To provide job training & services to unemployed, underemployed or laid off adults, youth or dislocated residents.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
95¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 13 volunteers and 103 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
1 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $69K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
95%
of spending
Looks good: 95% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$137K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.8 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$1.1M
107% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 107% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.9M
-30% vs prior year
Spent
$2.9M
To programs
95%
Net assets
−$73K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.9M
FY2025▼ -30%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.5M
FY2021$3.7M
FY2022$4.0M
FY2023$4.2M
FY2024$4.1M
FY2025$2.9M
Expenses
$2.9M
FY2025▼ -33%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.4M
FY2021$3.9M
FY2022$4.0M
FY2023$4.2M
FY2024$4.3M
FY2025$2.9M
Net assets
−$73K
FY2025▼ -11%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$334K
FY2021$130K
FY2022$139K
FY2023$136K
FY2024−$66K
FY2025−$73K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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 Jan 2003.

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

Where the money goes

95 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 95% · $2.8M Management & general 5% · $150K

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

14 people listed on the 990; $137K 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 Director
$84,639Pt VII · Sec A
Fiscal Officer
$52,573Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chief
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Leo
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Barbara Dawes’s $85K as Executive Director is at the 16th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1245 $1–10M employment 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Robin Morgan——$69,011$80,841$85,000$78,750
Barbara Dawes$84,639$81,648$61,481———
Elizabeth Shoemaker$52,573$51,378————

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

Offers job training and services to adults and youth seeking employment.

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2 programs · $2.8M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Funds received under the workforce innovation and opportunity act to provide opportunities to economically disadvantaged individuals to obtain gainful employment in specific fields of work.

$2.7Mprogram expense
02

Funds provided from DHHR to provide limited employment and training for food stamps eligible individulas who are classified as able bodied adults without dependents.

$57Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 1 grant · $2.0M · 2019–2019
Various Service Providers-Training for Adults Youth and Dislocated WorkersFY2019$1,986,529

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Other incomeLn 4–11$676
Money outPt IX
$2.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.8M
Managementcol C$150K
Owns and owesPt X
−$73K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$689K
Total assetsLn 16$982K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$2.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Other incomeLn 4–11$676
Total revenueLn 12$2.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$580K
SavingsLn 2$109K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$689K
Other assetsLn 15$273K
Total assetsLn 16$982K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M
Net assetsLn 32−$73K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5103
VolunteersI 613
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$750K$689K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M$982K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.2M$1.1M
Net assetsLn 32−$66K−$73K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$167K$108K$58K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$691K$660K$31K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$211K$195K$16K
Accounting feesLn 11c$15K$13K$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$5K$5K$569
Office expensesLn 13$93K$83K$10K
Information technologyLn 14$13K$9K$4K
OccupancyLn 16$13K$12K$1K
TravelLn 17$21K$19K$2K
InterestLn 20$5K$5K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$14K$14K
InsuranceLn 23$23K$20K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.6M$1.6M$3K
All other expensesLn 24e$3K$2K$274
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.9M$2.8M$150K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.9M$2.9M−$7K−$73K 990 PDF
FY2024 $4.1M$4.3M−$203K−$66K 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.2M$4.2M−$2K$136K 990 PDF
FY2022 $4.0M$4.0M−$5K$139K 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.7M$3.9M−$204K$130K 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.5M$3.4M$7K$334K 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,905,033 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,117,263$2,901,873
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,838$2,484
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $825$676
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,120,926$2,905,033
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,215,349$1,069,111
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,108,184$1,842,955
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,323,533$2,912,066
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$202,607−$7,033
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
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-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,905,033 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$2,901,873
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,901,873
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,484$2,484
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $676$676
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $676 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,484$2,905,033
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,912,066 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $108,371 · Management $58,354$166,725
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $659,867 · Management $31,477$691,344
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $195,080 · Management $15,962$211,042
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $13,430 · Management $1,570$15,000
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $4,863 · Management $569$5,432
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $82,856 · Management $9,689$92,545
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $8,589 · Management $4,450$13,039
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $11,759 · Management $1,375$13,134
IX-17 TravelPrograms $19,073 · Management $2,231$21,304
IX-20 InterestManagement $4,896$4,896
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $14,073$14,073
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $20,476 · Management $2,394$22,870
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,635,181 · Management $2,864$1,638,045
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $2,343 · Management $274$2,617
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,761,888 · Management $150,178 · Fundraising $0$2,912,066
Part X · Balance sheet $982,201 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $642,862$579,992
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $106,875$109,357
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$6,456
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $11,692$13,606
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $346,825$272,790
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,108,673$982,201
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $371,761$339,476
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $454,932$440,045
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $348,090$275,823
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,174,783$1,055,344
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$66,110−$73,143
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year −$66,110−$73,143
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,108,673$982,201
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$73,143 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,905,033
XI-2 Total expenses$2,912,066
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$7,033
XI-4 Net assets at start of year−$66,110
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$73,143

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