Virginia · Nonprofit
SPECIAL PERSONS MAILING SERVICE INC
SPECIAL PERSONS MAILING SERVICE INC (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $40,161 to it, the largest being KOVAR CORPORATION ($40,161). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $70k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $40k
- Net assets
- $271k
What Special Persons Mailing Service Inc does
Mission
We provide jobs for mentally handicapped adults. Our mission is to help them develop motor skills, improve socialization skills and bolster self confidence.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Our services include printing, preparing and posting of bulk mail. We provided jobs for 25 mentally handicapped adults. We operated for 200 days, providing opportunites for mentally handicapped individuals to learn skills and have social interaction in a structured environment that is condusive to learning. The demand for our work severly fell off because of covid-19, causing many of our regular clients to cease or drastically limit their operations. Even with less restrictive covid-19 protocols this year, we have found that our customer base continues to suffer from the downturn in their businesses, resulting in less need for our services. Lack of human interaction is especially difficult and dangerous for our participants, so we try to provide as much socialization and intellectual stimulation as possible. Because the service we provide to our participants is so vital to their mental and physical wellness, we chose to diminish almost all of our reserves to keep our participants working. We are confident that, as businesses recover from the covid-19 downturn,the demand for our services will increase so we can continue to provide much needed confidence boosting skill training to…
$73,829 spent$69,839 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $73,829.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $409k to $302k (−26%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
0% of SPECIAL PERSONS MAILING SERVICE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of SPECIAL PERSONS MAILING SERVICE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of SPECIAL PERSONS MAILING SERVICE INC's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
SPECIAL PERSONS MAILING SERVICE INC's revenue fell 68% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,898 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like SPECIAL PERSONS MAILING SERVICE INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
53%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SPECIAL PERSONS MAILING SERVICE INC?
- SPECIAL PERSONS MAILING SERVICE INC (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $40,161 to it, the largest being KOVAR CORPORATION ($40,161). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SPECIAL PERSONS MAILING SERVICE INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $40,161 in grants to SPECIAL PERSONS MAILING SERVICE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPECIAL PERSONS MAILING SERVICE INC?
- KOVAR CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $40,161 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPECIAL PERSONS MAILING SERVICE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing