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Connecting Ties INC FY2024 filing

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Valdez, AK501(c)(3)Since 1994Human ServicesEIN 92-0150429Revenue $1.9M in FY2024

On file with the IRSPo Box 2017, 99686-2017 · Valdez, AKTax-exempt since Dec 1997Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Connecting Ties, INC. Is a non-profit corporation dedicated to ensuring that individuals with disabilities and their families have equal opportunity to be fully included in the community of their choice, where education, employment, housing, recreation and family support services are available, and to be treated with the same respect and dignity afforded any member of the community.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
75¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$125K 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 $163K a year · 7% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
75%
of spending
Fine: 75% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$125K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $26
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$133K
10% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 10% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.9M
-11% vs prior year
Spent
$1.6M
To programs
75%
Net assets
$1.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.9M
FY2024▼ -11%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.3M
FY2021$2.7M
FY2022$2.0M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$1.9M
FY2025$1.8M
Expenses
$1.6M
FY2024▼ -6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.0M
FY2021$2.7M
FY2022$2.0M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$1.6M
FY2025$1.8M
Net assets
$1.3M
FY2024▲ +25%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$594K
FY2021$617K
FY2022$615K
FY2023$1000K
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$1.6M

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending June 2024) · 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 Dec 1997.

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

Where the money goes

75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 75% · $1.2M Management & general 24% · $389K Fundraising 1% · $24K

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

9 people listed on the 990; $125K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
Mark Dickman
Executive Director
$125,192Pt VII · Sec A
Ken Fulcher
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Edward Poole
Secretary/Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Tahnee King
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Robert Fitch
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Scott Malone
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Mark Dickman’s $135K as Executive Director is at the 65th 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
Mark Dickman$135,129$125,192————
Robin James———$68,173$90,869$84,320
Tonia Hamilton——$31,391$42,834——

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

Connecting Ties INC is a human services nonprofit based in Valdez, AK, formed in 1994.

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1 program · $1.2M · in their own filed words · FY2023
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To habilitate clients so they can be of value to the communities in which they live.

$1.2Mprogram expense

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 · FY2023
Amazonsmile FoundationFY2023$26
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$26

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.9M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.4M
Other incomeLn 4–11$245K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$226K
Money outPt IX
$1.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.2M
Managementcol C$389K
Fundraisingcol D$24K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$529K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$133K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$226K
Government grantsLn 1e$224K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$70
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$20K
Other incomeLn 4–11$245K
Gains on assetsLn 7$2K
Total revenueLn 12$1.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$189K
SavingsLn 2$340K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$529K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$486K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$133K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 534
VolunteersI 618
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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$706K$529K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$514K$486K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$375K$133K
Net assetsLn 32$1000K$1.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$134K$37K$85K$12K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.0M$881K$156K$6K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$17K$13K$3K$271
Other employee benefitsLn 9$39K$30K$8K$615
Payroll taxesLn 10$103K$80K$21K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$56K$56K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$5K$550$275
Office expensesLn 13$14K$11K$3K$224
Information technologyLn 14$4K$3K$771$60
OccupancyLn 16$57K$44K$12K$905
TravelLn 17$18K$12K$6K
InterestLn 20$9K$9K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$25K$19K$5K$398
InsuranceLn 23$31K$28K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$57K$38K$18K$701
All other expensesLn 24e$13K$11K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.6M$1.2M$389K$24K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.8M$1.8M$58K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $1.9M$1.6M$252K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.1M$1.7M$385K$1000K 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.0M$2.0M−$2K$615K 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.7M$2.7M$23K$617K 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.3M$3.0M$261K$594K 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
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,880,622 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $159,514$225,538
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,747,768$1,390,249
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $538$20,334
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $201,058$244,501
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,108,878$1,880,622
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,390,823$1,337,265
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $333,358$291,105
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,724,181$1,628,370
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $384,697$252,252
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
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 $1,880,622 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $212,980 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$224,498
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,040
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$70
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$225,538
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,390,249$1,390,249
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $18,310$18,310
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $29,332$29,332
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $2,024$2,024
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $176$176
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $2,013$2,013
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,634,574 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $20,510$1,880,622
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,628,370 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $36,560 · Management $85,444 · Fundraising $12,206$134,210
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $881,234 · Management $156,413 · Fundraising $6,498$1,044,145
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $13,257 · Management $3,495 · Fundraising $271$17,023
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $30,111 · Management $7,938 · Fundraising $615$38,664
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $80,390 · Management $21,192 · Fundraising $1,641$103,223
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $56,007$56,007
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,375$2,375
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,678 · Management $550 · Fundraising $275$5,503
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $10,973 · Management $2,893 · Fundraising $224$14,090
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,925 · Management $771 · Fundraising $60$3,756
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $44,308 · Management $11,680 · Fundraising $905$56,893
IX-17 TravelPrograms $11,811 · Management $5,981$17,792
IX-20 InterestManagement $8,596$8,596
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $19,490 · Management $5,138 · Fundraising $398$25,026
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $28,483 · Management $2,616$31,099
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $38,359 · Management $18,239 · Fundraising $701$57,299
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $10,806 · Management $1,863$12,669
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,215,760 · Management $388,816 · Fundraising $23,794$1,628,370
Part X · Balance sheet $1,385,523 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $642,079$188,789
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $63,770$340,474
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $122,832$361,609
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $32,254$8,454
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $513,718$486,197
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,374,653$1,385,523
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $118,994$133,275
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $374,657$133,275
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $999,996$1,252,248
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $999,996$1,252,248
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,374,653$1,385,523
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,252,248 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,880,622
XI-2 Total expenses$1,628,370
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$252,252
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$999,996
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,252,248

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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