Through the Looking Glass

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Berkeley, CA501(c)(3)Since 1982Health CareEIN 94-2823116Revenue $4.4M in FY2024

On file with the IRSlookingglass.org3075 Adeline St Ste 120, 94703-2579 · Berkeley, CATax-exempt since Sep 1982Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The mission of Through the Looking Glass (tlg) is "to provide services to children & families with disabilities,and encourage respectful and empowering services--guided by personal disability experience and disability culture--for families that have children, parents, or grandparents with disability or medical issues." tlg provides trauma-informed mental health, developmental and occupational therapy services, disability adaptations, and early childhood education that support parent/infant or child, and family relationships. Tlg also conducts research and provides professional training to support improved practice with families with disabilities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 6 volunteers and 79 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 $69K a year · 2% 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
85%
of spending
Looks good: 85% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$271K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 75% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.2 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $14K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.5M
53% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 53% of assets; 50% to 65%.
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
$4.4M
-10% vs prior year
Spent
$4.6M
To programs
85%
Net assets
$1.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$4.4M
FY2024▼ -10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.4M
FY2021$4.1M
FY2022$3.8M
FY2023$4.1M
FY2024$4.9M
FY2024$4.4M
Expenses
$4.6M
FY2024▲ +2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.3M
FY2021$3.7M
FY2022$3.9M
FY2023$4.5M
FY2024$4.5M
FY2024$4.6M
Net assets
$1.3M
FY2024▼ -18%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.6M
FY2024$1.3M

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 Sep 1982.

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

Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $3.9M Management & general 15% · $674K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $271K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Financial Manager
$105,000Pt VII · Sec A
Clinical Director
$100,000Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$65,724Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Robert Kihanya’s $105K as Financial Manager is at the 25th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3128 $1–10M health care 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

NameFY2024FY2024FY2023
Robert Kihanya$105,000——
Nahoko Nishizawa$100,000$100,000—
Megan Kirshbaum$65,724$66,579$87,023

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 15aYes
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Empowering families with disabilities through services guided by lived experience.

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1 program · $3.9M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Intervention and Consultation Services

TLG provides support services to alameda and contra county families with disability, medical, or developmental evelopmental issues in infant, child,parent, expectant parent, or parenting GRANDPARENT/CAREGIVER.

$3.9Mprogram 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
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.4M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.6M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$50
Money outPt IX
$4.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.9M
Managementcol C$674K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$452K
Total assetsLn 16$2.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.5M
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$50
Total revenueLn 12$4.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$452K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$452K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$219K
Other assetsLn 15$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$2.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.5M
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 579
VolunteersI 66
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$17K$452K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$268K$219K
Total assetsLn 16$3.5M$2.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.0M$1.5M
Net assetsLn 32$1.5M$1.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$3.2M$2.7M$449K
Payroll taxesLn 10$308K$269K$39K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$459K$425K$34K
Office expensesLn 13$37K$34K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$30K$28K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$180K$170K$10K
TravelLn 17$32K$30K$2K
InterestLn 20$4K$4K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$49K$49K
InsuranceLn 23$54K$50K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$248K$178K$70K
All other expensesLn 24e$37K$30K$7K
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.6M$3.9M$674K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $4.9M$4.5M$382K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.1M$4.5M−$425K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.8M$3.9M−$32K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.1M$3.7M$399K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.4M$3.3M$20K$1.2M 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 $4,436,654 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,969,140$1,842,149
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $2,573,394$2,594,455
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $326$50
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,542,860$4,436,654
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 $3,365,683$3,484,064
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $844,707$1,131,135
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,210,390$4,615,199
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $332,470−$178,545
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 $4,436,654 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$1,778,591
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$63,558
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,842,149
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,594,455$2,594,455
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $50$50
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,594,455 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $50$4,436,654
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,615,199 across 12 lines filed
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $2,726,958 · Management $449,463$3,176,421
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $269,022 · Management $38,621$307,643
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $424,691 · Management $33,935$458,626
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $34,130 · Management $2,909$37,039
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $27,687 · Management $2,509$30,196
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $170,355 · Management $9,747$180,102
IX-17 TravelPrograms $29,862 · Management $2,422$32,284
IX-20 InterestManagement $3,886$3,886
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $49,106$49,106
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $49,892 · Management $4,452$54,344
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $178,028 · Management $70,472$248,500
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $30,309 · Management $6,743$37,052
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,940,934 · Management $674,265 · Fundraising $0$4,615,199
Part X · Balance sheet $2,795,793 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $16,635$452,426
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,866,729$993,736
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $44,286$49,285
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $268,278$219,172
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,259,540$1,081,174
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,455,468$2,795,793
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $254,326$293,991
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,523,634$1,087,837
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,965,707$1,476,764
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,489,761$1,289,029
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$30,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,489,761$1,319,029
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,455,468$2,795,793
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,319,029 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,436,654
XI-2 Total expenses$4,615,199
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$178,545
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,489,761
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$7,813
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,319,029

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

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