low-income residents with better transportation options.

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1 program · $503K · in their own filed words · FY2020
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Mobility matters provides mobility management services throughout contra costa county by matching riders to transportation providers that meet their individual needs. Mobility matters operates volunteer driver programs that provide free, one-on-one, door-through-door rides for seniors and disabled veterans who cannot access other forms…

$503Kprogram 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 2 funders$31K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$848K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$555K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$293K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Money outPt IX
$588K
Ln 25
Programscol B$503K
Managementcol C$56K
Fundraisingcol D$29K
Owns and owesPt X
$617K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$442K
Total assetsLn 16$625K
LiabilitiesLn 26$7K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$293K
Government grantsLn 1e$94K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$555K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$848K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$442K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$442K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$53K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$625K
LiabilitiesLn 26$7K
Net assetsLn 32$617K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 512
VolunteersI 6239
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$291K$442K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$53K
Total assetsLn 16$361K$625K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$7K
Net assetsLn 32$361K$617K
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$116K$92K$12K$12K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$342K$314K$20K$8K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$8K$8K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$8K$7K$544$333
Payroll taxesLn 10$43K$39K$3K$2K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K$2K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$8K$7K$574$351
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$4K$4K$304$186
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$473$473
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$14K$12K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$23K$17K$849$6K
All other expensesLn 24e$18K$10K$7K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$588K$503K$56K$29K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $984K$872K$112K$839K 990 PDF
FY2024 $980K$811K$169K$740K 990 PDF
FY2023 $557K$662K−$105K$565K 990 PDF
FY2022 $627K$644K−$17K$670K 990 PDF
FY2021 $675K$605K$70K$687K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $848K$588K$261K$617K 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 $848,272 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $149,791$292,592
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $454,026$554,593
I-10 Investment income$1,087
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $603,817$848,272
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $454,684$516,399
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $94,959$71,333
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $549,643$587,732
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $54,174$260,540
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $848,272 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$93,952
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$198,640
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$292,592
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $554,593$554,593
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $1,087$1,087
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-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $555,680$848,272
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $587,732 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 $92,400 · Management $11,550 · Fundraising $11,550$115,500
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $314,105 · Management $20,105 · Fundraising $7,800$342,010
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsManagement $7,641$7,641
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $6,987 · Management $544 · Fundraising $333$7,864
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $38,547 · Management $3,002 · Fundraising $1,835$43,384
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $1,617$1,617
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 promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $7,370 · Management $574 · Fundraising $351$8,295
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $3,909 · Management $304 · Fundraising $186$4,399
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestManagement $473$473
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,831$1,831
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $11,621 · Management $1,987$13,608
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $16,555 · Management $849 · Fundraising $5,519$22,923
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $9,597 · Management $6,947 · Fundraising $1,643$18,187
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $502,922 · Management $55,593 · Fundraising $29,217$587,732
Part X · Balance sheet $624,789 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $291,081$441,632
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $70,365$114,763
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$15,282
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$53,112
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 assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $361,446$624,789
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$7,336
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$7,336
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $360,946$617,453
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $361,446$617,453
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $361,446$624,789
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $617,453 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$848,272
XI-2 Total expenses$587,732
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$260,540
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$361,446
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$4,533
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$617,453

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