The Buddy Program INC: FY2022 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 74-2594693)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$1.5M
FY2021	$2.0M
FY2022	$3.0M
FY2023	$2.3M
FY2024	$2.3M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$1.4M
FY2021	$1.5M
FY2022	$1.9M
FY2023	$2.2M
FY2024	$2.4M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$1.8M
FY2021	$2.3M
FY2022	$3.2M
FY2023	$3.5M
FY2024	$3.4M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jun 1991.

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Where the money goes

64 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

64%

27%

Program services 64% · $1.2M Management & general 8% · $155K Fundraising 27% · $510K

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

23 people listed on the 990; $154K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Lindsay Lofaro

Executive Director

$153,794Pt VII · Sec A

Mark Iola

President

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Michael Connolly

Sec/Treasurer

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jenny Elliot

Finance Committee Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Erin Becker

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Morgan Brown

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Norma Canchola

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Molly Gilmore

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

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

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021
Lindsay Lofaro	$164,786	$158,486	$153,794	$142,317
Brooke a Bockelman	$111,240	—	—	—

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

Programs and updates

Empowering youth through mentoring experiences to achieve their full potential.

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3 programs · $1.2M · in their own filed words · FY2022

01

COMMUNITY/SCHOOL-BASED program youth ages 6 to 18 are paired with caring, responsible, adult mentors meeting 3-4 times per month.

$616Kprogram expense

02

Lead

Leadership through exploration, action and development (experiential)programeducating youth in grades 8-12 in a group setting on topics of leadership, lifeskills, and outdoor and environmental issues, while developing deep peer connections.

$496Kprogram expense

03

Peer-to-peer program elementary and middle school youth are paired with high school volunteer mentors to meet weekly through the school year.

$83Kprogram 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 · received and paid

Grants received · FY2025

First Ascent Charitable FoundationFY2025$30K

Gibson GivesFY2025$3K

Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$33K

Grants paid · 9 grants · $78K · 2020–2024

Unitemized GrantFY2024$15,560

Unitemized GrantFY2024$3,800

Unitemized GrantFY2023$12,039

Unitemized GrantFY2022$9,175

Unitemized GrantFY2022$5,801

Unitemized GrantFY2021$11,000

Unitemized GrantFY2021$1,000

Unitemized GrantFY2020$11,794

Unitemized GrantFY2020$7,500

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$3.0M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.9M

Other incomeLn 4–11$69K

Investment incomeLn 3$26K

Money outPt IX

$1.9M

Ln 25

Programscol B$1.2M

Managementcol C$155K

Fundraisingcol D$510K

Owns and owesPt X

$3.2M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$892K

Total assetsLn 16$3.4M

LiabilitiesLn 26$243K

PeoplePt VI, VII

23

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a22

IndependentVI 1b22

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.9M

Government grantsLn 1e$114K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$2K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$1.0M

Investment incomeLn 3$26K

Other incomeLn 4–11$69K

Gains on assetsLn 7−$9K

Total revenueLn 12$3.0M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$641K

SavingsLn 2$251K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$892K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.7M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$57K

Other assetsLn 15$4K

Total assetsLn 16$3.4M

LiabilitiesLn 26$243K

Net assetsLn 32$3.2M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 526

VolunteersI 6185

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

Line	Start FY22	End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$670K	$892K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$1.6M	$1.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$61K	$57K
Total assetsLn 16	$2.4M	$3.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$102K	$243K
Net assetsLn 32	$2.3M	$3.2M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$15K	$15K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$165K	$33K	$19K	$114K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$1.0M	$707K	$91K	$205K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$173K	$115K	$16K	$42K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$87K	$56K	$8K	$24K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$41K	$26K	$4K	$11K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$67K	$6K		$61K
Office expensesLn 13	$12K	$8K	$1K	$3K
Information technologyLn 14	$45K	$34K	$2K	$9K
OccupancyLn 16	$40K	$26K	$4K	$11K
TravelLn 17	$2K	$1K	$74	$211
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$8K	$6K	$748	$817
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$16K	$13K	$2K	$787
InsuranceLn 23	$19K	$14K	$3K	$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$145K	$116K	$4K	$25K
All other expensesLn 24e	$30K	$27K		$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$1.9M	$1.2M	$155K	$510K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$2.3M	$2.4M	−$124K	$3.4M	990 PDF
FY2023	$2.3M	$2.2M	$132K	$3.5M	990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing	$3.0M	$1.9M	$1.2M	$3.2M	990 PDF
FY2021	$2.0M	$1.5M	$472K	$2.3M	990 PDF
FY2020	$1.5M	$1.4M	$174K	$1.8M	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 $3,017,335 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,838,984$2,922,135

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $103,876$26,051

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $77,574$69,149

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,020,434$3,017,335

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $12,000$14,976

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,224,965$1,428,088

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $311,079$422,915

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,548,044$1,865,979

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $472,390$1,151,356

Part VI · Governance 22 of 22 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body22

VI-1b Independent voting members22

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 $3,017,335 across 10 lines filed

VIII-1c Fundraising events$1,015,702

VIII-1e Government grants$113,887

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,792,546

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,500

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,922,135

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $34,706$34,706

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$8,655−$8,655

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $86,025$86,025

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax −$16,876−$16,876

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $95,200$3,017,335

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,865,979 across 16 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $14,976$14,976

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $32,503 · Management $18,660 · Fundraising $113,748$164,911

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $706,845 · Management $91,245 · Fundraising $205,034$1,003,124

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $114,869 · Management $15,995 · Fundraising $41,737$172,601

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $55,722 · Management $8,213 · Fundraising $23,517$87,452

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $25,874 · Management $3,814 · Fundraising $10,920$40,608

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,508 · Fundraising $61,261$66,769

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $7,585 · Management $1,117 · Fundraising $3,203$11,905

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $33,845 · Management $2,256 · Fundraising $9,025$45,126

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $25,534 · Management $3,763 · Fundraising $10,776$40,073

IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,278 · Management $74 · Fundraising $211$1,563

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $6,097 · Management $748 · Fundraising $817$7,662

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $13,037 · Management $1,922 · Fundraising $787$15,746

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $14,107 · Management $3,146 · Fundraising $1,344$18,597

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $116,055 · Management $4,177 · Fundraising $24,692$144,924

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $27,060 · Fundraising $2,882$29,942

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,200,895 · Management $155,130 · Fundraising $509,954$1,865,979

Part X · Balance sheet $3,443,745 assets, 18 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $105,908$641,281

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $564,323$251,102

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $68,596$750,074

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $19,177$9,338

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $61,145$56,872

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,562,717$1,665,214

X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $63,941$54,712

X-14 Intangible assets$11,381

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $3,271$3,771

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,449,078$3,443,745

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $68,408$74,693

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $23,222$133,250

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $10,426$34,828

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $102,056$242,771

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,916,407$1,672,824

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $430,615$1,528,150

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,347,022$3,200,974

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,449,078$3,443,745

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,200,974 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$3,017,335

XI-2 Total expenses$1,865,979

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,151,356

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,347,022

XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$297,404

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,200,974

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The Buddy Program INC FY2022 filing

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Is it real?

Where the money goes

Who runs it and what they're paid

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

Questions the 990 asks

Programs and updates

Questions for The Buddy Program INC

Lead

Funders

Grants

By the numbers

Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV