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

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
96¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$85K 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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FY2021 · 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
96%
of spending
Looks good: 96% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$85K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% 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
$861K
87% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 87% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
19
of 19 voting members
Looks good: 19 of 19 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.7M
+8% vs prior year
Spent
$3.9M
To programs
96%
Net assets
$130K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$3.7M
FY2021▲ +8%
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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
$3.9M
FY2021▲ +15%
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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
$130K
FY2021▼ -61%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$334K
FY2021$130K
FY2022$139K
FY2023$136K
FY2024−$66K
FY2025−$73K

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · 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

96 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 96% · $3.8M Management & general 4% · $177K

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

20 people listed on the 990; $85K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$85,000Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chairperson
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairperson
$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 · $3.8M · in their own filed words · FY2020
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.

$3.7Mprogram expense
02

Funds provided from the DHHR to provided limited employment and training for food stamp eligible individuals who are classified as able bodied adults without dependents.

$52Kprogram 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 · 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 FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3K
Investment incomeLn 3$77
Money outPt IX
$3.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.8M
Managementcol C$177K
Owns and owesPt X
$130K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$908K
Total assetsLn 16$991K
LiabilitiesLn 26$861K
PeoplePt VI, VII
20
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a19
IndependentVI 1b19
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.7M
Government grantsLn 1e$3.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3K
Investment incomeLn 3$77
Total revenueLn 12$3.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$706K
SavingsLn 2$202K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$908K
Total assetsLn 16$991K
LiabilitiesLn 26$861K
Net assetsLn 32$130K
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$479K$908K
Total assetsLn 16$821K$991K
LiabilitiesLn 26$487K$861K
Net assetsLn 32$334K$130K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$85K$8K$76K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$869K$856K$13K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$139K$111K$28K
Payroll taxesLn 10$73K$66K$7K
Legal feesLn 11b$3K$3K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$26K$3K$22K
Office expensesLn 13$20K$20K
OccupancyLn 16$129K$129K
TravelLn 17$2K$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1K$100$1K
InsuranceLn 23$24K$24K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.6M$2.6M$392
All other expensesLn 24e$4K$3K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.9M$3.8M$177K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $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 Viewing $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 FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $3,742,575 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,453,808$3,739,837
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$2,661
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $133$77
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,453,941$3,742,575
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,986,529$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $909,142$1,166,088
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $550,816$2,780,393
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,446,487$3,946,481
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $7,454−$203,906
Part VI · Governance 19 of 19 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body19
VI-1b Independent voting members19
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 $3,742,575 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$3,739,837
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,739,837
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,661$2,661
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $77$77
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,661 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $77$3,742,575
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,946,481 across 13 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $8,500 · Management $76,500$85,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $856,052 · Management $13,131$869,183
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $110,868 · Management $28,042$138,910
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $66,138 · Management $6,857$72,995
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $2,640$2,640
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $3,400 · Management $22,404$25,804
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $20,400$20,400
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $129,484$129,484
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,263$2,263
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $100 · Management $1,163$1,263
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $23,989$23,989
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,570,014 · Management $392$2,570,406
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $2,615 · Management $1,529$4,144
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,769,834 · Management $176,647 · Fundraising $0$3,946,481
Part X · Balance sheet $991,264 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $276,066$705,933
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $202,807$202,109
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $341,559$78,021
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $662$5,201
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $821,094$991,264
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $437,809$861,185
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $49,300$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $487,109$861,185
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $333,985$130,079
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $333,985$130,079
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $821,094$991,264
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $130,079 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,742,575
XI-2 Total expenses$3,946,481
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$203,906
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$333,985
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$130,079

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