Open Arms provides community-based support during pregnancy, birth, and early parenting to nurture strong foundations that last a lifetime.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 32 volunteers and 33 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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FY2024 · 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
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 $420K a year · 10% 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
84%
of spending
Looks good: 84% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$393K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
11 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 11.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $8K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$369K
8% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 8% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.5M
+24% vs prior year
Spent
$4.1M
To programs
84%
Net assets
$4.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$5.5M
FY2024▲ +24%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$4.0M
FY2021$4.1M
FY2022$3.9M
FY2023$4.4M
FY2024$5.5M
Expenses
$4.1M
FY2024▼ -4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.3M
FY2021$4.2M
FY2022$4.0M
FY2023$4.2M
FY2024$4.1M
Net assets
$4.0M
FY2024▲ +53%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.7M
FY2021$2.5M
FY2022$2.4M
FY2023$2.6M
FY2024$4.0M

From the FY2024 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 1998.

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Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $3.4M Management & general 8% · $309K Fundraising 9% · $355K

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

17 people listed on the 990; $393K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$150,816Pt VII · Sec A
Managing Director
$121,064Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Programs
$120,916Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Dilrukshi Perera’s $151K as Executive Director is at the 73rd 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Dilrukshi Perera$150,816$160,511———
Dila Perera——$137,264$131,751$101,014
Deandra Ludovice$121,064$104,754———
Cynthia Turrietta$120,916$114,793———

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

Supports pregnant people and new parents with community resources for a strong start.

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3 programs · $2.7M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Outreach Doula

This community-based program improves health outcomes related to pregnancy, childbirth, and the early postpartum period for pregnant people and their babies. Free of cost to families who are enrolled, culturally and linguistically matched doulas provide birth support and multiple monthly home visits up to the child's second birthday.

$1.3Mprogram expense
02

Birth Doula Services

This program improves health outcomes related to pregnancy, childbirth, and the early postpartum period for pregnant people and their babies. Services are free of cost and families are culturally and linguistically matched with a doula who provides individualized, home-based services prenatally, during birth, and for at least three…

$827Kprogram expense
03

Community Education & Engagement

Previously some of these activities were conducted through our perinatal collaborative program and further developed in 2024 in response to community needs. Open arms trains local community members to serve their own communities as care specialists in doula support, lactation, and childbirth education.

$572Kprogram expense

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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$8K
Grants paid · 16 grants · $2.0M · 2020–2024
Alliance for a Just SocietyWA · FY2024$159,692
Unitemized GrantFY2022$218,400
Unitemized GrantFY2021$209,505
Journey Midwife ServicesFY2021$155,541
Api ChayaWA · FY2021$122,023
Unitemized GrantFY2021$13,052
Unitemized GrantFY2020$120,622
Journey Midwife ServicesFY2020$112,514
Allied Media Projects INCMI · FY2020$72,667
Api ChayaWA · FY2020$66,333

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$99K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$18K
Money outPt IX
$4.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.4M
Managementcol C$309K
Fundraisingcol D$355K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.7M
Total assetsLn 16$4.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$369K
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$2.5M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$214K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$91K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$18K
Investment incomeLn 3$99K
Other incomeLn 4–11$232
Gains on assetsLn 7−$2K
Total revenueLn 12$5.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$650K
SavingsLn 2$3.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$4.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$369K
Net assetsLn 32$4.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 533
VolunteersI 632
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.4M$3.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$2.9M$4.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$253K$369K
Net assetsLn 32$2.6M$4.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$160K$160K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$159K$32K$57K$70K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.1M$1.8M$88K$197K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$159K$134K$8K$16K
Payroll taxesLn 10$213K$174K$14K$25K
Legal feesLn 11b$378$378
Accounting feesLn 11c$237K$110K$126K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$16K$16K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$630K$629K$695
OccupancyLn 16$150K$146K$4K
TravelLn 17$35K$34K$1K$207
InsuranceLn 23$19K$17K$1K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$226K$189K$13K$24K
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.1M$3.4M$309K$355K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $5.5M$4.1M$1.4M$4.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.4M$4.2M$192K$2.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.9M$4.0M−$122K$2.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.1M$4.2M−$108K$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 $4.0M$3.3M$741K$2.7M 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
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Part I · Summary $5,454,223 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,265,840$5,336,673
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $59,300$17,857
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $80,396$99,461
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $85$232
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,405,621$5,454,223
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$159,692
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,574,191$2,585,261
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $7,409$15,999
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,632,240$1,297,625
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,213,840$4,058,577
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $191,781$1,395,646
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members14
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 $5,454,223 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$90,952
VIII-1e Government grants$2,507,921
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,737,800
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$213,755
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$5,336,673
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $17,857$17,857
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $101,496$101,496
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$2,035−$2,035
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $232$232
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $17,857 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $99,693$5,454,223
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,058,577 across 13 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $159,692$159,692
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $31,708 · Management $57,074 · Fundraising $69,758$158,540
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,769,920 · Management $88,154 · Fundraising $196,813$2,054,887
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $134,154 · Management $7,958 · Fundraising $16,440$158,552
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $174,060 · Management $13,774 · Fundraising $25,448$213,282
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $378$378
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $110,417 · Management $126,317$236,734
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $15,999$15,999
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $629,205 · Fundraising $695$629,900
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $146,073 · Fundraising $3,666$149,739
IX-17 TravelPrograms $33,583 · Management $1,306 · Fundraising $207$35,096
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $16,524 · Management $1,106 · Fundraising $1,678$19,308
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $189,104 · Management $13,037 · Fundraising $24,329$226,470
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,394,440 · Management $309,104 · Fundraising $355,033$4,058,577
Part X · Balance sheet $4,383,927 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,604,829$650,211
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $760,780$3,098,113
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $443,895$560,799
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $63,174$74,804
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,872,678$4,383,927
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $252,904$253,127
X-19 Deferred revenue$115,380
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $252,904$368,507
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,220,999$3,810,230
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $398,775$205,190
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,619,774$4,015,420
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,872,678$4,383,927
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,015,420 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,454,223
XI-2 Total expenses$4,058,577
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,395,646
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,619,774
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,015,420

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