Building a world that realizes the Boundless potential of all people.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.8M 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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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.8M a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
Looks good: 82% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.8M
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
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.6 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $2K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$8.2M
30% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 30% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
17
of 17 voting members
Looks good: 17 of 17 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$70.5M
+10% vs prior year
Spent
$64.1M
To programs
82%
Net assets
$19.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$70.5M
FY2021▲ +10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$64.0M
FY2021$70.5M
FY2022$81.8M
FY2023$100.4M
FY2024$154.3M
Expenses
$64.1M
FY2021▲ +14%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$56.0M
FY2021$64.1M
FY2022$87.8M
FY2023$101.9M
FY2024$151.8M
Net assets
$19.0M
FY2021▲ +50%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$12.6M
FY2021$19.0M
FY2022$13.9M
FY2023$12.9M
FY2024$15.3M

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 2013.

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Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $52.3M Management & general 18% · $11.9M

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

27 people listed on the 990; $1.8M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
VP, General Counsel
$277,899Pt VII · Sec A
President & CEO
$246,172Pt VII · Sec A
VP Operations & COO
$216,695Pt VII · Sec A
Medical Director
$187,527Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Program Services
$170,688Pt VII · Sec A
VP, People & Culture
$164,012Pt VII · Sec A
Regional Director
$141,290Pt VII · Sec A
VP Analytics & Technology
$140,547Pt VII · Sec A

Cynthia Ripsin’s $344K as Director, Medical is at the 37th percentile of top reported officer pay among 249 $100M+ 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Cynthia Ripsin$343,783$311,901———
Nithya Ramanathan———$187,527$288,439
David Scott Blaugrund——$151,618$277,899$231,814
Patrick Maynard——$263,990$246,172$253,339
Christopher Wolf——$219,931——
Chris Wolf———$216,695$213,582
Nathan J Henninger$196,669$151,053$142,816——
Trent Stechschulte——$195,484——

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

Programs and updates

Provides person-centered adult day, employment, and vocational training programs to help individuals with diverse needs build skills and connect with their communities.

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3 programs · $46.9M · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Provided high quality residential services to individuals with developmental disabilities that live with (or adjacent to) other family members, but only where a family member can accept some PDP responsibility for monitoring the residential services that I am boundless, inc. Provides to the individual.

$22.6Mprogram expense
02

Provided high quality residential services to individuals with developmental disabilities living in a group I/DD residential facility and served 105 monthly

$12.7Mprogram expense
03

Provided high quality residential services to individuals with developmental disabilities living in their own home and served 96 monthly

$11.7Mprogram expense

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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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$2K
Grants paid · 25 grants · $1.8M · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$332,940
Unitemized GrantFY2024$29,576
Unitemized GrantFY2024$16,256
Unitemized GrantFY2024$14,060
Unitemized GrantFY2024$13,415
Unitemized GrantFY2023$321,558
Unitemized GrantFY2023$41,154
Unitemized GrantFY2023$21,948
Unitemized GrantFY2023$16,972
Unitemized GrantFY2023$16,067
Unitemized GrantFY2022$305,699
Unitemized GrantFY2022$36,434
Unitemized GrantFY2022$19,439
Unitemized GrantFY2022$17,015
Unitemized GrantFY2022$13,301
Unitemized GrantFY2021$230,255
Unitemized GrantFY2021$23,242
Unitemized GrantFY2021$14,332
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$70.5M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$57.0M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$10.7M
Other incomeLn 4–11$2.8M
Money outPt IX
$64.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$52.3M
Managementcol C$11.9M
Owns and owesPt X
$19.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$13.8M
Total assetsLn 16$27.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8.2M
PeoplePt VI, VII
27
listed · VII A
PaidVII A10
Voting boardVI 1a17
IndependentVI 1b17
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$10.7M
Government grantsLn 1e$10.2M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$396K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$57.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2.8M
Gains on assetsLn 7−$52
Total revenueLn 12$70.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$9.4M
SavingsLn 2$4.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$13.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.4M
Other assetsLn 15$3.1M
Total assetsLn 16$27.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8.2M
Net assetsLn 32$19.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52,794
VolunteersI 622
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$10.1M$13.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.6M$3.4M
Total assetsLn 16$18.1M$27.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.5M$8.2M
Net assetsLn 32$12.6M$19.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$2.5M$2.5M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$290K$290K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$313K$263K$50K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$42.5M$35.8M$6.7M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$4.9M$4.1M$836K
Payroll taxesLn 10$4.0M$3.4M$538K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$76K$76K
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.5M$361K$1.1M
Advertising and promotionLn 12$284K$68K$216K
Office expensesLn 13$244K$144K$100K
Information technologyLn 14$624K$149K$475K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$1.7M$1.3M$397K
TravelLn 17$170K$111K$59K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$67K$16K$51K
InterestLn 20$19K$414$19K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$581K$127K$454K
InsuranceLn 23$249K$142K$108K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$3.2M$3.0M$216K
All other expensesLn 24e$865K$434K$432K
Total functional expensesLn 25$64.1M$52.3M$11.9M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $154.3M$151.8M$2.5M$15.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $100.4M$101.9M−$1.5M$12.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $81.8M$87.8M−$6.1M$13.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $70.5M$64.1M$6.4M$19.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $64.0M$56.0M$7.9M$12.6M 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 J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $70,512,439 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $81,667$10,669,028
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $58,013,984$56,995,502
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,544$3,025
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $5,878,384$2,844,884
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $63,975,579$70,512,439
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $328,133$2,823,519
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $48,525,138$51,701,711
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $7,178,324$9,585,458
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $56,031,595$64,110,688
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $7,943,984$6,401,751
Part VI · Governance 17 of 17 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body17
VI-1b Independent voting members17
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 $70,512,439 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $66,196 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$10,165,952
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$503,076
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$395,611
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$10,669,028
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $56,929,306$56,929,306
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $3,077$3,077
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $21,189$21,189
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$52−$52
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $2,823,695$2,823,695
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $57,016,691 · Excluded from tax $2,826,720$70,512,439
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $64,110,688 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $2,533,279$2,533,279
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $290,240$290,240
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $263,164 · Management $49,514$312,678
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $35,809,497 · Management $6,684,204$42,493,701
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,074,861 · Management $835,915$4,910,776
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,446,825 · Management $537,731$3,984,556
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $75,901$75,901
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $360,950 · Management $1,149,819$1,510,769
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $67,762 · Management $215,858$283,620
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $144,498 · Management $99,521$244,019
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $149,026 · Management $474,728$623,754
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,311,551 · Management $397,239$1,708,790
IX-17 TravelPrograms $110,911 · Management $59,150$170,061
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $15,965 · Management $50,857$66,822
IX-20 InterestPrograms $414 · Management $18,797$19,211
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $127,025 · Management $454,332$581,357
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $141,573 · Management $107,634$249,207
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,970,839 · Management $215,662$3,186,501
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $433,718 · Management $431,728$865,446
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $52,252,098 · Management $11,858,590 · Fundraising $0$64,110,688
Part X · Balance sheet $27,185,740 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $3,198,157$9,366,815
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $6,907,301$4,426,230
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $3,705,406$5,687,389
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $926,008$1,191,405
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,600,111$3,392,888
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
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 $1,792,878$3,121,013
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $18,129,861$27,185,740
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,461,122$5,265,395
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $373,862$817,540
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 $352,335$1,790,191
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $5,491,062$8,165,881
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $12,399,881$18,782,413
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $238,918$237,446
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $12,638,799$19,019,859
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $18,129,861$27,185,740
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $19,019,859 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$70,512,439
XI-2 Total expenses$64,110,688
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$6,401,751
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$12,638,799
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$20,691
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$19,019,859

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