Individual and family mentoring, training and education social service programs for children, youth and adults.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 234 volunteers and 52 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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $562K a year · 13% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$157K
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.5 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $1K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$247K
6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 6% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
13
of 13 voting members
Looks good: 13 of 13 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$6.1M
-9% vs prior year
Spent
$5.7M
To programs
86%
Net assets
$3.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$6.1M
FY2025▼ -9%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.5M
FY2021$2.9M
FY2022$3.0M
FY2023$4.6M
FY2024$6.7M
FY2025$6.1M
Expenses
$5.7M
FY2025▲ +22%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.2M
FY2021$2.6M
FY2022$3.1M
FY2023$4.1M
FY2024$4.7M
FY2025$5.7M
Net assets
$3.6M
FY2025▲ +14%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$614K
FY2021$892K
FY2022$807K
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$3.2M
FY2025$3.6M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 1998.

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Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $4.9M Management & general 12% · $686K Fundraising 2% · $108K

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

16 people listed on the 990; $157K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$77,036Pt VII · Sec A
President/CEO
$76,000Pt VII · Sec A
$3,908Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Juan Avila’s $77K as COO is at the 16th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M human services 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
Juan Avila$77,036$75,854$70,500$71,161$66,967$66,000
Karen Goh$76,000$74,859$72,144$70,978$65,561$62,000
Mark L Rutkoskie$3,908$3,000$2,500$3,250$3,000$3,000

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

Provides mentoring, training, and education programs for children, youth, and adults.

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2 programs · $4.9M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Comprehensive Mentoring Services- Provides mentoring and programs with life-skills improvements for underserved and underdevleoped at-risk youth and adults, including, those transitioning from welfare-to-work.

$3.4Mprogram expense
02

Preschool program for children 2-5, to assist working parents by providing supervised care and enriching activities.

$1.5Mprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$1K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$6.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.6M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$60K
Money outPt IX
$5.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.9M
Managementcol C$686K
Fundraisingcol D$108K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16$3.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$247K
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b13
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$3.4M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$362K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$60K
Total revenueLn 12$6.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$195K
SavingsLn 2$978K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$375K
Total assetsLn 16$3.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$247K
Net assetsLn 32$3.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 552
VolunteersI 6234
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$928K$1.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.0M$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$461K$375K
Total assetsLn 16$3.3M$3.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$157K$247K
Net assetsLn 32$3.2M$3.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$157K$74K$79K$4K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.1M$2.9M$218K$11K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$35K$28K$6K$240
Other employee benefitsLn 9$303K$281K$20K$991
Payroll taxesLn 10$309K$281K$27K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$18K$16K$2K$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$53K$37K$16K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$8K$7K$1K$0
Office expensesLn 13$15K$4K$11K$849
Information technologyLn 14$15K$13K$2K$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$568K$498K$70K$0
TravelLn 17$96K$87K$9K$97
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$54K$51K$4K$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$95K$0$95K$0
InsuranceLn 23$103K$86K$17K$329
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$638K$527K$102K$9K
All other expensesLn 24e$125K$38K$7K$80K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.7M$4.9M$686K$108K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $6.1M$5.7M$442K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 $6.7M$4.7M$2.0M$3.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.6M$4.1M$450K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.0M$3.1M−$85K$807K 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.9M$2.6M$279K$892K 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.5M$2.2M$239K$614K 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $6,144,079 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $5,479,523$4,560,334
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,197,576$1,523,387
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $54,961$60,358
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $6,732,060$6,144,079
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,293,788$3,913,341
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,389,103$1,788,371
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,682,891$5,701,712
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $2,049,169$442,367
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members13
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 $6,144,079 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,523,387 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$361,945
VIII-1e Government grants$3,378,567
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$819,822
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,560,334
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$60,358
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,583,745 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$6,144,079
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,701,712 across 18 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $74,003 · Management $79,285 · Fundraising $3,657$156,945
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,881,005 · Management $217,775 · Fundraising $10,812$3,109,592
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $28,248 · Management $6,343 · Fundraising $240$34,831
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $281,276 · Management $20,336 · Fundraising $991$302,603
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $280,939 · Management $27,240 · Fundraising $1,191$309,370
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $15,603 · Management $1,989 · Fundraising $0$17,592
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $37,161 · Management $16,172 · Fundraising $0$53,333
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $6,868 · Management $1,472 · Fundraising $0$8,340
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,880 · Management $10,508 · Fundraising $849$15,237
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $13,489 · Management $1,900 · Fundraising $0$15,389
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $497,895 · Management $69,912 · Fundraising $0$567,807
IX-17 TravelPrograms $87,423 · Management $8,826 · Fundraising $97$96,346
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $50,668 · Management $3,683 · Fundraising $0$54,351
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $94,640 · Fundraising $0$94,640
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $85,857 · Management $16,577 · Fundraising $329$102,763
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $526,648 · Management $101,710 · Fundraising $9,175$637,533
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $37,531 · Management $7,261 · Fundraising $80,248$125,040
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,908,494 · Management $685,629 · Fundraising $107,589$5,701,712
Part X · Balance sheet $3,844,463 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $182,179$195,277
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $745,780$978,106
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $757,512$1,090,330
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $97,475$129,370
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $23,622$44,317
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $461,446$374,795
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,043,317$1,032,268
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,311,331$3,844,463
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $156,136$241,861
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $398$5,438
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $156,534$247,299
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,016,418$3,445,239
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $138,379$151,925
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,154,797$3,597,164
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,311,331$3,844,463
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,597,164 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$6,144,079
XI-2 Total expenses$5,701,712
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$442,367
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,154,797
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,597,164

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