Apples for Children INC

Tax-deductible

Williamsport, MD501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 52-2358494Revenue $745K in FY2025

On file with the IRSapplesforchildren.org10210 Governor Lane Blvd Unit 2005, 21795-4072 · Williamsport, MDTax-exempt since Apr 2002Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The organization is operated to provide training to whole groups of providers, parents, and employees, and to provide individualized technical assistance to individual child care providers, parents, and

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 10 volunteers and 19 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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
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 $32K a year · 6% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
Looks good: 82% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$80K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 71% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $59
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$123K
24% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 24% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$745K
+14% vs prior year
Spent
$636K
To programs
82%
Net assets
$386K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$745K
FY2025▲ +14%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$445K
FY2021$410K
FY2022$370K
FY2023$699K
FY2024$656K
FY2025$745K
Expenses
$636K
FY2025▼ -6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$415K
FY2021$397K
FY2022$372K
FY2023$640K
FY2024$677K
FY2025$636K
Net assets
$386K
FY2025▲ +40%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$228K
FY2021$240K
FY2022$238K
FY2023$298K
FY2024$276K
FY2025$386K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2002.

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

Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $524K Management & general 18% · $111K

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

7 people listed on the 990; $80K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Dir
$80,052Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer/Sec
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Heather Glass’s $80K as Executive Dir is at the 71st percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Heather Glass$80,052$86,187$73,328$65,500$65,500$64,500

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Trains and assists child care providers, parents, and employees.

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3 programs · $524K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Work with early care programs, children, and families in garrett,

$407Kprogram expense
02

Provide professional development services and capacity building

$103Kprogram expense
03

Improve the child care services for infants and toddlers through

$14Kprogram 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$59

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$745K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$555K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$188K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Money outPt IX
$636K
Ln 25
Programscol B$524K
Managementcol C$111K
Owns and owesPt X
$386K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$420K
Total assetsLn 16$509K
LiabilitiesLn 26$123K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$555K
Government grantsLn 1e$550K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$188K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Total revenueLn 12$745K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$313K
SavingsLn 2$107K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$420K
Total assetsLn 16$509K
LiabilitiesLn 26$123K
Net assetsLn 32$386K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 519
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$288K$420K
Total assetsLn 16$438K$509K
LiabilitiesLn 26$162K$123K
Net assetsLn 32$276K$386K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$423K$363K$59K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$6K$5K$687
Payroll taxesLn 10$33K$28K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$15K$15K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$53K$50K$4K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$1K$811
Office expensesLn 13$11K$7K$4K
OccupancyLn 16$21K$20K$2K
TravelLn 17$26K$23K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$7K$7K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$39K$27K$12K
Total functional expensesLn 25$636K$524K$111K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $745K$636K$109K$386K 990 PDF
FY2024 $656K$677K−$21K$276K 990 PDF
FY2023 $699K$640K$59K$298K 990 PDF
FY2022 $370K$372K−$2K$238K 990 PDF
FY2021 $410K$397K$13K$240K 990 PDF
FY2020 $445K$415K$31K$228K 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $745,010 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $467,267$555,341
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $187,829$188,212
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $5$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $419$1,457
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $655,520$745,010
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $458,538$461,566
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $218,039$174,116
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $676,577$635,682
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$21,057$109,328
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
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 $745,010 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$550,341
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$5,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$555,341
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $188,212$188,212
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $1,457$1,457
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $188,212 · Excluded from tax $1,457$745,010
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $635,682 across 11 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $363,281 · Management $59,419$422,700
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $5,000 · Management $687$5,687
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $28,499 · Management $4,680$33,179
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $15,075$15,075
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $49,915 · Management $3,563$53,478
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,491 · Management $811$2,302
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $6,813 · Management $3,751$10,564
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $19,778 · Management $1,541$21,319
IX-17 TravelPrograms $22,727 · Management $2,969$25,696
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $7,105$7,105
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $26,812 · Management $11,765$38,577
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $524,316 · Management $111,366 · Fundraising $0$635,682
Part X · Balance sheet $509,280 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $237,295$313,385
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $50,530$106,623
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $141,307$76,411
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $9,229$12,861
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $438,361$509,280
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $43,809$30,331
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $118,052$93,121
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $161,861$123,452
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $276,500$385,828
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $276,500$385,828
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $438,361$509,280
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $385,828 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$745,010
XI-2 Total expenses$635,682
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$109,328
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$276,500
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$385,828

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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