Project Avary builds brighter futures for children with incarcerated parents. We provide youth with a community of support and belonging where they connect with peers who are going through the same thing as them and with caring adult mentors who help children gain the life and leadership skills to end generational dynamics of incarceration. Our 10-year Leadership Program serves 135 Bay Area children from ages 8 to 18 through outdoor adventure therapy activities including summer camp, year-round adventure days outings, and overnight retreats. Teen leaders receive job training in youth development and serve as Junior Counselors. Additionally, youth receive weekly 1-1 mentoring, and families benefit from Family Camp, three Family Unity celebrations each year, and case management and referrals to community resources to strengthen household needs. The School Program is a year-long intensive program. An Avary counselor meets weekly in the schools with a group of youth with an incarcerated pa

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 15 volunteers and 36 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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FY2024 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $864K a year · 34% of revenue · last 5 filings
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Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 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
$526K
to officers and key staff · 24% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 24% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
14 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 13.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $40K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$211K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.9M
+65% vs prior year
Spent
$2.2M
To programs
91%
Net assets
$5.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$3.9M
FY2024▲ +65%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.8M
FY2021$2.2M
FY2022$2.3M
FY2023$2.4M
FY2024$3.9M
Expenses
$2.2M
FY2024▲ +6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$2.2M
Net assets
$5.6M
FY2024▲ +45%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.0M
FY2021$2.9M
FY2022$3.6M
FY2023$3.9M
FY2024$5.6M

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 2000.

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Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $2.0M Management & general 4% · $94K Fundraising 5% · $110K

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

15 people listed on the 990; $526K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Dir of Fin & Ops/Exec Dir
$154,944Pt VII · Sec A
Exec Director (through 8/2024)
$152,745Pt VII · Sec A
Dir of Fund Development
$111,554Pt VII · Sec A
Finance and Operations Manager
$102,107Pt VII · Sec A
Director, Seasonal Outdr Staff
$4,675Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ambrosia Phoummathep-Winspear’s $155K as Dir of Fin & Ops/Exec Dir is at the 67th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1147 $1–10M crime & legal 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Zachary Whelan$152,745$186,433$174,812$151,423$123,777
Ambrosia Phoummathep-Winspear$154,944$131,909———
Amy Deleon$111,554$108,660$111,577——
Danielle Brook$102,107————
Adam Garcia$4,675————

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

Supports children with incarcerated parents through mentorship and adventure programs.

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1 program · $2.0M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Project avary provides children of incarcerated parents with the SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL support and healing, leadership development, and job skills training to strengthen participants' resiliency and protective factors in order to help them overcome the impacts and risk factors of having an incarcerated parent.

$2.0Mprogram 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 · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$40K
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$141K
Other incomeLn 4–11$954
Money outPt IX
$2.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.0M
Managementcol C$94K
Fundraisingcol D$110K
Owns and owesPt X
$5.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.5M
Total assetsLn 16$5.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$211K
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.5M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$22K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$143K
Investment incomeLn 3$141K
Other incomeLn 4–11$954
Gains on assetsLn 7−$601
Total revenueLn 12$3.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$138
SavingsLn 2$2.5M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.5M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$10K
Other assetsLn 15$75K
Total assetsLn 16$5.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$211K
Net assetsLn 32$5.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 536
VolunteersI 615
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$133K$2.5M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.7M$1.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$19K$10K
Total assetsLn 16$4.1M$5.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$265K$211K
Net assetsLn 32$3.9M$5.6M
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$354K$299K$47K$9K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.1M$1.0M$0$60K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$19K$17K$0$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$111K$104K$0$7K
Payroll taxesLn 10$125K$115K$4K$6K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$35K$15K$20K$337
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$5K$5K$108$162
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$14K$8K$293$5K
Information technologyLn 14$37K$33K$526$3K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$79K$66K$9K$4K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$50K$48K$1K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$268K$263K$1K$4K
All other expensesLn 24e$29K$10K$12K$7K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.2M$2.0M$94K$110K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $3.9M$2.2M$1.7M$5.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.4M$2.1M$310K$3.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.3M$1.7M$654K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.2M$1.3M$880K$2.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.8M$1.1M$752K$2.0M 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 J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $3,925,168 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,263,534$3,782,970
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $20,986$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $91,199$141,244
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,728$954
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,377,447$3,925,168
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 $1,594,436$1,682,913
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $472,720$517,761
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,067,156$2,200,674
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $310,291$1,724,494
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
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 $3,925,168 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$142,618
VIII-1e Government grants$1,500,016
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,140,336
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$21,858
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,782,970
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $141,845$141,845
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$601−$601
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$1,586−$1,586
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,540$2,540
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $142,198$3,925,168
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,200,674 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 $298,717 · Management $46,748 · Fundraising $8,822$354,287
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,013,421 · Management $0 · Fundraising $60,237$1,073,658
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $17,217 · Management $0 · Fundraising $1,830$19,047
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $104,139 · Management $0 · Fundraising $7,091$111,230
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $115,183 · Management $3,749 · Fundraising $5,759$124,691
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $14,644 · Management $20,183 · Fundraising $337$35,164
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $5,153 · Management $108 · Fundraising $162$5,423
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $8,128 · Management $293 · Fundraising $5,306$13,727
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $33,244 · Management $526 · Fundraising $3,167$36,937
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $65,544 · Management $8,809 · Fundraising $4,253$78,606
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $47,540 · Management $1,028 · Fundraising $1,662$50,230
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $263,039 · Management $1,361 · Fundraising $4,030$268,430
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $10,339 · Management $11,556 · Fundraising $7,349$29,244
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,996,308 · Management $94,361 · Fundraising $110,005$2,200,674
Part X · Balance sheet $5,853,850 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $133,108$138
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$2,537,183
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,169,769$1,310,747
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,728$2,540
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $6,526$5,268
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $18,752$9,751
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,685,919$1,913,197
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $132,099$75,026
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,147,901$5,853,850
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $136,543$139,560
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $128,614$71,859
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $265,157$211,419
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,690,602$5,190,523
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $192,142$451,908
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,882,744$5,642,431
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,147,901$5,853,850
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,642,431 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,925,168
XI-2 Total expenses$2,200,674
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,724,494
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,882,744
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$35,193
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,642,431

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