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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$150krevenue
FY2025 · +30% in 3 yrs8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin62.6%
Revenue growth (annualized)+20.6%
Middle half of peersMedianBackbones
Worth checking2
Its largest funder stopped after FY2021
Christopher Reeve Foundation gave $25k in FY2021, 23% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$57k in FY2023 and −$36k in FY2024.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 21% a year since FY2017, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort7funders
$12ka year, last 3 years
70%from its largest funder
Funder’19’20’21’22’23Christopher Reeve FoundationOn and off$25kMillion Dollar Round Table FoundationOn and off$10k3arts IncOn and off$7kDermody Properties FoundationOn and off$3kChubb Charitable FoundationOn and off$100Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$145$216$207$143
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund