Developmental training and residential services provided for mentally developmentally disabled adults.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 9 volunteers and 198 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
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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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $468K a year · 7% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$106K
to officers and key staff · 1% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 1% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$781K
11% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 11% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$8.7M
+15% vs prior year
Spent
$7.7M
To programs
91%
Net assets
$6.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$8.7M
FY2025▲ +15%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$6.5M
FY2021$5.3M
FY2022$6.3M
FY2023$7.1M
FY2024$7.6M
FY2025$8.7M
Expenses
$7.7M
FY2025▲ +8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$5.5M
FY2021$5.3M
FY2022$6.4M
FY2023$6.9M
FY2024$7.1M
FY2025$7.7M
Net assets
$6.3M
FY2025▲ +20%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.5M
FY2021$4.6M
FY2022$4.6M
FY2023$4.8M
FY2024$5.2M
FY2025$6.3M

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 May 1975.

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Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $7.0M Management & general 9% · $662K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $106K 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
Chief Executive Officer
$105,913Pt VII · Sec A
Bd Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Bd Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Bd Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Phil Garner$105,913$96,967$94,634—$89,463$78,256
Tesa Andrews———$89,463——

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 15aYes

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Provides training and housing for adults with developmental disabilities.

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1 program · $7.0M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Developmental training and residential services provided for mentally developmentally disabled adults.

$7.0Mprogram 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 · 11 grants · $1.6M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$320,221
Unitemized GrantFY2023$314,681
Unitemized GrantFY2023$77
Unitemized GrantFY2022$261,953
Unitemized GrantFY2022$383
Unitemized GrantFY2021$229,049
Unitemized GrantFY2021$1,303
Unitemized GrantFY2020$245,830
Unitemized GrantFY2020$3,536
Unitemized GrantFY2019$229,048
Unitemized GrantFY2019$4,751

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$8.7M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$7.0M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$140K
Money outPt IX
$7.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$7.0M
Managementcol C$662K
Owns and owesPt X
$6.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.2M
Total assetsLn 16$7.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$781K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$402K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$114K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$7.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$140K
Gains on assetsLn 7$8K
Total revenueLn 12$8.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$5.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$512K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$709K
Other assetsLn 15$2K
Total assetsLn 16$7.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$781K
Net assetsLn 32$6.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5198
VolunteersI 69
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$4.0M$5.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$473K$512K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$615K$709K
Total assetsLn 16$6.0M$7.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$750K$781K
Net assetsLn 32$5.2M$6.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$262K$262K
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$106K$106K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$5.1M$4.8M$331K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$826K$771K$55K
Payroll taxesLn 10$333K$304K$29K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$9K$9K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$387K$323K$64K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$3K$2K$1K
Information technologyLn 14$71K$55K$16K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$148K$117K$31K
TravelLn 17$6K$4K$1K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$30K$28K$2K
InterestLn 20$9K$9K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$74K$72K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$49K$43K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$259K$250K$9K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.7M$7.0M$662K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $8.7M$7.7M$1.0M$6.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $7.6M$7.1M$454K$5.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $7.1M$6.9M$227K$4.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $6.3M$6.4M−$1K$4.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $5.3M$5.3M$63K$4.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $6.5M$5.5M$1.0M$4.5M 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $8,746,667 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $394,360$1,577,973
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $7,063,778$7,029,177
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $126,048$139,517
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $7,584,186$8,746,667
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $262,129$262,051
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $6,148,522$6,392,139
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $719,333$1,044,411
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $7,129,984$7,698,601
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $454,202$1,048,066
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
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 $8,746,667 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$402,221
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,175,752
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$113,581
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,577,973
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $7,029,177$7,029,177
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $131,264$131,264
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$8,253
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $7,029,177 · Excluded from tax $131,264$8,746,667
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,698,601 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $262,051$262,051
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 staffManagement $105,913$105,913
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $4,796,871 · Management $330,649$5,127,520
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $771,199 · Management $54,781$825,980
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $303,651 · Management $29,075$332,726
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $9,250$9,250
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $322,829 · Management $64,324$387,153
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,612 · Management $1,215$2,827
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $55,108 · Management $15,755$70,863
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $116,813 · Management $31,005$147,818
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,042 · Management $1,477$5,519
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $28,227 · Management $2,056$30,283
IX-20 InterestPrograms $8,595$8,595
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $72,109 · Management $2,198$74,307
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $43,403 · Management $5,432$48,835
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $250,181 · Management $8,780$258,961
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $7,036,691 · Management $661,910 · Fundraising $0$7,698,601
Part X · Balance sheet $7,065,611 assets, 13 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,991,445$5,242,248
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $831,110$522,179
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $75,308$79,034
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $614,880$708,510
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $472,721$512,095
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,540$1,545
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,987,004$7,065,611
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $544,673$551,132
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $725$775
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $750,101$780,642
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $5,236,903$6,284,969
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,236,903$6,284,969
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,987,004$7,065,611
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $6,284,969 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$8,746,667
XI-2 Total expenses$7,698,601
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,048,066
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,236,903
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$6,284,969

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