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Rockwest Training Company FY2023 filing

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Salem, OR501(c)(3)EmploymentEIN 93-0638079Revenue $1.5M in FY2023

On file with the IRS1388 12th St Se, 97302-2815 · Salem, ORTax-exempt since Jan 1977Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To empower people with disabilities by teaching skills and enhancing abilities through providing employment and involement in their community to promote personal achievement.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
62¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$77K 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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FY2023 · 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
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
3 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $70K a year · 7% of revenue · last 4 filings
Fine: a surplus in 3 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
62%
of spending
Worth a look: 62% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$77K
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
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $31
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$594K
17% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 17% 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
$1.5M
+276% vs prior year
Spent
$1.0M
To programs
62%
Net assets
$2.9M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$1.5M
FY2023▲ +276%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$394K
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$1.2M
Expenses
$1.0M
FY2023▲ +19%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$858K
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$882K
Net assets
$2.9M
FY2023▲ +85%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$1.6M
FY2023$2.9M
FY2024$2.8M
FY2025$3.1M

From the FY2023 Form 990 (year ending June 2023) · 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 Jan 1977.

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

Where the money goes

62 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 62% · $631K Management & general 38% · $391K

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

7 people listed on the 990; $77K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
Starla Hirschkorn
Exec Director
$77,250Pt VII · Sec A
Brent Culver
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Kelly Hurst
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
John English
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Shawn Lapof
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Steve Snyder
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Debbie Luring
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Starla Hirschkorn’s $83K as Executive Dir. is at the 15th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1245 $1–10M employment 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2021
Starla Hirschkorn$82,712$79,702$77,250$81,370

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

Programs and updates

Teaches skills and provides employment to empower people with disabilities for personal achievement.

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3 programs · $631K · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Training people with disabilities to assemble first aid kits for work and home sites

$316Kprogram expense
02

Training people with disabilities to perform a variety of employment skills through manufacturing, assembly, industrial sewing, screen print and embroidery, janitorial and office skills.

$186Kprogram expense
03

Providing a day activity program for unemployable disabled adults to integrate them in the community and to develop or retain living and social skills.

$129Kprogram 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$31
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$31

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.5M
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$803K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$671K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5K
Money outPt IX
$1.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$631K
Managementcol C$391K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$640K
Total assetsLn 16$3.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$594K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$5K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$671K
Investment incomeLn 3$4K
Other incomeLn 4–11$803K
Gains on assetsLn 7$90
Total revenueLn 12$1.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$640K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$640K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.3M
Total assetsLn 16$3.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$594K
Net assetsLn 32$2.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 591
VolunteersI 61
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$483K$640K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.2M$2.3M
Total assetsLn 16$3.0M$3.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$595K$594K
Net assetsLn 32$2.4M$2.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$81K$0$81K$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$518K$412K$106K$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$10K$10K$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$27K$27K$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$60K$41K$19K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$8K$0$8K$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$52K$0$52K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$4K$0$4K$0
Office expensesLn 13$46K$0$46K$0
OccupancyLn 16$33K$26K$8K$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$4K$1K$3K$0
InterestLn 20$22K$0$22K$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$71K$49K$22K$0
InsuranceLn 23$34K$24K$10K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$52K$42K$10K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.0M$631K$391K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.2M$882K$281K$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.2M$1.2M$4K$2.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $1.5M$1.0M$460K$2.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 Not on file
FY2021 $394K$858K−$464K$1.6M 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 FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,482,366 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $50,255$4,606
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $490,023$671,043
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $663,983$4,145
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $328,604$802,572
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,532,865$1,482,366
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $627,395$695,599
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $344,630$326,847
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $972,025$1,022,446
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $560,840$459,920
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,482,366 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $794,239 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$4,606
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,606
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$671,043
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $4,055$4,055
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $90 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$90
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $8,333 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$8,333
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,277,100 · Unrelated business $4,286 · Excluded from tax $4,055$1,482,366
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,022,446 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $81,390 · Fundraising $0$81,390
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $411,717 · Management $106,053 · Fundraising $0$517,770
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $9,855 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$9,855
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $27,083 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$27,083
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $40,886 · Management $18,615 · Fundraising $0$59,501
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $8,366 · Fundraising $0$8,366
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $52,158 · Fundraising $0$52,158
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $4,087 · Fundraising $0$4,087
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $46,291 · Fundraising $0$46,291
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $25,523 · Management $7,969 · Fundraising $0$33,492
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,151 · Management $2,739 · Fundraising $0$3,890
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $22,038 · Fundraising $0$22,038
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $48,551 · Management $22,098 · Fundraising $0$70,649
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $24,234 · Management $9,791 · Fundraising $0$34,025
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $42,111 · Management $9,740 · Fundraising $0$51,851
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $631,111 · Management $391,335 · Fundraising $0$1,022,446
Part X · Balance sheet $3,467,923 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $482,839$639,839
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $131,672$432,613
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $124,512$83,144
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $48,014$54,670
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,221,970$2,257,657
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,009,007$3,467,923
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $107,372$119,139
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $595,486$594,482
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,413,521$2,873,441
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,413,521$2,873,441
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,009,007$3,467,923
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,873,441 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,482,366
XI-2 Total expenses$1,022,446
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$459,920
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,413,521
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,873,441

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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