Relief Nursery INC

Tax-deductible

Eugene, OR501(c)(3)Since 1983EIN 93-0784800Revenue $8.3M in FY2025

On file with the IRSreliefnursery.org1720 W 25th Ave, 97405-1663 · Eugene, ORTax-exempt since Sep 1981Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Relief Nursery is a child abuse and neglect prevention organization that works to strengthen high-risk families and keep young children safe. Relief Nursery works to stop the cycle of child abuse and neglect by combining therapeutic early childhood services, with a focus on the child's social and emotional development, with comprehensive family support. Services include therapeutic classrooms, early childhood special education, parenting education, mental health counseling, crisis response, respite care, home visiting, transportation, basic needs support, and substance use disorder recovery support services.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 271 volunteers and 129 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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FY2025 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $244K a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$674K
to officers and key staff · 9% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 9% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.6 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.1M
9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 9% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
23
of 23 voting members
Looks good: 23 of 23 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$8.3M
+30% vs prior year
Spent
$7.8M
To programs
78%
Net assets
$11.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$8.3M
FY2025▲ +30%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.9M
FY2021$4.8M
FY2022$5.4M
FY2023$5.9M
FY2024$6.4M
FY2025$8.3M
Expenses
$7.8M
FY2025▲ +25%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.9M
FY2021$4.5M
FY2022$4.8M
FY2023$6.1M
FY2024$6.2M
FY2025$7.8M
Net assets
$11.7M
FY2025▲ +9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$7.7M
FY2021$9.0M
FY2022$8.9M
FY2023$10.2M
FY2024$10.8M
FY2025$11.7M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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 Sep 1981.

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

Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $6.0M Management & general 16% · $1.2M Fundraising 6% · $494K

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

34 people listed on the 990; $674K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$133,071Pt VII · Sec A
Finance Director
$123,742Pt VII · Sec A
Program Manager
$106,274Pt VII · Sec A
Program Director
$105,915Pt VII · Sec A
Program Director
$104,353Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Admin & Human Resources
$100,197Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member-At-Large
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Sutherland Kelly$133,071$116,031$121,319$123,376$125,866$100,928
Catherine Fisher$123,742—————
Killian Terrence$106,274—————
Brown Ray$105,915—————
Finlay Leslie$104,353—————
Steele Lindsey$100,197—————
Ruiz Oni—$28,890$77,582$42,438——
Gowing Celia—————$65,459

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

Strengthens families and keeps young children safe through early childhood services and comprehensive support.

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3 programs · $3.8M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Therapeutic early childhood program provides a unique combination of individualized classroom and home-based developmental experiences for children newborn to six years of age. All aspects of the program focus on the specific issues of children from multi-stressed families who have experienced trauma, abuse, AND/OR stress, or are at risk…

$2.4Mprogram expense
02

Accessing success is a substance use disorder recovery support program for parents participating in other relief nursery programs. Accessing success provides peer support, parent for recovery support group and social skills activities to support parents in achieving and maintaining recovery.

$917Kprogram expense
03

The outreach program provides "front-end" intake, enrollment and crisis response for families at initial contact. It uses a strength-based and creative approach, offering choices and support to families in a compassionate manner.

$490Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$8.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.3M
Other incomeLn 4–11$647K
Money outPt IX
$7.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$6.0M
Managementcol C$1.2M
Fundraisingcol D$494K
Owns and owesPt X
$11.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.0M
Total assetsLn 16$12.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
34
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a23
IndependentVI 1b23
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$5.1M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$199K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$430K
Other incomeLn 4–11$647K
Gains on assetsLn 7$210K
Total revenueLn 12$8.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$0
SavingsLn 2$1.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.1M
Other assetsLn 15$4.6M
Total assetsLn 16$12.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M
Net assetsLn 32$11.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5129
VolunteersI 6271
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.5M$1.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.9M$3.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.9M$3.1M
Total assetsLn 16$11.9M$12.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M$1.1M
Net assetsLn 32$10.8M$11.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$216K$64K$88K$64K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$5.3M$4.2M$833K$265K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$50K$34K$13K$3K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$345K$267K$60K$18K
Payroll taxesLn 10$524K$420K$73K$31K
Legal feesLn 11b$5K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$42K$42K
Investment management feesLn 11f$37K$37K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$2K$3$4K
Office expensesLn 13$150K$59K$31K$60K
Information technologyLn 14$157K$103K$20K$34K
OccupancyLn 16$262K$222K$24K$16K
TravelLn 17$67K$63K$1K$3K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$7K$3K$997$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$207K$153K$43K$11K
InsuranceLn 23$65K$72K−$13K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$229K$221K$3K$5K
All other expensesLn 24e$83K$143K−$31K−$29K
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.8M$6.0M$1.2M$494K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $8.3M$7.8M$546K$11.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $6.4M$6.2M$184K$10.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $5.9M$6.1M−$218K$10.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $5.4M$4.8M$582K$8.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.8M$4.5M$373K$9.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.9M$3.9M−$3K$7.7M 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $8,318,724 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,008,765$5,988,057
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,532,719$1,252,998
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $284,589$430,410
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $597,220$647,259
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $6,423,293$8,318,724
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 $5,096,090$6,456,708
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,143,550$1,316,091
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $6,239,640$7,772,799
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $183,653$545,925
Part VI · Governance 23 of 23 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body23
VI-1b Independent voting members23
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 $8,318,724 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$29,258
VIII-1c Fundraising events$198,820
VIII-1e Government grants$5,128,625
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$631,354
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$5,988,057
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,252,998$1,252,998
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $220,264$220,264
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $210,146$210,146
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $584,700$584,700
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $62,559$62,559
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,252,998 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,077,669$8,318,724
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,772,799 across 18 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $64,326 · Management $87,793 · Fundraising $64,326$216,445
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $4,223,088 · Management $833,246 · Fundraising $265,285$5,321,619
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $34,010 · Management $12,588 · Fundraising $3,037$49,635
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $267,416 · Management $60,215 · Fundraising $17,738$345,369
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $419,589 · Management $72,569 · Fundraising $31,482$523,640
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $4,563$4,563
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $42,000$42,000
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $37,072$37,072
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,717 · Management $3 · Fundraising $4,314$6,034
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $59,328 · Management $30,568 · Fundraising $59,823$149,719
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $102,644 · Management $19,558 · Fundraising $34,472$156,674
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $222,326 · Management $24,391 · Fundraising $15,642$262,359
IX-17 TravelPrograms $62,615 · Management $1,264 · Fundraising $3,167$67,046
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $3,263 · Management $997 · Fundraising $2,484$6,744
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $152,779 · Management $43,135 · Fundraising $11,117$207,031
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $72,077 · Management −$12,594 · Fundraising $5,265$64,748
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $221,143 · Management $3,177 · Fundraising $4,918$229,238
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $142,732 · Management −$30,848 · Fundraising −$29,021$82,863
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $6,049,053 · Management $1,229,697 · Fundraising $494,049$7,772,799
Part X · Balance sheet $12,861,197 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $237$0
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,483,085$1,006,125
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $660,935$681,955
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $1,775$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $20,051$55,703
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,917,597$3,054,439
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $1,910,746$3,483,902
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $3,871,719$4,579,073
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $11,866,145$12,861,197
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $303,630$432,808
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $810,475$712,163
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,114,105$1,144,971
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $7,530,993$8,213,414
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $3,221,047$3,502,812
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $10,752,040$11,716,226
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $11,866,145$12,861,197
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $11,716,226 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$8,318,724
XI-2 Total expenses$7,772,799
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$545,925
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$10,752,040
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$418,261
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$11,716,226

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