The organization enhances the quality of life for people with Disabilities in the central valley, providing recreational & educational programs, work force development, and adapted medical equipment for those in need.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
47¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$102K 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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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
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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $168K a year · 23% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
47%
of spending
Concern: 47% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$102K
to officers and key staff · 16% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 16% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
25 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 24.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $109K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$41K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$776K
+8% vs prior year
Spent
$620K
To programs
47%
Net assets
$2.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$776K
FY2024▲ +8%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$452K
FY2021$824K
FY2022$697K
FY2023$721K
FY2024$776K
FY2025$845K
Expenses
$620K
FY2024▲ +4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$442K
FY2021$471K
FY2022$562K
FY2023$598K
FY2024$620K
FY2025$614K
Net assets
$2.5M
FY2024▲ +8%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$1.9M
FY2022$2.1M
FY2023$2.3M
FY2024$2.5M
FY2025$2.8M

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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 1949.

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

Where the money goes

47 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 47% · $290K Management & general 49% · $306K Fundraising 4% · $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

5 people listed on the 990; $102K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Di
$101,747Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Cathy Mendoza’s $102K as Executive Di is at the 87th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Cathy Mendoza$101,747$97,728$74,208$82,139$58,461
Michelle Allen————$17,239

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides recreational, educational, and job programs, plus medical equipment, for people with disabilities.

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3 programs · $290K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Thrift Store

Provides affordable clothing and housewares items to those in need and teaches necessary job training skills for persons with and without disabilities to help enter the workforce.

$114Kprogram expense
02

Other Program Service Expenses

The society provides recreational and social programs for people with disabilities including adapted snow ski, water ski, bike camp, a day on the farm, bowling, and holds a special needs ball.

$100Kprogram expense
03

Loan Closet

Loans adapted medical equipment such as walkers, wheelchairs, bedside commodes, and hospital beds for those in need.

$76Kprogram 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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$109K
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$776K
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$495K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$140K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$98K
Money outPt IX
$620K
Ln 25
Programscol B$290K
Managementcol C$306K
Fundraisingcol D$24K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.3M
Total assetsLn 16$2.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$41K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$98K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$140K
Investment incomeLn 3$43K
Other incomeLn 4–11$495K
Gains on assetsLn 7$19K
Total revenueLn 12$776K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$368K
SavingsLn 2$912K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$34K
Other assetsLn 15$1K
Total assetsLn 16$2.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$41K
Net assetsLn 32$2.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 57
VolunteersI 6300
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$1.1M$1.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5K$34K
Total assetsLn 16$2.3M$2.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$32K$41K
Net assetsLn 32$2.3M$2.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$102K$41K$41K$20K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$240K$144K$96K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$37K$4K$33K
Payroll taxesLn 10$25K$15K$9K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$52K$52K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$15K$10K$5K$174
OccupancyLn 16$90K$53K$37K
TravelLn 17$7K$3K$2K$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3K$2K$962
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$38K$18K$20K
All other expensesLn 24e$7K$7K
Total functional expensesLn 25$620K$290K$306K$24K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $845K$614K$231K$2.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 ViewingFiled with the IRS Mar 3, 2025 $776K$620K$157K$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Apr 8, 2024 $721K$598K$123K$2.3M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Feb 23, 2023 $697K$562K$135K$2.1M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Apr 20, 2022 $824K$471K$353K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2021 $452K$442K$10K$1.5M 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 O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $776,252 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $136,935$98,073
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $169,857$139,979
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $33,038$42,770
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $380,959$495,430
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $720,789$776,252
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $376,079$403,590
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $221,891$216,003
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $597,970$619,593
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $122,819$156,659
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $776,252 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$98,073
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$98,073
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $139,979$139,979
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $23,546$23,546
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $19,224$19,224
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $488,785$488,785
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $6,645$6,645
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $159,203 · Excluded from tax $518,976$776,252
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $619,593 across 13 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $40,699 · Management $40,699 · Fundraising $20,349$101,747
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $143,964 · Management $95,976$239,940
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,017 · Management $32,956$36,973
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $14,958 · Management $8,582 · Fundraising $1,390$24,930
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $51,876$51,876
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $2,737$2,737
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $9,554 · Management $5,488 · Fundraising $174$15,216
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $52,819 · Management $36,845$89,664
IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,432 · Management $1,733 · Fundraising $1,733$6,898
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $1,678$1,678
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,382 · Management $962$3,344
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $18,112 · Management $19,763$37,875
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $6,715$6,715
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $289,937 · Management $306,010 · Fundraising $23,646$619,593
Part X · Balance sheet $2,501,152 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $356,067$368,218
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $754,430$912,309
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $1,185,001$1,185,001
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $4,705$34,282
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,342$1,342
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,301,545$2,501,152
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $32,141$40,650
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $32,166$40,650
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,234,769$2,425,892
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $34,610$34,610
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,269,379$2,460,502
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,301,545$2,501,152
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,460,502 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$776,252
XI-2 Total expenses$619,593
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$156,659
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,269,379
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$34,464
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,460,502

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