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

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
87¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$131K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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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
87%
of spending
Looks good: 87% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$131K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.6 months of spending in cash; under 1.
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
$82K
12% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 12% 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
$2.5M
Spent
$2.2M
To programs
87%
Net assets
$614K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.5M
FY2020
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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
$2.2M
FY2020
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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
$614K
FY2020
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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 FY2020 Form 990 · 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 Jan 1998.

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

Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 87% · $1.9M Management & general 10% · $219K Fundraising 3% · $73K

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; $131K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Director of Operations
$66,000Pt VII · Sec A
President/CEO
$62,000Pt VII · Sec A
$3,000Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman of Board
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$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

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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
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II2 listed

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

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3 programs · $1.9M · in their own filed words · FY2020
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.

$990Kprogram expense
02

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

$945Kprogram expense
03

After school performing arts program for children ages 5-12 . Assists working parents by providing supervised, enriching activities for children

Pt IX · col B

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 FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$686K
Money outPt IX
$2.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.9M
Managementcol C$219K
Fundraisingcol D$73K
Owns and owesPt X
$614K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$118K
Total assetsLn 16$696K
LiabilitiesLn 26$82K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$686K
Total revenueLn 12$2.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$118K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$118K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$270K
Total assetsLn 16$696K
LiabilitiesLn 26$82K
Net assetsLn 32$614K
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$66K$118K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$311K$270K
Total assetsLn 16$649K$696K
LiabilitiesLn 26$275K$82K
Net assetsLn 32$374K$614K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$131K$58K$67K$6K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.2M$1.2M$67K$4K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$16K$14K$2K$170
Other employee benefitsLn 9$90K$88K$1K$106
Payroll taxesLn 10$130K$117K$12K$964
Management feesLn 11a$2K$0$2K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$1K$2K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$3K$0$434
Office expensesLn 13$15K$12K$1K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$31K$18K$13K$0
OccupancyLn 16$98K$92K$6K$0
TravelLn 17$5K$3K$1K$58
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$11K$10K$1K$0
InterestLn 20$4K$412$3K$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$47K$26K$20K$0
InsuranceLn 23$65K$62K$2K$250
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$181K$123K$6K$52K
All other expensesLn 24e$147K$128K$12K$7K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.2M$1.9M$219K$73K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $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 Viewing $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
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Part I · Summary $2,466,125 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,385,377$1,780,479
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $768,616$685,646
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,153,993$2,466,125
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,434,892$1,616,482
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $600,343$610,488
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,035,235$2,226,970
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $118,758$239,155
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 $2,466,125 across 4 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $685,646 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$1,373,117
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$407,362
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,780,479
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $685,646 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$2,466,125
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,226,970 across 18 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $58,380 · Management $66,578 · Fundraising $6,042$131,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,178,416 · Management $67,154 · Fundraising $4,153$1,249,723
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $13,712 · Management $2,157 · Fundraising $170$16,039
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $87,946 · Management $1,448 · Fundraising $106$89,500
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $116,899 · Management $12,357 · Fundraising $964$130,220
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $2,003 · Fundraising $0$2,003
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $1,400 · Management $1,600 · Fundraising $0$3,000
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,770 · Management $0 · Fundraising $434$3,204
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $11,555 · Management $1,245 · Fundraising $2,319$15,119
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $18,022 · Management $12,663 · Fundraising $0$30,685
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $91,915 · Management $6,416 · Fundraising $0$98,331
IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,125 · Management $1,470 · Fundraising $58$4,653
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $9,975 · Management $1,103 · Fundraising $0$11,078
IX-20 InterestPrograms $412 · Management $3,141 · Fundraising $0$3,553
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $26,421 · Management $20,193 · Fundraising $0$46,614
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $62,468 · Management $1,845 · Fundraising $250$64,563
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $122,623 · Management $6,199 · Fundraising $52,116$180,938
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $128,294 · Management $11,750 · Fundraising $6,703$146,747
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,934,333 · Management $219,322 · Fundraising $73,315$2,226,970
Part X · Balance sheet $695,805 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $65,979$117,580
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $167,035$250,519
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $77,160$52,596
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $27,688$4,695
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $311,204$270,415
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $649,066$695,805
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $97,751$46,617
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $274,657$82,241
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $326,201$575,088
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $48,208$38,476
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $374,409$613,564
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $649,066$695,805
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $613,564 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,466,125
XI-2 Total expenses$2,226,970
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$239,155
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$374,409
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$613,564

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