To empower low to moderate income individuals to break the cycle of poverty and dependence through educational, personal and professional development.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 25 volunteers and 2 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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $12K a year · 3% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $22K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$4K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$630K
-4% vs prior year
Spent
$589K
To programs
89%
Net assets
$147K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$630K
FY2025▼ -4%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$338K
FY2021$275K
FY2022$450K
FY2024$657K
FY2025$630K
Expenses
$589K
FY2025▼ -10%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$328K
FY2021$266K
FY2022$452K
FY2024$654K
FY2025$589K
Net assets
$147K
FY2025▲ +14%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$88K
FY2021$73K
FY2022$72K
FY2024$129K
FY2025$147K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2000.

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

Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $522K Management & general 11% · $67K

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

12 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Assistant Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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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

Helps people escape poverty with education and skill-building.

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1 program · $522K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Assist economically disadvantaged individuals and families. Its goal is to enhance the employment marketability of low to moderate income individuals by assisting and encouraging them to achieve greater self sufficiency.

$522Kprogram expense

Funders

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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$22K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$630K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$630K
Money outPt IX
$589K
Ln 25
Programscol B$522K
Managementcol C$67K
Owns and owesPt X
$147K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$117K
Total assetsLn 16$151K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$630K
Government grantsLn 1e$77K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$455K
Total revenueLn 12$630K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$117K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$117K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$13K
Total assetsLn 16$151K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K
Net assetsLn 32$147K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 625
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$103K$117K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$14K$13K
Total assetsLn 16$132K$151K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K$4K
Net assetsLn 32$129K$147K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other employee benefitsLn 9$144K$104K$40K
Payroll taxesLn 10$5K$2K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$4K$2K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$2K$2K$686
OccupancyLn 16$35K$24K$10K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$733$733
InsuranceLn 23$813$813
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$383K$378K$4K
All other expensesLn 24e$15K$9K$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$589K$522K$67K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $630K$589K$41K$147K 990 PDF
FY2024 $657K$654K$3K$129K 990 PDF
FY2023 Not on file
FY2022 $450K$452K−$1K$72K 990 PDF
FY2021 $275K$266K$9K$73K 990 PDF
FY2020 $338K$328K$10K$88K 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 $630,235 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $56,737$630,235
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $56,737$630,235
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $147,460$148,974
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $506,449$440,488
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $653,909$589,462
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$597,172$40,773
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
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 $630,235 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$76,699
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$553,536
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$455,299
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$630,235
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$630,235
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $589,462 across 9 lines filed
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $104,281 · Management $39,683$143,964
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,392 · Management $2,618$5,010
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,620 · Management $2,283$3,903
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,601 · Management $686$2,287
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $24,172 · Management $10,359$34,531
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $733$733
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $813$813
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $378,272 · Management $4,457$382,729
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $9,207 · Management $6,285$15,492
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $522,278 · Management $67,184 · Fundraising $0$589,462
Part X · Balance sheet $150,812 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $103,038$116,630
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $3,587$4,167
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $12,091$17,049
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $13,699$12,966
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $132,415$150,812
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,671$4,086
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,671$4,086
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $128,744$146,726
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $128,744$146,726
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $132,415$150,812
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $146,726 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$630,235
XI-2 Total expenses$589,462
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$40,773
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$128,744
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$22,791
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$146,726

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