Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 2018.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
65 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
8 people listed on the 990; $62K paid to officers and key staff.
Donna L Reed’s $60K as Executive Director is at the 86th percentile of top reported officer pay among 202 <$100K 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.
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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 15aNo
Programs and updates
Empowers teens aging out of foster care with hope, opportunities, and family.
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The leg up on life(luol) program provides guidance, support, education and real life life skills to teens in foster care and young adults who have aged out of the foster care system. Luol college connection supports emancipated youth throughout their college experience and beyond by creating life long connections and developing family…
A day in real life is a series of hands on life skills and assimilations that teach real life skills, financial literacy, college prep and which educational path to your goals, dreams and ambitions.
Together We Win Events/Essentials
Teens ages 13-15 know chances of them being adopted is slim to none; age 16 the weight of the world comes upon them because they have to start making adult decisions with little to no knowledge or information; at 17 they have 364 mor days and their resources end. 20,000 teens age out of foster care in the us every year.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $3K | $11K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $3K | $11K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $0 | $0 |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $3K | $11K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $60K | $39K | $6K | $15K |
| Management feesLn 11a | $10K | $7K | $1K | $3K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $825 | $536 | $83 | $206 |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $3K | $2K | $348 | $871 |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $4K | $3K | $437 | $1K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $1K | $751 | $115 | $289 |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $2K | $1K | $169 | $424 |
| InterestLn 20 | $17 | $11 | $2 | $4 |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $2K | $1K | $160 | $401 |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $3K | $2K | $280 | $703 |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $86K | $56K | $9K | $22K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest Viewing | $93K | $86K | $6K | $11K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $93K | $3K | 990 PDF | ||
| FY2022 | $79K | $4K | 990 PDF | ||
| FY2021 | Not on file | ||||
| FY2020 | $25K | $8K | 990 PDF | ||
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $92,646 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 6 of 7 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $92,646 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $86,415 across 10 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $10,734 assets, 6 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $10,734 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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