For the Need Foundation FY2021 filing

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Simi Valley, CA501(c)(3)Since 2004Human ServicesEIN 81-0657985

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To provide a Foundation for underprivileged youth to overcome lifes difficult challenges discover opportunity and realize their own unique potential.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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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
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 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $106K a year · 24% of revenue · last 4 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 4 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
84%
of spending
Looks good: 84% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
16 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 16.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
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
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 4 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 4 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$362K
Spent
$204K
To programs
84%
Net assets
$426K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$362K
FY2021
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$362K
FY2022$142K
FY2023$480K
FY2024$461K
FY2025$436K
Expenses
$204K
FY2021
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$204K
FY2022Not on file
FY2023$380K
FY2024$331K
FY2025$398K
Net assets
$426K
FY2021
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$426K
FY2022$220K
FY2023$321K
FY2024$451K
FY2025$495K

From the FY2021 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 Dec 2004.

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

Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $170K Management & general 15% · $31K Fundraising 1% · $3K

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

4 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President CEO
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
CFO Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Allie Spaccarelli’s $91K as Director is at the 81st percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Dorina Timbol——$146,474$47,613
Allie Spaccarelli$90,881$69,976——

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Empowers underprivileged youth to overcome challenges, discover opportunities, and realize their potential.

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3 program services account for $26K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2021.
01

Bow & arrow program providing mentorship financial and other resources activities and materials to youth experiencing homelessness poverty and crhonic illlness

$17Kprogram expense
02

Sent the program children to summer camp

$6Kprogram expense
03

Mailing of holiday letter for donations to supply gifts to children in need

$3Kprogram expense

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Funders

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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$1K
Grants paid · 4 grants · $30K · 2021–2025
Los Angeles International Church of ChristFY2025$10,000
New Village Girls AcademyFY2025$5,000
Los Angeles Church of ChristCA · FY2021$10,000
Happy Trails for KidsCA · FY2021$5,000

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$362K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$354K
Other incomeLn 4–11$7K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Money outPt IX
$204K
Ln 25
Programscol B$170K
Managementcol C$31K
Fundraisingcol D$3K
Owns and owesPt X
$426K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$277K
Total assetsLn 16$426K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
4
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$354K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$20K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Other incomeLn 4–11$7K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$362K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$264K
SavingsLn 2$13K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$277K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$150K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$426K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$426K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 6187
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$169K$277K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$100K$150K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$269K$426K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$269K$426K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$15K$15K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$5K$5K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0$0$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$114K$114K$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$12K$12K$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$9K$0$9K$0
Information technologyLn 14$2K$0$2K$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$17K$0$17K$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$577$0$577$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$3K$0$3K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$27K$24K$132$3K
All other expensesLn 24e$508$508$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$204K$170K$31K$3K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $436K$398K$37K$495K 990 PDF
FY2024 $461K$331K$130K$451K 990 PDF
FY2023 $480K$380K$100K$321K 990 PDF
FY2022 $142K$220K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $362K$204K$158K$426K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $362,158 across 16 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$354,074
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$20,115
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$354,074
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,231
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$6,853
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$362,158
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $204,112 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $15,000$15,000
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $5,000$5,000
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $114,442 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$114,442
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $11,598 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$11,598
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $8,705 · Fundraising $0$8,705
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $1,544 · Fundraising $0$1,544
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $17,163 · Fundraising $0$17,163
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $577 · Fundraising $0$577
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $2,594 · Fundraising $0$2,594
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $23,894 · Management $132 · Fundraising $2,955$26,981
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $508 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$508
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $170,442 · Management $30,715 · Fundraising $2,955$204,112
Part X · Balance sheet $426,497 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $14,926$263,536
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $153,779$13,460
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $99,928$149,501
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 $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $268,633$426,497
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
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 $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $268,633$426,497
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $268,633$426,497
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $268,633$426,497
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $426,497 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$362,158
XI-2 Total expenses$204,112
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$158,046
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$268,633
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$2,114
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$84
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$1,848
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$426,497

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